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title: "Cost of Living in Madagascar vs the US — Geo-Parity"
description: "Madagascar is about 70% cheaper than the United States (price level 0.296, US = 1.0). See what US salaries are really worth in Madagascar, across World Bank, IMF, OECD, Eurostat and Penn World Table data."
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json: "https://geo-parity.com/api/calculate.json?income=100000&target=MG"
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Purchasing Power Parity · Madagascar

# Cost of living in 🇲🇬 Madagascar vs the United States

Madagascar has a US-relative price level of **0.296** (US = 1.0) — about 70% cheaper than the United States. Reference year 2025.

## What US salaries are worth in Madagascar

| US income | Feels like (US-equivalent) | Cost of a US lifestyle |
| --- | --- | --- |
| $50,000 | $168,919 | $14,800 |
| $80,000 | $270,270 | $23,680 |
| $120,000 | $405,405 | $35,520 |
| $180,000 | $608,108 | $53,280 |
| $250,000 | $844,595 | $74,000 |

“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=MG).

## How the sources compare

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

Consensus (median) 0.296 2025

World Bank — GDP 0.307 2025

IMF (WEO) 0.306 2025

Penn World Table 0.286 2023

World Bank — Consumption 0.290 2025

## Countries with a similar cost of living

- [🇹🇿 Tanzania](https://geo-parity.com/ppp/tanzania/) — price level 0.297
- [🇹🇭 Thailand](https://geo-parity.com/ppp/thailand/) — price level 0.295
- [🇦🇿 Azerbaijan](https://geo-parity.com/ppp/azerbaijan/) — price level 0.298
- [🇹🇳 Tunisia](https://geo-parity.com/ppp/tunisia/) — price level 0.293
- [🇻🇳 Vietnam](https://geo-parity.com/ppp/vietnam/) — price level 0.292

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

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## Frequently asked questions

- **How expensive is Madagascar compared to the United States?**: Madagascar has a price level of 0.296 relative to the US baseline of 1.0 (about 70% 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 Madagascar?**: In purchasing-power terms, $100,000 stretches to about $337,838 of US-equivalent lifestyle in Madagascar; conversely, sustaining a $100,000 US lifestyle there costs about $29,600.
- **Where does the Madagascar 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=MG.

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