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title: "Cost of Living in Burundi vs the US — Geo-Parity"
description: "Burundi is about 74% cheaper than the United States (price level 0.264, US = 1.0). See what US salaries are really worth in Burundi, on the Penn World Table figure alone — the sources disagree, and why is explained."
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Purchasing Power Parity · Burundi

# Cost of living in 🇧🇮 Burundi vs the United States

Burundi has a US-relative price level of **0.264** (US = 1.0) — about 74% cheaper than the United States. Reference year 2023.

## What US salaries are worth in Burundi

| US income | Feels like (US-equivalent) | Cost of a US lifestyle |
| --- | --- | --- |
| $50,000 | $189,394 | $13,200 |
| $80,000 | $303,030 | $21,120 |
| $120,000 | $454,545 | $31,680 |
| $180,000 | $681,818 | $47,520 |
| $250,000 | $946,970 | $66,000 |

“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=BI).

## How the sources compare

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

These sources disagree — the figure above is the Penn World Table figure alone, decided by a person, not a blend.

Exchange regime: parallel market. The IMF's ECF programme lists unification of the official and parallel markets as a key commitment: a 38% official devaluation on 4 May 2023 cut the parallel premium to about 40%, and it has since widened beyond 55%. The World Bank official rate (2,943 in 2025) therefore overstates the franc; its price level (0.34) and the IMF's (0.481) both divide by it. Penn World Table (0.264, 2023) is preferred.

Checked 2026-09-09 against secondary sources; the authority's own page could not be read.

Consensus (median) 0.264 2023

World Bank — GDP 0.340 2025

IMF (WEO) 0.481 2025

Penn World Table 0.264 2023

World Bank — Consumption 0.457 2025

## Countries with a similar cost of living

- [🇺🇿 Uzbekistan](https://geo-parity.com/ppp/uzbekistan/) — price level 0.264
- [🇬🇲 Gambia](https://geo-parity.com/ppp/gambia/) — price level 0.266
- [🇱🇰 Sri Lanka](https://geo-parity.com/ppp/sri-lanka/) — price level 0.262
- [🇧🇩 Bangladesh](https://geo-parity.com/ppp/bangladesh/) — price level 0.267
- [🇮🇷 Iran](https://geo-parity.com/ppp/iran/) — price level 0.271

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## Frequently asked questions

- **How expensive is Burundi compared to the United States?**: Burundi has a price level of 0.264 relative to the US baseline of 1.0 (about 74% cheaper than the United States), based on the Penn World Table figure alone — the sources disagree and a curated exchange-regime register names the one to believe, reference year 2023.
- **What is a $100,000 salary worth in Burundi?**: In purchasing-power terms, $100,000 stretches to about $378,788 of US-equivalent lifestyle in Burundi; conversely, sustaining a $100,000 US lifestyle there costs about $26,400.
- **Where does the Burundi cost-of-living data come from?**: Real price-level figures from the World Bank, IMF World Economic Outlook, OECD, Eurostat and Penn World Table, refreshed at build time. For Burundi the sources disagree (parallel market): The IMF's ECF programme lists unification of the official and parallel markets as a key commitment: a 38% official devaluation on 4 May 2023 cut the parallel premium to about 40%, and it has since widened beyond 55%. The World Bank official rate (2,943 in 2025) therefore overstates the franc; its price level (0.34) and the IMF's (0.481) both divide by it. Penn World Table (0.264, 2023) is preferred.

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

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