Purchasing Power Parity · Laos
Cost of living in 🇱🇦 Laos vs the United States
Laos has a US-relative price level of 0.216 (US = 1.0) — about 78% cheaper than the United States. Reference year 2024.
What US salaries are worth in Laos
| US income | Feels like (US-equivalent) | Cost of a US lifestyle |
|---|---|---|
| $50,000 | $231,481 | $10,800 |
| $80,000 | $370,370 | $17,280 |
| $120,000 | $555,556 | $25,920 |
| $180,000 | $833,333 | $38,880 |
| $250,000 | $1,157,407 | $54,000 |
“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 Laos's price level slightly differently; a tight spread means high confidence.
Consensus (median) 0.216 2024
World Bank — GDP 0.217 2024
IMF (WEO) 0.225 2024
Penn World Table 0.210 2023
World Bank — Consumption 0.277 2024
CIA Factbook (coverage) 0.217 2024
Cost of living around the world
Every country shaded by its price level relative to the US (darker = more expensive). Laos is outlined.
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Countries with a similar cost of living
- 🇵🇰 Pakistan — price level 0.217
- 🇮🇳 India — price level 0.231
- 🇸🇱 Sierra Leone — price level 0.232
- 🇧🇹 Bhutan — price level 0.236
- 🇸🇩 Sudan — price level 0.241
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Frequently asked questions
- How expensive is Laos compared to the United States?
- Laos has a price level of 0.216 relative to the US baseline of 1.0 (about 78% 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 Laos?
- In purchasing-power terms, $100,000 stretches to about $462,963 of US-equivalent lifestyle in Laos; conversely, sustaining a $100,000 US lifestyle there costs about $21,600.
- Where does the Laos 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.