Cost of living comparison

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Gabon vs. Equatorial Guinea Cost of Living Summary

Gabon is 3.9 times more expensive than Equatorial Guinea overall.

Restaurants
pay 59.6% more in Gabon
Groceries
pay 27.0% more in Gabon
Transportation
pay 23.5% more in Gabon
Housing
pay 3.9 times more in Gabon
Childcare
pay 16.3 times more in Gabon
Entertainment and Sports
pay 12.2% more in Gabon
Clothing
pay 63.0% more in Gabon

The cost of childcare, housing, clothing, restaurants, groceries, and transportation in Gabon are more expensive than in Equatorial Guinea. Notably, childcare and housing are significantly more expensive in Gabon.

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Gabon vs. Equatorial Guinea Cost Breakdown

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

pay 59.6% more for restaurants

 
Equatorial Guinea
Gabon
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant ?? $17.89
FCFA10,060
Fast food combo meal
McDonalds, or similar
 $8.90
FCFA5,007
$13.42
FCFA7,545
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz) $0.89
FCFA501
$1.49
FCFA838
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pay 27.0% more for groceries

 
Equatorial Guinea
Gabon
Bread
1 loaf
 ?? $1.52
FCFA854
Local cheese (8 oz) $3.36
FCFA1,889
$4.70
FCFA2,641
Milk (1 gallon) $10.78
FCFA6,065
$11.57
FCFA6,506
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pay 23.5% more for transportation

 
Equatorial Guinea
Gabon
Gasoline (1 gallon) ?? $4.08
FCFA2,294
Monthly public transit pass $26.33
FCFA14,808
$49.19
FCFA27,665
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition) $32,972.23
FCFA19M
$30,408.43
FCFA17M
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pay 3.9 times more for housing

 
Equatorial Guinea
Gabon
Internet connection
50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl
 $17.81
FCFA10,014
$71.55
FCFA40,240
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area $267.09
FCFA150K
$1,073.24
FCFA604K
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center $124.64
FCFA70,099
$447.18
FCFA251K
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pay 16.3 times more for childcare

 
Equatorial Guinea
Gabon
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly ?? $178.87
FCFA101K
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters $356.12
FCFA200K
$5,813.38
FCFA3M
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pay 12.2% more for entertainment and sports

 
Equatorial Guinea
Gabon
Domestic/local beer (1 pint) ?? $1.07
FCFA604
Cappuccino in mid-range area $5.34
FCFA3,004
$6.26
FCFA3,521
Pack of cigarettes
Marlboro or similar
 $4.51
FCFA2,536
$2.68
FCFA1,509
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pay 63.0% more for clothing

 
Equatorial Guinea
Gabon
Regular jeans
Levi's brand
 $26.71
FCFA15,021
$89.44
FCFA50,300
Regular dress
from H&M or similar store
 $133.54
FCFA75,106
$44.72
FCFA25,150
Running shoes
Nike or Adidas
 ?? $53.66
FCFA30,180
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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: June 2026

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