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Cabo Verde vs. Ethiopia Cost of Living Summary

Cabo Verde is 48.5% more expensive than Ethiopia overall.

Restaurants: pay 2.2 times more in Cabo Verde
Groceries: pay 74.7% more in Cabo Verde
Transportation: pay 2.4 times more in Cabo Verde
Housing: pay 41.0% less in Cabo Verde
Childcare: pay 15.9% less in Cabo Verde
Entertainment and Sports: pay 68.9% more in Cabo Verde
Clothing: pay 3.3% less in Cabo Verde

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

Cabo Verde vs. Ethiopia Cost Breakdown

If you lived in Cabo Verde instead of Ethiopia, you would:

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pay 2.2 times more for restaurants

	Ethiopia	Cabo Verde
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$4.26 ETB655.54	$7.62 CVE724.49	+78.9%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$6.50 ETB1,000.24	$7.18 CVE682.70	+10.5%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$0.61 ETB93.51	$2.28 CVE217.07	+275.8%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$0.57 ETB87.20	$1.19 CVE113.14	+110.0%
Average			+118.8%

Ethiopia vs. Cabo Verde - Cost of restaurants

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pay 74.7% more for groceries

	Ethiopia	Cabo Verde
Bread 1 loaf	$1.26 ETB193.73	$1.85 CVE176.13	+47.2%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$4.34 ETB667.36	$9.18 CVE872.32	+111.6%
Milk (1 gallon)	$5.42 ETB834.53	$5.62 CVE534.56	+3.7%
Eggs 1 dozen	$2.28 ETB351.02	$2.65 CVE251.54	+16.0%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$5.76 ETB886.79	$3.86 CVE367.35	-32.9%
Apples (1 lb)	$3.08 ETB473.48	$1.60 CVE151.87	-48.1%
Bananas (1 lb)	$0.43 ETB66.40	$1.17 CVE111.52	+171.8%
Oranges (1 lb)	$1.06 ETB162.78	$1.48 CVE141.13	+40.3%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$0.40 ETB62.30	$2.05 CVE194.46	+405.3%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$0.28 ETB42.45	$0.60 CVE57.16	+118.0%
Onions (1 lb)	$0.91 ETB139.43	$0.81 CVE76.81	-10.8%
Average			+74.7%

Ethiopia vs. Cabo Verde - Cost of groceries

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pay 2.4 times more for transportation

	Ethiopia	Cabo Verde
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$4.81 ETB740.52	$6.20 CVE589.23	+28.8%
Monthly public transit pass	$12.00 ETB1,846.60	$30.66 CVE2,915.18	+155.5%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$55,000.00 ETB8,463,587.61	$30,364.84 CVE2,886,735.02	-44.8%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$3.62 ETB556.29	$18.41 CVE1,750.16	+409.3%
Average			+137.2%

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pay 41.0% less for housing

	Ethiopia	Cabo Verde
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$130.20 ETB20,035.62	$55.12 CVE5,240.24	-57.7%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$815.99 ETB125,568.08	$408.47 CVE38,832.51	-49.9%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$512.43 ETB78,854.26	$282.06 CVE26,814.92	-45.0%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$121.97 ETB18,769.25	$107.81 CVE10,249.01	-11.6%
Average			-41.0%

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pay 15.9% less for childcare

	Ethiopia	Cabo Verde
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$94.05 ETB14,472.47	$149.25 CVE14,189.32	+58.7%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$30,187.50 ETB4,645,355.47	$2,897.28 CVE275,439.20	-90.4%
Average			-15.9%

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pay 68.9% more for entertainment and sports

	Ethiopia	Cabo Verde
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$0.90 ETB138.50	$3.41 CVE324.06	+278.7%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$1.09 ETB167.35	$1.71 CVE163.00	+57.7%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$5.10 ETB784.81	$4.97 CVE472.60	-2.5%
Monthly membership at local gym	$62.10 ETB9,556.74	$33.73 CVE3,206.56	-45.7%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$3.75 ETB577.06	$5.86 CVE557.09	+56.3%
Average			+68.9%

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pay 3.3% less for clothing

	Ethiopia	Cabo Verde
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$45.03 ETB6,929.81	$60.02 CVE5,706.03	+33.3%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$75.17 ETB11,566.90	$31.96 CVE3,038.67	-57.5%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$94.08 ETB14,477.62	$85.23 CVE8,103.12	-9.4%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$115.09 ETB17,709.97	$138.47 CVE13,163.67	+20.3%
Average			-3.3%

Ethiopia vs. Cabo Verde - 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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