Cost of living comparison

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Syria vs. Bolivia Cost of Living Summary

Syria is 0.8% cheaper than Bolivia overall.

Restaurants: pay 15.6% more in Syria
Groceries: pay 9.3% less in Syria
Transportation: pay 37.4% more in Syria
Housing: pay 0.1% more in Syria
Childcare: pay 51.9% less in Syria
Entertainment and Sports: pay 3.6% less in Syria
Clothing: pay 6.2% more in Syria

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

Syria vs. Bolivia Cost Breakdown

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

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pay 15.6% more for restaurants

	Bolivia	Syria
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$2.82 BOB19.43	$5.33 SYP69,344	+89.1%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$6.76 BOB46.55	$4.50 SYP58,509	-33.4%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$0.97 BOB6.66	$1.13 SYP14,747	+17.4%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$0.76 BOB5.25	$0.68 SYP8,862	-10.6%
Average			+15.6%

Bolivia vs. Syria - Cost of restaurants

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pay 9.3% less for groceries

	Bolivia	Syria
Bread 1 loaf	$1.31 BOB9.01	$0.64 SYP8,333	-51.0%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$2.43 BOB16.76	$1.85 SYP24,087	-23.8%
Milk (1 gallon)	$3.74 BOB25.74	$3.81 SYP49,537	+2.0%
Eggs 1 dozen	$2.01 BOB13.84	$1.94 SYP25,252	-3.3%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$1.94 BOB13.35	$3.09 SYP40,163	+59.4%
Apples (1 lb)	$1.01 BOB6.98	$0.63 SYP8,224	-37.5%
Bananas (1 lb)	$0.46 BOB3.16	$0.77 SYP10,067	+68.9%
Oranges (1 lb)	$0.57 BOB3.94	$0.61 SYP7,896	+6.2%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$0.82 BOB5.68	$0.31 SYP4,046	-62.3%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$0.52 BOB3.61	$0.31 SYP4,002	-41.3%
Onions (1 lb)	$0.45 BOB3.09	$0.36 SYP4,700	-19.4%
Average			-9.3%

Bolivia vs. Syria - Cost of groceries

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pay 37.4% more for transportation

	Bolivia	Syria
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$2.41 BOB16.63	$8.09 SYP105,151	+235.1%
Monthly public transit pass	$26.13 BOB180.04	$10.00 SYP130,020	-61.7%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$20,165.68 BOB138,952.53	$19,287.91 SYP250,781,375	-4.4%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$12.71 BOB87.59	$10.24 SYP133,081	-19.5%
Average			+37.4%

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pay 0.1% more for housing

	Bolivia	Syria
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$37.51 BOB258.43	$40.76 SYP529,986	+8.7%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$379.82 BOB2,617.17	$193.35 SYP2,513,935	-49.1%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$253.87 BOB1,749.28	$112.97 SYP1,468,810	-55.5%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$31.96 BOB220.19	$62.74 SYP815,767	+96.3%
Average			+0.1%

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pay 51.9% less for childcare

	Bolivia	Syria
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$167.87 BOB1,156.70	$46.24 SYP601,162	-72.5%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$3,180.74 BOB21,917.02	$2,185.71 SYP28,418,614	-31.3%
Average			-51.9%

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pay 3.6% less for entertainment and sports

	Bolivia	Syria
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$1.67 BOB11.53	$3.89 SYP50,556	+132.4%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$2.62 BOB18.03	$1.30 SYP16,874	-50.4%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$2.52 BOB17.34	$3.08 SYP40,090	+22.5%
Monthly membership at local gym	$32.86 BOB226.42	$13.64 SYP177,324	-58.5%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$6.59 BOB45.38	$2.36 SYP30,671	-64.2%
Average			-3.6%

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pay 6.2% more for clothing

	Bolivia	Syria
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$33.19 BOB228.72	$30.17 SYP392,267	-9.1%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$45.06 BOB310.46	$42.77 SYP556,062	-5.1%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$67.11 BOB462.42	$70.57 SYP917,567	+5.2%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$58.35 BOB402.08	$78.17 SYP1,016,375	+34.0%
Average			+6.2%

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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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