Purchasing Power Parity · Iraq
Cost of living in 🇮🇶 Iraq vs the United States
Iraq has a US-relative price level of 0.38 (US = 1.0) — about 62% cheaper than the United States. Reference year 2024.
What US salaries are worth in Iraq
| US income | Feels like (US-equivalent) | Cost of a US lifestyle |
|---|---|---|
| $50,000 | $131,579 | $19,000 |
| $80,000 | $210,526 | $30,400 |
| $120,000 | $315,789 | $45,600 |
| $180,000 | $473,684 | $68,400 |
| $250,000 | $657,895 | $95,000 |
“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 Iraq's price level slightly differently; a tight spread means high confidence.
Consensus (median) 0.380 2024
World Bank — GDP 0.419 2024
IMF (WEO) 0.420 2024
Penn World Table 0.341 2023
World Bank — Consumption 0.430 2024
Cost of living around the world
Every country shaded by its price level relative to the US (darker = more expensive). Iraq is outlined.
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Countries with a similar cost of living
- 🇬🇾 Guyana — price level 0.38
- 🇧🇼 Botswana — price level 0.379
- 🇹🇷 Türkiye — price level 0.381
- 🇨🇴 Colombia — price level 0.378
- 🇲🇺 Mauritius — price level 0.378
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Frequently asked questions
- How expensive is Iraq compared to the United States?
- Iraq has a price level of 0.38 relative to the US baseline of 1.0 (about 62% 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 Iraq?
- In purchasing-power terms, $100,000 stretches to about $263,158 of US-equivalent lifestyle in Iraq; conversely, sustaining a $100,000 US lifestyle there costs about $38,000.
- Where does the Iraq 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.