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title: "Cost of Living in Mauritius vs the US — Geo-Parity"
description: "Mauritius is about 62% cheaper than the United States (price level 0.378, US = 1.0). See what US salaries are really worth in Mauritius, across World Bank, IMF, OECD, Eurostat and Penn World Table data."
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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](https://geo-parity.com/?target=MU).

## 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

## Countries with a similar cost of living

- [🇨🇴 Colombia](https://geo-parity.com/ppp/colombia/) — price level 0.378
- [🇧🇼 Botswana](https://geo-parity.com/ppp/botswana/) — price level 0.379
- [🇬🇾 Guyana](https://geo-parity.com/ppp/guyana/) — price level 0.38
- [🇮🇶 Iraq](https://geo-parity.com/ppp/iraq/) — price level 0.38
- [🇲🇿 Mozambique](https://geo-parity.com/ppp/mozambique/) — price level 0.376

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

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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.

Figures are informational estimates from public datasets — not investment or relocation advice. Agents: GET /api/calculate.json?income=100000&target=MU.

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