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Lebanon vs. Equatorial Guinea Cost of Living Summary

Lebanon is 2.8 times more expensive than Equatorial Guinea overall.

Restaurants: pay 19.4% more in Lebanon
Groceries: pay 15.4% less in Lebanon
Transportation: pay 87.4% more in Lebanon
Housing: pay 2.2 times more in Lebanon
Childcare: pay 11.5 times more in Lebanon
Entertainment and Sports: pay 4.0% less in Lebanon
Clothing: pay 12.5% more in Lebanon

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

Lebanon vs. Equatorial Guinea Cost Breakdown

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

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pay 19.4% more for restaurants

	Equatorial Guinea	Lebanon
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	??	$7.66 LBP684,869
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$8.90 FCFA4,976	$8.00 LBP715,254	-10.1%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$0.89 FCFA498	$1.63 LBP145,534	+82.8%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$0.89 FCFA498	$0.76 LBP68,173	-14.4%
Average			+19.4%

Equatorial Guinea vs. Lebanon - Cost of restaurants

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pay 15.4% less for groceries

	Equatorial Guinea	Lebanon
Bread 1 loaf	??	$0.60 LBP53,754
Local cheese (8 oz)	$3.36 FCFA1,878	$3.95 LBP352,970	+17.5%
Milk (1 gallon)	$10.78 FCFA6,027	$5.56 LBP497,118	-48.4%
Eggs 1 dozen	$4.27 FCFA2,388	$2.33 LBP208,541	-45.4%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$3.09 FCFA1,729	$3.54 LBP316,549	+14.5%
Apples (1 lb)	??	$0.68 LBP61,186
Bananas (1 lb)	??	$0.46 LBP40,808
Oranges (1 lb)	??	$0.41 LBP36,397
Tomatoes (1 lb)	??	$0.46 LBP41,520
Potatoes (1 lb)	??	$0.33 LBP29,419
Onions (1 lb)	??	$0.45 LBP40,168
Average			-15.4%

Equatorial Guinea vs. Lebanon - Cost of groceries

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pay 87.4% more for transportation

	Equatorial Guinea	Lebanon
Gasoline (1 gallon)	??	$3.44 LBP307,280
Monthly public transit pass	$26.33 FCFA14,715	$72.50 LBP6,481,989	+175.4%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$32,972.23 FCFA18,427,508	$28,750.00 LBP2,570,444,064	-12.8%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$8.01 FCFA4,478	$16.00 LBP1,430,508	+99.7%
Average			+87.4%

Equatorial Guinea vs. Lebanon - Cost of transportation

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pay 2.2 times more for housing

	Equatorial Guinea	Lebanon
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$17.81 FCFA9,951	$37.92 LBP3,390,579	+113.0%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$267.09 FCFA149,270	$571.15 LBP51,065,009	+113.8%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$124.64 FCFA69,659	$277.78 LBP24,835,208	+122.9%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	??	$139.38 LBP12,461,100
Average			+116.6%

Equatorial Guinea vs. Lebanon - Cost of housing

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pay 11.5 times more for childcare

	Equatorial Guinea	Lebanon
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	??	$248.75 LBP22,239,929
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$356.12 FCFA199,027	$4,093.75 LBP366,008,883	+1049.5%
Average			+1049.5%

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pay 4.0% less for entertainment and sports

	Equatorial Guinea	Lebanon
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	??	$4.00 LBP357,627
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$5.34 FCFA2,985	$2.89 LBP258,592	-45.9%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$4.51 FCFA2,520	$2.52 LBP225,752	-44.0%
Monthly membership at local gym	$35.61 FCFA19,903	$42.92 LBP3,837,040	+20.5%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$5.38 FCFA3,004	$8.25 LBP737,606	+53.5%
Average			-4.0%

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pay 12.5% more for clothing

	Equatorial Guinea	Lebanon
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$26.71 FCFA14,927	$53.44 LBP4,777,673	+100.1%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$133.54 FCFA74,635	$50.00 LBP4,470,338	-62.6%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	??	$101.94 LBP9,114,521
Men's business shoes (leather)	$89.03 FCFA49,757	$88.93 LBP7,950,815	-0.1%
Average			+12.5%

Equatorial Guinea vs. Lebanon - 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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