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Guinea vs. Ethiopia Cost of Living Summary

Guinea is 19.9% more expensive than Ethiopia overall.

Restaurants: pay 90.4% more in Guinea
Groceries: pay 57.8% more in Guinea
Transportation: pay 63.0% more in Guinea
Housing: pay 2.4% less in Guinea
Childcare: pay 78.9% less in Guinea
Entertainment and Sports: pay 71.4% more in Guinea
Clothing: pay 61.8% less in Guinea

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

Guinea vs. Ethiopia Cost Breakdown

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

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pay 90.4% more for restaurants

	Ethiopia	Guinea
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$4.26 ETB655.54	$5.00 GNF43,316	+17.4%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$6.50 ETB1,000.24	$10.77 GNF93,341	+65.8%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$0.61 ETB93.51	$1.62 GNF14,034	+166.6%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$0.57 ETB87.20	$1.20 GNF10,396	+111.8%
Average			+90.4%

Ethiopia vs. Guinea - Cost of restaurants

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pay 57.8% more for groceries

	Ethiopia	Guinea
Bread 1 loaf	$1.26 ETB193.73	$1.32 GNF11,442	+4.9%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$4.34 ETB667.36	$9.28 GNF80,387	+114.0%
Milk (1 gallon)	$5.42 ETB834.53	$8.22 GNF71,181	+51.5%
Eggs 1 dozen	$2.28 ETB351.02	$3.95 GNF34,184	+73.0%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$5.76 ETB886.79	$2.83 GNF24,560	-50.8%
Apples (1 lb)	$3.08 ETB473.48	$1.27 GNF11,024	-58.6%
Bananas (1 lb)	$0.43 ETB66.40	$1.11 GNF9,577	+156.2%
Oranges (1 lb)	$1.06 ETB162.78	$0.92 GNF7,961	-13.1%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$0.40 ETB62.30	$1.28 GNF11,117	+217.0%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$0.28 ETB42.45	$0.72 GNF6,253	+161.7%
Onions (1 lb)	$0.91 ETB139.43	$0.72 GNF6,253	-20.3%
Average			+57.8%

Ethiopia vs. Guinea - Cost of groceries

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pay 63.0% more for transportation

	Ethiopia	Guinea
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$4.81 ETB740.52	$5.26 GNF45,579	+9.3%
Monthly public transit pass	$12.00 ETB1,846.60	$28.49 GNF246,814	+137.4%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$55,000.00 ETB8,463,587.61	$33,000.00 GNF285,885,394	-40.0%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$3.62 ETB556.29	$8.87 GNF76,801	+145.2%
Average			+63.0%

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pay 2.4% less for housing

	Ethiopia	Guinea
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$130.20 ETB20,035.62	$185.16 GNF1,604,048	+42.2%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$815.99 ETB125,568.08	$630.52 GNF5,462,276	-22.7%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$512.43 ETB78,854.26	$317.99 GNF2,754,801	-37.9%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$121.97 ETB18,769.25	$132.79 GNF1,150,348	+8.9%
Average			-2.4%

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pay 78.9% less for childcare

	Ethiopia	Guinea
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$94.05 ETB14,472.47	??
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$30,187.50 ETB4,645,355.47	$6,362.45 GNF55,119,145	-78.9%
Average			-78.9%

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pay 71.4% more for entertainment and sports

	Ethiopia	Guinea
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$0.90 ETB138.50	$2.50 GNF21,658	+177.8%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$1.09 ETB167.35	$3.32 GNF28,721	+204.8%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$5.10 ETB784.81	$1.16 GNF10,071	-77.2%
Monthly membership at local gym	$62.10 ETB9,556.74	$89.25 GNF773,184	+43.7%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$3.75 ETB577.06	$4.05 GNF35,100	+8.0%
Average			+71.4%

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pay 61.8% less for clothing

	Ethiopia	Guinea
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$45.03 ETB6,929.81	$20.00 GNF173,264	-55.6%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$75.17 ETB11,566.90	$25.00 GNF216,580	-66.7%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$94.08 ETB14,477.62	$30.00 GNF259,896	-68.1%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$115.09 ETB17,709.97	$50.00 GNF433,160	-56.6%
Average			-61.8%

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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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