Cost of Living Comparison

  1. Cost of Living
  2. Barbados
  3. Solomon Islands
  4. Comparison
BBD
COMPARED TO
SBD

Barbados is 86.1% more expensive than Solomon Islands.

If you lived in Solomon Islands instead of Barbados, you would:
local_dining

pay 12.7% less for restaurants

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Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant $12.58
$25.17
$6.94
$54.54
-44.8%
Fast food combo meal
McDonalds, or similar
 $7.67
$15.33
$10.37
$81.45
+35.2%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz) $1.39
$2.78
??
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz) $0.98
$1.97
$1.22
$9.58
+24.0%
Barbados vs. Solomon Islands - Cost of restaurants
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local_grocery_store

pay 6.7% more for groceries

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Bread
1 loaf
 $2.10
$4.20
$1.71
$13.42
-18.7%
Local cheese (8 oz) $2.72
$5.43
??
Milk (1 gallon) $12.33
$24.66
??
Eggs
1 dozen
 $3.55
$7.10
$4.27
$33.54
+20.3%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb) $4.39
$8.78
??
Apples (1 lb) $1.76
$3.52
??
Bananas (1 lb) $1.07
$2.14
??
Oranges (1 lb) $1.97
$3.93
??
Tomatoes (1 lb) $1.66
$3.33
??
Potatoes (1 lb) $0.67
$1.33
??
Onions (1 lb) $0.75
$1.51
$0.83
$6.52
+10.0%
Barbados vs. Solomon Islands - Cost of groceries
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drive_eta

pay 13.9% less for transportation

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Gasoline (1 gallon) $6.64
$13.28
$4.44
$34.87
-33.1%
Monthly public transit pass $41.09
$82.17
??
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition) $25,000.00
$50,000.00
??
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles) $19.00
$38.00
$16.70
$131.20
-12.1%
Barbados vs. Solomon Islands - Cost of transportation
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home

pay 70.1% more for housing

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Internet connection
50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl
 $43.23
$86.47
??
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area $653.33
$1,306.67
$1,288.58
$10,123.04
+97.2%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center $374.58
$749.17
$513.22
$4,031.81
+37.0%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment)
including electric, gas, water, heating
 $74.94
$149.88
$74.62
$586.25
-0.4%
Barbados vs. Solomon Islands - Cost of housing
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child_care

pay 91.1% less for childcare

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Private preschool for 1 child, monthly $137.50
$275.00
$55.40
$435.22
-59.7%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters $2,750.00
$5,500.00
$201.27
$1,581.17
-92.7%
Barbados vs. Solomon Islands - Cost of childcare
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gamepad

pay 12.7% more for entertainment and sports

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Domestic/local beer (1 pint) $1.92
$3.83
$2.74
$21.56
+43.2%
Cappuccino in mid-range area $3.69
$7.38
$3.96
$31.14
+7.4%
Pack of cigarettes
Marlboro or similar
 $6.12
$12.25
??
Monthly membership at local gym $78.68
$157.36
$91.49
$718.72
+16.3%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema $9.33
$18.67
$7.32
$57.50
-21.6%
Barbados vs. Solomon Islands - Cost of entertainment and sports
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store

pay 65.8% less for clothing

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Regular jeans
Levi's brand
 $65.33
$130.67
$9.15
$71.87
-86.0%
Regular dress
from H&M or similar store
 $42.50
$85.00
$9.76
$76.66
-77.0%
Running shoes
Nike or Adidas
 $105.83
$211.67
$27.45
$215.61
-74.1%
Men's business shoes (leather) $100.00
$200.00
$60.99
$479.14
-39.0%
Barbados vs. Solomon Islands - 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: October 2019
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