Purchasing Power Parity · Suriname
Cost of living in 🇸🇷 Suriname vs the United States
Suriname has a US-relative price level of 0.322 (US = 1.0) — about 68% cheaper than the United States. Reference year 2025.
What US salaries are worth in Suriname
| US income | Feels like (US-equivalent) | Cost of a US lifestyle |
|---|---|---|
| $50,000 | $155,280 | $16,100 |
| $80,000 | $248,447 | $25,760 |
| $120,000 | $372,671 | $38,640 |
| $180,000 | $559,006 | $57,960 |
| $250,000 | $776,398 | $80,500 |
“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 Suriname's price level slightly differently; a tight spread means high confidence.
Consensus (median) 0.322 2025
World Bank — GDP 0.312 2025
IMF (WEO) 0.325 2025
Penn World Table 0.325 2023
World Bank — Consumption 0.419 2025
CIA Factbook (coverage) 0.337 2024
Cost of living around the world
Every country shaded by its price level relative to the US (darker = more expensive). Suriname is outlined.
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Countries with a similar cost of living
- 🇰🇪 Kenya — price level 0.323
- 🇲🇱 Mali — price level 0.323
- 🇿🇲 Zambia — price level 0.324
- 🇬🇪 Georgia — price level 0.319
- 🇲🇷 Mauritania — price level 0.319
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Frequently asked questions
- How expensive is Suriname compared to the United States?
- Suriname has a price level of 0.322 relative to the US baseline of 1.0 (about 68% 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 Suriname?
- In purchasing-power terms, $100,000 stretches to about $310,559 of US-equivalent lifestyle in Suriname; conversely, sustaining a $100,000 US lifestyle there costs about $32,200.
- Where does the Suriname 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.