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Syria vs. Algeria Cost of Living Summary

Syria is 44.8% more expensive than Algeria overall.

Restaurants: pay 91.8% more in Syria
Groceries: pay 21.6% more in Syria
Transportation: pay 2.6 times more in Syria
Housing: pay 51.4% more in Syria
Childcare: pay 29.8% less in Syria
Entertainment and Sports: pay 17.5% more in Syria
Clothing: pay 2.0% less in Syria

The cost of transportation, restaurants, housing, groceries, and entertainment and sports in Syria are more expensive than in Algeria. Expenses including childcare and clothing are lower in Syria. Notably, transportation and restaurants are significantly more expensive in Syria.

Syria vs. Algeria Cost Breakdown

If you lived in Syria instead of Algeria, you would:

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pay 91.8% more for restaurants

	Algeria	Syria
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$2.78 DZD362.87	$5.33 SYP69,344	+91.6%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$3.91 DZD509.31	$4.50 SYP58,509	+15.2%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$0.60 DZD78.75	$1.13 SYP14,747	+87.8%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$0.25 DZD32.62	$0.68 SYP8,862	+172.4%
Average			+91.8%

Algeria vs. Syria - Cost of restaurants

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pay 21.6% more for groceries

	Algeria	Syria
Bread 1 loaf	$0.17 DZD21.73	$0.64 SYP8,333	+284.6%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$4.74 DZD617.40	$1.85 SYP24,087	-60.9%
Milk (1 gallon)	$3.48 DZD454.31	$3.81 SYP49,537	+9.3%
Eggs 1 dozen	$1.76 DZD228.93	$1.94 SYP25,252	+10.6%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$2.12 DZD276.81	$3.09 SYP40,163	+45.5%
Apples (1 lb)	$1.42 DZD184.84	$0.63 SYP8,224	-55.4%
Bananas (1 lb)	$1.43 DZD186.16	$0.77 SYP10,067	-45.8%
Oranges (1 lb)	$0.71 DZD92.47	$0.61 SYP7,896	-14.4%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$0.35 DZD45.79	$0.31 SYP4,046	-11.4%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$0.26 DZD33.78	$0.31 SYP4,002	+18.8%
Onions (1 lb)	$0.23 DZD30.11	$0.36 SYP4,700	+56.5%
Average			+21.6%

Algeria vs. Syria - Cost of groceries

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pay 2.6 times more for transportation

	Algeria	Syria
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$1.28 DZD166.80	$8.09 SYP105,151	+532.1%
Monthly public transit pass	$12.35 DZD1,609.43	$10.00 SYP130,020	-19.0%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$32,704.89 DZD4,263,703.64	$19,287.91 SYP250,781,375	-41.0%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$3.64 DZD474.78	$10.24 SYP133,081	+181.1%
Average			+163.3%

Algeria vs. Syria - Cost of transportation

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pay 51.4% more for housing

	Algeria	Syria
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$19.62 DZD2,557.61	$40.76 SYP529,986	+107.8%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$157.66 DZD20,554.24	$193.35 SYP2,513,935	+22.6%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$102.56 DZD13,370.05	$112.97 SYP1,468,810	+10.2%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$38.08 DZD4,964.01	$62.74 SYP815,767	+64.8%
Average			+51.4%

Algeria vs. Syria - Cost of housing

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pay 29.8% less for childcare

	Algeria	Syria
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$70.57 DZD9,199.67	$46.24 SYP601,162	-34.5%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$2,913.97 DZD379,891.16	$2,185.71 SYP28,418,614	-25.0%
Average			-29.8%

Algeria vs. Syria - Cost of childcare

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pay 17.5% more for entertainment and sports

	Algeria	Syria
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$1.99 DZD258.83	$3.89 SYP50,556	+95.9%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$0.82 DZD106.44	$1.30 SYP16,874	+59.0%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$2.84 DZD370.40	$3.08 SYP40,090	+8.5%
Monthly membership at local gym	$20.23 DZD2,637.97	$13.64 SYP177,324	-32.6%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$4.16 DZD541.90	$2.36 SYP30,671	-43.2%
Average			+17.5%

Algeria vs. Syria - Cost of entertainment and sports

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pay 2.0% less for clothing

	Algeria	Syria
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$34.74 DZD4,529.52	$30.17 SYP392,267	-13.2%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$44.36 DZD5,782.69	$42.77 SYP556,062	-3.6%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$70.35 DZD9,171.81	$70.57 SYP917,567	+0.3%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$72.00 DZD9,385.97	$78.17 SYP1,016,375	+8.6%
Average			-2.0%

Algeria vs. Syria - Cost of clothing

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The statistics used to build this comparison are calculated using data from users just like you. We average the price of thousands of data points entered by users across the world. Learn more about our data sources. Page last updated: December 2025

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