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Mauritania vs. Bangladesh Cost of Living Summary

Mauritania is 2.9 times more expensive than Bangladesh overall.

Restaurants: pay 5.8 times more in Mauritania
Groceries: pay 61.1% more in Mauritania
Transportation: pay 19.5% more in Mauritania
Housing: pay 3.8 times more in Mauritania
Childcare: pay 4.6 times more in Mauritania
Entertainment and Sports: pay 2.2 times more in Mauritania
Clothing: pay 36.1% more in Mauritania

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

Mauritania vs. Bangladesh Cost Breakdown

If you lived in Mauritania instead of Bangladesh, you would:

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pay 5.8 times more for restaurants

	Bangladesh	Mauritania
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$1.62 BDT197.54	$3.01 MRO1,082	+85.9%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$4.77 BDT581.52	$6.28 MRO2,254	+31.6%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$0.31 BDT37.92	$1.77 MRO637	+470.3%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$0.15 BDT18.35	$2.16 MRO775	+1334.0%
Average			+480.4%

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pay 61.1% more for groceries

	Bangladesh	Mauritania
Bread 1 loaf	$0.53 BDT65.03	$0.28 MRO99	-48.2%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$3.89 BDT474.39	$2.76 MRO990	-29.2%
Milk (1 gallon)	$2.66 BDT324.21	$5.36 MRO1,923	+101.3%
Eggs 1 dozen	$1.15 BDT140.34	$2.23 MRO800	+93.4%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$1.06 BDT128.66	$2.51 MRO901	+137.6%
Apples (1 lb)	$0.93 BDT113.80	$1.00 MRO360	+7.4%
Bananas (1 lb)	$0.36 BDT44.46	$0.83 MRO299	+128.4%
Oranges (1 lb)	$0.85 BDT103.45	$0.65 MRO234	-23.3%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$0.25 BDT30.60	$0.45 MRO161	+78.2%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$0.14 BDT16.63	$0.35 MRO126	+156.4%
Onions (1 lb)	$0.23 BDT28.15	$0.39 MRO141	+70.0%
Average			+61.1%

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pay 19.5% more for transportation

	Bangladesh	Mauritania
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$3.82 BDT465.45	$5.36 MRO1,924	+40.3%
Monthly public transit pass	$11.13 BDT1,355.81	$21.97 MRO7,889	+97.5%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$30,071.90 BDT3,664,320.77	$7,533.89 MRO2,704,667	-74.9%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$3.38 BDT411.91	$3.89 MRO1,397	+15.1%
Average			+19.5%

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pay 3.8 times more for housing

	Bangladesh	Mauritania
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$15.10 BDT1,839.44	$60.27 MRO21,637	+299.3%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$91.14 BDT11,106.18	$225.73 MRO81,036	+147.7%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$50.57 BDT6,161.67	$162.03 MRO58,168	+220.4%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$20.30 BDT2,473.70	$111.41 MRO39,996	+448.8%
Average			+279.1%

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pay 4.6 times more for childcare

	Bangladesh	Mauritania
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$27.27 BDT3,322.35	$73.21 MRO26,284	+168.5%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$1,068.12 BDT130,152.14	$7,011.73 MRO2,517,211	+556.5%
Average			+362.5%

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pay 2.2 times more for entertainment and sports

	Bangladesh	Mauritania
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$4.17 BDT508.66	$1.96 MRO703	-53.1%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$1.43 BDT174.47	$2.30 MRO825	+60.5%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$2.73 BDT332.11	$2.51 MRO902	-7.9%
Monthly membership at local gym	$12.99 BDT1,582.54	$87.27 MRO31,329	+571.9%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$3.54 BDT430.99	$4.08 MRO1,465	+15.4%
Average			+117.4%

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pay 36.1% more for clothing

	Bangladesh	Mauritania
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$17.84 BDT2,173.36	$20.45 MRO7,342	+14.7%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$19.04 BDT2,319.83	$20.77 MRO7,455	+9.1%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$36.21 BDT4,412.19	$69.22 MRO24,848	+91.2%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$32.01 BDT3,900.26	$41.44 MRO14,876	+29.5%
Average			+36.1%

Bangladesh vs. Mauritania - 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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