Purchasing Power Parity · Moldova
Cost of living in 🇲🇩 Moldova vs the United States
Moldova has a US-relative price level of 0.429 (US = 1.0) — about 57% cheaper than the United States. Reference year 2025.
What US salaries are worth in Moldova
| US income | Feels like (US-equivalent) | Cost of a US lifestyle |
|---|---|---|
| $50,000 | $116,550 | $21,450 |
| $80,000 | $186,480 | $34,320 |
| $120,000 | $279,720 | $51,480 |
| $180,000 | $419,580 | $77,220 |
| $250,000 | $582,751 | $107,250 |
“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 Moldova's price level slightly differently; a tight spread means high confidence.
Consensus (median) 0.429 2025
World Bank — GDP 0.431 2025
IMF (WEO) 0.430 2025
Penn World Table 0.427 2023
World Bank — Consumption 0.505 2025
CIA Factbook (coverage) 0.407 2024
Cost of living around the world
Every country shaded by its price level relative to the US (darker = more expensive). Moldova is outlined.
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Countries with a similar cost of living
- 🇬🇹 Guatemala — price level 0.429
- 🇯🇴 Jordan — price level 0.428
- 🇰🇲 Comoros — price level 0.433
- 🇧🇬 Bulgaria — price level 0.424
- 🇪🇨 Ecuador — price level 0.424
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Frequently asked questions
- How expensive is Moldova compared to the United States?
- Moldova has a price level of 0.429 relative to the US baseline of 1.0 (about 57% 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 Moldova?
- In purchasing-power terms, $100,000 stretches to about $233,100 of US-equivalent lifestyle in Moldova; conversely, sustaining a $100,000 US lifestyle there costs about $42,900.
- Where does the Moldova 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.