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Papua New Guinea vs. Estonia Cost of Living Summary

Papua New Guinea is 45.6% more expensive than Estonia overall.

Restaurants: pay 36.5% less in Papua New Guinea
Groceries: pay 88.8% more in Papua New Guinea
Transportation: pay 13.5% more in Papua New Guinea
Housing: pay 3.2 times more in Papua New Guinea
Childcare: pay 62.3% more in Papua New Guinea
Entertainment and Sports: pay 4.7% less in Papua New Guinea
Clothing: pay 27.9% less in Papua New Guinea

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

Papua New Guinea vs. Estonia Cost Breakdown

If you lived in Papua New Guinea instead of Estonia, you would:

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pay 36.5% less for restaurants

	Estonia	Papua New Guinea
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$13.63 €11.75	$17.87 PGK76.59	+31.1%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$9.93 €8.56	$5.92 PGK25.38	-40.3%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$2.58 €2.23	$0.80 PGK3.44	-68.9%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$2.18 €1.88	$0.70 PGK3.02	-67.7%
Average			-36.5%

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pay 88.8% more for groceries

	Estonia	Papua New Guinea
Bread 1 loaf	$1.28 €1.11	$1.55 PGK6.66	+21.1%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$5.53 €4.77	$3.60 PGK15.44	-34.9%
Milk (1 gallon)	$4.31 €3.72	$7.76 PGK33.26	+80.0%
Eggs 1 dozen	$2.73 €2.35	$4.00 PGK17.16	+46.9%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$3.89 €3.36	$3.63 PGK15.56	-6.7%
Apples (1 lb)	$0.88 €0.76	$1.99 PGK8.52	+125.5%
Bananas (1 lb)	$0.68 €0.58	$1.32 PGK5.66	+95.7%
Oranges (1 lb)	$1.06 €0.91	$2.73 PGK11.72	+158.5%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$1.39 €1.20	$1.62 PGK6.96	+17.1%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$0.40 €0.35	$1.58 PGK6.78	+291.2%
Onions (1 lb)	$0.42 €0.36	$1.18 PGK5.06	+182.0%
Average			+88.8%

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pay 13.5% more for transportation

	Estonia	Papua New Guinea
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$7.33 €6.32	$4.22 PGK18.07	-42.5%
Monthly public transit pass	$25.79 €22.24	$23.69 PGK101.54	-8.1%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$29,161.47 €25,146.72	$22,387.96 PGK95,952.53	-23.2%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$10.92 €9.42	$24.88 PGK106.61	+127.8%
Average			+13.5%

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pay 3.2 times more for housing

	Estonia	Papua New Guinea
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$31.93 €27.53	$165.84 PGK710.76	+419.4%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$492.59 €424.78	$2,652.44 PGK11,368.07	+438.5%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$379.46 €327.21	$758.54 PGK3,251.04	+99.9%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$222.79 €192.12	$80.08 PGK343.20	-64.1%
Average			+223.4%

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pay 62.3% more for childcare

	Estonia	Papua New Guinea
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$228.27 €196.84	$631.76 PGK2,707.66	+176.8%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$8,312.32 €7,167.94	$3,968.24 PGK17,007.46	-52.3%
Average			+62.3%

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pay 4.7% less for entertainment and sports

	Estonia	Papua New Guinea
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$5.35 €4.62	$2.98 PGK12.75	-44.4%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$3.98 €3.43	$2.56 PGK10.96	-35.8%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$6.50 €5.61	$6.96 PGK29.82	+7.0%
Monthly membership at local gym	$51.48 €44.39	$73.52 PGK315.10	+42.8%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$9.63 €8.30	$10.30 PGK44.14	+7.0%
Average			-4.7%

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pay 27.9% less for clothing

	Estonia	Papua New Guinea
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$106.25 €91.62	$31.15 PGK133.52	-70.7%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$41.64 €35.91	$36.48 PGK156.37	-12.4%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$89.02 €76.76	$76.40 PGK327.46	-14.2%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$113.75 €98.09	$97.73 PGK418.84	-14.1%
Average			-27.9%

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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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