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title: "Cost of Living in Burkina Faso vs the US — Geo-Parity"
description: "Burkina Faso is about 65% cheaper than the United States (price level 0.354, US = 1.0). See what US salaries are really worth in Burkina Faso, across World Bank, IMF, OECD, Eurostat and Penn World Table data."
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Purchasing Power Parity · Burkina Faso

# Cost of living in 🇧🇫 Burkina Faso vs the United States

Burkina Faso has a US-relative price level of **0.354** (US = 1.0) — about 65% cheaper than the United States. Reference year 2025.

## What US salaries are worth in Burkina Faso

| US income | Feels like (US-equivalent) | Cost of a US lifestyle |
| --- | --- | --- |
| $50,000 | $141,243 | $17,700 |
| $80,000 | $225,989 | $28,320 |
| $120,000 | $338,983 | $42,480 |
| $180,000 | $508,475 | $63,720 |
| $250,000 | $706,215 | $88,500 |

“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=BF).

## How the sources compare

Each provider measures Burkina Faso's price level slightly differently; a tight spread means high confidence.

Consensus (median) 0.354 2025

World Bank — GDP 0.374 2025

IMF (WEO) 0.367 2025

Penn World Table 0.337 2023

World Bank — Consumption 0.332 2025

## Countries with a similar cost of living

- [🇧🇯 Benin](https://geo-parity.com/ppp/benin/) — price level 0.353
- [🇬🇶 Equatorial Guinea](https://geo-parity.com/ppp/equatorial-guinea/) — price level 0.353
- [🇸🇿 Eswatini](https://geo-parity.com/ppp/eswatini/) — price level 0.353
- [🇱🇸 Lesotho](https://geo-parity.com/ppp/lesotho/) — price level 0.353
- [🇦🇴 Angola](https://geo-parity.com/ppp/angola/) — price level 0.357

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## Frequently asked questions

- **How expensive is Burkina Faso compared to the United States?**: Burkina Faso has a price level of 0.354 relative to the US baseline of 1.0 (about 65% 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 Burkina Faso?**: In purchasing-power terms, $100,000 stretches to about $282,486 of US-equivalent lifestyle in Burkina Faso; conversely, sustaining a $100,000 US lifestyle there costs about $35,400.
- **Where does the Burkina Faso 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=BF.

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