Purchasing Power Parity · Kiribati
Cost of living in 🇰🇮 Kiribati vs the United States
Kiribati has a US-relative price level of 0.685 (US = 1.0) — about 31% cheaper than the United States. Reference year 2025.
What US salaries are worth in Kiribati
| US income | Feels like (US-equivalent) | Cost of a US lifestyle |
|---|---|---|
| $50,000 | $72,993 | $34,250 |
| $80,000 | $116,788 | $54,800 |
| $120,000 | $175,182 | $82,200 |
| $180,000 | $262,774 | $123,300 |
| $250,000 | $364,964 | $171,250 |
“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 Kiribati's price level slightly differently; a tight spread means high confidence.
Consensus (median) 0.685 2025
World Bank — GDP 0.650 2025
IMF (WEO) 0.719 2025
World Bank — Consumption 0.617 2024
CIA Factbook (coverage) 0.618 2024
Cost of living around the world
Every country shaded by its price level relative to the US (darker = more expensive). Kiribati is outlined.
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Countries with a similar cost of living
- 🇮🇹 Italy — price level 0.686
- 🇦🇩 Andorra — price level 0.681
- 🇪🇪 Estonia — price level 0.678
- 🇼🇸 Samoa — price level 0.674
- 🇦🇬 Antigua and Barbuda — price level 0.707
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Frequently asked questions
- How expensive is Kiribati compared to the United States?
- Kiribati has a price level of 0.685 relative to the US baseline of 1.0 (about 31% 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 Kiribati?
- In purchasing-power terms, $100,000 stretches to about $145,985 of US-equivalent lifestyle in Kiribati; conversely, sustaining a $100,000 US lifestyle there costs about $68,500.
- Where does the Kiribati 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.