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title: "Cost of Living in Vanuatu vs the US — Geo-Parity"
description: "Vanuatu is about 2% cheaper than the United States (price level 0.976, US = 1.0). See what US salaries are really worth in Vanuatu, across World Bank, IMF, OECD, Eurostat and Penn World Table data."
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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](https://geo-parity.com/?target=VU).

## 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

## Countries with a similar cost of living

- [🇱🇺 Luxembourg](https://geo-parity.com/ppp/luxembourg/) — price level 0.956
- [🇧🇸 Bahamas](https://geo-parity.com/ppp/bahamas/) — price level 0.949
- [🇵🇼 Palau](https://geo-parity.com/ppp/palau/) — price level 0.932
- [🇲🇭 Marshall Islands](https://geo-parity.com/ppp/marshall-islands/) — price level 1.02
- [🇫🇲 Micronesia](https://geo-parity.com/ppp/micronesia/) — price level 1.024

Relocating for work? use the [Fair Pay Localizer](https://geo-parity.com/?tab=salary).

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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.

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

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