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Cost of living in 🇮🇩 Indonesia vs the United States

Indonesia has a US-relative price level of 0.299 (US = 1.0) — about 70% cheaper than the United States. Reference year 2025.

What US salaries are worth in Indonesia

US income Feels like (US-equivalent) Cost of a US lifestyle
$50,000 $167,224 $14,950
$80,000 $267,559 $23,920
$120,000 $401,338 $35,880
$180,000 $602,007 $53,820
$250,000 $836,120 $74,750

“Feels like” = income ÷ price level; “cost of a US lifestyle” = income × price level. Try your own number in the interactive calculator.

How the sources compare

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

Consensus (median) 0.299 2025
World Bank — GDP 0.299 2024
IMF (WEO) 0.299 2024
OECD 0.287 2025
Penn World Table 0.316 2023
World Bank — Consumption 0.322 2024
Big Mac Index 0.411 2026

Cost of living around the world

Every country shaded by its price level relative to the US (darker = more expensive). Indonesia is outlined.

Canada: price level 0.846 (US = 1.0) United States: price level 1 (US = 1.0) Indonesia: price level 0.299 (US = 1.0) Argentina: price level 0.459 (US = 1.0) Chile: price level 0.481 (US = 1.0) Norway: price level 0.841 (US = 1.0) South Africa: price level 0.41 (US = 1.0) Mexico: price level 0.548 (US = 1.0) Brazil: price level 0.462 (US = 1.0) Colombia: price level 0.362 (US = 1.0) France: price level 0.749 (US = 1.0) Nigeria: price level 0.119 (US = 1.0) United Arab Emirates: price level 0.634 (US = 1.0) Thailand: price level 0.296 (US = 1.0) Vietnam: price level 0.288 (US = 1.0) South Korea: price level 0.573 (US = 1.0) India: price level 0.244 (US = 1.0) Sweden: price level 0.821 (US = 1.0) Poland: price level 0.486 (US = 1.0) Hungary: price level 0.508 (US = 1.0) Germany: price level 0.789 (US = 1.0) Greece: price level 0.584 (US = 1.0) Türkiye: price level 0.367 (US = 1.0) Switzerland: price level 1.101 (US = 1.0) Netherlands: price level 0.829 (US = 1.0) Portugal: price level 0.603 (US = 1.0) Spain: price level 0.642 (US = 1.0) Ireland: price level 0.821 (US = 1.0) New Zealand: price level 0.891 (US = 1.0) Australia: price level 0.923 (US = 1.0) China: price level 0.491 (US = 1.0) Italy: price level 0.672 (US = 1.0) Denmark: price level 0.899 (US = 1.0) United Kingdom: price level 0.863 (US = 1.0) Philippines: price level 0.338 (US = 1.0) Malaysia: price level 0.306 (US = 1.0) Czechia: price level 0.574 (US = 1.0) Japan: price level 0.63 (US = 1.0) Saudi Arabia: price level 0.493 (US = 1.0) Egypt: price level 0.138 (US = 1.0)
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Frequently asked questions

How expensive is Indonesia compared to the United States?
Indonesia has a price level of 0.299 relative to the US baseline of 1.0 (about 70% cheaper than the United States), based on the median of World Bank, IMF, OECD and Penn World Table figures with reference year 2025.
What is a $100,000 salary worth in Indonesia?
In purchasing-power terms, $100,000 stretches to about $334,448 of US-equivalent lifestyle in Indonesia; conversely, sustaining a $100,000 US lifestyle there costs about $29,900.
Where does the Indonesia cost-of-living data come from?
Real price-level figures from the World Bank, IMF World Economic Outlook, OECD and Penn World Table, blended as a per-country median and refreshed at build time.