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title: "Cost of Living in Egypt vs the US — Geo-Parity"
description: "Egypt is about 85% cheaper than the United States (price level 0.154, US = 1.0). See what US salaries are really worth in Egypt, across World Bank, IMF, OECD, Eurostat and Penn World Table data."
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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](https://geo-parity.com/?target=EG).

## 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

## Countries with a similar cost of living

- [🇸🇾 Syria](https://geo-parity.com/ppp/syria/) — price level 0.156
- [🇲🇲 Myanmar](https://geo-parity.com/ppp/myanmar/) — price level 0.142
- [🇳🇬 Nigeria](https://geo-parity.com/ppp/nigeria/) — price level 0.128
- [🇱🇦 Laos](https://geo-parity.com/ppp/laos/) — price level 0.216
- [🇵🇰 Pakistan](https://geo-parity.com/ppp/pakistan/) — price level 0.217

Relocating for work? See the [fair salary from the US to Egypt](https://geo-parity.com/salary/united-states-to-egypt/) or use the [Fair Pay Localizer](https://geo-parity.com/?tab=salary).

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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.

Figures are informational estimates from public datasets — not investment or relocation advice. Agents: GET /api/calculate.json?income=100000&target=EG.

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