Purchasing Power Parity · Kazakhstan
Cost of living in 🇰🇿 Kazakhstan vs the United States
Kazakhstan has a US-relative price level of 0.337 (US = 1.0) — about 66% cheaper than the United States. Reference year 2025.
What US salaries are worth in Kazakhstan
| US income | Feels like (US-equivalent) | Cost of a US lifestyle |
|---|---|---|
| $50,000 | $148,368 | $16,850 |
| $80,000 | $237,389 | $26,960 |
| $120,000 | $356,083 | $40,440 |
| $180,000 | $534,125 | $60,660 |
| $250,000 | $741,840 | $84,250 |
“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 Kazakhstan's price level slightly differently; a tight spread means high confidence.
Consensus (median) 0.337 2025
World Bank — GDP 0.332 2025
IMF (WEO) 0.328 2025
Penn World Table 0.344 2023
World Bank — Consumption 0.367 2025
CIA Factbook (coverage) 0.343 2024
Cost of living around the world
Every country shaded by its price level relative to the US (darker = more expensive). Kazakhstan is outlined.
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Countries with a similar cost of living
- 🇵🇭 Philippines — price level 0.336
- 🇪🇹 Ethiopia — price level 0.34
- 🇺🇬 Uganda — price level 0.334
- 🇨🇲 Cameroon — price level 0.333
- 🇹🇬 Togo — price level 0.333
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Frequently asked questions
- How expensive is Kazakhstan compared to the United States?
- Kazakhstan has a price level of 0.337 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 Kazakhstan?
- In purchasing-power terms, $100,000 stretches to about $296,736 of US-equivalent lifestyle in Kazakhstan; conversely, sustaining a $100,000 US lifestyle there costs about $33,700.
- Where does the Kazakhstan 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.