Purchasing Power Parity · Sierra Leone
Cost of living in 🇸🇱 Sierra Leone vs the United States
Sierra Leone has a US-relative price level of 0.232 (US = 1.0) — about 77% cheaper than the United States. Reference year 2023.
What US salaries are worth in Sierra Leone
| US income | Feels like (US-equivalent) | Cost of a US lifestyle |
|---|---|---|
| $50,000 | $215,517 | $11,600 |
| $80,000 | $344,828 | $18,560 |
| $120,000 | $517,241 | $27,840 |
| $180,000 | $775,862 | $41,760 |
| $250,000 | $1,077,586 | $58,000 |
“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 Sierra Leone's price level slightly differently; a tight spread means high confidence.
Consensus (median) 0.232 2023
World Bank — GDP 0.225 2023
Penn World Table 0.240 2023
World Bank — Consumption 0.249 2023
Cost of living around the world
Every country shaded by its price level relative to the US (darker = more expensive). Sierra Leone is outlined.
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Countries with a similar cost of living
- 🇮🇳 India — price level 0.231
- 🇧🇹 Bhutan — price level 0.236
- 🇸🇩 Sudan — price level 0.241
- 🇳🇵 Nepal — price level 0.243
- 🇹🇯 Tajikistan — price level 0.246
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Frequently asked questions
- How expensive is Sierra Leone compared to the United States?
- Sierra Leone has a price level of 0.232 relative to the US baseline of 1.0 (about 77% 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 2023.
- What is a $100,000 salary worth in Sierra Leone?
- In purchasing-power terms, $100,000 stretches to about $431,034 of US-equivalent lifestyle in Sierra Leone; conversely, sustaining a $100,000 US lifestyle there costs about $23,200.
- Where does the Sierra Leone 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.