Somalia is 1.8% cheaper than Equatorial Guinea.

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

pay 64.2% less for restaurants

 
Equatorial Guinea
Somalia
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant $13.41
FCFA8,100
$4.00
SOS2,276
Fast food combo meal
McDonalds, or similar
$20.95
FCFA12,657
$5.00
SOS2,845
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz) $1.12
FCFA675
$0.62
SOS356

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pay 44.9% less for groceries

 
Equatorial Guinea
Somalia
Bread
1 loaf
$3.34
FCFA2,017
$1.16
SOS662
Local cheese (8 oz) ?? $2.48
SOS1,410
Milk (1 gallon) $8.88
FCFA5,366
$5.32
SOS3,028

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pay 6.6% less for transportation

 
Equatorial Guinea
Somalia
Gasoline (1 gallon) $3.11
FCFA1,878
$3.85
SOS2,189
Monthly public transit pass $58.66
FCFA35,439
$42.50
SOS24,179
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition) $16,761.01
FCFA10,125,385
$8,375.00
SOS4,764,677

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pay 3.8% less for housing

 
Equatorial Guinea
Somalia
Internet connection
50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl
$167.61
FCFA101,254
$41.00
SOS23,326
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area $209.51
FCFA126,567
$197.57
SOS112,402
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center $117.33
FCFA70,878
$86.54
SOS49,235

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pay 20.8% less for childcare

 
Equatorial Guinea
Somalia
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly $67.04
FCFA40,502
$51.88
SOS29,513
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters $1,173.27
FCFA708,777
$950.00
SOS540,471

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pay 2.8 times more for entertainment and sports

 
Equatorial Guinea
Somalia
Domestic/local beer (1 pint) $0.84
FCFA506
$8.00
SOS4,551
Cappuccino in mid-range area $6.70
FCFA4,050
$1.12
SOS636
Pack of cigarettes
Marlboro or similar
$1.68
FCFA1,013
$1.93
SOS1,095

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pay 56.7% less for clothing

 
Equatorial Guinea
Somalia
Regular jeans
Levi's brand
$25.14
FCFA15,188
$18.04
SOS10,264
Regular dress
from H&M or similar store
$81.01
FCFA48,939
$20.50
SOS11,663
Running shoes
Nike or Adidas
$251.42
FCFA151,881
$21.33
SOS12,137

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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: March 2024
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