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title: "Cost of Living in Seychelles vs the US — Geo-Parity"
description: "Seychelles is about 39% cheaper than the United States (price level 0.612, US = 1.0). See what US salaries are really worth in Seychelles, across World Bank, IMF, OECD, Eurostat and Penn World Table data."
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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](https://geo-parity.com/?target=SC).

## 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

## Countries with a similar cost of living

- [🇬🇩 Grenada](https://geo-parity.com/ppp/grenada/) — price level 0.617
- [🇸🇬 Singapore](https://geo-parity.com/ppp/singapore/) — price level 0.605
- [🇨🇷 Costa Rica](https://geo-parity.com/ppp/costa-rica/) — price level 0.601
- [🇵🇬 Papua New Guinea](https://geo-parity.com/ppp/papua-new-guinea/) — price level 0.623
- [🇵🇹 Portugal](https://geo-parity.com/ppp/portugal/) — price level 0.623

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

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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.

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

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