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title: "Cost of Living in Peru vs the US — Geo-Parity"
description: "Peru is about 49% cheaper than the United States (price level 0.507, US = 1.0). See what US salaries are really worth in Peru, across World Bank, IMF, OECD, Eurostat and Penn World Table data."
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json: "https://geo-parity.com/api/calculate.json?income=100000&target=PE"
generator: geo-parity markdown twin
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Purchasing Power Parity · Peru

# Cost of living in 🇵🇪 Peru vs the United States

Peru has a US-relative price level of **0.507** (US = 1.0) — about 49% cheaper than the United States. Reference year 2025.

## What US salaries are worth in Peru

| US income | Feels like (US-equivalent) | Cost of a US lifestyle |
| --- | --- | --- |
| $50,000 | $98,619 | $25,350 |
| $80,000 | $157,791 | $40,560 |
| $120,000 | $236,686 | $60,840 |
| $180,000 | $355,030 | $91,260 |
| $250,000 | $493,097 | $126,750 |

“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=PE).

## How the sources compare

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

Consensus (median) 0.507 2025

World Bank — GDP 0.515 2025

IMF (WEO) 0.514 2025

Penn World Table 0.499 2023

World Bank — Consumption 0.540 2025

CIA Factbook (coverage) 0.475 2024

## Countries with a similar cost of living

- [🇿🇼 Zimbabwe](https://geo-parity.com/ppp/zimbabwe/) — price level 0.508
- [🇵🇱 Poland](https://geo-parity.com/ppp/poland/) — price level 0.51
- [🇱🇷 Liberia](https://geo-parity.com/ppp/liberia/) — price level 0.496
- [🇱🇨 Saint Lucia](https://geo-parity.com/ppp/saint-lucia/) — price level 0.519
- [🇸🇹 São Tomé and Príncipe](https://geo-parity.com/ppp/sao-tome-and-principe/) — price level 0.493

Relocating for work? use the [Fair Pay Localizer](https://geo-parity.com/?tab=salary).

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## Frequently asked questions

- **How expensive is Peru compared to the United States?**: Peru has a price level of 0.507 relative to the US baseline of 1.0 (about 49% 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 Peru?**: In purchasing-power terms, $100,000 stretches to about $197,239 of US-equivalent lifestyle in Peru; conversely, sustaining a $100,000 US lifestyle there costs about $50,700.
- **Where does the Peru 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=PE.

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