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title: "Cost of Living in East Timor vs the US — Geo-Parity"
description: "East Timor is about 72% cheaper than the United States (price level 0.284, US = 1.0). See what US salaries are really worth in East Timor, across World Bank, IMF, OECD, Eurostat and Penn World Table data."
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Purchasing Power Parity · East Timor

# Cost of living in 🇹🇱 East Timor vs the United States

East Timor has a US-relative price level of **0.284** (US = 1.0) — about 72% cheaper than the United States. Reference year 2025.

## What US salaries are worth in East Timor

| US income | Feels like (US-equivalent) | Cost of a US lifestyle |
| --- | --- | --- |
| $50,000 | $176,056 | $14,200 |
| $80,000 | $281,690 | $22,720 |
| $120,000 | $422,535 | $34,080 |
| $180,000 | $633,803 | $51,120 |
| $250,000 | $880,282 | $71,000 |

“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=TL).

## How the sources compare

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

Consensus (median) 0.284 2025

World Bank — GDP 0.279 2025

IMF (WEO) 0.289 2025

World Bank — Consumption 0.446 2025

CIA Factbook (coverage) 0.282 2024

## Countries with a similar cost of living

- [🇺🇦 Ukraine](https://geo-parity.com/ppp/ukraine/) — price level 0.285
- [🇮🇩 Indonesia](https://geo-parity.com/ppp/indonesia/) — price level 0.287
- [🇷🇼 Rwanda](https://geo-parity.com/ppp/rwanda/) — price level 0.28
- [🇻🇳 Vietnam](https://geo-parity.com/ppp/vietnam/) — price level 0.292
- [🇹🇳 Tunisia](https://geo-parity.com/ppp/tunisia/) — price level 0.293

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## Frequently asked questions

- **How expensive is East Timor compared to the United States?**: East Timor has a price level of 0.284 relative to the US baseline of 1.0 (about 72% 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 East Timor?**: In purchasing-power terms, $100,000 stretches to about $352,113 of US-equivalent lifestyle in East Timor; conversely, sustaining a $100,000 US lifestyle there costs about $28,400.
- **Where does the East Timor 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=TL.

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