Cost of living comparison
Burkina Faso is 18.8% more expensive than Madagascar.
If you lived in Burkina Faso instead of Madagascar, you would:
pay 46.4% less for restaurants
Madagascar
|
Burkina Faso
|
||
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Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant |
$3.28
MGA14,564
|
$0.83
F CFA499
|
|
Fast food combo meal
McDonalds, or similar
|
$4.52
MGA20,088
|
$2.15
F CFA1,297
|
|
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz) |
$0.97
MGA4,325
|
$0.77
F CFA466
|
|
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz) |
$0.66
MGA2,913
|
$0.41
F CFA249
|
|
pay 78.7% more for groceries
Madagascar
|
Burkina Faso
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Bread
1 loaf
|
$0.96
MGA4,259
|
$0.89
F CFA535
|
|
Local cheese (8 oz) |
$5.06
MGA22,479
|
?? | |
Milk (1 gallon) |
$3.72
MGA16,521
|
$9.20
F CFA5,560
|
|
Eggs
1 dozen
|
$2.04
MGA9,056
|
$2.53
F CFA1,526
|
|
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb) |
$2.70
MGA11,975
|
?? | |
Apples (1 lb) |
$0.74
MGA3,284
|
$0.80
F CFA483
|
|
Bananas (1 lb) |
$0.34
MGA1,501
|
$0.50
F CFA303
|
|
Oranges (1 lb) |
$0.58
MGA2,563
|
$0.43
F CFA258
|
|
Tomatoes (1 lb) |
$0.38
MGA1,689
|
$0.68
F CFA410
|
|
Potatoes (1 lb) |
$0.28
MGA1,234
|
$1.36
F CFA820
|
|
Onions (1 lb) |
$0.39
MGA1,720
|
$0.58
F CFA348
|
|
pay 11.4% more for transportation
Madagascar
|
Burkina Faso
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Gasoline (1 gallon) |
$4.51
MGA20,008
|
$4.58
F CFA2,766
|
|
Monthly public transit pass | ?? |
$4.95
F CFA2,993
|
|
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition) |
$14,708.95
MGA65,297,650
|
?? | |
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles) |
$11.31
MGA50,229
|
$13.70
F CFA8,280
|
|
pay 52.0% more for housing
Madagascar
|
Burkina Faso
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Internet connection
50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl
|
$62.29
MGA276,534
|
$41.19
F CFA24,889
|
|
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area |
$299.81
MGA1,330,946
|
$412.75
F CFA249,387
|
|
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center |
$109.21
MGA484,839
|
$206.38
F CFA124,693
|
|
Utilities for two
(700 sq ft apartment)
including electric, gas, water, heating
|
$32.30
MGA143,399
|
$69.44
F CFA41,956
|
|
pay 9.5% more for childcare
Madagascar
|
Burkina Faso
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly |
$135.77
MGA602,748
|
$123.83
F CFA74,816
|
|
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters |
$11,892.46
MGA52,794,363
|
$15,210.19
F CFA9,190,100
|
|
pay 7.7% more for entertainment and sports
Madagascar
|
Burkina Faso
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Domestic/local beer (1 pint) |
$0.91
MGA4,018
|
$1.16
F CFA698
|
|
Cappuccino in mid-range area |
$1.19
MGA5,283
|
$1.24
F CFA748
|
|
Pack of cigarettes
Marlboro or similar
|
$2.59
MGA11,501
|
$1.65
F CFA998
|
|
Monthly membership at local gym |
$33.94
MGA150,667
|
$41.28
F CFA24,939
|
|
Movie ticket to theater/cinema |
$6.79
MGA30,131
|
$8.26
F CFA4,988
|
|
pay (unknown) more for clothing
Madagascar
|
Burkina Faso
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Regular jeans
Levi's brand
|
$18.59
MGA82,538
|
?? | |
Regular dress
from H&M or similar store
|
$18.48
MGA82,035
|
?? | |
Running shoes
Nike or Adidas
|
$79.19
MGA351,552
|
?? | |
Men's business shoes (leather) |
$64.20
MGA285,016
|
?? |
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