Compare Countries: Living Cost

Compare countries on the numbers that decide where you live and work. Countrywise puts salary purchasing power, price levels and public data for 150+ countries in one app.

Countrywise is an independent app. It is not a government entity and is not affiliated with, endorsed by or acting on behalf of the World Bank, the United Nations or any government or organisation whose data it shows. Every figure comes from the public sources linked below.

WHAT YOUR SALARY IS REALLY WORTH
A currency converter gives an exchange rate, not what money buys. Countrywise converts a salary with World Bank purchasing power parity (PPP) factors, next to today's exchange rate.

WHERE THE GAP SHOWS UP
See which kinds of spending are dearer or cheaper between two countries: food, housing, health, transport, education, and restaurants and hotels. These are World Bank price levels, shown with their year. A ten-year chart shows whether the gap is closing or widening.

WHERE YOUR MONEY GOES FURTHEST
See where your income buys the most, ranked by price level. The top 10 are free.

REALITY CHECKS
A Big Mac comparison where data exists, and the destination's minimum wage next to your converted salary.

JOB OFFERS
Compare offers in different countries by what they buy, not their size on paper. Pin comparisons to revisit.

AI SUMMARIES
A short AI-written summary explains each comparison from the sourced figures on screen. Free: five country pairs a month, plus one more a day for watching an ad. AI text can be wrong; check the sourced figures.

COUNTRYWISE PRO
An optional subscription, a 3-month Relocation Pass (no renewal), or a one-time Lifetime purchase adds:
- AI summaries for any pair (fair use), plus briefs for students, job offers, remote workers and retirees
- After-tax pay for the 38 OECD countries
- Up to 4 job offers side by side, with an AI-written verdict
- Unlimited pinned comparisons, with alerts when the rate or the data changes
- PDF briefs with every figure sourced
- All 26 price-level categories, plus current European figures
- The salary ranking for every country, with CSV export
- The IMF inflation outlook, and US state and city prices
- No ads
Free includes the salary conversion, comparison, ten-year chart, six price categories, 2 offers, 3 pins and reality checks. Free shows ads.

DATA SOURCES
Read the original data at the source:
World Bank Open Data (CC BY 4.0): https://data.worldbank.org
PPP conversion factor (PA.NUS.PPP): https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/PA.NUS.PPP
International Comparison Program 2021, price levels by category: https://www.worldbank.org/en/programs/icp
Eurostat price level indices (prc_ppp_ind_1): https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/prc_ppp_ind_1/default/table
ILO, ILOSTAT minimum wages (CC BY 4.0): https://ilostat.ilo.org/data/
The Economist, Big Mac index (CC BY 4.0): https://github.com/TheEconomist/big-mac-data
OECD Taxing Wages (CC BY 4.0): https://www.oecd.org/en/publications/serials/taxing-wages_20725124.html
IMF World Economic Outlook: https://www.imf.org/external/datamapper/PCPIPCH@WEO
US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional Price Parities: https://www.bea.gov/data/prices-inflation/regional-price-parities-state-and-metro-area
Exchange rates (central-bank reference rates): https://frankfurter.dev
"Popular Comparisons" on the home screen: UN DESA, International Migrant Stock 2020: https://www.un.org/development/desa/pd/content/international-migrant-stock

Countrywise is an independent app. It is not a government entity, is not affiliated with or endorsed by any organisation named here or any government, and does not provide government services. Source links also appear in the app. Figures are statistical estimates: check the source where an exact number matters.

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PRIVACY
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