Purchasing Power Parity · Tajikistan
Cost of living in 🇹🇯 Tajikistan vs the United States
Tajikistan has a US-relative price level of 0.246 (US = 1.0) — about 75% cheaper than the United States. Reference year 2025.
What US salaries are worth in Tajikistan
| US income | Feels like (US-equivalent) | Cost of a US lifestyle |
|---|---|---|
| $50,000 | $203,252 | $12,300 |
| $80,000 | $325,203 | $19,680 |
| $120,000 | $487,805 | $29,520 |
| $180,000 | $731,707 | $44,280 |
| $250,000 | $1,016,260 | $61,500 |
“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 Tajikistan's price level slightly differently; a tight spread means high confidence.
Consensus (median) 0.246 2025
World Bank — GDP 0.276 2025
IMF (WEO) 0.274 2025
Penn World Table 0.217 2023
World Bank — Consumption 0.285 2021
CIA Factbook (coverage) 0.248 2024
Cost of living around the world
Every country shaded by its price level relative to the US (darker = more expensive). Tajikistan is outlined.
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Countries with a similar cost of living
- 🇳🇵 Nepal — price level 0.243
- 🇸🇩 Sudan — price level 0.241
- 🇧🇹 Bhutan — price level 0.236
- 🇸🇱 Sierra Leone — price level 0.232
- 🇮🇳 India — price level 0.231
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Frequently asked questions
- How expensive is Tajikistan compared to the United States?
- Tajikistan has a price level of 0.246 relative to the US baseline of 1.0 (about 75% 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 Tajikistan?
- In purchasing-power terms, $100,000 stretches to about $406,504 of US-equivalent lifestyle in Tajikistan; conversely, sustaining a $100,000 US lifestyle there costs about $24,600.
- Where does the Tajikistan 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.