Purchasing Power Parity · Dominica
Cost of living in 🇩🇲 Dominica vs the United States
Dominica has a US-relative price level of 0.524 (US = 1.0) — about 48% cheaper than the United States. Reference year 2025.
What US salaries are worth in Dominica
| US income | Feels like (US-equivalent) | Cost of a US lifestyle |
|---|---|---|
| $50,000 | $95,420 | $26,200 |
| $80,000 | $152,672 | $41,920 |
| $120,000 | $229,008 | $62,880 |
| $180,000 | $343,511 | $94,320 |
| $250,000 | $477,099 | $131,000 |
“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 Dominica's price level slightly differently; a tight spread means high confidence.
Consensus (median) 0.524 2025
World Bank — GDP 0.484 2025
IMF (WEO) 0.507 2025
Penn World Table 0.553 2023
World Bank — Consumption 0.577 2025
CIA Factbook (coverage) 0.488 2024
Cost of living around the world
Every country shaded by its price level relative to the US (darker = more expensive). Dominica is outlined.
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Countries with a similar cost of living
- 🇭🇺 Hungary — price level 0.526
- 🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago — price level 0.527
- 🇱🇨 Saint Lucia — price level 0.519
- 🇭🇷 Croatia — price level 0.532
- 🇲🇽 Mexico — price level 0.537
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Frequently asked questions
- How expensive is Dominica compared to the United States?
- Dominica has a price level of 0.524 relative to the US baseline of 1.0 (about 48% 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 Dominica?
- In purchasing-power terms, $100,000 stretches to about $190,840 of US-equivalent lifestyle in Dominica; conversely, sustaining a $100,000 US lifestyle there costs about $52,400.
- Where does the Dominica 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.