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title: "Cost of Living in Sri Lanka vs the US — Geo-Parity"
description: "Sri Lanka is about 74% cheaper than the United States (price level 0.262, US = 1.0). See what US salaries are really worth in Sri Lanka, across World Bank, IMF, OECD, Eurostat and Penn World Table data."
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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](https://geo-parity.com/?target=LK).

## 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

## Countries with a similar cost of living

- [🇧🇮 Burundi](https://geo-parity.com/ppp/burundi/) — price level 0.264
- [🇺🇿 Uzbekistan](https://geo-parity.com/ppp/uzbekistan/) — price level 0.264
- [🇬🇲 Gambia](https://geo-parity.com/ppp/gambia/) — price level 0.266
- [🇧🇩 Bangladesh](https://geo-parity.com/ppp/bangladesh/) — price level 0.267
- [🇮🇷 Iran](https://geo-parity.com/ppp/iran/) — price level 0.271

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

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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.

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

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