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title: "Cost of Living in Cabo Verde vs the US — Geo-Parity"
description: "Cabo Verde is about 53% cheaper than the United States (price level 0.475, US = 1.0). See what US salaries are really worth in Cabo Verde, across World Bank, IMF, OECD, Eurostat and Penn World Table data."
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Purchasing Power Parity · Cabo Verde

# Cost of living in 🇨🇻 Cabo Verde vs the United States

Cabo Verde has a US-relative price level of **0.475** (US = 1.0) — about 53% cheaper than the United States. Reference year 2025.

## What US salaries are worth in Cabo Verde

| US income | Feels like (US-equivalent) | Cost of a US lifestyle |
| --- | --- | --- |
| $50,000 | $105,263 | $23,750 |
| $80,000 | $168,421 | $38,000 |
| $120,000 | $252,632 | $57,000 |
| $180,000 | $378,947 | $85,500 |
| $250,000 | $526,316 | $118,750 |

“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=CV).

## How the sources compare

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

Consensus (median) 0.475 2025

World Bank — GDP 0.476 2025

IMF (WEO) 0.481 2025

Penn World Table 0.472 2023

World Bank — Consumption 0.541 2025

CIA Factbook (coverage) 0.468 2024

## Countries with a similar cost of living

- [🇨🇳 China](https://geo-parity.com/ppp/china/) — price level 0.473
- [🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia](https://geo-parity.com/ppp/saudi-arabia/) — price level 0.468
- [🇨🇩 DR Congo](https://geo-parity.com/ppp/dr-congo/) — price level 0.486
- [🇨🇱 Chile](https://geo-parity.com/ppp/chile/) — price level 0.487
- [🇦🇷 Argentina](https://geo-parity.com/ppp/argentina/) — price level 0.458

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

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## Frequently asked questions

- **How expensive is Cabo Verde compared to the United States?**: Cabo Verde has a price level of 0.475 relative to the US baseline of 1.0 (about 53% 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 Cabo Verde?**: In purchasing-power terms, $100,000 stretches to about $210,526 of US-equivalent lifestyle in Cabo Verde; conversely, sustaining a $100,000 US lifestyle there costs about $47,500.
- **Where does the Cabo Verde 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=CV.

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