Cost of living comparison
Haiti is 2.5 times more expensive than Albania.
If you lived in Haiti instead of Albania, you would:
pay 2.6 times more for restaurants
Albania
|
Haiti
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant |
$5.36
ALL504
|
$12.00
HTG1,591.33
|
|
Fast food combo meal
McDonalds, or similar
|
$4.88
ALL459
|
$15.00
HTG1,989.16
|
|
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz) |
$1.31
ALL123
|
$2.04
HTG270.97
|
|
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz) |
$0.63
ALL60
|
$2.25
HTG298.37
|
|
pay 2.2 times more for groceries
Albania
|
Haiti
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Bread
1 loaf
|
$0.68
ALL63
|
$1.67
HTG222.09
|
|
Local cheese (8 oz) |
$3.07
ALL288
|
$1.48
HTG196.61
|
|
Milk (1 gallon) |
$5.06
ALL476
|
$5.68
HTG752.98
|
|
Eggs
1 dozen
|
$2.35
ALL220
|
$2.80
HTG370.69
|
|
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb) |
$2.33
ALL219
|
$5.93
HTG786.94
|
|
Apples (1 lb) |
$0.44
ALL41
|
$1.00
HTG132.61
|
|
Bananas (1 lb) |
$0.74
ALL70
|
$1.00
HTG132.61
|
|
Oranges (1 lb) |
$0.57
ALL54
|
?? | |
Tomatoes (1 lb) |
$0.53
ALL50
|
$1.00
HTG132.61
|
|
Potatoes (1 lb) |
$0.33
ALL31
|
$2.27
HTG300.76
|
|
Onions (1 lb) |
$0.31
ALL29
|
?? | |
pay 17.4% more for transportation
Albania
|
Haiti
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Gasoline (1 gallon) |
$7.57
ALL711
|
$2.51
HTG333.27
|
|
Monthly public transit pass |
$12.57
ALL1,181
|
?? | |
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition) |
$17,366.08
ALL1,631,670
|
$35,000.00
HTG4,641,384.79
|
|
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles) |
$22.05
ALL2,072
|
?? | |
pay 5.5 times more for housing
Albania
|
Haiti
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Internet connection
50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl
|
$16.93
ALL1,591
|
$165.98
HTG22,010.88
|
|
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area |
$267.36
ALL25,121
|
?? | |
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center |
$193.27
ALL18,159
|
?? | |
Utilities for two
(700 sq ft apartment)
including electric, gas, water, heating
|
$65.46
ALL6,150
|
$76.47
HTG10,140.84
|
|
pay 90.1% more for childcare
Albania
|
Haiti
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly |
$115.94
ALL10,894
|
$100.00
HTG13,261.10
|
|
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters |
$2,335.62
ALL219,448
|
$6,867.80
HTG910,746.02
|
|
pay 2.0 times more for entertainment and sports
Albania
|
Haiti
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Domestic/local beer (1 pint) |
$1.45
ALL137
|
$4.50
HTG596.75
|
|
Cappuccino in mid-range area |
$1.30
ALL122
|
$2.77
HTG366.68
|
|
Pack of cigarettes
Marlboro or similar
|
$3.08
ALL290
|
$2.00
HTG265.22
|
|
Monthly membership at local gym |
$32.37
ALL3,041
|
$69.54
HTG9,221.97
|
|
Movie ticket to theater/cinema |
$5.13
ALL482
|
?? | |
pay 85.9% more for clothing
Albania
|
Haiti
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Regular jeans
Levi's brand
|
$39.49
ALL3,711
|
$80.00
HTG10,608.88
|
|
Regular dress
from H&M or similar store
|
$32.13
ALL3,019
|
?? | |
Running shoes
Nike or Adidas
|
$69.30
ALL6,512
|
$120.00
HTG15,913.32
|
|
Men's business shoes (leather) |
$82.40
ALL7,742
|
$150.00
HTG19,891.65
|
|
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