Purchasing Power Parity · Chad
Cost of living in 🇹🇩 Chad vs the United States
Chad has a US-relative price level of 0.368 (US = 1.0) — about 63% cheaper than the United States. Reference year 2025.
What US salaries are worth in Chad
| US income | Feels like (US-equivalent) | Cost of a US lifestyle |
|---|---|---|
| $50,000 | $135,870 | $18,400 |
| $80,000 | $217,391 | $29,440 |
| $120,000 | $326,087 | $44,160 |
| $180,000 | $489,130 | $66,240 |
| $250,000 | $679,348 | $92,000 |
“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 Chad's price level slightly differently; a tight spread means high confidence.
Consensus (median) 0.368 2025
World Bank — GDP 0.352 2025
IMF (WEO) 0.354 2025
Penn World Table 0.382 2023
World Bank — Consumption 0.383 2025
Cost of living around the world
Every country shaded by its price level relative to the US (darker = more expensive). Chad is outlined.
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Countries with a similar cost of living
- 🇱🇾 Libya — price level 0.369
- 🇦🇲 Armenia — price level 0.37
- 🇧🇴 Bolivia — price level 0.371
- 🇬🇦 Gabon — price level 0.372
- 🇵🇾 Paraguay — price level 0.364
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Frequently asked questions
- How expensive is Chad compared to the United States?
- Chad has a price level of 0.368 relative to the US baseline of 1.0 (about 63% 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 Chad?
- In purchasing-power terms, $100,000 stretches to about $271,739 of US-equivalent lifestyle in Chad; conversely, sustaining a $100,000 US lifestyle there costs about $36,800.
- Where does the Chad 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.