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Lebanon vs. Eritrea Cost of Living Summary

Lebanon is 2.7 times more expensive than Eritrea overall.

Restaurants: pay 0.9% more in Lebanon
Groceries: pay 17.0% less in Lebanon
Transportation: pay 3.3 times more in Lebanon
Housing: pay 2.2 times more in Lebanon
Childcare: pay 6.2 times more in Lebanon
Entertainment and Sports: pay 4.4 times more in Lebanon
Clothing: pay 31.0% less in Lebanon

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

Lebanon vs. Eritrea Cost Breakdown

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

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pay 0.9% more for restaurants

	Eritrea	Lebanon
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$12.00 ERN180.00	$7.66 LBP684,869	-36.2%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$5.99 ERN89.85	$8.00 LBP715,254	+33.6%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$1.25 ERN18.75	$1.63 LBP145,534	+30.2%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$1.00 ERN15.00	$0.76 LBP68,173	-23.8%
Average			+0.9%

Eritrea vs. Lebanon - Cost of restaurants

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pay 17.0% less for groceries

	Eritrea	Lebanon
Bread 1 loaf	??	$0.60 LBP53,754
Local cheese (8 oz)	$1.50 ERN22.50	$3.95 LBP352,970	+163.2%
Milk (1 gallon)	$5.30 ERN79.49	$5.56 LBP497,118	+4.9%
Eggs 1 dozen	$4.38 ERN65.70	$2.33 LBP208,541	-46.7%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$12.17 ERN182.57	$3.54 LBP316,549	-70.9%
Apples (1 lb)	$5.54 ERN83.16	$0.68 LBP61,186	-87.7%
Bananas (1 lb)	$0.58 ERN8.69	$0.46 LBP40,808	-21.2%
Oranges (1 lb)	$0.91 ERN13.61	$0.41 LBP36,397	-55.1%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$0.50 ERN7.56	$0.46 LBP41,520	-7.9%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$0.70 ERN10.43	$0.33 LBP29,419	-52.7%
Onions (1 lb)	$0.43 ERN6.50	$0.45 LBP40,168	+3.7%
Average			-17.0%

Eritrea vs. Lebanon - Cost of groceries

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pay 3.3 times more for transportation

	Eritrea	Lebanon
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$8.52 ERN127.76	$3.44 LBP307,280	-59.6%
Monthly public transit pass	$8.00 ERN120.00	$72.50 LBP6,481,989	+806.2%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$66,666.00 ERN999,990.00	$28,750.00 LBP2,570,444,064	-56.9%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	??	$16.00 LBP1,430,508
Average			+229.9%

Eritrea vs. Lebanon - Cost of transportation

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pay 2.2 times more for housing

	Eritrea	Lebanon
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$200.00 ERN3,000.00	$37.92 LBP3,390,579	-81.0%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$475.00 ERN7,125.00	$571.15 LBP51,065,009	+20.2%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$400.00 ERN6,000.00	$277.78 LBP24,835,208	-30.6%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$21.03 ERN315.44	$139.38 LBP12,461,100	+562.8%
Average			+117.8%

Eritrea vs. Lebanon - Cost of housing

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pay 6.2 times more for childcare

	Eritrea	Lebanon
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$25.00 ERN375.00	$248.75 LBP22,239,929	+895.0%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$1,675.00 ERN25,125.00	$4,093.75 LBP366,008,883	+144.4%
Average			+519.7%

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pay 4.4 times more for entertainment and sports

	Eritrea	Lebanon
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$0.80 ERN12.00	$4.00 LBP357,627	+400.0%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$0.82 ERN12.38	$2.89 LBP258,592	+250.6%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	??	$2.52 LBP225,752
Monthly membership at local gym	$27.00 ERN405.00	$42.92 LBP3,837,040	+59.0%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$1.10 ERN16.50	$8.25 LBP737,606	+650.0%
Average			+339.9%

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pay 31.0% less for clothing

	Eritrea	Lebanon
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$82.50 ERN1,237.50	$53.44 LBP4,777,673	-35.2%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$75.00 ERN1,125.00	$50.00 LBP4,470,338	-33.3%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$200.00 ERN3,000.00	$101.94 LBP9,114,521	-49.0%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$95.00 ERN1,425.00	$88.93 LBP7,950,815	-6.4%
Average			-31.0%

Eritrea 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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