Purchasing Power Parity · Brunei
Cost of living in 🇧🇳 Brunei vs the United States
Brunei has a US-relative price level of 0.358 (US = 1.0) — about 64% cheaper than the United States. Reference year 2025.
What US salaries are worth in Brunei
| US income | Feels like (US-equivalent) | Cost of a US lifestyle |
|---|---|---|
| $50,000 | $139,665 | $17,900 |
| $80,000 | $223,464 | $28,640 |
| $120,000 | $335,196 | $42,960 |
| $180,000 | $502,793 | $64,440 |
| $250,000 | $698,324 | $89,500 |
“Feels like” = income ÷ price level; “cost of a US lifestyle” = income × price level. Try your own number in the interactive calculator.
How the sources compare
Each provider measures Brunei's price level slightly differently; a tight spread means high confidence.
Consensus (median) 0.358 2025
World Bank — GDP 0.349 2025
IMF (WEO) 0.370 2025
Penn World Table 0.357 2023
World Bank — Consumption 0.403 2025
CIA Factbook (coverage) 0.371 2024
Cost of living around the world
Every country shaded by its price level relative to the US (darker = more expensive). Brunei is outlined.
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Countries with a similar cost of living
- 🇦🇴 Angola — price level 0.357
- 🇰🇭 Cambodia — price level 0.36
- 🇬🇳 Guinea — price level 0.361
- 🇧🇫 Burkina Faso — price level 0.354
- 🇧🇯 Benin — price level 0.353
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Frequently asked questions
- How expensive is Brunei compared to the United States?
- Brunei has a price level of 0.358 relative to the US baseline of 1.0 (about 64% cheaper than the United States), based on the median of independent votes from the World Bank/IMF (one vote — both use the official exchange rate), the Eurostat-OECD PPP programme and the Penn World Table, reference year 2025.
- What is a $100,000 salary worth in Brunei?
- In purchasing-power terms, $100,000 stretches to about $279,330 of US-equivalent lifestyle in Brunei; conversely, sustaining a $100,000 US lifestyle there costs about $35,800.
- Where does the Brunei cost-of-living data come from?
- Real price-level figures from the World Bank, IMF World Economic Outlook, OECD, Eurostat and Penn World Table, blended as a per-country median of independent votes and refreshed at build time.