Purchasing Power Parity · Tuvalu
Cost of living in 🇹🇻 Tuvalu vs the United States
Tuvalu has a US-relative price level of 0.922 (US = 1.0) — about 8% cheaper than the United States. Reference year 2025.
What US salaries are worth in Tuvalu
| US income | Feels like (US-equivalent) | Cost of a US lifestyle |
|---|---|---|
| $50,000 | $54,230 | $46,100 |
| $80,000 | $86,768 | $73,760 |
| $120,000 | $130,152 | $110,640 |
| $180,000 | $195,228 | $165,960 |
| $250,000 | $271,150 | $230,500 |
“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 Tuvalu's price level slightly differently; a tight spread means high confidence.
Consensus (median) 0.922 2025
World Bank — GDP 0.894 2025
IMF (WEO) 0.949 2025
World Bank — Consumption 0.972 2021
CIA Factbook (coverage) 0.960 2023
Cost of living around the world
Every country shaded by its price level relative to the US (darker = more expensive). Tuvalu is outlined.
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Countries with a similar cost of living
- 🇩🇰 Denmark — price level 0.915
- 🇵🇼 Palau — price level 0.932
- 🇦🇺 Australia — price level 0.91
- 🇧🇸 Bahamas — price level 0.949
- 🇱🇺 Luxembourg — price level 0.956
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Frequently asked questions
- How expensive is Tuvalu compared to the United States?
- Tuvalu has a price level of 0.922 relative to the US baseline of 1.0 (about 8% 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 Tuvalu?
- In purchasing-power terms, $100,000 stretches to about $108,460 of US-equivalent lifestyle in Tuvalu; conversely, sustaining a $100,000 US lifestyle there costs about $92,200.
- Where does the Tuvalu 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.