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title: "Cost of Living in Libya vs the US — Geo-Parity"
description: "Libya is about 63% cheaper than the United States (price level 0.369, US = 1.0). See what US salaries are really worth in Libya, across World Bank, IMF, OECD, Eurostat and Penn World Table data."
canonical: "https://geo-parity.com/ppp/libya/"
json: "https://geo-parity.com/api/calculate.json?income=100000&target=LY"
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Purchasing Power Parity · Libya

# Cost of living in 🇱🇾 Libya vs the United States

Libya has a US-relative price level of **0.369** (US = 1.0) — about 63% cheaper than the United States. Reference year 2025.

## What US salaries are worth in Libya

| US income | Feels like (US-equivalent) | Cost of a US lifestyle |
| --- | --- | --- |
| $50,000 | $135,501 | $18,450 |
| $80,000 | $216,802 | $29,520 |
| $120,000 | $325,203 | $44,280 |
| $180,000 | $487,805 | $66,420 |
| $250,000 | $677,507 | $92,250 |

“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=LY).

## How the sources compare

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

Consensus (median) 0.369 2025

World Bank — GDP 0.391 2025

IMF (WEO) 0.346 2025

World Bank — Consumption 0.338 2025

## Countries with a similar cost of living

- [🇦🇲 Armenia](https://geo-parity.com/ppp/armenia/) — price level 0.37
- [🇹🇩 Chad](https://geo-parity.com/ppp/chad/) — price level 0.368
- [🇧🇴 Bolivia](https://geo-parity.com/ppp/bolivia/) — price level 0.371
- [🇬🇦 Gabon](https://geo-parity.com/ppp/gabon/) — price level 0.372
- [🇵🇾 Paraguay](https://geo-parity.com/ppp/paraguay/) — price level 0.364

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

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## Frequently asked questions

- **How expensive is Libya compared to the United States?**: Libya has a price level of 0.369 relative to the US baseline of 1.0 (about 63% 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 Libya?**: In purchasing-power terms, $100,000 stretches to about $271,003 of US-equivalent lifestyle in Libya; conversely, sustaining a $100,000 US lifestyle there costs about $36,900.
- **Where does the Libya 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=LY.

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