Purchasing Power Parity · Malta
Cost of living in 🇲🇹 Malta vs the United States
Malta has a US-relative price level of 0.645 (US = 1.0) — about 36% cheaper than the United States. Reference year 2025.
What US salaries are worth in Malta
| US income | Feels like (US-equivalent) | Cost of a US lifestyle |
|---|---|---|
| $50,000 | $77,519 | $32,250 |
| $80,000 | $124,031 | $51,600 |
| $120,000 | $186,047 | $77,400 |
| $180,000 | $279,070 | $116,100 |
| $250,000 | $387,597 | $161,250 |
“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 Malta's price level slightly differently; a tight spread means high confidence.
Consensus (median) 0.645 2025
World Bank — GDP 0.663 2025
IMF (WEO) 0.627 2025
Penn World Table 0.802 2023
World Bank — Consumption 0.690 2025
Eurostat (GDP) 0.629 2024
CIA Factbook (coverage) 0.616 2024
Cost of living around the world
Every country shaded by its price level relative to the US (darker = more expensive). Malta is outlined.
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Countries with a similar cost of living
- 🇨🇾 Cyprus — price level 0.646
- 🇯🇵 Japan — price level 0.641
- 🇸🇮 Slovenia — price level 0.638
- 🇪🇸 Spain — price level 0.658
- 🇯🇲 Jamaica — price level 0.627
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Frequently asked questions
- How expensive is Malta compared to the United States?
- Malta has a price level of 0.645 relative to the US baseline of 1.0 (about 36% 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 Malta?
- In purchasing-power terms, $100,000 stretches to about $155,039 of US-equivalent lifestyle in Malta; conversely, sustaining a $100,000 US lifestyle there costs about $64,500.
- Where does the Malta 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.