Cost of living comparison
Ethiopia is 2.8 times more expensive than Albania.
If you lived in Ethiopia instead of Albania, you would:
pay 8.0% less for restaurants
Albania
|
Ethiopia
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant |
$5.36
ALL500
|
$7.66
ETB438.48
|
|
Fast food combo meal
McDonalds, or similar
|
$4.88
ALL456
|
$5.60
ETB320.56
|
|
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz) |
$1.31
ALL123
|
$0.64
ETB36.35
|
|
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz) |
$0.63
ALL59
|
$0.39
ETB22.58
|
|
pay 26.9% more for groceries
Albania
|
Ethiopia
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Bread
1 loaf
|
$0.68
ALL63
|
$0.59
ETB33.96
|
|
Local cheese (8 oz) |
$3.07
ALL286
|
$4.28
ETB244.87
|
|
Milk (1 gallon) |
$5.06
ALL472
|
$3.85
ETB220.53
|
|
Eggs
1 dozen
|
$2.35
ALL219
|
$2.23
ETB127.54
|
|
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb) |
$2.33
ALL217
|
$3.58
ETB204.89
|
|
Apples (1 lb) |
$0.44
ALL41
|
$1.87
ETB107.12
|
|
Bananas (1 lb) |
$0.74
ALL69
|
$0.42
ETB24.20
|
|
Oranges (1 lb) |
$0.57
ALL53
|
$0.88
ETB50.46
|
|
Tomatoes (1 lb) |
$0.53
ALL50
|
$0.31
ETB17.68
|
|
Potatoes (1 lb) |
$0.33
ALL31
|
$0.19
ETB11.16
|
|
Onions (1 lb) |
$0.31
ALL29
|
$0.28
ETB15.89
|
|
pay 25.6% less for transportation
Albania
|
Ethiopia
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Gasoline (1 gallon) |
$7.57
ALL706
|
$3.15
ETB180.09
|
|
Monthly public transit pass |
$12.57
ALL1,174
|
$11.00
ETB629.67
|
|
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition) |
$17,366.08
ALL1,620,791
|
$26,000.00
ETB1,488,316.88
|
|
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles) |
$22.05
ALL2,058
|
$4.10
ETB234.70
|
|
pay 4.2 times more for housing
Albania
|
Ethiopia
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Internet connection
50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl
|
$16.93
ALL1,581
|
$202.38
ETB11,584.97
|
|
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area |
$267.36
ALL24,953
|
$496.62
ETB28,427.81
|
|
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center |
$193.27
ALL18,038
|
$259.10
ETB14,831.70
|
|
Utilities for two
(700 sq ft apartment)
including electric, gas, water, heating
|
$65.46
ALL6,109
|
$101.32
ETB5,800.06
|
|
pay 10.2 times more for childcare
Albania
|
Ethiopia
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly |
$115.94
ALL10,821
|
$74.57
ETB4,268.85
|
|
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters |
$2,335.62
ALL217,985
|
$46,000.00
ETB2,633,176.02
|
|
pay 4.5% more for entertainment and sports
Albania
|
Ethiopia
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Domestic/local beer (1 pint) |
$1.45
ALL136
|
$0.75
ETB42.93
|
|
Cappuccino in mid-range area |
$1.30
ALL121
|
$0.73
ETB41.85
|
|
Pack of cigarettes
Marlboro or similar
|
$3.08
ALL288
|
$4.00
ETB228.97
|
|
Monthly membership at local gym |
$32.37
ALL3,021
|
$66.88
ETB3,828.12
|
|
Movie ticket to theater/cinema |
$5.13
ALL478
|
$4.00
ETB228.97
|
|
pay 6.1% more for clothing
Albania
|
Ethiopia
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Regular jeans
Levi's brand
|
$39.49
ALL3,686
|
$26.92
ETB1,540.73
|
|
Regular dress
from H&M or similar store
|
$32.13
ALL2,999
|
$53.82
ETB3,081.10
|
|
Running shoes
Nike or Adidas
|
$69.30
ALL6,468
|
$64.59
ETB3,697.12
|
|
Men's business shoes (leather) |
$82.40
ALL7,691
|
$78.66
ETB4,502.54
|
|
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