Purchasing Power Parity · Ukraine
Cost of living in 🇺🇦 Ukraine vs the United States
Ukraine has a US-relative price level of 0.285 (US = 1.0) — about 72% cheaper than the United States. Reference year 2025.
What US salaries are worth in Ukraine
| US income | Feels like (US-equivalent) | Cost of a US lifestyle |
|---|---|---|
| $50,000 | $175,439 | $14,250 |
| $80,000 | $280,702 | $22,800 |
| $120,000 | $421,053 | $34,200 |
| $180,000 | $631,579 | $51,300 |
| $250,000 | $877,193 | $71,250 |
“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 Ukraine's price level slightly differently; a tight spread means high confidence.
Consensus (median) 0.285 2025
World Bank — GDP 0.310 2025
IMF (WEO) 0.308 2025
Penn World Table 0.260 2023
World Bank — Consumption 0.285 2025
CIA Factbook (coverage) 0.291 2024
Cost of living around the world
Every country shaded by its price level relative to the US (darker = more expensive). Ukraine is outlined.
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Countries with a similar cost of living
- 🇹🇱 East Timor — price level 0.284
- 🇮🇩 Indonesia — price level 0.287
- 🇷🇼 Rwanda — price level 0.28
- 🇻🇳 Vietnam — price level 0.292
- 🇹🇳 Tunisia — price level 0.293
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Frequently asked questions
- How expensive is Ukraine compared to the United States?
- Ukraine has a price level of 0.285 relative to the US baseline of 1.0 (about 72% 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 Ukraine?
- In purchasing-power terms, $100,000 stretches to about $350,877 of US-equivalent lifestyle in Ukraine; conversely, sustaining a $100,000 US lifestyle there costs about $28,500.
- Where does the Ukraine 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.