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title: "Cost of Living in Uganda vs the US — Geo-Parity"
description: "Uganda is about 67% cheaper than the United States (price level 0.334, US = 1.0). See what US salaries are really worth in Uganda, across World Bank, IMF, OECD, Eurostat and Penn World Table data."
canonical: "https://geo-parity.com/ppp/uganda/"
json: "https://geo-parity.com/api/calculate.json?income=100000&target=UG"
generator: geo-parity markdown twin
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Purchasing Power Parity · Uganda

# Cost of living in 🇺🇬 Uganda vs the United States

Uganda has a US-relative price level of **0.334** (US = 1.0) — about 67% cheaper than the United States. Reference year 2025.

## What US salaries are worth in Uganda

| US income | Feels like (US-equivalent) | Cost of a US lifestyle |
| --- | --- | --- |
| $50,000 | $149,701 | $16,700 |
| $80,000 | $239,521 | $26,720 |
| $120,000 | $359,281 | $40,080 |
| $180,000 | $538,922 | $60,120 |
| $250,000 | $748,503 | $83,500 |

“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=UG).

## How the sources compare

Each provider measures Uganda's price level slightly differently; a tight spread means high confidence.

Consensus (median) 0.334 2025

World Bank — GDP 0.353 2025

IMF (WEO) 0.351 2025

Penn World Table 0.315 2023

World Bank — Consumption 0.371 2025

## Countries with a similar cost of living

- [🇨🇲 Cameroon](https://geo-parity.com/ppp/cameroon/) — price level 0.333
- [🇹🇬 Togo](https://geo-parity.com/ppp/togo/) — price level 0.333
- [🇳🇮 Nicaragua](https://geo-parity.com/ppp/nicaragua/) — price level 0.332
- [🇵🇭 Philippines](https://geo-parity.com/ppp/philippines/) — price level 0.336
- [🇰🇿 Kazakhstan](https://geo-parity.com/ppp/kazakhstan/) — price level 0.337

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

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## Frequently asked questions

- **How expensive is Uganda compared to the United States?**: Uganda has a price level of 0.334 relative to the US baseline of 1.0 (about 67% 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 Uganda?**: In purchasing-power terms, $100,000 stretches to about $299,401 of US-equivalent lifestyle in Uganda; conversely, sustaining a $100,000 US lifestyle there costs about $33,400.
- **Where does the Uganda 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=UG.

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