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title: "Cost of Living in Tuvalu vs the US — Geo-Parity"
description: "Tuvalu is about 8% cheaper than the United States (price level 0.922, US = 1.0). See what US salaries are really worth in Tuvalu, across World Bank, IMF, OECD, Eurostat and Penn World Table data."
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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](https://geo-parity.com/?target=TV).

## 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

## Countries with a similar cost of living

- [🇩🇰 Denmark](https://geo-parity.com/ppp/denmark/) — price level 0.915
- [🇵🇼 Palau](https://geo-parity.com/ppp/palau/) — price level 0.932
- [🇦🇺 Australia](https://geo-parity.com/ppp/australia/) — price level 0.91
- [🇧🇸 Bahamas](https://geo-parity.com/ppp/bahamas/) — price level 0.949
- [🇱🇺 Luxembourg](https://geo-parity.com/ppp/luxembourg/) — price level 0.956

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

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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.

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

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