Cost of living comparison
Saint Kitts and Nevis is 4.0 times more expensive than Burkina Faso.
If you lived in Saint Kitts and Nevis instead of Burkina Faso, you would:
pay 10.4 times more for restaurants
Burkina Faso
|
Saint Kitts and Nevis
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant |
$0.83
F CFA498
|
$22.20
EC$60.00
|
|
Fast food combo meal
McDonalds, or similar
|
$2.15
F CFA1,294
|
$13.98
EC$37.77
|
|
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz) |
$0.77
F CFA465
|
$2.04
EC$5.50
|
|
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz) |
$0.41
F CFA249
|
$2.28
EC$6.17
|
|
pay 81.3% more for groceries
Burkina Faso
|
Saint Kitts and Nevis
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Bread
1 loaf
|
$0.89
F CFA534
|
$4.07
EC$10.99
|
|
Local cheese (8 oz) | ?? |
$5.51
EC$14.88
|
|
Milk (1 gallon) |
$9.20
F CFA5,548
|
$12.19
EC$32.94
|
|
Eggs
1 dozen
|
$2.53
F CFA1,523
|
$5.99
EC$16.20
|
|
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb) | ?? |
$5.63
EC$15.21
|
|
Apples (1 lb) |
$0.80
F CFA482
|
$1.01
EC$2.72
|
|
Bananas (1 lb) |
$0.50
F CFA302
|
$1.11
EC$3.00
|
|
Oranges (1 lb) |
$0.43
F CFA257
|
$0.84
EC$2.27
|
|
Tomatoes (1 lb) |
$0.68
F CFA409
|
$0.66
EC$1.79
|
|
Potatoes (1 lb) |
$1.36
F CFA818
|
$0.50
EC$1.36
|
|
Onions (1 lb) |
$0.58
F CFA347
|
$0.71
EC$1.93
|
|
pay (unknown) more for transportation
Burkina Faso
|
Saint Kitts and Nevis
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Gasoline (1 gallon) |
$4.58
F CFA2,760
|
?? | |
Monthly public transit pass |
$4.95
F CFA2,986
|
?? | |
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition) | ?? | ?? | |
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles) |
$13.70
F CFA8,262
|
?? |
pay 39.8% more for housing
Burkina Faso
|
Saint Kitts and Nevis
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Internet connection
50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl
|
$41.19
F CFA24,836
|
?? | |
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area |
$412.75
F CFA248,857
|
$700.00
EC$1,891.78
|
|
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center |
$206.38
F CFA124,428
|
?? | |
Utilities for two
(700 sq ft apartment)
including electric, gas, water, heating
|
$69.44
F CFA41,867
|
$76.47
EC$206.67
|
|
pay (unknown) more for childcare
Burkina Faso
|
Saint Kitts and Nevis
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly |
$123.83
F CFA74,657
|
?? | |
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters |
$15,210.19
F CFA9,170,573
|
?? |
pay 2.3 times more for entertainment and sports
Burkina Faso
|
Saint Kitts and Nevis
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Domestic/local beer (1 pint) |
$1.16
F CFA697
|
$2.22
EC$6.00
|
|
Cappuccino in mid-range area |
$1.24
F CFA747
|
$3.70
EC$10.00
|
|
Pack of cigarettes
Marlboro or similar
|
$1.65
F CFA995
|
$5.55
EC$15.00
|
|
Monthly membership at local gym |
$41.28
F CFA24,886
|
?? | |
Movie ticket to theater/cinema |
$8.26
F CFA4,977
|
$6.29
EC$17.00
|
|
pay (unknown) more for clothing
Burkina Faso
|
Saint Kitts and Nevis
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Regular jeans
Levi's brand
|
?? | ?? | |
Regular dress
from H&M or similar store
|
?? | ?? | |
Running shoes
Nike or Adidas
|
?? | ?? | |
Men's business shoes (leather) | ?? | ?? |
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