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United Arab Emirates vs. Eritrea Cost of Living Summary

United Arab Emirates is 4.2 times more expensive than Eritrea overall.

Restaurants: pay 14.0% less in United Arab Emirates
Groceries: pay 11.7% more in United Arab Emirates
Transportation: pay 2.5 times more in United Arab Emirates
Housing: pay 3.0 times more in United Arab Emirates
Childcare: pay 12.4 times more in United Arab Emirates
Entertainment and Sports: pay 8.5 times more in United Arab Emirates
Clothing: pay 16.2% less in United Arab Emirates

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

United Arab Emirates vs. Eritrea Cost Breakdown

If you lived in United Arab Emirates instead of Eritrea, you would:

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pay 14.0% less for restaurants

	Eritrea	United Arab Emirates
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$12.00 ERN180.00	$7.91 AED29.06	-34.1%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$5.99 ERN89.85	$8.65 AED31.75	+44.3%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$1.25 ERN18.75	$1.04 AED3.83	-16.6%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$1.00 ERN15.00	$0.50 AED1.85	-49.6%
Average			-14.0%

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pay 11.7% more for groceries

	Eritrea	United Arab Emirates
Bread 1 loaf	??	$1.47 AED5.39
Local cheese (8 oz)	$1.50 ERN22.50	$5.36 AED19.68	+257.3%
Milk (1 gallon)	$5.30 ERN79.49	$6.96 AED25.56	+31.3%
Eggs 1 dozen	$4.38 ERN65.70	$2.81 AED10.34	-35.7%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$12.17 ERN182.57	$3.68 AED13.51	-69.8%
Apples (1 lb)	$5.54 ERN83.16	$0.98 AED3.59	-82.4%
Bananas (1 lb)	$0.58 ERN8.69	$0.75 AED2.75	+29.2%
Oranges (1 lb)	$0.91 ERN13.61	$0.73 AED2.69	-19.4%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$0.50 ERN7.56	$0.59 AED2.15	+16.1%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$0.70 ERN10.43	$0.48 AED1.76	-31.0%
Onions (1 lb)	$0.43 ERN6.50	$0.53 AED1.93	+21.5%
Average			+11.7%

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pay 2.5 times more for transportation

	Eritrea	United Arab Emirates
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$8.52 ERN127.76	$2.91 AED10.69	-65.8%
Monthly public transit pass	$8.00 ERN120.00	$53.10 AED195.00	+563.7%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$66,666.00 ERN999,990.00	$40,680.12 AED149,397.75	-39.0%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	??	$8.50 AED31.21
Average			+153.0%

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pay 3.0 times more for housing

	Eritrea	United Arab Emirates
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$200.00 ERN3,000.00	$101.41 AED372.42	-49.3%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$475.00 ERN7,125.00	$1,438.18 AED5,281.71	+202.8%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$400.00 ERN6,000.00	$990.79 AED3,638.67	+147.7%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$21.03 ERN315.44	$122.67 AED450.49	+483.3%
Average			+196.1%

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pay 12.4 times more for childcare

	Eritrea	United Arab Emirates
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$25.00 ERN375.00	$497.28 AED1,826.25	+1889.1%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$1,675.00 ERN25,125.00	$8,164.49 AED29,984.10	+387.4%
Average			+1138.2%

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pay 8.5 times more for entertainment and sports

	Eritrea	United Arab Emirates
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$0.80 ERN12.00	$10.43 AED38.31	+1203.8%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$0.82 ERN12.38	$4.99 AED18.32	+504.6%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	??	$6.23 AED22.88
Monthly membership at local gym	$27.00 ERN405.00	$75.55 AED277.45	+179.8%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$1.10 ERN16.50	$13.19 AED48.44	+1099.0%
Average			+746.8%

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pay 16.2% less for clothing

	Eritrea	United Arab Emirates
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$82.50 ERN1,237.50	$75.04 AED275.58	-9.0%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$75.00 ERN1,125.00	$59.50 AED218.51	-20.7%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$200.00 ERN3,000.00	$105.66 AED388.03	-47.2%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$95.00 ERN1,425.00	$106.53 AED391.23	+12.1%
Average			-16.2%

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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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