Lowest cost of living

Lowest national cost-of-living indexes among countries we cover (USA = 100). Useful for remote work and retirement research.

Croatia
Cost of living: 8% of US
Bulgaria
Cost of living: 23% of US
Pakistan
Cost of living: 26% of US
Egypt
Cost of living: 26% of US
India
Cost of living: 26% of US
Sudan
Cost of living: 27% of US
Uzbekistan
Cost of living: 27% of US
Azerbaijan
Cost of living: 28% of US
Tajikistan
Cost of living: 28% of US
Nepal
Cost of living: 29% of US
Kyrgyzstan
Cost of living: 29% of US
Belarus
Cost of living: 29% of US
Algeria
Cost of living: 29% of US
Sri Lanka
Cost of living: 29% of US
Rwanda
Cost of living: 30% of US
Madagascar
Cost of living: 30% of US
Tanzania
Cost of living: 30% of US
Sierra Leone
Cost of living: 30% of US
Ethiopia
Cost of living: 31% of US
Zambia
Cost of living: 31% of US
Tunisia
Cost of living: 31% of US
Ukraine
Cost of living: 32% of US
Angola
Cost of living: 32% of US
Vietnam
Cost of living: 32% of US
Armenia
Cost of living: 33% of US
Burundi
Cost of living: 33% of US
Georgia
Cost of living: 33% of US
Kazakhstan
Cost of living: 33% of US
Mauritania
Cost of living: 34% of US
Laos
Cost of living: 34% of US
Mongolia
Cost of living: 34% of US
Bangladesh
Cost of living: 34% of US
Burkina Faso
Cost of living: 35% of US
Turkey
Cost of living: 35% of US
Mali
Cost of living: 35% of US
Russia
Cost of living: 35% of US
Malawi
Cost of living: 35% of US
Bolivia
Cost of living: 35% of US
Nicaragua
Cost of living: 36% of US
Moldova
Cost of living: 36% of US
Mozambique
Cost of living: 36% of US
Cameroon
Cost of living: 36% of US
Thailand
Cost of living: 37% of US
Uganda
Cost of living: 37% of US
Indonesia
Cost of living: 37% of US
Malaysia
Cost of living: 38% of US
Niger
Cost of living: 38% of US
Cambodia
Cost of living: 38% of US
Kenya
Cost of living: 39% of US
Nigeria
Cost of living: 39% of US
Chad
Cost of living: 39% of US
Benin
Cost of living: 39% of US
Iraq
Cost of living: 40% of US
Togo
Cost of living: 40% of US
North Macedonia
Cost of living: 40% of US
Syria
Cost of living: 40% of US
Dominican Republic
Cost of living: 40% of US
Paraguay
Cost of living: 41% of US
Senegal
Cost of living: 41% of US
Colombia
Cost of living: 41% of US
Philippines
Cost of living: 42% of US
Ghana
Cost of living: 42% of US
Libya
Cost of living: 42% of US
Ivory Coast
Cost of living: 43% of US
Republic of the Congo
Cost of living: 44% of US
Guatemala
Cost of living: 45% of US
Argentina
Cost of living: 45% of US
Brazil
Cost of living: 45% of US
Morocco
Cost of living: 46% of US
Romania
Cost of living: 46% of US
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Cost of living: 46% of US
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Cost of living: 47% of US
Jordan
Cost of living: 48% of US
Ecuador
Cost of living: 49% of US
Montenegro
Cost of living: 49% of US
Serbia
Cost of living: 49% of US
Honduras
Cost of living: 49% of US
El Salvador
Cost of living: 49% of US
Peru
Cost of living: 49% of US
Poland
Cost of living: 50% of US
Central African Republic
Cost of living: 50% of US
Albania
Cost of living: 50% of US
South Africa
Cost of living: 51% of US
Oman
Cost of living: 54% of US
Gabon
Cost of living: 54% of US
Saudi Arabia
Cost of living: 55% of US
Djibouti
Cost of living: 55% of US
Mexico
Cost of living: 55% of US
Bahrain
Cost of living: 56% of US
Hungary
Cost of living: 56% of US
Panama
Cost of living: 56% of US
Costa Rica
Cost of living: 59% of US
Lithuania
Cost of living: 59% of US
Haiti
Cost of living: 59% of US
Trinidad and Tobago
Cost of living: 60% of US
Jamaica
Cost of living: 60% of US
Latvia
Cost of living: 62% of US
China
Cost of living: 62% of US
Chile
Cost of living: 63% of US
Kuwait
Cost of living: 64% of US

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