Cost of living comparison
Guinea is 65.8% more expensive than Laos.
If you lived in Guinea instead of Laos, you would:
pay 2.3 times more for restaurants
Laos
|
Guinea
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant |
$1.85
LAK39,464
|
$5.00
GNF42,926
|
|
Fast food combo meal
McDonalds, or similar
|
$4.45
LAK94,803
|
$10.77
GNF92,500
|
|
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz) |
$0.78
LAK16,557
|
$1.37
GNF11,800
|
|
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz) |
$0.51
LAK10,938
|
$1.20
GNF10,302
|
|
pay 10.9% more for groceries
Laos
|
Guinea
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Bread
1 loaf
|
$1.02
LAK21,685
|
$0.73
GNF6,277
|
|
Local cheese (8 oz) |
$14.08
LAK300,146
|
$9.28
GNF79,663
|
|
Milk (1 gallon) |
$6.60
LAK140,694
|
$8.54
GNF73,311
|
|
Eggs
1 dozen
|
$2.10
LAK44,796
|
$2.27
GNF19,474
|
|
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb) |
$2.11
LAK44,894
|
$3.52
GNF30,180
|
|
Apples (1 lb) |
$0.90
LAK19,274
|
$1.08
GNF9,268
|
|
Bananas (1 lb) |
$0.75
LAK16,060
|
$1.09
GNF9,369
|
|
Oranges (1 lb) |
$0.98
LAK20,793
|
$0.70
GNF5,993
|
|
Tomatoes (1 lb) |
$1.31
LAK27,925
|
$0.99
GNF8,522
|
|
Potatoes (1 lb) |
$0.71
LAK15,164
|
$0.74
GNF6,375
|
|
Onions (1 lb) |
$0.46
LAK9,811
|
$0.74
GNF6,375
|
|
pay 2.5% more for transportation
Laos
|
Guinea
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Gasoline (1 gallon) |
$4.65
LAK99,223
|
$4.77
GNF40,953
|
|
Monthly public transit pass |
$50.97
LAK1,086,731
|
?? | |
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition) |
$28,928.24
LAK616,748,073
|
?? | |
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles) |
$14.15
LAK301,722
|
?? | |
pay 2.7 times more for housing
Laos
|
Guinea
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Internet connection
50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl
|
$10.22
LAK217,819
|
$90.45
GNF776,564
|
|
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area |
$1,007.60
LAK21,481,989
|
$523.54
GNF4,494,664
|
|
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center |
$818.32
LAK17,446,518
|
$387.45
GNF3,326,275
|
|
Utilities for two
(700 sq ft apartment)
including electric, gas, water, heating
|
$65.45
LAK1,395,302
|
$61.18
GNF525,209
|
|
pay 2.5 times more for childcare
Laos
|
Guinea
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly |
$342.92
LAK7,310,986
|
$1,500.00
GNF12,877,727
|
|
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters |
$9,300.83
LAK198,292,972
|
$6,389.60
GNF54,855,650
|
|
pay 35.7% more for entertainment and sports
Laos
|
Guinea
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Domestic/local beer (1 pint) |
$1.15
LAK24,487
|
$2.37
GNF20,376
|
|
Cappuccino in mid-range area |
$1.68
LAK35,852
|
$2.00
GNF17,170
|
|
Pack of cigarettes
Marlboro or similar
|
$1.82
LAK38,845
|
$1.08
GNF9,283
|
|
Monthly membership at local gym |
$51.00
LAK1,087,276
|
$55.02
GNF472,341
|
|
Movie ticket to theater/cinema |
$2.49
LAK53,114
|
$4.63
GNF39,778
|
|
pay 41.8% less for clothing
Laos
|
Guinea
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Regular jeans
Levi's brand
|
$81.96
LAK1,747,329
|
$20.00
GNF171,703
|
|
Regular dress
from H&M or similar store
|
$62.33
LAK1,328,801
|
$25.00
GNF214,629
|
|
Running shoes
Nike or Adidas
|
$58.81
LAK1,253,908
|
$30.00
GNF257,555
|
|
Men's business shoes (leather) |
$42.69
LAK910,228
|
$50.00
GNF429,258
|
|
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