Purchasing Power Parity · Mauritius
Cost of living in 🇲🇺 Mauritius vs the United States
Mauritius has a US-relative price level of 0.378 (US = 1.0) — about 62% cheaper than the United States. Reference year 2025.
What US salaries are worth in Mauritius
| US income | Feels like (US-equivalent) | Cost of a US lifestyle |
|---|---|---|
| $50,000 | $132,275 | $18,900 |
| $80,000 | $211,640 | $30,240 |
| $120,000 | $317,460 | $45,360 |
| $180,000 | $476,190 | $68,040 |
| $250,000 | $661,376 | $94,500 |
“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 Mauritius's price level slightly differently; a tight spread means high confidence.
Consensus (median) 0.378 2025
World Bank — GDP 0.386 2025
IMF (WEO) 0.390 2025
Penn World Table 0.368 2023
World Bank — Consumption 0.437 2025
CIA Factbook (coverage) 0.382 2024
Cost of living around the world
Every country shaded by its price level relative to the US (darker = more expensive). Mauritius is outlined.
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Countries with a similar cost of living
- 🇨🇴 Colombia — price level 0.378
- 🇧🇼 Botswana — price level 0.379
- 🇬🇾 Guyana — price level 0.38
- 🇮🇶 Iraq — price level 0.38
- 🇲🇿 Mozambique — price level 0.376
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Frequently asked questions
- How expensive is Mauritius compared to the United States?
- Mauritius has a price level of 0.378 relative to the US baseline of 1.0 (about 62% 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 Mauritius?
- In purchasing-power terms, $100,000 stretches to about $264,550 of US-equivalent lifestyle in Mauritius; conversely, sustaining a $100,000 US lifestyle there costs about $37,800.
- Where does the Mauritius 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.