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Belgium vs. Ethiopia Cost of Living Summary

Belgium is 81.4% more expensive than Ethiopia overall.

Restaurants
pay 3.7 times more in Belgium
Groceries
pay 81.1% more in Belgium
Transportation
pay 71.9% more in Belgium
Housing
pay 41.8% more in Belgium
Childcare
pay 2.3 times more in Belgium
Entertainment and Sports
pay 2.7 times more in Belgium
Clothing
pay 40.5% more in Belgium

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

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Belgium vs. Ethiopia Cost Breakdown

If you lived in Belgium instead of Ethiopia, you would:

pay 3.7 times more for restaurants

 
Ethiopia
Belgium
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant $4.00
ETB654.34
$21.51
€19.15
Fast food combo meal
McDonalds, or similar
 $6.50
ETB1,063.31
$12.72
€11.32
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz) $0.61
ETB99.06
$3.15
€2.80
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pay 81.1% more for groceries

 
Ethiopia
Belgium
Bread
1 loaf
 $1.19
ETB194.58
$2.56
€2.28
Local cheese (8 oz) $3.70
ETB604.57
$7.21
€6.41
Milk (1 gallon) $4.09
ETB669.40
$4.74
€4.22
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pay 71.9% more for transportation

 
Ethiopia
Belgium
Gasoline (1 gallon) $3.53
ETB577.22
$7.52
€6.70
Monthly public transit pass $21.11
ETB3,453.30
$50.17
€44.65
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition) $55,000.00
ETB9M
$34,462.94
€30,673.26
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pay 41.8% more for housing

 
Ethiopia
Belgium
Internet connection
50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl
 $212.33
ETB34,734.76
$51.15
€45.52
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area $706.95
ETB116K
$940.80
€837.35
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center $394.55
ETB64,542.82
$826.78
€735.87
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pay 2.3 times more for childcare

 
Ethiopia
Belgium
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly $136.41
ETB22,314.75
$923.48
€821.93
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters $30,187.50
ETB5M
$22,984.85
€20,457.34
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pay 2.7 times more for entertainment and sports

 
Ethiopia
Belgium
Domestic/local beer (1 pint) $0.80
ETB130.87
$4.94
€4.40
Cappuccino in mid-range area $0.92
ETB150.32
$4.03
€3.58
Pack of cigarettes
Marlboro or similar
 $8.00
ETB1,308.69
$12.32
€10.96
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pay 40.5% more for clothing

 
Ethiopia
Belgium
Regular jeans
Levi's brand
 $33.14
ETB5,421.12
$100.04
€89.04
Regular dress
from H&M or similar store
 $70.86
ETB11,591.24
$43.19
€38.44
Running shoes
Nike or Adidas
 $78.65
ETB12,865.68
$96.42
€85.82
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We average the price of thousands of data points entered by users across the world. Sources: MyLifeElsewhere's cost-of-living dataset (prices updated October 2026). How we calculate this

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