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title: "Cost of Living in Finland vs the US — Geo-Parity"
description: "Finland is about 15% cheaper than the United States (price level 0.852, US = 1.0). See what US salaries are really worth in Finland, across World Bank, IMF, OECD, Eurostat and Penn World Table data."
canonical: "https://geo-parity.com/ppp/finland/"
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Purchasing Power Parity · Finland

# Cost of living in 🇫🇮 Finland vs the United States

Finland has a US-relative price level of **0.852** (US = 1.0) — about 15% cheaper than the United States. Reference year 2025.

## What US salaries are worth in Finland

| US income | Feels like (US-equivalent) | Cost of a US lifestyle |
| --- | --- | --- |
| $50,000 | $58,685 | $42,600 |
| $80,000 | $93,897 | $68,160 |
| $120,000 | $140,845 | $102,240 |
| $180,000 | $211,268 | $153,360 |
| $250,000 | $293,427 | $213,000 |

“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=FI).

## How the sources compare

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

Consensus (median) 0.852 2025

World Bank — GDP 0.852 2025

IMF (WEO) 0.852 2025

Penn World Table 0.922 2023

World Bank — Consumption 0.906 2025

Eurostat (GDP) 0.830 2024

## Countries with a similar cost of living

- [🇭🇹 Haiti](https://geo-parity.com/ppp/haiti/) — price level 0.86
- [🇳🇿 New Zealand](https://geo-parity.com/ppp/new-zealand/) — price level 0.863
- [🇸🇪 Sweden](https://geo-parity.com/ppp/sweden/) — price level 0.841
- [🇨🇦 Canada](https://geo-parity.com/ppp/canada/) — price level 0.834
- [🇮🇪 Ireland](https://geo-parity.com/ppp/ireland/) — price level 0.833

Relocating for work? use the [Fair Pay Localizer](https://geo-parity.com/?tab=salary).

- [How much you need to retire in Finland](https://geo-parity.com/fire/finland/)

## Frequently asked questions

- **How expensive is Finland compared to the United States?**: Finland has a price level of 0.852 relative to the US baseline of 1.0 (about 15% 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 Finland?**: In purchasing-power terms, $100,000 stretches to about $117,371 of US-equivalent lifestyle in Finland; conversely, sustaining a $100,000 US lifestyle there costs about $85,200.
- **Where does the Finland 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=FI.

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