Purchasing Power Parity · Vanuatu
Cost of living in 🇻🇺 Vanuatu vs the United States
Vanuatu has a US-relative price level of 0.976 (US = 1.0) — about 2% cheaper than the United States. Reference year 2024.
What US salaries are worth in Vanuatu
| US income | Feels like (US-equivalent) | Cost of a US lifestyle |
|---|---|---|
| $50,000 | $51,230 | $48,800 |
| $80,000 | $81,967 | $78,080 |
| $120,000 | $122,951 | $117,120 |
| $180,000 | $184,426 | $175,680 |
| $250,000 | $256,148 | $244,000 |
“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 Vanuatu's price level slightly differently; a tight spread means high confidence.
Consensus (median) 0.976 2024
World Bank — GDP 0.907 2024
IMF (WEO) 1.045 2024
World Bank — Consumption 1.047 2024
CIA Factbook (coverage) 0.983 2024
Cost of living around the world
Every country shaded by its price level relative to the US (darker = more expensive). Vanuatu is outlined.
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Countries with a similar cost of living
- 🇱🇺 Luxembourg — price level 0.956
- 🇧🇸 Bahamas — price level 0.949
- 🇵🇼 Palau — price level 0.932
- 🇲🇭 Marshall Islands — price level 1.02
- 🇫🇲 Micronesia — price level 1.024
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Frequently asked questions
- How expensive is Vanuatu compared to the United States?
- Vanuatu has a price level of 0.976 relative to the US baseline of 1.0 (about 2% 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 2024.
- What is a $100,000 salary worth in Vanuatu?
- In purchasing-power terms, $100,000 stretches to about $102,459 of US-equivalent lifestyle in Vanuatu; conversely, sustaining a $100,000 US lifestyle there costs about $97,600.
- Where does the Vanuatu 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.