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New Caledonia vs. Eritrea Cost of Living Summary

New Caledonia is 7.8 times more expensive than Eritrea overall.

Restaurants: pay 82.8% more in New Caledonia
Groceries: pay 3.7 times more in New Caledonia
Transportation: pay 4.0 times more in New Caledonia
Housing: pay 2.9 times more in New Caledonia
Childcare: pay 31.8 times more in New Caledonia
Entertainment and Sports: pay 8.7 times more in New Caledonia
Clothing: pay 32.9% more in New Caledonia

The cost of childcare, entertainment and sports, transportation, groceries, housing, and restaurants in New Caledonia are more expensive than in Eritrea. Notably, childcare, entertainment and sports, and transportation are significantly more expensive in New Caledonia.

New Caledonia vs. Eritrea Cost Breakdown

If you lived in New Caledonia instead of Eritrea, you would:

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pay 82.8% more for restaurants

	Eritrea	New Caledonia
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$12.00 ERN180.00	$19.58 CFPF1,990	+63.1%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$5.99 ERN89.85	$14.68 CFPF1,493	+145.1%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$1.25 ERN18.75	$2.57 CFPF261	+105.5%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$1.00 ERN15.00	$1.17 CFPF119	+17.5%
Average			+82.8%

Eritrea vs. New Caledonia - Cost of restaurants

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pay 3.7 times more for groceries

	Eritrea	New Caledonia
Bread 1 loaf	??	$2.90 CFPF295
Local cheese (8 oz)	$1.50 ERN22.50	$15.50 CFPF1,576	+933.2%
Milk (1 gallon)	$5.30 ERN79.49	$4.63 CFPF471	-12.6%
Eggs 1 dozen	$4.38 ERN65.70	$6.47 CFPF658	+47.7%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$12.17 ERN182.57	$11.32 CFPF1,151	-7.0%
Apples (1 lb)	$5.54 ERN83.16	$1.92 CFPF196	-65.3%
Bananas (1 lb)	$0.58 ERN8.69	$3.39 CFPF344	+484.1%
Oranges (1 lb)	$0.91 ERN13.61	$3.00 CFPF305	+230.3%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$0.50 ERN7.56	$3.77 CFPF384	+648.8%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$0.70 ERN10.43	$1.83 CFPF186	+163.0%
Onions (1 lb)	$0.43 ERN6.50	$1.63 CFPF166	+275.6%
Average			+269.8%

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pay 4.0 times more for transportation

	Eritrea	New Caledonia
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$8.52 ERN127.76	$6.29 CFPF640	-26.1%
Monthly public transit pass	$8.00 ERN120.00	$87.11 CFPF8,857	+988.9%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$66,666.00 ERN999,990.00	$31,076.13 CFPF3,159,554	-53.4%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	??	$14.59 CFPF1,484
Average			+303.1%

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pay 2.9 times more for housing

	Eritrea	New Caledonia
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$200.00 ERN3,000.00	$51.39 CFPF5,224	-74.3%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$475.00 ERN7,125.00	$856.43 CFPF87,074	+80.3%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$400.00 ERN6,000.00	$783.02 CFPF79,611	+95.8%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$21.03 ERN315.44	$159.67 CFPF16,234	+659.3%
Average			+190.3%

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pay 31.8 times more for childcare

	Eritrea	New Caledonia
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$25.00 ERN375.00	$796.07 CFPF80,938	+3084.3%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$1,675.00 ERN25,125.00	??
Average			+3084.3%

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pay 8.7 times more for entertainment and sports

	Eritrea	New Caledonia
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$0.80 ERN12.00	$10.52 CFPF1,070	+1215.2%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$0.82 ERN12.38	$4.91 CFPF500	+495.6%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	??	$20.36 CFPF2,070
Monthly membership at local gym	$27.00 ERN405.00	$61.17 CFPF6,220	+126.6%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$1.10 ERN16.50	$14.68 CFPF1,493	+1234.7%
Average			+768.0%

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pay 32.9% more for clothing

	Eritrea	New Caledonia
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$82.50 ERN1,237.50	$115.01 CFPF11,693	+39.4%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$75.00 ERN1,125.00	$61.99 CFPF6,303	-17.3%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$200.00 ERN3,000.00	$103.99 CFPF10,573	-48.0%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$95.00 ERN1,425.00	$244.69 CFPF24,878	+157.6%
Average			+32.9%

Eritrea vs. New Caledonia - 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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