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title: "Cost of Living in Gambia vs the US — Geo-Parity"
description: "Gambia is about 73% cheaper than the United States (price level 0.266, US = 1.0). See what US salaries are really worth in Gambia, across World Bank, IMF, OECD, Eurostat and Penn World Table data."
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Purchasing Power Parity · Gambia

# Cost of living in 🇬🇲 Gambia vs the United States

Gambia has a US-relative price level of **0.266** (US = 1.0) — about 73% cheaper than the United States. Reference year 2025.

## What US salaries are worth in Gambia

| US income | Feels like (US-equivalent) | Cost of a US lifestyle |
| --- | --- | --- |
| $50,000 | $187,970 | $13,300 |
| $80,000 | $300,752 | $21,280 |
| $120,000 | $451,128 | $31,920 |
| $180,000 | $676,692 | $47,880 |
| $250,000 | $939,850 | $66,500 |

“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=GM).

## How the sources compare

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

Consensus (median) 0.266 2025

World Bank — GDP 0.250 2025

IMF (WEO) 0.248 2025

Penn World Table 0.283 2023

World Bank — Consumption 0.287 2024

## Countries with a similar cost of living

- [🇧🇩 Bangladesh](https://geo-parity.com/ppp/bangladesh/) — price level 0.267
- [🇧🇮 Burundi](https://geo-parity.com/ppp/burundi/) — price level 0.264
- [🇺🇿 Uzbekistan](https://geo-parity.com/ppp/uzbekistan/) — price level 0.264
- [🇱🇰 Sri Lanka](https://geo-parity.com/ppp/sri-lanka/) — price level 0.262
- [🇮🇷 Iran](https://geo-parity.com/ppp/iran/) — price level 0.271

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

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## Frequently asked questions

- **How expensive is Gambia compared to the United States?**: Gambia has a price level of 0.266 relative to the US baseline of 1.0 (about 73% 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 Gambia?**: In purchasing-power terms, $100,000 stretches to about $375,940 of US-equivalent lifestyle in Gambia; conversely, sustaining a $100,000 US lifestyle there costs about $26,600.
- **Where does the Gambia 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=GM.

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