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Purchasing power

What your salary is really worth, country by country

A salary only means something next to what it costs to live. These figures adjust for that: they are converted at purchasing power parity, so the comparison reflects what money actually buys rather than what a currency exchange desk would give you. Every number comes from the World Bank's public API and is labelled with its source and year.

What is your income worth somewhere else?

Enter what you earn a year, where you earn it, and where you are comparing to. The answer adjusts for the fact that the same money buys different amounts in different countries.

In your own country's currency
Where you earn it
Where you are moving or comparing to
Same living standard in United States
73,788
in United States's local currency, per year
Your income, currency-free
Int$ 73,788
same figure as above: international dollars are benchmarked to US prices
vs average in France
113%
of the national average income
vs average in United States
82%
of the national average income

In plain terms: earning 50,000 a year in France buys roughly what 73,788 a year buys in United States. That income sits at 113% of the average in France but 82% of the average in United States — the same money, a different position in the income distribution.

How this is calculated

Both countries' purchasing power parity conversion factors come from the World Bank series PA.NUS.PPP, which gives the number of units of local currency that buy what one international dollar buys in the United States.

Your income is divided by that factor for France (0.6776, 2025) to express it in international dollars, then multiplied by the factor for United States (1.0000, 2025).

Two honest caveats. These are whole-economy averages: they describe a typical national basket of goods, not your rent in a specific city, and capital cities are usually more expensive than the national average. And the comparison covers prices only — it says nothing about tax, healthcare costs, or what public services you get for what you pay.

Average income around the world

The same purchasing-power adjustment, applied to national average income. This is the benchmark the comparison above measures against.

Average income per person (PPP)

Gross national income per person, converted at purchasing power parity — meaning it is adjusted so that one international dollar buys roughly the same basket of goods in every country. This is the fair way to compare incomes across borders: converting at market exchange rates makes people in cheaper countries look poorer than they actually live.

Measured in international $ per year. Source: World Bank Open Data (indicator code NY.GNP.PCAP.PP.CD, CC BY 4.0). Latest year available: 2025. How this is sourced

Countries with data
202
latest year per country
Highest
Int$ 135,750
Singapore
Median country
Int$ 20,185
half are above, half below
Lowest
Int$ 1,010
South Sudan
Country detail
Select a country on the map — or any row below — to see how this measure has changed over time.
Highest
CountryValueYear
SingaporeInt$ 135,7502025
QatarInt$ 126,2902025
Macao SAR, ChinaInt$ 125,6302024
BermudaInt$ 122,5302024
NorwayInt$ 107,7702025
LuxembourgInt$ 106,6402025
IrelandInt$ 106,3102025
SwitzerlandInt$ 101,6902025
Brunei DarussalamInt$ 95,4202025
United StatesInt$ 89,4902025
Lowest
CountryValueYear
South SudanInt$ 1,0102015
BurundiInt$ 1,2502025
Central African RepublicInt$ 1,3902025
MozambiqueInt$ 1,5402025
Somalia, Fed. Rep.Int$ 1,6402025
EritreaInt$ 1,7202011
LiberiaInt$ 1,8402025
Congo, Dem. Rep.Int$ 1,8502025
MalawiInt$ 1,8802025
MadagascarInt$ 1,9102025

Snapshot refreshed 18 Oct 2026, 06:19 UTC. Country histories are fetched live when you select a country.