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title: "Cost of Living in Ukraine vs the US — Geo-Parity"
description: "Ukraine is about 72% cheaper than the United States (price level 0.285, US = 1.0). See what US salaries are really worth in Ukraine, across World Bank, IMF, OECD, Eurostat and Penn World Table data."
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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](https://geo-parity.com/?target=UA).

## 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

## Countries with a similar cost of living

- [🇹🇱 East Timor](https://geo-parity.com/ppp/east-timor/) — price level 0.284
- [🇮🇩 Indonesia](https://geo-parity.com/ppp/indonesia/) — price level 0.287
- [🇷🇼 Rwanda](https://geo-parity.com/ppp/rwanda/) — price level 0.28
- [🇻🇳 Vietnam](https://geo-parity.com/ppp/vietnam/) — price level 0.292
- [🇹🇳 Tunisia](https://geo-parity.com/ppp/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.

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

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