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Ethiopia vs. Burma Cost of Living Summary

Ethiopia is 71.4% more expensive than Burma overall.

Restaurants: pay 15.9% more in Ethiopia
Groceries: pay 20.6% more in Ethiopia
Transportation: pay 9.4% less in Ethiopia
Housing: pay 4.0 times more in Ethiopia
Childcare: pay 61.0% more in Ethiopia
Entertainment and Sports: pay 2.2 times more in Ethiopia
Clothing: pay 5.0% less in Ethiopia

The cost of housing, entertainment and sports, childcare, groceries, and restaurants in Ethiopia are more expensive than in Burma. Expenses including transportation and clothing are lower in Ethiopia. Notably, housing and entertainment and sports are significantly more expensive in Ethiopia.

Ethiopia vs. Burma Cost Breakdown

If you lived in Ethiopia instead of Burma, you would:

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pay 15.9% more for restaurants

	Burma	Ethiopia
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$2.10 MMK4,401	$4.26 ETB655.54	+103.2%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$5.50 MMK11,548	$6.50 ETB1,000.24	+18.2%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$0.84 MMK1,757	$0.61 ETB93.51	-27.4%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$0.81 MMK1,708	$0.57 ETB87.20	-30.3%
Average			+15.9%

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pay 20.6% more for groceries

	Burma	Ethiopia
Bread 1 loaf	$0.99 MMK2,075	$1.26 ETB193.73	+27.4%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$4.15 MMK8,715	$4.34 ETB667.36	+4.5%
Milk (1 gallon)	$5.40 MMK11,335	$5.42 ETB834.53	+0.5%
Eggs 1 dozen	$1.29 MMK2,712	$2.28 ETB351.02	+76.6%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$2.64 MMK5,540	$5.76 ETB886.79	+118.4%
Apples (1 lb)	$1.99 MMK4,177	$3.08 ETB473.48	+54.7%
Bananas (1 lb)	$0.47 MMK991	$0.43 ETB66.40	-8.6%
Oranges (1 lb)	$1.23 MMK2,587	$1.06 ETB162.78	-14.2%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$0.77 MMK1,619	$0.40 ETB62.30	-47.5%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$0.63 MMK1,317	$0.28 ETB42.45	-56.0%
Onions (1 lb)	$0.53 MMK1,114	$0.91 ETB139.43	+70.7%
Average			+20.6%

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pay 9.4% less for transportation

	Burma	Ethiopia
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$34.06 MMK71,520	$4.81 ETB740.52	-85.9%
Monthly public transit pass	$10.00 MMK20,997	$12.00 ETB1,846.60	+20.0%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$30,000.00 MMK62,991,000	$55,000.00 ETB8,463,587.61	+83.3%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$8.03 MMK16,870	$3.62 ETB556.29	-55.0%
Average			-9.4%

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pay 4.0 times more for housing

	Burma	Ethiopia
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$22.48 MMK47,204	$130.20 ETB20,035.62	+479.1%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$287.80 MMK604,294	$815.99 ETB125,568.08	+183.5%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$143.79 MMK301,921	$512.43 ETB78,854.26	+256.4%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$33.01 MMK69,312	$121.97 ETB18,769.25	+269.5%
Average			+297.1%

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pay 61.0% more for childcare

	Burma	Ethiopia
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$251.69 MMK528,477	$94.05 ETB14,472.47	-62.6%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$10,607.14 MMK22,271,812	$30,187.50 ETB4,645,355.47	+184.6%
Average			+61.0%

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pay 2.2 times more for entertainment and sports

	Burma	Ethiopia
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$0.90 MMK1,890	$0.90 ETB138.50
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$1.52 MMK3,190	$1.09 ETB167.35	-28.4%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$1.32 MMK2,770	$5.10 ETB784.81	+286.5%
Monthly membership at local gym	$22.59 MMK47,434	$62.10 ETB9,556.74	+174.9%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$2.60 MMK5,459	$3.75 ETB577.06	+44.2%
Average			+119.3%

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pay 5.0% less for clothing

	Burma	Ethiopia
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$62.11 MMK130,421	$45.03 ETB6,929.81	-27.5%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$64.37 MMK135,149	$75.17 ETB11,566.90	+16.8%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$92.26 MMK193,726	$94.08 ETB14,477.62	+2.0%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$129.71 MMK272,353	$115.09 ETB17,709.97	-11.3%
Average			-5.0%

Burma vs. Ethiopia - 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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