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Burkina Faso vs. Bangladesh Cost of Living Summary

Burkina Faso is 4.4 times more expensive than Bangladesh overall.

Restaurants: pay 2.9 times more in Burkina Faso
Groceries: pay 3.5 times more in Burkina Faso
Transportation: pay 2.4 times more in Burkina Faso
Housing: pay 4.7 times more in Burkina Faso
Childcare: pay 10.8 times more in Burkina Faso
Entertainment and Sports: pay 90.2% more in Burkina Faso

The cost of childcare, housing, groceries, restaurants, transportation, and entertainment and sports in Burkina Faso are more expensive than in Bangladesh. Notably, childcare, housing, and groceries are significantly more expensive in Burkina Faso.

Burkina Faso vs. Bangladesh Cost Breakdown

If you lived in Burkina Faso instead of Bangladesh, you would:

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pay 2.9 times more for restaurants

	Bangladesh	Burkina Faso
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$1.62 BDT198.26	$5.37 F CFA3,049	+231.0%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$4.77 BDT583.65	$8.05 F CFA4,574	+68.7%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$0.31 BDT38.06	$0.83 F CFA474	+168.2%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$0.15 BDT18.42	$0.58 F CFA330	+286.0%
Average			+188.5%

Bangladesh vs. Burkina Faso - Cost of restaurants

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pay 3.5 times more for groceries

	Bangladesh	Burkina Faso
Bread 1 loaf	$0.53 BDT65.26	$0.95 F CFA538	+77.5%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$3.89 BDT476.13	$8.94 F CFA5,082	+129.7%
Milk (1 gallon)	$2.66 BDT325.39	$10.61 F CFA6,028	+298.7%
Eggs 1 dozen	$1.15 BDT140.86	$3.05 F CFA1,731	+164.5%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$1.06 BDT129.13	$9.74 F CFA5,533	+822.1%
Apples (1 lb)	$0.93 BDT114.22	$2.03 F CFA1,153	+117.2%
Bananas (1 lb)	$0.36 BDT44.62	$0.63 F CFA359	+73.4%
Oranges (1 lb)	$0.85 BDT103.83	$0.45 F CFA258	-46.6%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$0.25 BDT30.71	$1.11 F CFA633	+343.5%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$0.14 BDT16.69	$1.01 F CFA575	+641.1%
Onions (1 lb)	$0.23 BDT28.25	$0.61 F CFA347	+164.5%
Average			+253.2%

Bangladesh vs. Burkina Faso - Cost of groceries

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pay 2.4 times more for transportation

	Bangladesh	Burkina Faso
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$3.82 BDT467.15	$5.76 F CFA3,271	+50.7%
Monthly public transit pass	$11.13 BDT1,360.78	??
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$30,071.90 BDT4M	$38,457.72 F CFA22M	+27.9%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$3.38 BDT413.42	$14.85 F CFA8,436	+339.2%
Average			+139.3%

Bangladesh vs. Burkina Faso - Cost of transportation

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pay 4.7 times more for housing

	Bangladesh	Burkina Faso
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$15.10 BDT1,846.18	$50.62 F CFA28,765	+235.3%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$91.14 BDT11,146.90	$447.18 F CFA254K	+390.6%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$50.57 BDT6,184.26	$280.23 F CFA159K	+454.2%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$20.30 BDT2,482.77	$97.57 F CFA55,446	+380.6%
Average			+365.2%

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pay 10.8 times more for childcare

	Bangladesh	Burkina Faso
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$27.27 BDT3,334.53	$134.15 F CFA76,233	+392.0%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$1,068.12 BDT131K	$17,731.14 F CFA10M	+1560.0%
Average			+976.0%

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pay 90.2% more for entertainment and sports

	Bangladesh	Burkina Faso
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$4.17 BDT510.52	$1.07 F CFA610	-74.3%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$1.43 BDT175.11	$1.79 F CFA1,016	+24.9%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$2.73 BDT333.33	$1.79 F CFA1,016	-34.4%
Monthly membership at local gym	$12.99 BDT1,588.34	$62.61 F CFA35,576	+382.0%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$3.54 BDT432.57	$8.94 F CFA5,082	+152.9%
Average			+90.2%

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pay (unknown) more for clothing

	Bangladesh	Burkina Faso
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$17.84 BDT2,181.33	??
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$19.04 BDT2,328.33	??
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$36.21 BDT4,428.36	??
Men's business shoes (leather)	$32.01 BDT3,914.56	??

Bangladesh vs. Burkina Faso - 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: March 2026

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