Purchasing Power Parity · Vietnam
Cost of living in 🇻🇳 Vietnam vs the United States
Vietnam has a US-relative price level of 0.292 (US = 1.0) — about 71% cheaper than the United States. Reference year 2024.
What US salaries are worth in Vietnam
| US income | Feels like (US-equivalent) | Cost of a US lifestyle |
|---|---|---|
| $50,000 | $171,233 | $14,600 |
| $80,000 | $273,973 | $23,360 |
| $120,000 | $410,959 | $35,040 |
| $180,000 | $616,438 | $52,560 |
| $250,000 | $856,164 | $73,000 |
“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 Vietnam's price level slightly differently; a tight spread means high confidence.
Consensus (median) 0.292 2024
World Bank — GDP 0.288 2024
IMF (WEO) 0.288 2024
Penn World Table 0.296 2023
World Bank — Consumption 0.296 2024
Big Mac Index 0.465 2026
Cost of living around the world
Every country shaded by its price level relative to the US (darker = more expensive). Vietnam is outlined.
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Countries with a similar cost of living
- 🇹🇳 Tunisia — price level 0.293
- 🇹🇭 Thailand — price level 0.295
- 🇲🇬 Madagascar — price level 0.296
- 🇮🇩 Indonesia — price level 0.287
- 🇹🇿 Tanzania — price level 0.297
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Frequently asked questions
- How expensive is Vietnam compared to the United States?
- Vietnam has a price level of 0.292 relative to the US baseline of 1.0 (about 71% 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 Vietnam?
- In purchasing-power terms, $100,000 stretches to about $342,466 of US-equivalent lifestyle in Vietnam; conversely, sustaining a $100,000 US lifestyle there costs about $29,200.
- Where does the Vietnam 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.