Purchasing Power Parity · Egypt
Cost of living in 🇪🇬 Egypt vs the United States
Egypt has a US-relative price level of 0.154 (US = 1.0) — about 85% cheaper than the United States. Reference year 2025.
What US salaries are worth in Egypt
| US income | Feels like (US-equivalent) | Cost of a US lifestyle |
|---|---|---|
| $50,000 | $324,675 | $7,700 |
| $80,000 | $519,481 | $12,320 |
| $120,000 | $779,221 | $18,480 |
| $180,000 | $1,168,831 | $27,720 |
| $250,000 | $1,623,377 | $38,500 |
“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 Egypt's price level slightly differently; a tight spread means high confidence.
Consensus (median) 0.154 2025
World Bank — GDP 0.154 2025
IMF (WEO) 0.154 2025
Penn World Table 0.153 2023
World Bank — Consumption 0.157 2025
Big Mac Index 0.461 2026
Cost of living around the world
Every country shaded by its price level relative to the US (darker = more expensive). Egypt is outlined.
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Countries with a similar cost of living
- 🇸🇾 Syria — price level 0.156
- 🇲🇲 Myanmar — price level 0.142
- 🇳🇬 Nigeria — price level 0.128
- 🇱🇦 Laos — price level 0.216
- 🇵🇰 Pakistan — price level 0.217
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Frequently asked questions
- How expensive is Egypt compared to the United States?
- Egypt has a price level of 0.154 relative to the US baseline of 1.0 (about 85% 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 Egypt?
- In purchasing-power terms, $100,000 stretches to about $649,351 of US-equivalent lifestyle in Egypt; conversely, sustaining a $100,000 US lifestyle there costs about $15,400.
- Where does the Egypt 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.