Cost of living comparison
Finland is 1.4% more expensive than Barbados.
If you lived in Finland instead of Barbados, you would:
pay 2.0% more for restaurants
Barbados
|
Finland
|
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Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant |
$30.00
BBD60.00
|
$13.74
€12.84
|
|
Fast food combo meal
McDonalds, or similar
|
$10.41
BBD20.82
|
$9.50
€8.87
|
|
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz) |
$1.76
BBD3.51
|
$2.59
€2.42
|
|
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz) |
$1.43
BBD2.86
|
$1.76
€1.65
|
|
pay 38.7% less for groceries
Barbados
|
Finland
|
||
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Bread
1 loaf
|
$2.61
BBD5.23
|
$2.40
€2.24
|
|
Local cheese (8 oz) |
$7.69
BBD15.38
|
$4.01
€3.75
|
|
Milk (1 gallon) |
$13.27
BBD26.54
|
$4.08
€3.81
|
|
Eggs
1 dozen
|
$5.07
BBD10.13
|
$2.96
€2.77
|
|
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb) |
$5.36
BBD10.73
|
$4.85
€4.53
|
|
Apples (1 lb) |
$1.74
BBD3.47
|
$1.08
€1.01
|
|
Bananas (1 lb) |
$1.29
BBD2.58
|
$0.86
€0.80
|
|
Oranges (1 lb) |
$1.73
BBD3.45
|
$1.08
€1.01
|
|
Tomatoes (1 lb) |
$2.44
BBD4.88
|
$1.79
€1.67
|
|
Potatoes (1 lb) |
$1.27
BBD2.55
|
$0.53
€0.49
|
|
Onions (1 lb) |
$1.64
BBD3.27
|
$0.75
€0.70
|
|
pay 14.9% less for transportation
Barbados
|
Finland
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Gasoline (1 gallon) |
$7.94
BBD15.88
|
$8.90
€8.32
|
|
Monthly public transit pass |
$55.50
BBD111.00
|
$58.04
€54.22
|
|
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition) |
$42,500.00
BBD85,000.00
|
$29,560.99
€27,613.10
|
|
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles) |
$38.15
BBD76.30
|
$20.72
€19.35
|
|
pay 2.2% less for housing
Barbados
|
Finland
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Internet connection
50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl
|
$59.33
BBD118.67
|
$23.03
€21.51
|
|
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area |
$630.61
BBD1,261.21
|
$744.51
€695.45
|
|
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center |
$447.78
BBD895.56
|
$617.65
€576.95
|
|
Utilities for two
(700 sq ft apartment)
including electric, gas, water, heating
|
$100.02
BBD200.04
|
$96.36
€90.01
|
|
pay 35.5% more for childcare
Barbados
|
Finland
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly |
$313.33
BBD626.67
|
$346.47
€323.64
|
|
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters |
$4,944.44
BBD9,888.89
|
$7,931.98
€7,409.31
|
|
pay 35.5% more for entertainment and sports
Barbados
|
Finland
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Domestic/local beer (1 pint) |
$2.63
BBD5.26
|
$7.11
€6.64
|
|
Cappuccino in mid-range area |
$4.50
BBD9.00
|
$4.18
€3.91
|
|
Pack of cigarettes
Marlboro or similar
|
$8.98
BBD17.96
|
$9.96
€9.30
|
|
Monthly membership at local gym |
$82.23
BBD164.46
|
$43.96
€41.06
|
|
Movie ticket to theater/cinema |
$10.12
BBD20.25
|
$15.18
€14.18
|
|
pay 7.7% less for clothing
Barbados
|
Finland
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Regular jeans
Levi's brand
|
$67.75
BBD135.50
|
$89.09
€83.22
|
|
Regular dress
from H&M or similar store
|
$57.00
BBD114.00
|
$36.28
€33.89
|
|
Running shoes
Nike or Adidas
|
$142.01
BBD284.03
|
$81.40
€76.04
|
|
Men's business shoes (leather) |
$100.83
BBD201.67
|
$117.91
€110.14
|
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