Cost of living comparison

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Cook Islands vs. Equatorial Guinea Cost of Living Summary

Cook Islands is 99.1% more expensive than Equatorial Guinea overall.

Restaurants: pay 2.3 times more in Cook Islands
Groceries: pay 14.2% more in Cook Islands
Transportation: pay 65.0% less in Cook Islands
Housing: pay 3.2 times more in Cook Islands
Childcare: pay 3.9 times more in Cook Islands
Entertainment and Sports: pay 45.5% more in Cook Islands
Clothing: pay 60.8% more in Cook Islands

The cost of childcare, housing, restaurants, clothing, entertainment and sports, and groceries in Cook Islands are more expensive than in Equatorial Guinea. Notably, childcare, housing, and restaurants are significantly more expensive in Cook Islands.

Cook Islands vs. Equatorial Guinea Cost Breakdown

If you lived in Cook Islands instead of Equatorial Guinea, you would:

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pay 2.3 times more for restaurants

	Equatorial Guinea	Cook Islands
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	??	$11.54 NZ$19.88
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$8.90 FCFA4,976	$7.93 NZ$13.67	-10.9%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$0.89 FCFA498	$2.88 NZ$4.97	+224.0%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$0.89 FCFA498	$2.50 NZ$4.31	+180.8%
Average			+131.3%

Equatorial Guinea vs. Cook Islands - Cost of restaurants

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pay 14.2% more for groceries

	Equatorial Guinea	Cook Islands
Bread 1 loaf	??	$3.11 NZ$5.36
Local cheese (8 oz)	$3.36 FCFA1,878	$4.98 NZ$8.57	+48.1%
Milk (1 gallon)	$10.78 FCFA6,027	$7.37 NZ$12.70	-31.7%
Eggs 1 dozen	$4.27 FCFA2,388	$5.57 NZ$9.59	+30.3%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$3.09 FCFA1,729	$3.40 NZ$5.86	+10.0%
Apples (1 lb)	??	$1.30 NZ$2.24
Bananas (1 lb)	??	$1.05 NZ$1.80
Oranges (1 lb)	??	$1.56 NZ$2.69
Tomatoes (1 lb)	??	$2.75 NZ$4.73
Potatoes (1 lb)	??	$1.05 NZ$1.80
Onions (1 lb)	??	$0.82 NZ$1.42
Average			+14.2%

Equatorial Guinea vs. Cook Islands - Cost of groceries

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pay 65.0% less for transportation

	Equatorial Guinea	Cook Islands
Gasoline (1 gallon)	??	$6.56 NZ$11.31
Monthly public transit pass	$26.33 FCFA14,715	??
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$32,972.23 FCFA18,427,508	$11,538.70 NZ$19,880.61	-65.0%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$8.01 FCFA4,478	??
Average			-65.0%

Equatorial Guinea vs. Cook Islands - Cost of transportation

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pay 3.2 times more for housing

	Equatorial Guinea	Cook Islands
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$17.81 FCFA9,951	$105.96 NZ$182.57	+495.1%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$267.09 FCFA149,270	$305.77 NZ$526.84	+14.5%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$124.64 FCFA69,659	$305.77 NZ$526.84	+145.3%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	??	$82.72 NZ$142.53
Average			+218.3%

Equatorial Guinea vs. Cook Islands - Cost of housing

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pay 3.9 times more for childcare

	Equatorial Guinea	Cook Islands
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	??	??
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$356.12 FCFA199,027	$1,384.64 NZ$2,385.67	+288.8%
Average			+288.8%

Equatorial Guinea vs. Cook Islands - Cost of childcare

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pay 45.5% more for entertainment and sports

	Equatorial Guinea	Cook Islands
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	??	$5.99 NZ$10.31
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$5.34 FCFA2,985	$3.80 NZ$6.54	-28.9%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$4.51 FCFA2,520	$14.42 NZ$24.85	+219.9%
Monthly membership at local gym	$35.61 FCFA19,903	$24.04 NZ$41.42	-32.5%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$5.38 FCFA3,004	$6.63 NZ$11.43	+23.4%
Average			+45.5%

Equatorial Guinea vs. Cook Islands - Cost of entertainment and sports

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pay 60.8% more for clothing

	Equatorial Guinea	Cook Islands
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$26.71 FCFA14,927	$64.62 NZ$111.33	+141.9%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$133.54 FCFA74,635	??
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	??	??
Men's business shoes (leather)	$89.03 FCFA49,757	$70.96 NZ$122.26	-20.3%
Average			+60.8%

Equatorial Guinea vs. Cook Islands - 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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