Purchasing Power Parity · Niger
Cost of living in 🇳🇪 Niger vs the United States
Niger has a US-relative price level of 0.329 (US = 1.0) — about 67% cheaper than the United States. Reference year 2025.
What US salaries are worth in Niger
| US income | Feels like (US-equivalent) | Cost of a US lifestyle |
|---|---|---|
| $50,000 | $151,976 | $16,450 |
| $80,000 | $243,161 | $26,320 |
| $120,000 | $364,742 | $39,480 |
| $180,000 | $547,112 | $59,220 |
| $250,000 | $759,878 | $82,250 |
“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 Niger's price level slightly differently; a tight spread means high confidence.
Consensus (median) 0.329 2025
World Bank — GDP 0.356 2025
IMF (WEO) 0.355 2025
Penn World Table 0.303 2023
World Bank — Consumption 0.343 2025
Cost of living around the world
Every country shaded by its price level relative to the US (darker = more expensive). Niger is outlined.
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Countries with a similar cost of living
- 🇩🇿 Algeria — price level 0.329
- 🇲🇼 Malawi — price level 0.327
- 🇲🇾 Malaysia — price level 0.327
- 🇳🇮 Nicaragua — price level 0.332
- 🇨🇲 Cameroon — price level 0.333
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Frequently asked questions
- How expensive is Niger compared to the United States?
- Niger has a price level of 0.329 relative to the US baseline of 1.0 (about 67% 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 Niger?
- In purchasing-power terms, $100,000 stretches to about $303,951 of US-equivalent lifestyle in Niger; conversely, sustaining a $100,000 US lifestyle there costs about $32,900.
- Where does the Niger 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.