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Cameroon vs. Eritrea Cost of Living Summary

Cameroon is 2.8 times more expensive than Eritrea overall.

Restaurants: pay 16.6% less in Cameroon
Groceries: pay 47.8% more in Cameroon
Transportation: pay 8.4% more in Cameroon
Housing: pay 46.1% more in Cameroon
Childcare: pay 10.8 times more in Cameroon
Entertainment and Sports: pay 3.3 times more in Cameroon
Clothing: pay 34.2% less in Cameroon

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

Cameroon vs. Eritrea Cost Breakdown

If you lived in Cameroon instead of Eritrea, you would:

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pay 16.6% less for restaurants

	Eritrea	Cameroon
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$12.00 ERN180.00	$5.36 FCFA2,993	-55.4%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$5.99 ERN89.85	$5.65 FCFA3,156	-5.7%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$1.25 ERN18.75	$1.58 FCFA883	+26.4%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$1.00 ERN15.00	$0.68 FCFA383	-31.5%
Average			-16.6%

Eritrea vs. Cameroon - Cost of restaurants

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pay 47.8% more for groceries

	Eritrea	Cameroon
Bread 1 loaf	??	$0.65 FCFA362
Local cheese (8 oz)	$1.50 ERN22.50	$7.14 FCFA3,990	+375.9%
Milk (1 gallon)	$5.30 ERN79.49	$11.29 FCFA6,308	+113.0%
Eggs 1 dozen	$4.38 ERN65.70	$2.15 FCFA1,202	-50.9%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$12.17 ERN182.57	$2.83 FCFA1,583	-76.7%
Apples (1 lb)	$5.54 ERN83.16	$1.91 FCFA1,070	-65.5%
Bananas (1 lb)	$0.58 ERN8.69	$0.84 FCFA472	+45.8%
Oranges (1 lb)	$0.91 ERN13.61	$0.78 FCFA437	-13.8%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$0.50 ERN7.56	$0.61 FCFA343	+21.9%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$0.70 ERN10.43	$1.03 FCFA578	+48.8%
Onions (1 lb)	$0.43 ERN6.50	$0.78 FCFA435	+79.7%
Average			+47.8%

Eritrea vs. Cameroon - Cost of groceries

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pay 8.4% more for transportation

	Eritrea	Cameroon
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$8.52 ERN127.76	$5.09 FCFA2,842	-40.3%
Monthly public transit pass	$8.00 ERN120.00	$17.85 FCFA9,974	+123.1%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$66,666.00 ERN999,990.00	$28,239.83 FCFA15,782,666	-57.6%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	??	$4.28 FCFA2,392
Average			+8.4%

Eritrea vs. Cameroon - Cost of transportation

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pay 46.1% more for housing

	Eritrea	Cameroon
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$200.00 ERN3,000.00	$116.51 FCFA65,116	-41.7%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$475.00 ERN7,125.00	$375.37 FCFA209,784	-21.0%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$400.00 ERN6,000.00	$259.21 FCFA144,866	-35.2%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$21.03 ERN315.44	$80.43 FCFA44,952	+282.5%
Average			+46.1%

Eritrea vs. Cameroon - Cost of housing

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pay 10.8 times more for childcare

	Eritrea	Cameroon
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$25.00 ERN375.00	$501.98 FCFA280,545	+1907.9%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$1,675.00 ERN25,125.00	$2,666.59 FCFA1,490,301	+59.2%
Average			+983.6%

Eritrea vs. Cameroon - Cost of childcare

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pay 3.3 times more for entertainment and sports

	Eritrea	Cameroon
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$0.80 ERN12.00	$1.16 FCFA648	+44.9%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$0.82 ERN12.38	$2.31 FCFA1,291	+180.0%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	??	$2.68 FCFA1,497
Monthly membership at local gym	$27.00 ERN405.00	$25.01 FCFA13,980	-7.4%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$1.10 ERN16.50	$8.92 FCFA4,987	+711.2%
Average			+232.2%

Eritrea vs. Cameroon - Cost of entertainment and sports

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pay 34.2% less for clothing

	Eritrea	Cameroon
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$82.50 ERN1,237.50	$46.05 FCFA25,734	-44.2%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$75.00 ERN1,125.00	$50.16 FCFA28,036	-33.1%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$200.00 ERN3,000.00	$82.49 FCFA46,099	-58.8%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$95.00 ERN1,425.00	$94.26 FCFA52,679	-0.8%
Average			-34.2%

Eritrea vs. Cameroon - 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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