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Yemen vs. Beijing Cost of Living Summary

Yemen is 71.6% more expensive than Beijing.

Restaurants: pay 2.3 times more in Yemen
Groceries: pay 94.3% more in Yemen
Transportation: pay 3.0 times more in Yemen
Housing: pay 2.0 times more in Yemen
Childcare: pay 89.7% less in Yemen
Entertainment and Sports: pay 22.8% more in Yemen
Clothing: pay 40.5% more in Yemen

The cost of transportation, restaurants, housing, groceries, clothing, and entertainment and sports in Yemen are more expensive than in Beijing. Notably, transportation, restaurants, and housing are significantly more expensive in Yemen.

Yemen vs. Beijing Cost Breakdown

If you lived in Yemen instead of Beijing, you would:

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pay 2.3 times more for restaurants

	Beijing	Yemen
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$4.21 CN¥29.74	$7.57 YER1,806	+80.1%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$4.91 CN¥34.69	$9.77 YER2,328	+99.0%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$0.48 CN¥3.39	$1.41 YER335	+192.9%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$0.31 CN¥2.17	$0.73 YER174	+137.2%
Average			+127.3%

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pay 94.3% more for groceries

	Beijing	Yemen
Bread 1 loaf	$1.71 CN¥12.07	$1.43 YER341	-16.2%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$7.47 CN¥52.80	$4.22 YER1,006	-43.5%
Milk (1 gallon)	$6.64 CN¥46.96	$9.19 YER2,191	+38.4%
Eggs 1 dozen	$1.78 CN¥12.56	$5.26 YER1,254	+196.1%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$1.53 CN¥10.83	$4.83 YER1,152	+215.6%
Apples (1 lb)	$0.98 CN¥6.95	$2.51 YER598	+155.3%
Bananas (1 lb)	$0.77 CN¥5.44	$0.81 YER194	+5.7%
Oranges (1 lb)	$0.80 CN¥5.66	$1.82 YER433	+127.0%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$0.60 CN¥4.26	$1.02 YER244	+70.1%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$0.35 CN¥2.46	$0.97 YER232	+178.6%
Onions (1 lb)	$0.41 CN¥2.92	$0.86 YER206	+109.7%
Average			+94.3%

Beijing vs. Yemen - Cost of groceries

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pay 3.0 times more for transportation

	Beijing	Yemen
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$4.21 CN¥29.77	$10.62 YER2,532	+152.2%
Monthly public transit pass	$31.54 CN¥223.02	$80.08 YER19,092	+153.9%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$18,225.66 CN¥128,857.25	$16,715.42 YER3,984,958	-8.3%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$4.63 CN¥32.71	$28.63 YER6,826	+518.9%
Average			+204.2%

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pay 2.0 times more for housing

	Beijing	Yemen
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$12.93 CN¥91.43	$77.76 YER18,537	+501.3%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$935.23 CN¥6,612.19	$232.18 YER55,351	-75.2%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$504.41 CN¥3,566.20	$165.92 YER39,554	-67.1%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$39.27 CN¥277.61	$57.78 YER13,776	+47.2%
Average			+101.6%

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pay 89.7% less for childcare

	Beijing	Yemen
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$710.76 CN¥5,025.17	$77.38 YER18,447	-89.1%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$23,242.73 CN¥164,328.40	$2,249.75 YER536,341	-90.3%
Average			-89.7%

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pay 22.8% more for entertainment and sports

	Beijing	Yemen
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$1.12 CN¥7.93	$2.28 YER544	+103.6%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$2.90 CN¥20.52	$3.46 YER824	+19.1%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$4.21 CN¥29.74	$4.66 YER1,111	+10.8%
Monthly membership at local gym	$57.84 CN¥408.91	$65.76 YER15,677	+13.7%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$8.41 CN¥59.47	$5.64 YER1,344	-33.0%
Average			+22.8%

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pay 40.5% more for clothing

	Beijing	Yemen
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$62.30 CN¥440.46	$52.93 YER12,619	-15.0%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$36.37 CN¥257.16	$112.92 YER26,921	+210.5%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$81.74 CN¥577.91	$75.22 YER17,932	-8.0%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$105.53 CN¥746.11	$78.60 YER18,739	-25.5%
Average			+40.5%

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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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