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Ethiopia vs. Equatorial Guinea Cost of Living Summary

Ethiopia is 42.6% more expensive than Equatorial Guinea overall.

Restaurants
pay 34.8% less in Ethiopia
Groceries
pay 18.2% less in Ethiopia
Transportation
pay 19.3% more in Ethiopia
Housing
pay 76.2% more in Ethiopia
Childcare
pay 88.4 times more in Ethiopia
Entertainment and Sports
pay 36.1% less in Ethiopia

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

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Ethiopia vs. Equatorial Guinea Cost Breakdown

If you lived in Ethiopia instead of Equatorial Guinea, you would:

pay 34.8% less for restaurants

 
Equatorial Guinea
Ethiopia
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant $8.54
FCFA4,999
$4.00
ETB644.97
Fast food combo meal
McDonalds, or similar
 $8.54
FCFA4,999
$6.50
ETB1,048.07
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz) $0.85
FCFA500
$0.61
ETB97.64
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pay 18.2% less for groceries

 
Equatorial Guinea
Ethiopia
Bread
1 loaf
 ?? $1.19
ETB191.79
Local cheese (8 oz) $3.37
FCFA1,973
$3.70
ETB595.91
Milk (1 gallon) $10.34
FCFA6,056
$4.09
ETB659.80
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pay 19.3% more for transportation

 
Equatorial Guinea
Ethiopia
Gasoline (1 gallon) ?? $3.53
ETB568.95
Monthly public transit pass $26.40
FCFA15,461
$21.11
ETB3,403.80
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition) $33,056.06
FCFA19M
$55,000.00
ETB9M
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pay 76.2% more for housing

 
Equatorial Guinea
Ethiopia
Internet connection
50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl
 ?? $212.33
ETB34,236.91
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area ?? $706.95
ETB114K
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center $223.95
FCFA131K
$394.55
ETB63,617.72
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pay 88.4 times more for childcare

 
Equatorial Guinea
Ethiopia
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly ?? $136.41
ETB21,994.91
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters $341.40
FCFA200K
$30,187.50
ETB5M
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pay 36.1% less for entertainment and sports

 
Equatorial Guinea
Ethiopia
Domestic/local beer (1 pint) $1.71
FCFA1,000
$0.80
ETB128.99
Cappuccino in mid-range area $4.69
FCFA2,749
$0.92
ETB148.16
Pack of cigarettes
Marlboro or similar
 $4.52
FCFA2,648
$8.00
ETB1,289.93
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pay (unknown) more for clothing

 
Equatorial Guinea
Ethiopia
Regular jeans
Levi's brand
 ?? $33.14
ETB5,343.42
Regular dress
from H&M or similar store
 ?? $70.86
ETB11,425.10
Running shoes
Nike or Adidas
 ?? $78.65
ETB12,681.28
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We average the price of thousands of data points entered by users across the world. Sources: MyLifeElsewhere's cost-of-living dataset (prices updated November 2026). How we calculate this

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