Purchasing Power Parity · Uruguay
Cost of living in 🇺🇾 Uruguay vs the United States
Uruguay has a US-relative price level of 0.715 (US = 1.0) — about 29% cheaper than the United States. Reference year 2025.
What US salaries are worth in Uruguay
| US income | Feels like (US-equivalent) | Cost of a US lifestyle |
|---|---|---|
| $50,000 | $69,930 | $35,750 |
| $80,000 | $111,888 | $57,200 |
| $120,000 | $167,832 | $85,800 |
| $180,000 | $251,748 | $128,700 |
| $250,000 | $349,650 | $178,750 |
“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 Uruguay's price level slightly differently; a tight spread means high confidence.
Consensus (median) 0.715 2025
World Bank — GDP 0.658 2025
IMF (WEO) 0.658 2025
Penn World Table 0.771 2023
World Bank — Consumption 0.725 2025
CIA Factbook (coverage) 0.656 2024
Cost of living around the world
Every country shaded by its price level relative to the US (darker = more expensive). Uruguay is outlined.
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Countries with a similar cost of living
- 🇦🇬 Antigua and Barbuda — price level 0.707
- 🇰🇳 Saint Kitts and Nevis — price level 0.728
- 🇭🇰 Hong Kong — price level 0.737
- 🇮🇹 Italy — price level 0.686
- 🇰🇮 Kiribati — price level 0.685
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Frequently asked questions
- How expensive is Uruguay compared to the United States?
- Uruguay has a price level of 0.715 relative to the US baseline of 1.0 (about 29% 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 Uruguay?
- In purchasing-power terms, $100,000 stretches to about $139,860 of US-equivalent lifestyle in Uruguay; conversely, sustaining a $100,000 US lifestyle there costs about $71,500.
- Where does the Uruguay 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.