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Cote d'Ivoire vs. Eritrea Cost of Living Summary

Cote d'Ivoire is 2.7 times more expensive than Eritrea overall.

Restaurants: pay 8.0% less in Cote d'Ivoire
Groceries: pay 73.8% more in Cote d'Ivoire
Transportation: pay 2.4 times more in Cote d'Ivoire
Housing: pay 2.4 times more in Cote d'Ivoire
Childcare: pay 6.9 times more in Cote d'Ivoire
Entertainment and Sports: pay 3.7 times more in Cote d'Ivoire
Clothing: pay 10.4% less in Cote d'Ivoire

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

Cote d'Ivoire vs. Eritrea Cost Breakdown

If you lived in Cote d'Ivoire instead of Eritrea, you would:

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pay 8.0% less for restaurants

	Eritrea	Cote d'Ivoire
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$12.00 ERN180.00	$3.58 F CFA1,999	-70.2%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$5.99 ERN89.85	$11.18 F CFA6,248	+86.6%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$1.25 ERN18.75	$0.84 F CFA472	-32.4%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$1.00 ERN15.00	$0.84 F CFA470	-15.9%
Average			-8.0%

Eritrea vs. Cote d'Ivoire - Cost of restaurants

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pay 73.8% more for groceries

	Eritrea	Cote d'Ivoire
Bread 1 loaf	??	$0.52 F CFA292
Local cheese (8 oz)	$1.50 ERN22.50	$11.63 F CFA6,498	+675.1%
Milk (1 gallon)	$5.30 ERN79.49	$9.04 F CFA5,055	+70.7%
Eggs 1 dozen	$4.38 ERN65.70	$2.26 F CFA1,263	-48.4%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$12.17 ERN182.57	$3.96 F CFA2,214	-67.4%
Apples (1 lb)	$5.54 ERN83.16	$1.82 F CFA1,015	-67.3%
Bananas (1 lb)	$0.58 ERN8.69	$0.52 F CFA288	-11.0%
Oranges (1 lb)	$0.91 ERN13.61	$1.02 F CFA569	+12.2%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$0.50 ERN7.56	$0.92 F CFA513	+82.2%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$0.70 ERN10.43	$0.76 F CFA425	+9.2%
Onions (1 lb)	$0.43 ERN6.50	$0.79 F CFA442	+82.5%
Average			+73.8%

Eritrea vs. Cote d'Ivoire - Cost of groceries

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pay 2.4 times more for transportation

	Eritrea	Cote d'Ivoire
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$8.52 ERN127.76	$5.92 F CFA3,311	-30.4%
Monthly public transit pass	$8.00 ERN120.00	$49.19 F CFA27,491	+514.9%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$66,666.00 ERN999,990.00	$30,855.61 F CFA17,244,573	-53.7%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	??	$16.10 F CFA8,997
Average			+143.6%

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pay 2.4 times more for housing

	Eritrea	Cote d'Ivoire
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$200.00 ERN3,000.00	$43.08 F CFA24,076	-78.5%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$475.00 ERN7,125.00	$593.76 F CFA331,840	+25.0%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$400.00 ERN6,000.00	$371.16 F CFA207,435	-7.2%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$21.03 ERN315.44	$154.37 F CFA86,275	+634.1%
Average			+143.3%

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pay 6.9 times more for childcare

	Eritrea	Cote d'Ivoire
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$25.00 ERN375.00	$295.14 F CFA164,948	+1080.6%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$1,675.00 ERN25,125.00	$3,311.61 F CFA1,850,793	+97.7%
Average			+589.1%

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pay 3.7 times more for entertainment and sports

	Eritrea	Cote d'Ivoire
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$0.80 ERN12.00	$1.07 F CFA600	+34.2%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$0.82 ERN12.38	$2.01 F CFA1,125	+143.9%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	??	$1.79 F CFA1,000
Monthly membership at local gym	$27.00 ERN405.00	$80.64 F CFA45,070	+198.7%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$1.10 ERN16.50	$8.94 F CFA4,998	+713.1%
Average			+272.5%

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pay 10.4% less for clothing

	Eritrea	Cote d'Ivoire
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$82.50 ERN1,237.50	$83.47 F CFA46,652	+1.2%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$75.00 ERN1,125.00	$47.70 F CFA26,658	-36.4%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$200.00 ERN3,000.00	$89.44 F CFA49,984	-55.3%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$95.00 ERN1,425.00	$141.31 F CFA78,975	+48.7%
Average			-10.4%

Eritrea vs. Cote d'Ivoire - 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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