Cost of living comparison
Albania is 73.0% more expensive than Burkina Faso.
If you lived in Albania instead of Burkina Faso, you would:
pay 4.0 times more for restaurants
Burkina Faso
|
Albania
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant |
$0.83
F CFA498
|
$7.46
ALL688
|
|
Fast food combo meal
McDonalds, or similar
|
$2.15
F CFA1,294
|
$6.30
ALL581
|
|
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz) |
$0.77
F CFA465
|
$1.58
ALL145
|
|
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz) |
$0.41
F CFA249
|
$0.76
ALL70
|
|
pay 7.0% more for groceries
Burkina Faso
|
Albania
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Bread
1 loaf
|
$0.89
F CFA534
|
$0.80
ALL74
|
|
Local cheese (8 oz) | ?? |
$4.90
ALL452
|
|
Milk (1 gallon) |
$9.20
F CFA5,548
|
$6.95
ALL641
|
|
Eggs
1 dozen
|
$2.53
F CFA1,523
|
$3.29
ALL303
|
|
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb) | ?? |
$3.21
ALL296
|
|
Apples (1 lb) |
$0.80
F CFA482
|
$0.62
ALL57
|
|
Bananas (1 lb) |
$0.50
F CFA302
|
$1.05
ALL97
|
|
Oranges (1 lb) |
$0.43
F CFA257
|
$0.72
ALL66
|
|
Tomatoes (1 lb) |
$0.68
F CFA409
|
$0.64
ALL59
|
|
Potatoes (1 lb) |
$1.36
F CFA818
|
$0.46
ALL42
|
|
Onions (1 lb) |
$0.58
F CFA347
|
$0.48
ALL44
|
|
pay 2.3 times more for transportation
Burkina Faso
|
Albania
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Gasoline (1 gallon) |
$4.58
F CFA2,760
|
$7.84
ALL722
|
|
Monthly public transit pass |
$4.95
F CFA2,986
|
$15.59
ALL1,436
|
|
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition) | ?? |
$30,451.57
ALL2,806,055
|
|
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles) |
$13.70
F CFA8,262
|
$29.40
ALL2,709
|
|
pay 15.5% less for housing
Burkina Faso
|
Albania
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Internet connection
50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl
|
$41.19
F CFA24,836
|
$15.91
ALL1,466
|
|
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area |
$412.75
F CFA248,857
|
$333.93
ALL30,771
|
|
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center |
$206.38
F CFA124,428
|
$252.77
ALL23,292
|
|
Utilities for two
(700 sq ft apartment)
including electric, gas, water, heating
|
$69.44
F CFA41,867
|
$66.76
ALL6,152
|
|
pay 31.8% less for childcare
Burkina Faso
|
Albania
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly |
$123.83
F CFA74,657
|
$144.51
ALL13,316
|
|
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters |
$15,210.19
F CFA9,170,573
|
$2,989.15
ALL275,444
|
|
pay 48.1% more for entertainment and sports
Burkina Faso
|
Albania
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Domestic/local beer (1 pint) |
$1.16
F CFA697
|
$2.48
ALL229
|
|
Cappuccino in mid-range area |
$1.24
F CFA747
|
$1.54
ALL142
|
|
Pack of cigarettes
Marlboro or similar
|
$1.65
F CFA995
|
$3.54
ALL326
|
|
Monthly membership at local gym |
$41.28
F CFA24,886
|
$36.41
ALL3,355
|
|
Movie ticket to theater/cinema |
$8.26
F CFA4,977
|
$8.18
ALL754
|
|
pay (unknown) more for clothing
Burkina Faso
|
Albania
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Regular jeans
Levi's brand
|
?? |
$45.87
ALL4,227
|
|
Regular dress
from H&M or similar store
|
?? |
$44.92
ALL4,139
|
|
Running shoes
Nike or Adidas
|
?? |
$78.19
ALL7,205
|
|
Men's business shoes (leather) | ?? |
$103.69
ALL9,555
|
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