Cost of living comparison
Venezuela is 90.3% more expensive than Lesotho.
If you lived in Venezuela instead of Lesotho, you would:
pay 2.0 times more for restaurants
Lesotho
|
Venezuela
|
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Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant | ?? |
$7.68
VEF76.60
|
|
Fast food combo meal
McDonalds, or similar
|
$10.94
LSL199.19
|
$9.60
VEF95.79
|
|
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz) |
$0.66
LSL11.95
|
$1.19
VEF11.89
|
|
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz) |
$0.27
LSL4.98
|
$0.93
VEF9.32
|
|
pay 25.8% more for groceries
Lesotho
|
Venezuela
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Bread
1 loaf
|
$0.78
LSL14.14
|
$1.87
VEF18.61
|
|
Local cheese (8 oz) |
$2.55
LSL46.34
|
$2.43
VEF24.23
|
|
Milk (1 gallon) |
$3.33
LSL60.59
|
$6.65
VEF66.31
|
|
Eggs
1 dozen
|
$1.20
LSL21.83
|
$2.32
VEF23.13
|
|
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb) |
$2.97
LSL53.97
|
$2.49
VEF24.82
|
|
Apples (1 lb) |
$0.88
LSL16.04
|
$2.14
VEF21.31
|
|
Bananas (1 lb) |
$0.96
LSL17.54
|
$0.51
VEF5.12
|
|
Oranges (1 lb) |
$1.30
LSL23.61
|
$0.61
VEF6.04
|
|
Tomatoes (1 lb) |
$1.11
LSL20.24
|
$0.74
VEF7.39
|
|
Potatoes (1 lb) |
$0.78
LSL14.17
|
$0.60
VEF5.98
|
|
Onions (1 lb) |
$0.89
LSL16.19
|
$0.76
VEF7.58
|
|
pay 2.0 times more for transportation
Lesotho
|
Venezuela
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Gasoline (1 gallon) |
$4.43
LSL80.64
|
$1.90
VEF18.91
|
|
Monthly public transit pass |
$27.24
LSL495.73
|
$34.14
VEF340.56
|
|
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition) |
$19,066.76
LSL347,009.53
|
$31,277.78
VEF311,980.23
|
|
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles) |
$5.39
LSL98.15
|
$25.55
VEF254.88
|
|
pay 35.7% more for housing
Lesotho
|
Venezuela
|
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---|---|---|---|
Internet connection
50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl
|
$21.79
LSL396.58
|
$38.05
VEF379.56
|
|
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area |
$190.67
LSL3,470.10
|
$176.74
VEF1,762.92
|
|
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center |
$95.33
LSL1,735.05
|
$133.41
VEF1,330.69
|
|
Utilities for two
(700 sq ft apartment)
including electric, gas, water, heating
|
?? |
$18.38
VEF183.30
|
|
pay 4.4 times more for childcare
Lesotho
|
Venezuela
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly |
$28.15
LSL512.25
|
$61.90
VEF617.38
|
|
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters |
$1,071.37
LSL19,498.63
|
$7,090.00
VEF70,719.21
|
|
pay 34.1% more for entertainment and sports
Lesotho
|
Venezuela
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Domestic/local beer (1 pint) |
$0.82
LSL14.94
|
$1.31
VEF13.12
|
|
Cappuccino in mid-range area |
$1.37
LSL24.90
|
$2.05
VEF20.45
|
|
Pack of cigarettes
Marlboro or similar
|
$4.63
LSL84.27
|
$3.26
VEF32.56
|
|
Monthly membership at local gym |
$20.88
LSL380.06
|
$32.57
VEF324.85
|
|
Movie ticket to theater/cinema | ?? |
$5.39
VEF53.73
|
|
pay 9.4% less for clothing
Lesotho
|
Venezuela
|
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---|---|---|---|
Regular jeans
Levi's brand
|
$40.86
LSL743.59
|
$51.51
VEF513.76
|
|
Regular dress
from H&M or similar store
|
$38.13
LSL694.02
|
$36.63
VEF365.35
|
|
Running shoes
Nike or Adidas
|
$96.24
LSL1,751.57
|
$82.19
VEF819.78
|
|
Men's business shoes (leather) |
$136.19
LSL2,478.64
|
$74.37
VEF741.76
|
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