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title: "Cost of Living in Brunei vs the US — Geo-Parity"
description: "Brunei is about 64% cheaper than the United States (price level 0.358, US = 1.0). See what US salaries are really worth in Brunei, across World Bank, IMF, OECD, Eurostat and Penn World Table data."
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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](https://geo-parity.com/?target=BN).

## 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

## Countries with a similar cost of living

- [🇦🇴 Angola](https://geo-parity.com/ppp/angola/) — price level 0.357
- [🇰🇭 Cambodia](https://geo-parity.com/ppp/cambodia/) — price level 0.36
- [🇬🇳 Guinea](https://geo-parity.com/ppp/guinea/) — price level 0.361
- [🇧🇫 Burkina Faso](https://geo-parity.com/ppp/burkina-faso/) — price level 0.354
- [🇧🇯 Benin](https://geo-parity.com/ppp/benin/) — price level 0.353

Relocating for work? use the [Fair Pay Localizer](https://geo-parity.com/?tab=salary).

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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.

Figures are informational estimates from public datasets — not investment or relocation advice. Agents: GET /api/calculate.json?income=100000&target=BN.

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Source: Geo-Parity — https://geo-parity.com/ppp/brunei/ · JSON: https://geo-parity.com/api/calculate.json?income=100000&target=BN