Cost of living comparison
Trinidad and Tobago is 36.0% more expensive than Burma.
If you lived in Trinidad and Tobago instead of Burma, you would:
pay 2.1 times more for restaurants
Burma
|
Trinidad and Tobago
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant |
$2.92
K6,138
|
$9.72
$66.00
|
|
Fast food combo meal
McDonalds, or similar
|
$6.00
K12,631
|
$6.57
$44.60
|
|
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz) |
$0.58
K1,223
|
$0.95
$6.44
|
|
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz) |
$0.34
K713
|
$0.76
$5.18
|
|
pay 62.4% more for groceries
Burma
|
Trinidad and Tobago
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Bread
1 loaf
|
$1.37
K2,891
|
$2.07
$14.08
|
|
Local cheese (8 oz) |
$4.84
K10,180
|
$3.83
$25.98
|
|
Milk (1 gallon) |
$5.47
K11,515
|
$7.58
$51.47
|
|
Eggs
1 dozen
|
$1.61
K3,394
|
$3.69
$25.07
|
|
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb) |
$2.68
K5,641
|
$3.57
$24.26
|
|
Apples (1 lb) |
$0.86
K1,801
|
$1.86
$12.60
|
|
Bananas (1 lb) |
$0.34
K716
|
$0.92
$6.21
|
|
Oranges (1 lb) |
$0.98
K2,055
|
$1.19
$8.08
|
|
Tomatoes (1 lb) |
$0.72
K1,509
|
$1.94
$13.15
|
|
Potatoes (1 lb) |
$0.57
K1,190
|
$0.52
$3.55
|
|
Onions (1 lb) |
$0.73
K1,528
|
$0.62
$4.19
|
|
pay 52.5% more for transportation
Burma
|
Trinidad and Tobago
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Gasoline (1 gallon) |
$2.73
K5,758
|
$3.21
$21.79
|
|
Monthly public transit pass |
$17.15
K36,099
|
$51.97
$352.91
|
|
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition) |
$27,500.00
K57,893,532
|
$29,791.71
$202,307.45
|
|
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles) |
$9.47
K19,940
|
$7.70
$52.26
|
|
pay 18.8% less for housing
Burma
|
Trinidad and Tobago
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Internet connection
50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl
|
$71.23
K149,951
|
$50.81
$345.03
|
|
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area |
$602.64
K1,268,679
|
$490.57
$3,331.35
|
|
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center |
$320.96
K675,688
|
$369.70
$2,510.54
|
|
Utilities for two
(700 sq ft apartment)
including electric, gas, water, heating
|
$69.50
K146,307
|
$39.60
$268.94
|
|
pay 52.7% less for childcare
Burma
|
Trinidad and Tobago
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly |
$482.50
K1,015,768
|
$227.40
$1,544.22
|
|
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters |
$11,680.00
K24,588,962
|
$5,553.03
$37,709.13
|
|
pay 97.4% more for entertainment and sports
Burma
|
Trinidad and Tobago
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Domestic/local beer (1 pint) |
$1.09
K2,304
|
$1.53
$10.40
|
|
Cappuccino in mid-range area |
$2.07
K4,348
|
$3.44
$23.37
|
|
Pack of cigarettes
Marlboro or similar
|
$1.43
K3,016
|
$5.08
$34.50
|
|
Monthly membership at local gym |
$34.84
K73,354
|
$44.23
$300.37
|
|
Movie ticket to theater/cinema |
$3.92
K8,259
|
$7.81
$53.00
|
|
pay 3.1% more for clothing
Burma
|
Trinidad and Tobago
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Regular jeans
Levi's brand
|
$40.27
K84,776
|
$52.52
$356.67
|
|
Regular dress
from H&M or similar store
|
$47.60
K100,217
|
$37.33
$253.51
|
|
Running shoes
Nike or Adidas
|
$97.17
K204,561
|
$103.33
$701.69
|
|
Men's business shoes (leather) |
$88.67
K186,677
|
$86.47
$587.19
|
|
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