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title: "Cost of Living in Uruguay vs the US — Geo-Parity"
description: "Uruguay is about 29% cheaper than the United States (price level 0.715, US = 1.0). See what US salaries are really worth in Uruguay, across World Bank, IMF, OECD, Eurostat and Penn World Table data."
canonical: "https://geo-parity.com/ppp/uruguay/"
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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](https://geo-parity.com/?target=UY).

## 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

## Countries with a similar cost of living

- [🇦🇬 Antigua and Barbuda](https://geo-parity.com/ppp/antigua-and-barbuda/) — price level 0.707
- [🇰🇳 Saint Kitts and Nevis](https://geo-parity.com/ppp/saint-kitts-and-nevis/) — price level 0.728
- [🇭🇰 Hong Kong](https://geo-parity.com/ppp/hong-kong/) — price level 0.737
- [🇮🇹 Italy](https://geo-parity.com/ppp/italy/) — price level 0.686
- [🇰🇮 Kiribati](https://geo-parity.com/ppp/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.

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

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