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title: "Cost of Living in Ethiopia vs the US — Geo-Parity"
description: "Ethiopia is about 66% cheaper than the United States (price level 0.34, US = 1.0). See what US salaries are really worth in Ethiopia, across World Bank, IMF, OECD, Eurostat and Penn World Table data."
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Purchasing Power Parity · Ethiopia

# Cost of living in 🇪🇹 Ethiopia vs the United States

Ethiopia has a US-relative price level of **0.34** (US = 1.0) — about 66% cheaper than the United States. Reference year 2024.

## What US salaries are worth in Ethiopia

| US income | Feels like (US-equivalent) | Cost of a US lifestyle |
| --- | --- | --- |
| $50,000 | $147,059 | $17,000 |
| $80,000 | $235,294 | $27,200 |
| $120,000 | $352,941 | $40,800 |
| $180,000 | $529,412 | $61,200 |
| $250,000 | $735,294 | $85,000 |

“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=ET).

## How the sources compare

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

Consensus (median) 0.340 2024

World Bank — GDP 0.328 2024

IMF (WEO) 0.321 2024

Penn World Table 0.355 2023

World Bank — Consumption 0.297 2024

## Countries with a similar cost of living

- [🇬🇼 Guinea-Bissau](https://geo-parity.com/ppp/guinea-bissau/) — price level 0.343
- [🇰🇿 Kazakhstan](https://geo-parity.com/ppp/kazakhstan/) — price level 0.337
- [🇵🇭 Philippines](https://geo-parity.com/ppp/philippines/) — price level 0.336
- [🇲🇳 Mongolia](https://geo-parity.com/ppp/mongolia/) — price level 0.345
- [🇨🇬 Republic of the Congo](https://geo-parity.com/ppp/republic-of-the-congo/) — price level 0.345

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## Frequently asked questions

- **How expensive is Ethiopia compared to the United States?**: Ethiopia has a price level of 0.34 relative to the US baseline of 1.0 (about 66% 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 2024.
- **What is a $100,000 salary worth in Ethiopia?**: In purchasing-power terms, $100,000 stretches to about $294,118 of US-equivalent lifestyle in Ethiopia; conversely, sustaining a $100,000 US lifestyle there costs about $34,000.
- **Where does the Ethiopia 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=ET.

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