Purchasing Power Parity · Seychelles
Cost of living in 🇸🇨 Seychelles vs the United States
Seychelles has a US-relative price level of 0.612 (US = 1.0) — about 39% cheaper than the United States. Reference year 2025.
What US salaries are worth in Seychelles
| US income | Feels like (US-equivalent) | Cost of a US lifestyle |
|---|---|---|
| $50,000 | $81,699 | $30,600 |
| $80,000 | $130,719 | $48,960 |
| $120,000 | $196,078 | $73,440 |
| $180,000 | $294,118 | $110,160 |
| $250,000 | $408,497 | $153,000 |
“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 Seychelles's price level slightly differently; a tight spread means high confidence.
Consensus (median) 0.612 2025
World Bank — GDP 0.542 2025
IMF (WEO) 0.530 2025
Penn World Table 0.687 2023
World Bank — Consumption 0.574 2025
CIA Factbook (coverage) 0.537 2024
Cost of living around the world
Every country shaded by its price level relative to the US (darker = more expensive). Seychelles is outlined.
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Countries with a similar cost of living
- 🇬🇩 Grenada — price level 0.617
- 🇸🇬 Singapore — price level 0.605
- 🇨🇷 Costa Rica — price level 0.601
- 🇵🇬 Papua New Guinea — price level 0.623
- 🇵🇹 Portugal — price level 0.623
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Frequently asked questions
- How expensive is Seychelles compared to the United States?
- Seychelles has a price level of 0.612 relative to the US baseline of 1.0 (about 39% 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 Seychelles?
- In purchasing-power terms, $100,000 stretches to about $163,399 of US-equivalent lifestyle in Seychelles; conversely, sustaining a $100,000 US lifestyle there costs about $61,200.
- Where does the Seychelles 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.