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title: "Cost of Living in Liberia vs the US — Geo-Parity"
description: "Liberia is about 50% cheaper than the United States (price level 0.496, US = 1.0). See what US salaries are really worth in Liberia, across World Bank, IMF, OECD, Eurostat and Penn World Table data."
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Purchasing Power Parity · Liberia

# Cost of living in 🇱🇷 Liberia vs the United States

Liberia has a US-relative price level of **0.496** (US = 1.0) — about 50% cheaper than the United States. Reference year 2023.

## What US salaries are worth in Liberia

| US income | Feels like (US-equivalent) | Cost of a US lifestyle |
| --- | --- | --- |
| $50,000 | $100,806 | $24,800 |
| $80,000 | $161,290 | $39,680 |
| $120,000 | $241,935 | $59,520 |
| $180,000 | $362,903 | $89,280 |
| $250,000 | $504,032 | $124,000 |

“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=LR).

## How the sources compare

Each provider measures Liberia's price level slightly differently; a tight spread means high confidence.

Consensus (median) 0.496 2023

Penn World Table 0.496 2023

## Countries with a similar cost of living

- [🇸🇹 São Tomé and Príncipe](https://geo-parity.com/ppp/sao-tome-and-principe/) — price level 0.493
- [🇨🇱 Chile](https://geo-parity.com/ppp/chile/) — price level 0.487
- [🇨🇩 DR Congo](https://geo-parity.com/ppp/dr-congo/) — price level 0.486
- [🇵🇪 Peru](https://geo-parity.com/ppp/peru/) — price level 0.507
- [🇿🇼 Zimbabwe](https://geo-parity.com/ppp/zimbabwe/) — price level 0.508

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

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## Frequently asked questions

- **How expensive is Liberia compared to the United States?**: Liberia has a price level of 0.496 relative to the US baseline of 1.0 (about 50% 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 2023.
- **What is a $100,000 salary worth in Liberia?**: In purchasing-power terms, $100,000 stretches to about $201,613 of US-equivalent lifestyle in Liberia; conversely, sustaining a $100,000 US lifestyle there costs about $49,600.
- **Where does the Liberia 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=LR.

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