Cost of living comparison
Sweden is 52.6% more expensive than Lebanon.
If you lived in Sweden instead of Lebanon, you would:
pay 60.3% more for restaurants
Lebanon
|
Sweden
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant |
$6.00
LBP536,861
|
$11.31
SEK122.92
|
|
Fast food combo meal
McDonalds, or similar
|
$7.00
LBP626,337
|
$9.30
SEK101.01
|
|
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz) |
$1.51
LBP135,435
|
$1.93
SEK20.92
|
|
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz) |
$0.98
LBP87,488
|
$1.88
SEK20.47
|
|
pay 2.5 times more for groceries
Lebanon
|
Sweden
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Bread
1 loaf
|
$0.56
LBP49,833
|
$2.55
SEK27.69
|
|
Local cheese (8 oz) |
$3.99
LBP356,580
|
$5.31
SEK57.67
|
|
Milk (1 gallon) |
$5.67
LBP507,408
|
$5.59
SEK60.72
|
|
Eggs
1 dozen
|
$1.89
LBP169,065
|
$3.82
SEK41.50
|
|
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb) |
$3.02
LBP270,083
|
$4.89
SEK53.09
|
|
Apples (1 lb) |
$0.53
LBP47,435
|
$1.22
SEK13.22
|
|
Bananas (1 lb) |
$0.41
LBP36,669
|
$1.07
SEK11.61
|
|
Oranges (1 lb) |
$0.29
LBP26,199
|
$1.14
SEK12.36
|
|
Tomatoes (1 lb) |
$0.43
LBP38,656
|
$1.80
SEK19.59
|
|
Potatoes (1 lb) |
$0.29
LBP25,502
|
$0.67
SEK7.24
|
|
Onions (1 lb) |
$0.38
LBP33,568
|
$0.72
SEK7.86
|
|
pay 42.5% more for transportation
Lebanon
|
Sweden
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Gasoline (1 gallon) |
$3.51
LBP314,228
|
$6.80
SEK73.90
|
|
Monthly public transit pass |
$65.22
LBP5,835,441
|
$68.13
SEK740.19
|
|
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition) |
$23,750.00
LBP2,125,073,062
|
$27,059.79
SEK293,974.29
|
|
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles) |
$13.50
LBP1,207,936
|
$21.32
SEK231.61
|
|
pay 35.0% more for housing
Lebanon
|
Sweden
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Internet connection
50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl
|
$50.62
LBP4,529,761
|
$29.04
SEK315.44
|
|
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area |
$485.94
LBP43,480,113
|
$873.36
SEK9,488.03
|
|
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center |
$247.12
LBP22,111,084
|
$653.04
SEK7,094.53
|
|
Utilities for two
(700 sq ft apartment)
including electric, gas, water, heating
|
$178.38
LBP15,961,075
|
$69.04
SEK750.06
|
|
pay 27.2% less for childcare
Lebanon
|
Sweden
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly |
$230.00
LBP20,579,655
|
$121.10
SEK1,315.62
|
|
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters |
$3,075.00
LBP275,141,039
|
$2,856.48
SEK31,032.45
|
|
pay 2.0 times more for entertainment and sports
Lebanon
|
Sweden
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Domestic/local beer (1 pint) |
$3.00
LBP268,430
|
$6.81
SEK74.03
|
|
Cappuccino in mid-range area |
$1.74
LBP155,795
|
$3.75
SEK40.69
|
|
Pack of cigarettes
Marlboro or similar
|
$2.29
LBP204,902
|
$6.25
SEK67.87
|
|
Monthly membership at local gym |
$40.17
LBP3,593,983
|
$39.42
SEK428.21
|
|
Movie ticket to theater/cinema |
$6.75
LBP603,968
|
$13.75
SEK149.35
|
|
pay 1.7% more for clothing
Lebanon
|
Sweden
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Regular jeans
Levi's brand
|
$59.34
LBP5,309,887
|
$80.13
SEK870.57
|
|
Regular dress
from H&M or similar store
|
$54.29
LBP4,857,310
|
$34.51
SEK374.87
|
|
Running shoes
Nike or Adidas
|
$95.60
LBP8,553,552
|
$82.17
SEK892.66
|
|
Men's business shoes (leather) |
$96.43
LBP8,628,116
|
$117.97
SEK1,281.63
|
|
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