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title: "Cost of Living in Mauritania vs the US — Geo-Parity"
description: "Mauritania is about 68% cheaper than the United States (price level 0.319, US = 1.0). See what US salaries are really worth in Mauritania, across World Bank, IMF, OECD, Eurostat and Penn World Table data."
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Purchasing Power Parity · Mauritania

# Cost of living in 🇲🇷 Mauritania vs the United States

Mauritania has a US-relative price level of **0.319** (US = 1.0) — about 68% cheaper than the United States. Reference year 2023.

## What US salaries are worth in Mauritania

| US income | Feels like (US-equivalent) | Cost of a US lifestyle |
| --- | --- | --- |
| $50,000 | $156,740 | $15,950 |
| $80,000 | $250,784 | $25,520 |
| $120,000 | $376,176 | $38,280 |
| $180,000 | $564,263 | $57,420 |
| $250,000 | $783,699 | $79,750 |

“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=MR).

## How the sources compare

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

Consensus (median) 0.319 2023

World Bank — GDP 0.306 2023

IMF (WEO) 0.306 2023

Penn World Table 0.332 2023

World Bank — Consumption 0.339 2023

## Countries with a similar cost of living

- [🇬🇪 Georgia](https://geo-parity.com/ppp/georgia/) — price level 0.319
- [🇷🇺 Russia](https://geo-parity.com/ppp/russia/) — price level 0.316
- [🇸🇷 Suriname](https://geo-parity.com/ppp/suriname/) — price level 0.322
- [🇰🇪 Kenya](https://geo-parity.com/ppp/kenya/) — price level 0.323
- [🇲🇱 Mali](https://geo-parity.com/ppp/mali/) — price level 0.323

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## Frequently asked questions

- **How expensive is Mauritania compared to the United States?**: Mauritania has a price level of 0.319 relative to the US baseline of 1.0 (about 68% 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 Mauritania?**: In purchasing-power terms, $100,000 stretches to about $313,480 of US-equivalent lifestyle in Mauritania; conversely, sustaining a $100,000 US lifestyle there costs about $31,900.
- **Where does the Mauritania 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=MR.

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