Cost of living comparison
Belgium is 12.0% more expensive than Barbados.
If you lived in Belgium instead of Barbados, you would:
pay 18.7% more for restaurants
Barbados
|
Belgium
|
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Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant |
$30.00
BBD60.00
|
$18.43
€17.10
|
|
Fast food combo meal
McDonalds, or similar
|
$10.41
BBD20.82
|
$10.18
€9.44
|
|
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz) |
$1.76
BBD3.51
|
$2.64
€2.45
|
|
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz) |
$1.43
BBD2.86
|
$2.36
€2.19
|
|
pay 41.1% less for groceries
Barbados
|
Belgium
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Bread
1 loaf
|
$2.61
BBD5.23
|
$1.91
€1.77
|
|
Local cheese (8 oz) |
$7.69
BBD15.38
|
$6.70
€6.22
|
|
Milk (1 gallon) |
$13.27
BBD26.54
|
$3.76
€3.49
|
|
Eggs
1 dozen
|
$5.07
BBD10.13
|
$2.74
€2.55
|
|
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb) |
$5.36
BBD10.73
|
$4.52
€4.19
|
|
Apples (1 lb) |
$1.74
BBD3.47
|
$1.05
€0.97
|
|
Bananas (1 lb) |
$1.29
BBD2.58
|
$0.79
€0.74
|
|
Oranges (1 lb) |
$1.73
BBD3.45
|
$1.07
€1.00
|
|
Tomatoes (1 lb) |
$2.44
BBD4.88
|
$1.14
€1.06
|
|
Potatoes (1 lb) |
$1.27
BBD2.55
|
$0.71
€0.66
|
|
Onions (1 lb) |
$1.64
BBD3.27
|
$0.56
€0.52
|
|
pay 23.3% less for transportation
Barbados
|
Belgium
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Gasoline (1 gallon) |
$7.94
BBD15.88
|
$7.59
€7.04
|
|
Monthly public transit pass |
$55.50
BBD111.00
|
$48.84
€45.31
|
|
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition) |
$42,500.00
BBD85,000.00
|
$25,847.12
€23,979.67
|
|
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles) |
$38.15
BBD76.30
|
$23.82
€22.10
|
|
pay 29.1% more for housing
Barbados
|
Belgium
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Internet connection
50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl
|
$59.33
BBD118.67
|
$52.54
€48.74
|
|
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area |
$630.61
BBD1,261.21
|
$812.75
€754.03
|
|
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center |
$447.78
BBD895.56
|
$677.61
€628.65
|
|
Utilities for two
(700 sq ft apartment)
including electric, gas, water, heating
|
$100.02
BBD200.04
|
$147.81
€137.13
|
|
pay 2.1 times more for childcare
Barbados
|
Belgium
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly |
$313.33
BBD626.67
|
$446.94
€414.64
|
|
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters |
$4,944.44
BBD9,888.89
|
$13,799.70
€12,802.67
|
|
pay 4.2% less for entertainment and sports
Barbados
|
Belgium
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Domestic/local beer (1 pint) |
$2.63
BBD5.26
|
$4.38
€4.06
|
|
Cappuccino in mid-range area |
$4.50
BBD9.00
|
$3.23
€2.99
|
|
Pack of cigarettes
Marlboro or similar
|
$8.98
BBD17.96
|
$8.08
€7.49
|
|
Monthly membership at local gym |
$82.23
BBD164.46
|
$31.77
€29.47
|
|
Movie ticket to theater/cinema |
$10.12
BBD20.25
|
$11.38
€10.56
|
|
pay 6.1% less for clothing
Barbados
|
Belgium
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Regular jeans
Levi's brand
|
$67.75
BBD135.50
|
$84.51
€78.40
|
|
Regular dress
from H&M or similar store
|
$57.00
BBD114.00
|
$39.84
€36.96
|
|
Running shoes
Nike or Adidas
|
$142.01
BBD284.03
|
$89.20
€82.75
|
|
Men's business shoes (leather) |
$100.83
BBD201.67
|
$119.38
€110.76
|
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