Cost of living comparison
Burkina Faso is 78.7% more expensive than Ukraine.
If you lived in Burkina Faso instead of Ukraine, you would:
pay 28.7% less for restaurants
Ukraine
|
Burkina Faso
|
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Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant |
$5.53
UAH218.63
|
$0.83
F CFA502
|
|
Fast food combo meal
McDonalds, or similar
|
$5.04
UAH199.42
|
$2.15
F CFA1,306
|
|
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz) |
$0.61
UAH23.95
|
$0.77
F CFA469
|
|
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz) |
$0.41
UAH16.23
|
$0.41
F CFA251
|
|
pay 2.1 times more for groceries
Ukraine
|
Burkina Faso
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Bread
1 loaf
|
$0.59
UAH23.38
|
$0.89
F CFA539
|
|
Local cheese (8 oz) |
$3.81
UAH150.84
|
?? | |
Milk (1 gallon) |
$3.66
UAH144.60
|
$9.20
F CFA5,600
|
|
Eggs
1 dozen
|
$1.72
UAH67.95
|
$2.53
F CFA1,537
|
|
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb) |
$1.72
UAH67.83
|
?? | |
Apples (1 lb) |
$0.29
UAH11.56
|
$0.80
F CFA486
|
|
Bananas (1 lb) |
$0.67
UAH26.32
|
$0.50
F CFA305
|
|
Oranges (1 lb) |
$0.67
UAH26.65
|
$0.43
F CFA260
|
|
Tomatoes (1 lb) |
$0.83
UAH32.65
|
$0.68
F CFA413
|
|
Potatoes (1 lb) |
$0.21
UAH8.43
|
$1.36
F CFA825
|
|
Onions (1 lb) |
$0.33
UAH13.04
|
$0.58
F CFA351
|
|
pay 63.2% more for transportation
Ukraine
|
Burkina Faso
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Gasoline (1 gallon) |
$5.08
UAH200.83
|
$4.58
F CFA2,786
|
|
Monthly public transit pass |
$10.14
UAH400.91
|
$4.95
F CFA3,014
|
|
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition) |
$26,914.31
UAH1,064,306.01
|
?? | |
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles) |
$3.91
UAH154.50
|
$13.70
F CFA8,339
|
|
pay 2.8 times more for housing
Ukraine
|
Burkina Faso
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Internet connection
50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl
|
$5.56
UAH219.80
|
$41.19
F CFA25,068
|
|
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area |
$280.46
UAH11,090.70
|
$412.75
F CFA251,185
|
|
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center |
$189.50
UAH7,493.48
|
$206.38
F CFA125,593
|
|
Utilities for two
(700 sq ft apartment)
including electric, gas, water, heating
|
$59.87
UAH2,367.64
|
$69.44
F CFA42,258
|
|
pay 2.1 times more for childcare
Ukraine
|
Burkina Faso
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly |
$240.96
UAH9,528.48
|
$123.83
F CFA75,356
|
|
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters |
$4,166.24
UAH164,750.63
|
$15,210.19
F CFA9,256,377
|
|
pay 45.4% more for entertainment and sports
Ukraine
|
Burkina Faso
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Domestic/local beer (1 pint) |
$1.02
UAH40.43
|
$1.16
F CFA703
|
|
Cappuccino in mid-range area |
$1.09
UAH43.25
|
$1.24
F CFA754
|
|
Pack of cigarettes
Marlboro or similar
|
$2.12
UAH83.80
|
$1.65
F CFA1,005
|
|
Monthly membership at local gym |
$20.75
UAH820.50
|
$41.28
F CFA25,119
|
|
Movie ticket to theater/cinema |
$3.69
UAH145.81
|
$8.26
F CFA5,024
|
|
pay (unknown) more for clothing
Ukraine
|
Burkina Faso
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Regular jeans
Levi's brand
|
$47.47
UAH1,877.24
|
?? | |
Regular dress
from H&M or similar store
|
$31.04
UAH1,227.45
|
?? | |
Running shoes
Nike or Adidas
|
$71.91
UAH2,843.51
|
?? | |
Men's business shoes (leather) |
$83.50
UAH3,301.76
|
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