Cost of living comparison
Ethiopia is 29.2% more expensive than Finland.
If you lived in Ethiopia instead of Finland, you would:
pay 56.6% less for restaurants
Finland
|
Ethiopia
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant |
$13.85
€12.73
|
$7.13
ETB408.18
|
|
Fast food combo meal
McDonalds, or similar
|
$9.97
€9.17
|
$6.24
ETB357.16
|
|
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz) |
$2.57
€2.36
|
$0.82
ETB46.71
|
|
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz) |
$1.92
€1.76
|
$0.53
ETB30.53
|
|
pay 6.0% more for groceries
Finland
|
Ethiopia
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Bread
1 loaf
|
$2.30
€2.11
|
$1.09
ETB62.32
|
|
Local cheese (8 oz) |
$3.73
€3.43
|
$4.56
ETB261.12
|
|
Milk (1 gallon) |
$4.21
€3.87
|
$5.68
ETB325.58
|
|
Eggs
1 dozen
|
$2.94
€2.70
|
$2.58
ETB147.53
|
|
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb) |
$5.06
€4.65
|
$6.17
ETB353.23
|
|
Apples (1 lb) |
$1.00
€0.92
|
$2.95
ETB168.89
|
|
Bananas (1 lb) |
$0.81
€0.75
|
$0.49
ETB27.95
|
|
Oranges (1 lb) |
$0.93
€0.85
|
$1.10
ETB62.73
|
|
Tomatoes (1 lb) |
$1.65
€1.52
|
$0.39
ETB22.07
|
|
Potatoes (1 lb) |
$0.56
€0.51
|
$0.29
ETB16.33
|
|
Onions (1 lb) |
$0.74
€0.68
|
$0.76
ETB43.56
|
|
pay 54.8% less for transportation
Finland
|
Ethiopia
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Gasoline (1 gallon) |
$7.87
€7.24
|
$4.65
ETB266.16
|
|
Monthly public transit pass |
$60.62
€55.72
|
$10.00
ETB572.80
|
|
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition) |
$30,056.21
€27,626.16
|
$25,500.00
ETB1,460,640.00
|
|
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles) |
$18.81
€17.29
|
$3.88
ETB222.16
|
|
pay 2.4 times more for housing
Finland
|
Ethiopia
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Internet connection
50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl
|
$22.06
€20.28
|
$152.46
ETB8,732.89
|
|
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area |
$746.03
€685.71
|
$621.38
ETB35,592.91
|
|
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center |
$620.54
€570.37
|
$355.45
ETB20,360.44
|
|
Utilities for two
(700 sq ft apartment)
including electric, gas, water, heating
|
$99.79
€91.72
|
$124.84
ETB7,150.73
|
|
pay 3.0 times more for childcare
Finland
|
Ethiopia
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly |
$310.89
€285.75
|
$83.24
ETB4,768.05
|
|
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters |
$7,564.54
€6,952.94
|
$43,916.67
ETB2,515,546.67
|
|
pay 40.5% less for entertainment and sports
Finland
|
Ethiopia
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Domestic/local beer (1 pint) |
$7.16
€6.58
|
$1.00
ETB57.28
|
|
Cappuccino in mid-range area |
$4.25
€3.91
|
$1.11
ETB63.34
|
|
Pack of cigarettes
Marlboro or similar
|
$10.60
€9.74
|
$4.00
ETB229.12
|
|
Monthly membership at local gym |
$43.05
€39.57
|
$80.77
ETB4,626.66
|
|
Movie ticket to theater/cinema |
$15.48
€14.23
|
$5.00
ETB286.40
|
|
pay 7.5% more for clothing
Finland
|
Ethiopia
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Regular jeans
Levi's brand
|
$76.46
€70.28
|
$40.11
ETB2,297.56
|
|
Regular dress
from H&M or similar store
|
$32.66
€30.02
|
$57.34
ETB3,284.29
|
|
Running shoes
Nike or Adidas
|
$83.52
€76.77
|
$92.44
ETB5,295.22
|
|
Men's business shoes (leather) |
$107.88
€99.15
|
$98.33
ETB5,632.53
|
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