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title: "Cost of Living in Suriname vs the US — Geo-Parity"
description: "Suriname is about 68% cheaper than the United States (price level 0.322, US = 1.0). See what US salaries are really worth in Suriname, across World Bank, IMF, OECD, Eurostat and Penn World Table data."
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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](https://geo-parity.com/?target=SR).

## 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

## Countries with a similar cost of living

- [🇰🇪 Kenya](https://geo-parity.com/ppp/kenya/) — price level 0.323
- [🇲🇱 Mali](https://geo-parity.com/ppp/mali/) — price level 0.323
- [🇿🇲 Zambia](https://geo-parity.com/ppp/zambia/) — price level 0.324
- [🇬🇪 Georgia](https://geo-parity.com/ppp/georgia/) — price level 0.319
- [🇲🇷 Mauritania](https://geo-parity.com/ppp/mauritania/) — price level 0.319

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

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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.

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

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