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title: "Cost of Living in Rwanda vs the US — Geo-Parity"
description: "Rwanda is about 72% cheaper than the United States (price level 0.28, US = 1.0). See what US salaries are really worth in Rwanda, across World Bank, IMF, OECD, Eurostat and Penn World Table data."
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Purchasing Power Parity · Rwanda

# Cost of living in 🇷🇼 Rwanda vs the United States

Rwanda has a US-relative price level of **0.28** (US = 1.0) — about 72% cheaper than the United States. Reference year 2025.

## What US salaries are worth in Rwanda

| US income | Feels like (US-equivalent) | Cost of a US lifestyle |
| --- | --- | --- |
| $50,000 | $178,571 | $14,000 |
| $80,000 | $285,714 | $22,400 |
| $120,000 | $428,571 | $33,600 |
| $180,000 | $642,857 | $50,400 |
| $250,000 | $892,857 | $70,000 |

“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=RW).

## How the sources compare

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

Consensus (median) 0.280 2025

World Bank — GDP 0.270 2025

IMF (WEO) 0.269 2025

Penn World Table 0.291 2023

World Bank — Consumption 0.261 2025

CIA Factbook (coverage) 0.269 2024

## Countries with a similar cost of living

- [🇹🇱 East Timor](https://geo-parity.com/ppp/east-timor/) — price level 0.284
- [🇺🇦 Ukraine](https://geo-parity.com/ppp/ukraine/) — price level 0.285
- [🇧🇾 Belarus](https://geo-parity.com/ppp/belarus/) — price level 0.274
- [🇮🇩 Indonesia](https://geo-parity.com/ppp/indonesia/) — price level 0.287
- [🇮🇷 Iran](https://geo-parity.com/ppp/iran/) — price level 0.271

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## Frequently asked questions

- **How expensive is Rwanda compared to the United States?**: Rwanda has a price level of 0.28 relative to the US baseline of 1.0 (about 72% 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 Rwanda?**: In purchasing-power terms, $100,000 stretches to about $357,143 of US-equivalent lifestyle in Rwanda; conversely, sustaining a $100,000 US lifestyle there costs about $28,000.
- **Where does the Rwanda 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=RW.

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