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title: "Cost of Living in Guinea-Bissau vs the US — Geo-Parity"
description: "Guinea-Bissau is about 66% cheaper than the United States (price level 0.343, US = 1.0). See what US salaries are really worth in Guinea-Bissau, across World Bank, IMF, OECD, Eurostat and Penn World Table data."
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Purchasing Power Parity · Guinea-Bissau

# Cost of living in 🇬🇼 Guinea-Bissau vs the United States

Guinea-Bissau has a US-relative price level of **0.343** (US = 1.0) — about 66% cheaper than the United States. Reference year 2025.

## What US salaries are worth in Guinea-Bissau

| US income | Feels like (US-equivalent) | Cost of a US lifestyle |
| --- | --- | --- |
| $50,000 | $145,773 | $17,150 |
| $80,000 | $233,236 | $27,440 |
| $120,000 | $349,854 | $41,160 |
| $180,000 | $524,781 | $61,740 |
| $250,000 | $728,863 | $85,750 |

“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=GW).

## How the sources compare

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

Consensus (median) 0.343 2025

World Bank — GDP 0.341 2025

IMF (WEO) 0.396 2025

Penn World Table 0.317 2023

World Bank — Consumption 0.386 2025

## Countries with a similar cost of living

- [🇲🇳 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
- [🇪🇹 Ethiopia](https://geo-parity.com/ppp/ethiopia/) — price level 0.34
- [🇰🇿 Kazakhstan](https://geo-parity.com/ppp/kazakhstan/) — price level 0.337
- [🇬🇭 Ghana](https://geo-parity.com/ppp/ghana/) — price level 0.35

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

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## Frequently asked questions

- **How expensive is Guinea-Bissau compared to the United States?**: Guinea-Bissau has a price level of 0.343 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 2025.
- **What is a $100,000 salary worth in Guinea-Bissau?**: In purchasing-power terms, $100,000 stretches to about $291,545 of US-equivalent lifestyle in Guinea-Bissau; conversely, sustaining a $100,000 US lifestyle there costs about $34,300.
- **Where does the Guinea-Bissau 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=GW.

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