Cost of living comparison
Burkina Faso is 31.0% cheaper than Finland.
If you lived in Burkina Faso instead of Finland, you would:
pay 80.2% less for restaurants
Finland
|
Burkina Faso
|
||
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Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant |
$13.85
€12.76
|
$0.83
F CFA499
|
|
Fast food combo meal
McDonalds, or similar
|
$9.97
€9.19
|
$2.15
F CFA1,297
|
|
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz) |
$2.57
€2.36
|
$0.77
F CFA466
|
|
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz) |
$1.92
€1.77
|
$0.41
F CFA249
|
|
pay 0.7% less for groceries
Finland
|
Burkina Faso
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Bread
1 loaf
|
$2.30
€2.12
|
$0.89
F CFA535
|
|
Local cheese (8 oz) |
$3.73
€3.44
|
?? | |
Milk (1 gallon) |
$4.21
€3.88
|
$9.20
F CFA5,560
|
|
Eggs
1 dozen
|
$2.94
€2.71
|
$2.53
F CFA1,526
|
|
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb) |
$5.06
€4.66
|
?? | |
Apples (1 lb) |
$1.00
€0.92
|
$0.80
F CFA483
|
|
Bananas (1 lb) |
$0.81
€0.75
|
$0.50
F CFA303
|
|
Oranges (1 lb) |
$0.93
€0.85
|
$0.43
F CFA258
|
|
Tomatoes (1 lb) |
$1.65
€1.52
|
$0.68
F CFA410
|
|
Potatoes (1 lb) |
$0.56
€0.51
|
$1.36
F CFA820
|
|
Onions (1 lb) |
$0.74
€0.68
|
$0.58
F CFA348
|
|
pay 53.6% less for transportation
Finland
|
Burkina Faso
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Gasoline (1 gallon) |
$7.87
€7.25
|
$4.58
F CFA2,766
|
|
Monthly public transit pass |
$60.62
€55.84
|
$4.95
F CFA2,993
|
|
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition) |
$30,056.21
€27,684.98
|
?? | |
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles) |
$18.81
€17.33
|
$13.70
F CFA8,280
|
|
pay 13.8% less for housing
Finland
|
Burkina Faso
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Internet connection
50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl
|
$22.06
€20.32
|
$41.19
F CFA24,889
|
|
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area |
$746.03
€687.17
|
$412.75
F CFA249,387
|
|
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center |
$620.54
€571.58
|
$206.38
F CFA124,693
|
|
Utilities for two
(700 sq ft apartment)
including electric, gas, water, heating
|
$99.79
€91.92
|
$69.44
F CFA41,956
|
|
pay 20.4% more for childcare
Finland
|
Burkina Faso
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly |
$310.89
€286.36
|
$123.83
F CFA74,816
|
|
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters |
$7,564.54
€6,967.75
|
$15,210.19
F CFA9,190,100
|
|
pay 58.0% less for entertainment and sports
Finland
|
Burkina Faso
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Domestic/local beer (1 pint) |
$7.16
€6.60
|
$1.16
F CFA698
|
|
Cappuccino in mid-range area |
$4.25
€3.92
|
$1.24
F CFA748
|
|
Pack of cigarettes
Marlboro or similar
|
$10.60
€9.76
|
$1.65
F CFA998
|
|
Monthly membership at local gym |
$43.05
€39.65
|
$41.28
F CFA24,939
|
|
Movie ticket to theater/cinema |
$15.48
€14.26
|
$8.26
F CFA4,988
|
|
pay (unknown) more for clothing
Finland
|
Burkina Faso
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Regular jeans
Levi's brand
|
$76.46
€70.43
|
?? | |
Regular dress
from H&M or similar store
|
$32.66
€30.08
|
?? | |
Running shoes
Nike or Adidas
|
$83.52
€76.93
|
?? | |
Men's business shoes (leather) |
$107.88
€99.36
|
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