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Somalia vs. Bangladesh Cost of Living Summary

Somalia is 63.2% more expensive than Bangladesh overall.

Restaurants: pay 93.5% more in Somalia
Groceries: pay 2.3 times more in Somalia
Transportation: pay 41.2% more in Somalia
Housing: pay 2.4 times more in Somalia
Childcare: pay 6.8% more in Somalia
Entertainment and Sports: pay 37.8% more in Somalia
Clothing: pay 9.8% less in Somalia

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

Somalia vs. Bangladesh Cost Breakdown

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

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pay 93.5% more for restaurants

	Bangladesh	Somalia
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$1.62 BDT198.26	$2.88 SOS1,638	+77.3%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$4.77 BDT583.65	$4.62 SOS2,635	-3.1%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$0.31 BDT38.06	$0.74 SOS420	+137.0%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$0.15 BDT18.42	$0.40 SOS225	+162.7%
Average			+93.5%

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pay 2.3 times more for groceries

	Bangladesh	Somalia
Bread 1 loaf	$0.53 BDT65.26	$1.12 SOS641	+110.8%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$3.89 BDT476.13	$2.17 SOS1,234	-44.3%
Milk (1 gallon)	$2.66 BDT325.39	$7.78 SOS4,430	+192.3%
Eggs 1 dozen	$1.15 BDT140.86	$2.51 SOS1,431	+118.1%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$1.06 BDT129.13	$2.44 SOS1,389	+130.9%
Apples (1 lb)	$0.93 BDT114.22	$1.49 SOS847	+59.2%
Bananas (1 lb)	$0.36 BDT44.62	$0.98 SOS560	+169.4%
Oranges (1 lb)	$0.85 BDT103.83	$1.27 SOS725	+49.9%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$0.25 BDT30.71	$0.62 SOS354	+147.6%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$0.14 BDT16.69	$0.64 SOS363	+367.2%
Onions (1 lb)	$0.23 BDT28.25	$0.58 SOS330	+150.9%
Average			+132.0%

Bangladesh vs. Somalia - Cost of groceries

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pay 41.2% more for transportation

	Bangladesh	Somalia
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$3.82 BDT467.15	$3.87 SOS2,204	+1.3%
Monthly public transit pass	$11.13 BDT1,360.78	$25.00 SOS14,241	+124.7%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$30,071.90 BDT4M	$5,750.00 SOS3M	-80.9%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$3.38 BDT413.42	$7.43 SOS4,234	+119.9%
Average			+41.2%

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pay 2.4 times more for housing

	Bangladesh	Somalia
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$15.10 BDT1,846.18	$37.79 SOS21,528	+150.3%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$91.14 BDT11,146.90	$142.93 SOS81,422	+56.8%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$50.57 BDT6,184.26	$98.19 SOS55,933	+94.2%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$20.30 BDT2,482.77	$73.70 SOS41,983	+263.0%
Average			+141.1%

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pay 6.8% more for childcare

	Bangladesh	Somalia
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$27.27 BDT3,334.53	$43.33 SOS24,685	+58.9%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$1,068.12 BDT131K	$585.00 SOS333K	-45.2%
Average			+6.8%

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pay 37.8% more for entertainment and sports

	Bangladesh	Somalia
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$4.17 BDT510.52	$7.00 SOS3,988	+67.7%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$1.43 BDT175.11	$1.19 SOS676	-17.1%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$2.73 BDT333.33	$1.10 SOS627	-59.6%
Monthly membership at local gym	$12.99 BDT1,588.34	$33.33 SOS18,989	+156.7%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$3.54 BDT432.57	$5.00 SOS2,848	+41.4%
Average			+37.8%

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pay 9.8% less for clothing

	Bangladesh	Somalia
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$17.84 BDT2,181.33	$15.25 SOS8,687	-14.5%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$19.04 BDT2,328.33	$19.78 SOS11,267	+3.9%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$36.21 BDT4,428.36	$19.89 SOS11,330	-45.1%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$32.01 BDT3,914.56	$37.28 SOS21,236	+16.5%
Average			-9.8%

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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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