Purchasing Power Parity · Saudi Arabia
Cost of living in 🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia vs the United States
Saudi Arabia has a US-relative price level of 0.493 (US = 1.0) — about 51% cheaper than the United States. Reference year 2025.
What US salaries are worth in Saudi Arabia
| US income | Feels like (US-equivalent) | Cost of a US lifestyle |
|---|---|---|
| $50,000 | $101,420 | $24,650 |
| $80,000 | $162,272 | $39,440 |
| $120,000 | $243,408 | $59,160 |
| $180,000 | $365,112 | $88,740 |
| $250,000 | $507,099 | $123,250 |
“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 Saudi Arabia's price level slightly differently; a tight spread means high confidence.
Consensus (median) 0.493 2025
World Bank — GDP 0.492 2024
IMF (WEO) 0.494 2024
OECD 0.466 2025
Penn World Table 0.493 2023
World Bank — Consumption 0.502 2024
Big Mac Index 0.828 2026
Cost of living around the world
Every country shaded by its price level relative to the US (darker = more expensive). Saudi Arabia is outlined.
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Countries with a similar cost of living
- 🇨🇳 China — price level 0.491
- 🇵🇱 Poland — price level 0.486
- 🇨🇱 Chile — price level 0.481
- 🇭🇺 Hungary — price level 0.508
- 🇧🇷 Brazil — price level 0.462
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Frequently asked questions
- How expensive is Saudi Arabia compared to the United States?
- Saudi Arabia has a price level of 0.493 relative to the US baseline of 1.0 (about 51% cheaper than the United States), based on the median of World Bank, IMF, OECD and Penn World Table figures with reference year 2025.
- What is a $100,000 salary worth in Saudi Arabia?
- In purchasing-power terms, $100,000 stretches to about $202,840 of US-equivalent lifestyle in Saudi Arabia; conversely, sustaining a $100,000 US lifestyle there costs about $49,300.
- Where does the Saudi Arabia cost-of-living data come from?
- Real price-level figures from the World Bank, IMF World Economic Outlook, OECD and Penn World Table, blended as a per-country median and refreshed at build time.