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title: "Cost of Living in Papua New Guinea vs the US — Geo-Parity"
description: "Papua New Guinea is about 38% cheaper than the United States (price level 0.623, US = 1.0). See what US salaries are really worth in Papua New Guinea, across World Bank, IMF, OECD, Eurostat and Penn World Table data."
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Purchasing Power Parity · Papua New Guinea

# Cost of living in 🇵🇬 Papua New Guinea vs the United States

Papua New Guinea has a US-relative price level of **0.623** (US = 1.0) — about 38% cheaper than the United States. Reference year 2025.

## What US salaries are worth in Papua New Guinea

| US income | Feels like (US-equivalent) | Cost of a US lifestyle |
| --- | --- | --- |
| $50,000 | $80,257 | $31,150 |
| $80,000 | $128,411 | $49,840 |
| $120,000 | $192,616 | $74,760 |
| $180,000 | $288,925 | $112,140 |
| $250,000 | $401,284 | $155,750 |

“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=PG).

## How the sources compare

Each provider measures Papua New Guinea's price level slightly differently; a tight spread means high confidence.

Consensus (median) 0.623 2025

World Bank — GDP 0.579 2025

IMF (WEO) 0.666 2025

World Bank — Consumption 0.670 2025

## Countries with a similar cost of living

- [🇵🇹 Portugal](https://geo-parity.com/ppp/portugal/) — price level 0.623
- [🇯🇲 Jamaica](https://geo-parity.com/ppp/jamaica/) — price level 0.627
- [🇬🇩 Grenada](https://geo-parity.com/ppp/grenada/) — price level 0.617
- [🇸🇨 Seychelles](https://geo-parity.com/ppp/seychelles/) — price level 0.612
- [🇸🇮 Slovenia](https://geo-parity.com/ppp/slovenia/) — price level 0.638

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## Frequently asked questions

- **How expensive is Papua New Guinea compared to the United States?**: Papua New Guinea has a price level of 0.623 relative to the US baseline of 1.0 (about 38% 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 Papua New Guinea?**: In purchasing-power terms, $100,000 stretches to about $160,514 of US-equivalent lifestyle in Papua New Guinea; conversely, sustaining a $100,000 US lifestyle there costs about $62,300.
- **Where does the Papua New Guinea 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=PG.

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