Purchasing Power Parity · Sri Lanka
Cost of living in 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka vs the United States
Sri Lanka has a US-relative price level of 0.262 (US = 1.0) — about 74% cheaper than the United States. Reference year 2023.
What US salaries are worth in Sri Lanka
| US income | Feels like (US-equivalent) | Cost of a US lifestyle |
|---|---|---|
| $50,000 | $190,840 | $13,100 |
| $80,000 | $305,344 | $20,960 |
| $120,000 | $458,015 | $31,440 |
| $180,000 | $687,023 | $47,160 |
| $250,000 | $954,198 | $65,500 |
“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 Sri Lanka's price level slightly differently; a tight spread means high confidence.
Consensus (median) 0.262 2023
World Bank — GDP 0.263 2023
IMF (WEO) 0.263 2023
Penn World Table 0.260 2023
World Bank — Consumption 0.276 2023
CIA Factbook (coverage) 0.289 2024
Cost of living around the world
Every country shaded by its price level relative to the US (darker = more expensive). Sri Lanka is outlined.
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Countries with a similar cost of living
- 🇧🇮 Burundi — price level 0.264
- 🇺🇿 Uzbekistan — price level 0.264
- 🇬🇲 Gambia — price level 0.266
- 🇧🇩 Bangladesh — price level 0.267
- 🇮🇷 Iran — price level 0.271
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Frequently asked questions
- How expensive is Sri Lanka compared to the United States?
- Sri Lanka has a price level of 0.262 relative to the US baseline of 1.0 (about 74% 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 Sri Lanka?
- In purchasing-power terms, $100,000 stretches to about $381,679 of US-equivalent lifestyle in Sri Lanka; conversely, sustaining a $100,000 US lifestyle there costs about $26,200.
- Where does the Sri Lanka 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.