Purchasing Power Parity · Latvia
Cost of living in 🇱🇻 Latvia vs the United States
Latvia has a US-relative price level of 0.585 (US = 1.0) — about 42% cheaper than the United States. Reference year 2025.
What US salaries are worth in Latvia
| US income | Feels like (US-equivalent) | Cost of a US lifestyle |
|---|---|---|
| $50,000 | $85,470 | $29,250 |
| $80,000 | $136,752 | $46,800 |
| $120,000 | $205,128 | $70,200 |
| $180,000 | $307,692 | $105,300 |
| $250,000 | $427,350 | $146,250 |
“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 Latvia's price level slightly differently; a tight spread means high confidence.
Consensus (median) 0.585 2025
World Bank — GDP 0.570 2025
IMF (WEO) 0.601 2025
Penn World Table 0.588 2023
World Bank — Consumption 0.624 2025
Eurostat (GDP) 0.533 2024
CIA Factbook (coverage) 0.528 2024
Cost of living around the world
Every country shaded by its price level relative to the US (darker = more expensive). Latvia is outlined.
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Countries with a similar cost of living
- 🇸🇰 Slovakia — price level 0.589
- 🇨🇿 Czechia — price level 0.593
- 🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates — price level 0.593
- 🇱🇹 Lithuania — price level 0.574
- 🇬🇷 Greece — price level 0.598
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Frequently asked questions
- How expensive is Latvia compared to the United States?
- Latvia has a price level of 0.585 relative to the US baseline of 1.0 (about 42% 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 Latvia?
- In purchasing-power terms, $100,000 stretches to about $170,940 of US-equivalent lifestyle in Latvia; conversely, sustaining a $100,000 US lifestyle there costs about $58,500.
- Where does the Latvia 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.