Purchasing Power Parity · Sweden
Cost of living in 🇸🇪 Sweden vs the United States
Sweden has a US-relative price level of 0.841 (US = 1.0) — about 16% cheaper than the United States. Reference year 2025.
What US salaries are worth in Sweden
| US income | Feels like (US-equivalent) | Cost of a US lifestyle |
|---|---|---|
| $50,000 | $59,453 | $42,050 |
| $80,000 | $95,125 | $67,280 |
| $120,000 | $142,687 | $100,920 |
| $180,000 | $214,031 | $151,380 |
| $250,000 | $297,265 | $210,250 |
“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 Sweden's price level slightly differently; a tight spread means high confidence.
Consensus (median) 0.841 2025
World Bank — GDP 0.870 2025
IMF (WEO) 0.846 2025
OECD 0.870 2025
Penn World Table 0.839 2023
World Bank — Consumption 0.905 2025
Big Mac Index 1.151 2026
Eurostat (observed prices) 0.824 2024
Eurostat (GDP) 0.813 2024
Cost of living around the world
Every country shaded by its price level relative to the US (darker = more expensive). Sweden is outlined.
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Countries with a similar cost of living
- 🇨🇦 Canada — price level 0.834
- 🇮🇪 Ireland — price level 0.833
- 🇫🇮 Finland — price level 0.852
- 🇳🇱 Netherlands — price level 0.827
- 🇭🇹 Haiti — price level 0.86
Relocating for work? See the fair salary from the US to Sweden or use the Fair Pay Localizer.
Frequently asked questions
- How expensive is Sweden compared to the United States?
- Sweden has a price level of 0.841 relative to the US baseline of 1.0 (about 16% 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 Sweden?
- In purchasing-power terms, $100,000 stretches to about $118,906 of US-equivalent lifestyle in Sweden; conversely, sustaining a $100,000 US lifestyle there costs about $84,100.
- Where does the Sweden 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.