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Mauritania vs. Bolivia Cost of Living Summary

Mauritania is 21.3% more expensive than Bolivia overall.

Restaurants: pay 66.7% more in Mauritania
Groceries: pay 1.9% more in Mauritania
Transportation: pay 6.5% less in Mauritania
Housing: pay 58.1% more in Mauritania
Childcare: pay 32.0% more in Mauritania
Entertainment and Sports: pay 26.5% more in Mauritania
Clothing: pay 29.6% less in Mauritania

The cost of restaurants, housing, childcare, entertainment and sports, and groceries in Mauritania are more expensive than in Bolivia. Expenses including clothing and transportation are lower in Mauritania.

Mauritania vs. Bolivia Cost Breakdown

If you lived in Mauritania instead of Bolivia, you would:

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pay 66.7% more for restaurants

	Bolivia	Mauritania
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$2.82 BOB19.43	$3.01 MRO1,082	+6.9%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$6.76 BOB46.55	$6.28 MRO2,254	-7.1%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$0.97 BOB6.66	$1.77 MRO637	+83.7%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$0.76 BOB5.25	$2.16 MRO775	+183.4%
Average			+66.7%

Bolivia vs. Mauritania - Cost of restaurants

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pay 1.9% more for groceries

	Bolivia	Mauritania
Bread 1 loaf	$1.31 BOB9.01	$0.28 MRO99	-78.9%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$2.43 BOB16.76	$2.76 MRO990	+13.4%
Milk (1 gallon)	$3.74 BOB25.74	$5.36 MRO1,923	+43.3%
Eggs 1 dozen	$2.01 BOB13.84	$2.23 MRO800	+10.9%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$1.94 BOB13.35	$2.51 MRO901	+29.4%
Apples (1 lb)	$1.01 BOB6.98	$1.00 MRO360	-0.9%
Bananas (1 lb)	$0.46 BOB3.16	$0.83 MRO299	+81.8%
Oranges (1 lb)	$0.57 BOB3.94	$0.65 MRO234	+14.0%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$0.82 BOB5.68	$0.45 MRO161	-45.8%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$0.52 BOB3.61	$0.35 MRO126	-33.3%
Onions (1 lb)	$0.45 BOB3.09	$0.39 MRO141	-12.5%
Average			+1.9%

Bolivia vs. Mauritania - Cost of groceries

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pay 6.5% less for transportation

	Bolivia	Mauritania
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$2.41 BOB16.63	$5.36 MRO1,924	+122.0%
Monthly public transit pass	$26.13 BOB180.04	$21.97 MRO7,889	-15.9%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$20,165.68 BOB138,952.53	$7,533.89 MRO2,704,667	-62.6%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$12.71 BOB87.59	$3.89 MRO1,397	-69.4%
Average			-6.5%

Bolivia vs. Mauritania - Cost of transportation

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pay 58.1% more for housing

	Bolivia	Mauritania
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$37.51 BOB258.43	$60.27 MRO21,637	+60.7%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$379.82 BOB2,617.17	$225.73 MRO81,036	-40.6%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$253.87 BOB1,749.28	$162.03 MRO58,168	-36.2%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$31.96 BOB220.19	$111.41 MRO39,996	+248.6%
Average			+58.1%

Bolivia vs. Mauritania - Cost of housing

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pay 32.0% more for childcare

	Bolivia	Mauritania
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$167.87 BOB1,156.70	$73.21 MRO26,284	-56.4%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$3,180.74 BOB21,917.02	$7,011.73 MRO2,517,211	+120.4%
Average			+32.0%

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pay 26.5% more for entertainment and sports

	Bolivia	Mauritania
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$1.67 BOB11.53	$1.96 MRO703	+17.1%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$2.62 BOB18.03	$2.30 MRO825	-12.2%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$2.52 BOB17.34	$2.51 MRO902	-0.2%
Monthly membership at local gym	$32.86 BOB226.42	$87.27 MRO31,329	+165.6%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$6.59 BOB45.38	$4.08 MRO1,465	-38.0%
Average			+26.5%

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pay 29.6% less for clothing

	Bolivia	Mauritania
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$33.19 BOB228.72	$20.45 MRO7,342	-38.4%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$45.06 BOB310.46	$20.77 MRO7,455	-53.9%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$67.11 BOB462.42	$69.22 MRO24,848	+3.1%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$58.35 BOB402.08	$41.44 MRO14,876	-29.0%
Average			-29.6%

Bolivia vs. Mauritania - 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: December 2025

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