Cost of living comparison
If you lived in Svalbard instead of Indonesia, you would:
pay (unknown) more for restaurants
Indonesia
|
Svalbard
|
||
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Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant |
$1.89
IDR30,250.24
|
?? | |
Fast food combo meal
McDonalds, or similar
|
$3.26
IDR52,330.69
|
?? | |
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz) |
$0.55
IDR8,896.07
|
?? | |
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz) |
$0.35
IDR5,687.85
|
?? |
pay (unknown) more for groceries
Indonesia
|
Svalbard
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Bread
1 loaf
|
$1.15
IDR18,377.87
|
?? | |
Local cheese (8 oz) |
$4.13
IDR66,298.27
|
?? | |
Milk (1 gallon) |
$5.06
IDR81,246.40
|
?? | |
Eggs
1 dozen
|
$1.54
IDR24,668.62
|
?? | |
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb) |
$1.45
IDR23,303.36
|
?? | |
Apples (1 lb) |
$1.16
IDR18,590.44
|
?? | |
Bananas (1 lb) |
$0.61
IDR9,820.66
|
?? | |
Oranges (1 lb) |
$0.83
IDR13,332.95
|
?? | |
Tomatoes (1 lb) |
$0.55
IDR8,831.93
|
?? | |
Potatoes (1 lb) |
$0.56
IDR9,003.91
|
?? | |
Onions (1 lb) |
$0.93
IDR14,929.34
|
?? |
pay (unknown) more for transportation
Indonesia
|
Svalbard
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Gasoline (1 gallon) |
$3.05
IDR48,887.24
|
?? | |
Monthly public transit pass |
$10.64
IDR170,735.12
|
?? | |
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition) |
$23,932.07
IDR383,990,016.83
|
?? | |
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles) |
$3.94
IDR63,249.54
|
?? |
pay (unknown) more for housing
Indonesia
|
Svalbard
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Internet connection
50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl
|
$27.71
IDR444,679.27
|
?? | |
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area |
$249.00
IDR3,995,193.59
|
?? | |
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center |
$155.92
IDR2,501,753.45
|
?? | |
Utilities for two
(700 sq ft apartment)
including electric, gas, water, heating
|
$48.30
IDR774,931.54
|
?? |
pay (unknown) more for childcare
Indonesia
|
Svalbard
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly |
$111.78
IDR1,793,433.12
|
?? | |
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters |
$6,305.88
IDR101,177,793.83
|
?? |
pay (unknown) more for entertainment and sports
Indonesia
|
Svalbard
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Domestic/local beer (1 pint) |
$2.59
IDR41,493.89
|
?? | |
Cappuccino in mid-range area |
$1.73
IDR27,716.66
|
?? | |
Pack of cigarettes
Marlboro or similar
|
$2.18
IDR35,053.96
|
?? | |
Monthly membership at local gym |
$25.20
IDR404,319.27
|
?? | |
Movie ticket to theater/cinema |
$3.00
IDR48,174.27
|
?? |
pay (unknown) more for clothing
Indonesia
|
Svalbard
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Regular jeans
Levi's brand
|
$41.19
IDR660,848.86
|
?? | |
Regular dress
from H&M or similar store
|
$26.77
IDR429,591.10
|
?? | |
Running shoes
Nike or Adidas
|
$64.33
IDR1,032,165.38
|
?? | |
Men's business shoes (leather) |
$66.42
IDR1,065,669.29
|
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