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Paraguay vs. Eritrea Cost of Living Summary

Paraguay is 40.3% more expensive than Eritrea overall.

Restaurants: pay 41.4% less in Paraguay
Groceries: pay 21.0% less in Paraguay
Transportation: pay 40.9% more in Paraguay
Housing: pay 25.8% less in Paraguay
Childcare: pay 3.3 times more in Paraguay
Entertainment and Sports: pay 2.5 times more in Paraguay
Clothing: pay 46.4% less in Paraguay

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

Paraguay vs. Eritrea Cost Breakdown

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

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pay 41.4% less for restaurants

	Eritrea	Paraguay
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$12.00 ERN180.00	$4.00 PYG26,837	-66.7%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$5.99 ERN89.85	$5.16 PYG34,608	-13.8%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$1.25 ERN18.75	$0.83 PYG5,545	-33.9%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$1.00 ERN15.00	$0.49 PYG3,263	-51.3%
Average			-41.4%

Eritrea vs. Paraguay - Cost of restaurants

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pay 21.0% less for groceries

	Eritrea	Paraguay
Bread 1 loaf	??	$1.04 PYG6,953
Local cheese (8 oz)	$1.50 ERN22.50	$3.49 PYG23,407	+132.7%
Milk (1 gallon)	$5.30 ERN79.49	$3.52 PYG23,603	-33.6%
Eggs 1 dozen	$4.38 ERN65.70	$1.81 PYG12,115	-58.8%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$12.17 ERN182.57	$1.51 PYG10,116	-87.6%
Apples (1 lb)	$5.54 ERN83.16	$0.94 PYG6,315	-83.0%
Bananas (1 lb)	$0.58 ERN8.69	$0.41 PYG2,717	-30.1%
Oranges (1 lb)	$0.91 ERN13.61	$0.40 PYG2,706	-55.5%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$0.50 ERN7.56	$0.73 PYG4,919	+45.5%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$0.70 ERN10.43	$0.46 PYG3,062	-34.3%
Onions (1 lb)	$0.43 ERN6.50	$0.41 PYG2,746	-5.5%
Average			-21.0%

Eritrea vs. Paraguay - Cost of groceries

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pay 40.9% more for transportation

	Eritrea	Paraguay
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$8.52 ERN127.76	$3.61 PYG24,202	-57.6%
Monthly public transit pass	$8.00 ERN120.00	$28.58 PYG191,674	+257.3%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$66,666.00 ERN999,990.00	$15,411.13 PYG103,353,835	-76.9%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	??	$7.41 PYG49,704
Average			+40.9%

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pay 25.8% less for housing

	Eritrea	Paraguay
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$200.00 ERN3,000.00	$16.79 PYG112,583	-91.6%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$475.00 ERN7,125.00	$394.03 PYG2,642,570	-17.0%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$400.00 ERN6,000.00	$298.30 PYG2,000,523	-25.4%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$21.03 ERN315.44	$27.56 PYG184,823	+31.0%
Average			-25.8%

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pay 3.3 times more for childcare

	Eritrea	Paraguay
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$25.00 ERN375.00	$120.95 PYG811,171	+383.8%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$1,675.00 ERN25,125.00	$2,948.66 PYG19,775,034	+76.0%
Average			+229.9%

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pay 2.5 times more for entertainment and sports

	Eritrea	Paraguay
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$0.80 ERN12.00	$1.33 PYG8,926	+66.4%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$0.82 ERN12.38	$1.82 PYG12,200	+120.5%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	??	$1.26 PYG8,456
Monthly membership at local gym	$27.00 ERN405.00	$26.69 PYG178,980	-1.2%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$1.10 ERN16.50	$5.49 PYG36,800	+398.8%
Average			+146.1%

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pay 46.4% less for clothing

	Eritrea	Paraguay
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$82.50 ERN1,237.50	$55.16 PYG369,960	-33.1%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$75.00 ERN1,125.00	$37.83 PYG253,687	-49.6%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$200.00 ERN3,000.00	$78.06 PYG523,480	-61.0%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$95.00 ERN1,425.00	$55.34 PYG371,134	-41.7%
Average			-46.4%

Eritrea vs. Paraguay - 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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