Purchasing Power Parity · Pakistan
Cost of living in 🇵🇰 Pakistan vs the United States
Pakistan has a US-relative price level of 0.217 (US = 1.0) — about 78% cheaper than the United States. Reference year 2025.
What US salaries are worth in Pakistan
| US income | Feels like (US-equivalent) | Cost of a US lifestyle |
|---|---|---|
| $50,000 | $230,415 | $10,850 |
| $80,000 | $368,664 | $17,360 |
| $120,000 | $552,995 | $26,040 |
| $180,000 | $829,493 | $39,060 |
| $250,000 | $1,152,074 | $54,250 |
“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 Pakistan's price level slightly differently; a tight spread means high confidence.
Consensus (median) 0.217 2025
World Bank — GDP 0.241 2025
IMF (WEO) 0.240 2025
Penn World Table 0.194 2023
World Bank — Consumption 0.233 2025
Cost of living around the world
Every country shaded by its price level relative to the US (darker = more expensive). Pakistan is outlined.
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Countries with a similar cost of living
- 🇱🇦 Laos — price level 0.216
- 🇮🇳 India — price level 0.231
- 🇸🇱 Sierra Leone — price level 0.232
- 🇧🇹 Bhutan — price level 0.236
- 🇸🇩 Sudan — price level 0.241
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Frequently asked questions
- How expensive is Pakistan compared to the United States?
- Pakistan has a price level of 0.217 relative to the US baseline of 1.0 (about 78% 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 Pakistan?
- In purchasing-power terms, $100,000 stretches to about $460,829 of US-equivalent lifestyle in Pakistan; conversely, sustaining a $100,000 US lifestyle there costs about $21,700.
- Where does the Pakistan 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.