Cost of living comparison
Qatar is 18.7% more expensive than Barbados.
If you lived in Qatar instead of Barbados, you would:
pay 59.8% less for restaurants
Barbados
|
Qatar
|
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Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant |
$30.00
BBD60.00
|
$7.40
QAR26.95
|
|
Fast food combo meal
McDonalds, or similar
|
$10.41
BBD20.82
|
$6.72
QAR24.46
|
|
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz) |
$1.76
BBD3.51
|
$0.81
QAR2.94
|
|
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz) |
$1.43
BBD2.86
|
$0.37
QAR1.34
|
|
pay 51.3% less for groceries
Barbados
|
Qatar
|
||
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Bread
1 loaf
|
$2.61
BBD5.23
|
$1.44
QAR5.26
|
|
Local cheese (8 oz) |
$7.69
BBD15.38
|
$4.71
QAR17.13
|
|
Milk (1 gallon) |
$13.27
BBD26.54
|
$7.39
QAR26.90
|
|
Eggs
1 dozen
|
$5.07
BBD10.13
|
$2.70
QAR9.82
|
|
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb) |
$5.36
BBD10.73
|
$3.20
QAR11.66
|
|
Apples (1 lb) |
$1.74
BBD3.47
|
$0.88
QAR3.19
|
|
Bananas (1 lb) |
$1.29
BBD2.58
|
$0.75
QAR2.72
|
|
Oranges (1 lb) |
$1.73
BBD3.45
|
$0.77
QAR2.82
|
|
Tomatoes (1 lb) |
$2.44
BBD4.88
|
$0.59
QAR2.14
|
|
Potatoes (1 lb) |
$1.27
BBD2.55
|
$0.53
QAR1.93
|
|
Onions (1 lb) |
$1.64
BBD3.27
|
$0.52
QAR1.90
|
|
pay 54.0% less for transportation
Barbados
|
Qatar
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Gasoline (1 gallon) |
$7.94
BBD15.88
|
$2.15
QAR7.81
|
|
Monthly public transit pass |
$55.50
BBD111.00
|
$45.70
QAR166.38
|
|
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition) |
$42,500.00
BBD85,000.00
|
$20,343.91
QAR74,072.16
|
|
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles) |
$38.15
BBD76.30
|
$10.21
QAR37.19
|
|
pay 78.9% more for housing
Barbados
|
Qatar
|
||
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Internet connection
50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl
|
$59.33
BBD118.67
|
$87.54
QAR318.74
|
|
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area |
$630.61
BBD1,261.21
|
$1,492.84
QAR5,435.45
|
|
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center |
$447.78
BBD895.56
|
$1,212.87
QAR4,416.05
|
|
Utilities for two
(700 sq ft apartment)
including electric, gas, water, heating
|
$100.02
BBD200.04
|
$60.59
QAR220.60
|
|
pay 2.2 times more for childcare
Barbados
|
Qatar
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly |
$313.33
BBD626.67
|
$691.86
QAR2,519.07
|
|
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters |
$4,944.44
BBD9,888.89
|
$10,875.73
QAR39,598.53
|
|
pay 2.2 times more for entertainment and sports
Barbados
|
Qatar
|
||
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Domestic/local beer (1 pint) |
$2.63
BBD5.26
|
$16.79
QAR61.14
|
|
Cappuccino in mid-range area |
$4.50
BBD9.00
|
$4.71
QAR17.15
|
|
Pack of cigarettes
Marlboro or similar
|
$8.98
BBD17.96
|
$6.32
QAR23.01
|
|
Monthly membership at local gym |
$82.23
BBD164.46
|
$131.32
QAR478.13
|
|
Movie ticket to theater/cinema |
$10.12
BBD20.25
|
$11.79
QAR42.93
|
|
pay 21.0% less for clothing
Barbados
|
Qatar
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Regular jeans
Levi's brand
|
$67.75
BBD135.50
|
$73.11
QAR266.18
|
|
Regular dress
from H&M or similar store
|
$57.00
BBD114.00
|
$46.32
QAR168.64
|
|
Running shoes
Nike or Adidas
|
$142.01
BBD284.03
|
$75.56
QAR275.11
|
|
Men's business shoes (leather) |
$100.83
BBD201.67
|
$74.30
QAR270.53
|
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