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Colombia vs. Burundi Cost of Living Summary

Colombia is 11.1% more expensive than Burundi overall.

Restaurants: pay 17.5% more in Colombia
Groceries: pay 16.8% more in Colombia
Transportation: pay 21.5% less in Colombia
Housing: pay 8.4% more in Colombia
Childcare: pay 37.7% more in Colombia
Entertainment and Sports: pay 7.7% more in Colombia

The cost of childcare, restaurants, groceries, housing, and entertainment and sports in Colombia are more expensive than in Burundi.

Colombia vs. Burundi Cost Breakdown

If you lived in Colombia instead of Burundi, you would:

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pay 17.5% more for restaurants

	Burundi	Colombia
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$2.71 BIF8,032	$4.36 COP16,288.52	+61.0%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$3.85 BIF11,408	$7.74 COP28,896.54	+101.1%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$1.70 BIF5,042	$0.88 COP3,292.66	-48.1%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$1.11 BIF3,282	$0.62 COP2,318.65	-43.9%
Average			+17.5%

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pay 16.8% more for groceries

	Burundi	Colombia
Bread 1 loaf	$1.36 BIF4,045	$1.36 COP5,068.74	-0.5%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$5.15 BIF15,275	$2.49 COP9,296.82	-51.7%
Milk (1 gallon)	$3.10 BIF9,185	$4.35 COP16,249.26	+40.5%
Eggs 1 dozen	$3.40 BIF10,076	$2.23 COP8,319.47	-34.4%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$4.47 BIF13,270	$2.47 COP9,207.70	-44.9%
Apples (1 lb)	$2.66 BIF7,893	$1.21 COP4,507.99	-54.6%
Bananas (1 lb)	$0.22 BIF653	$0.52 COP1,935.88	+135.6%
Oranges (1 lb)	$0.78 BIF2,324	$0.62 COP2,298.97	-21.4%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$0.60 BIF1,793	$0.53 COP1,985.88	-12.0%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$0.22 BIF653	$0.52 COP1,947.85	+137.1%
Onions (1 lb)	$0.26 BIF783	$0.50 COP1,886.12	+91.3%
Average			+16.8%

Burundi vs. Colombia - Cost of groceries

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pay 21.5% less for transportation

	Burundi	Colombia
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$5.12 BIF15,194	$3.91 COP14,594.01	-23.7%
Monthly public transit pass	$30.00 BIF88,980	$33.68 COP125,802.06	+12.3%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	??	$18,639.00 COP69,616,040.01
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$34.83 BIF103,292	$16.37 COP61,139.55	-53.0%
Average			-21.5%

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pay 8.4% more for housing

	Burundi	Colombia
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$68.81 BIF204,095	$23.34 COP87,183.25	-66.1%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$483.63 BIF1,434,435	$313.67 COP1,171,552.83	-35.1%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$111.14 BIF329,631	$251.62 COP939,805.47	+126.4%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	??	$73.60 COP274,900.38
Average			+8.4%

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pay 37.7% more for childcare

	Burundi	Colombia
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$105.93 BIF314,185	$234.03 COP874,092.15	+120.9%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$10,592.87 BIF31,418,460	$5,761.13 COP21,517,631.78	-45.6%
Average			+37.7%

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pay 7.7% more for entertainment and sports

	Burundi	Colombia
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$2.37 BIF7,038	$1.20 COP4,491.76	-49.3%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$3.43 BIF10,175	$1.59 COP5,956.32	-53.5%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$2.43 BIF7,193	$2.56 COP9,556.21	+5.5%
Monthly membership at local gym	$27.12 BIF80,431	$25.07 COP93,650.79	-7.5%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$1.69 BIF5,027	$4.12 COP15,392.12	+143.2%
Average			+7.7%

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pay (unknown) more for clothing

	Burundi	Colombia
Regular jeans Levi's brand	??	$61.30 COP228,961.50
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	??	$40.34 COP150,673.34
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	??	$95.01 COP354,859.55
Men's business shoes (leather)	??	$81.28 COP303,568.15

Burundi vs. Colombia - Cost of clothing

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