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title: "Cost of Living in Pakistan vs the US — Geo-Parity"
description: "Pakistan is about 78% cheaper than the United States (price level 0.217, US = 1.0). See what US salaries are really worth in Pakistan, across World Bank, IMF, OECD, Eurostat and Penn World Table data."
canonical: "https://geo-parity.com/ppp/pakistan/"
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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](https://geo-parity.com/?target=PK).

## 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

## Countries with a similar cost of living

- [🇱🇦 Laos](https://geo-parity.com/ppp/laos/) — price level 0.216
- [🇮🇳 India](https://geo-parity.com/ppp/india/) — price level 0.231
- [🇸🇱 Sierra Leone](https://geo-parity.com/ppp/sierra-leone/) — price level 0.232
- [🇧🇹 Bhutan](https://geo-parity.com/ppp/bhutan/) — price level 0.236
- [🇸🇩 Sudan](https://geo-parity.com/ppp/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.

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

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