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title: "Cost of Living in Maldives vs the US — Geo-Parity"
description: "Maldives is about 44% cheaper than the United States (price level 0.562, US = 1.0). See what US salaries are really worth in Maldives, 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=MV"
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Purchasing Power Parity · Maldives

# Cost of living in 🇲🇻 Maldives vs the United States

Maldives has a US-relative price level of **0.562** (US = 1.0) — about 44% cheaper than the United States. Reference year 2025.

## What US salaries are worth in Maldives

| US income | Feels like (US-equivalent) | Cost of a US lifestyle |
| --- | --- | --- |
| $50,000 | $88,968 | $28,100 |
| $80,000 | $142,349 | $44,960 |
| $120,000 | $213,523 | $67,440 |
| $180,000 | $320,285 | $101,160 |
| $250,000 | $444,840 | $140,500 |

“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=MV).

## How the sources compare

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

Consensus (median) 0.562 2025

World Bank — GDP 0.512 2025

IMF (WEO) 0.514 2025

Penn World Table 0.610 2023

World Bank — Consumption 0.621 2025

CIA Factbook (coverage) 0.498 2024

## Countries with a similar cost of living

- [🇶🇦 Qatar](https://geo-parity.com/ppp/qatar/) — price level 0.563
- [🇰🇼 Kuwait](https://geo-parity.com/ppp/kuwait/) — price level 0.566
- [🇻🇨 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines](https://geo-parity.com/ppp/saint-vincent-and-the-grenadines/) — price level 0.568
- [🇰🇷 South Korea](https://geo-parity.com/ppp/south-korea/) — price level 0.57
- [🇲🇴 Macau](https://geo-parity.com/ppp/macau/) — price level 0.554

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## Frequently asked questions

- **How expensive is Maldives compared to the United States?**: Maldives has a price level of 0.562 relative to the US baseline of 1.0 (about 44% 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 Maldives?**: In purchasing-power terms, $100,000 stretches to about $177,936 of US-equivalent lifestyle in Maldives; conversely, sustaining a $100,000 US lifestyle there costs about $56,200.
- **Where does the Maldives 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=MV.

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