Cost of living comparison
Maldives is 41.3% more expensive than Albania.
If you lived in Maldives instead of Albania, you would:
pay 20.4% less for restaurants
Albania
|
Maldives
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant |
$7.46
ALL696
|
$5.50
MVR84.97
|
|
Fast food combo meal
McDonalds, or similar
|
$6.30
ALL587
|
$8.82
MVR136.20
|
|
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz) |
$1.58
ALL147
|
$0.97
MVR15.06
|
|
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz) |
$0.76
ALL70
|
$0.32
MVR5.01
|
|
pay 38.6% more for groceries
Albania
|
Maldives
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Bread
1 loaf
|
$0.80
ALL74
|
$1.49
MVR23.05
|
|
Local cheese (8 oz) |
$4.90
ALL457
|
$4.49
MVR69.39
|
|
Milk (1 gallon) |
$6.95
ALL648
|
$6.87
MVR106.09
|
|
Eggs
1 dozen
|
$3.29
ALL307
|
$1.64
MVR25.28
|
|
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb) |
$3.21
ALL299
|
$2.09
MVR32.27
|
|
Apples (1 lb) |
$0.62
ALL57
|
$1.63
MVR25.26
|
|
Bananas (1 lb) |
$1.05
ALL98
|
$1.64
MVR25.28
|
|
Oranges (1 lb) |
$0.72
ALL67
|
$1.29
MVR19.92
|
|
Tomatoes (1 lb) |
$0.64
ALL60
|
$1.39
MVR21.49
|
|
Potatoes (1 lb) |
$0.46
ALL42
|
$0.48
MVR7.34
|
|
Onions (1 lb) |
$0.48
ALL45
|
$0.53
MVR8.23
|
|
pay 9.8% less for transportation
Albania
|
Maldives
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Gasoline (1 gallon) |
$7.84
ALL731
|
$3.67
MVR56.65
|
|
Monthly public transit pass |
$15.59
ALL1,453
|
$21.35
MVR329.79
|
|
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition) |
$30,451.57
ALL2,839,531
|
$38,822.39
MVR599,805.95
|
|
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles) |
$29.40
ALL2,742
|
$14.56
MVR224.93
|
|
pay 3.2 times more for housing
Albania
|
Maldives
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Internet connection
50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl
|
$15.91
ALL1,484
|
$74.35
MVR1,148.63
|
|
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area |
$333.93
ALL31,138
|
$1,114.18
MVR17,214.08
|
|
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center |
$252.77
ALL23,570
|
$815.78
MVR12,603.84
|
|
Utilities for two
(700 sq ft apartment)
including electric, gas, water, heating
|
$66.76
ALL6,225
|
$98.13
MVR1,516.18
|
|
pay 0.8% less for childcare
Albania
|
Maldives
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly |
$144.51
ALL13,475
|
$143.42
MVR2,215.82
|
|
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters |
$2,989.15
ALL278,730
|
$2,968.14
MVR45,857.74
|
|
pay 59.0% more for entertainment and sports
Albania
|
Maldives
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Domestic/local beer (1 pint) |
$2.48
ALL231
|
$3.15
MVR48.73
|
|
Cappuccino in mid-range area |
$1.54
ALL144
|
$2.74
MVR42.35
|
|
Pack of cigarettes
Marlboro or similar
|
$3.54
ALL330
|
$7.12
MVR109.96
|
|
Monthly membership at local gym |
$36.41
ALL3,395
|
$68.75
MVR1,062.14
|
|
Movie ticket to theater/cinema |
$8.18
ALL763
|
$8.17
MVR126.21
|
|
pay 4.7% more for clothing
Albania
|
Maldives
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Regular jeans
Levi's brand
|
$45.87
ALL4,277
|
$47.20
MVR729.19
|
|
Regular dress
from H&M or similar store
|
$44.92
ALL4,189
|
$45.15
MVR697.55
|
|
Running shoes
Nike or Adidas
|
$78.19
ALL7,291
|
$106.36
MVR1,643.19
|
|
Men's business shoes (leather) |
$103.69
ALL9,669
|
$82.23
MVR1,270.42
|
|
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