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title: "Cost of Living in Iraq vs the US — Geo-Parity"
description: "Iraq is about 62% cheaper than the United States (price level 0.38, US = 1.0). See what US salaries are really worth in Iraq, across World Bank, IMF, OECD, Eurostat and Penn World Table data."
canonical: "https://geo-parity.com/ppp/iraq/"
json: "https://geo-parity.com/api/calculate.json?income=100000&target=IQ"
generator: geo-parity markdown twin
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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](https://geo-parity.com/?target=IQ).

## 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

## Countries with a similar cost of living

- [🇬🇾 Guyana](https://geo-parity.com/ppp/guyana/) — price level 0.38
- [🇧🇼 Botswana](https://geo-parity.com/ppp/botswana/) — price level 0.379
- [🇹🇷 Türkiye](https://geo-parity.com/ppp/turkiye/) — price level 0.381
- [🇨🇴 Colombia](https://geo-parity.com/ppp/colombia/) — price level 0.378
- [🇲🇺 Mauritius](https://geo-parity.com/ppp/mauritius/) — price level 0.378

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

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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.

Figures are informational estimates from public datasets — not investment or relocation advice. Agents: GET /api/calculate.json?income=100000&target=IQ.

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