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title: "Cost of Living in Sierra Leone vs the US — Geo-Parity"
description: "Sierra Leone is about 77% cheaper than the United States (price level 0.232, US = 1.0). See what US salaries are really worth in Sierra Leone, across World Bank, IMF, OECD, Eurostat and Penn World Table data."
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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](https://geo-parity.com/?target=SL).

## 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

## Countries with a similar cost of living

- [🇮🇳 India](https://geo-parity.com/ppp/india/) — price level 0.231
- [🇧🇹 Bhutan](https://geo-parity.com/ppp/bhutan/) — price level 0.236
- [🇸🇩 Sudan](https://geo-parity.com/ppp/sudan/) — price level 0.241
- [🇳🇵 Nepal](https://geo-parity.com/ppp/nepal/) — price level 0.243
- [🇹🇯 Tajikistan](https://geo-parity.com/ppp/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.

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

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