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Madagascar vs. Ethiopia Cost of Living Summary

Madagascar is 17.3% cheaper than Ethiopia overall.

Restaurants: pay 2.8% less in Madagascar
Groceries: pay 27.5% less in Madagascar
Transportation: pay 96.8% more in Madagascar
Housing: pay 67.8% less in Madagascar
Childcare: pay 61.0% less in Madagascar
Entertainment and Sports: pay 6.5% less in Madagascar
Clothing: pay 52.6% less in Madagascar

Expenses including housing, childcare, clothing, groceries, entertainment and sports, and restaurants are lower in Madagascar. Notably, transportation is significantly more expensive in Madagascar.

Madagascar vs. Ethiopia Cost Breakdown

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

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pay 2.8% less for restaurants

	Ethiopia	Madagascar
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$4.26 ETB660.76	$3.04 MGA13,565	-28.6%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$6.50 ETB1,008.20	$4.73 MGA21,097	-27.2%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$0.61 ETB94.25	$0.82 MGA3,657	+34.9%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$0.57 ETB87.89	$0.62 MGA2,776	+9.8%
Average			-2.8%

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pay 27.5% less for groceries

	Ethiopia	Madagascar
Bread 1 loaf	$1.26 ETB195.27	$0.88 MGA3,910	-30.4%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$4.34 ETB672.67	$5.36 MGA23,916	+23.6%
Milk (1 gallon)	$5.42 ETB841.16	$3.89 MGA17,345	-28.3%
Eggs 1 dozen	$2.28 ETB353.81	$1.97 MGA8,790	-13.6%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$5.76 ETB893.84	$2.63 MGA11,752	-54.3%
Apples (1 lb)	$3.08 ETB477.24	$0.64 MGA2,859	-79.2%
Bananas (1 lb)	$0.43 ETB66.93	$0.33 MGA1,481	-23.0%
Oranges (1 lb)	$1.06 ETB164.08	$0.57 MGA2,524	-46.5%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$0.40 ETB62.79	$0.41 MGA1,823	+1.0%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$0.28 ETB42.79	$0.29 MGA1,279	+3.9%
Onions (1 lb)	$0.91 ETB140.54	$0.40 MGA1,805	-55.3%
Average			-27.5%

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pay 96.8% more for transportation

	Ethiopia	Madagascar
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$4.81 ETB746.41	$4.44 MGA19,804	-7.7%
Monthly public transit pass	$12.00 ETB1,861.29	??
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$55,000.00 ETB8,530,918.61	$12,651.72 MGA56,433,540	-77.0%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$3.62 ETB560.71	$17.17 MGA76,588	+375.0%
Average			+96.8%

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pay 67.8% less for housing

	Ethiopia	Madagascar
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$130.20 ETB20,195.01	$60.23 MGA268,678	-53.7%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$815.99 ETB126,567.02	$257.49 MGA1,148,552	-68.4%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$512.43 ETB79,481.57	$71.69 MGA319,786	-86.0%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$121.97 ETB18,918.57	$44.95 MGA200,485	-63.1%
Average			-67.8%

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pay 61.0% less for childcare

	Ethiopia	Madagascar
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$94.05 ETB14,587.60	$46.54 MGA207,595	-50.5%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$30,187.50 ETB4,682,311.01	$8,634.52 MGA38,514,631	-71.4%
Average			-61.0%

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pay 6.5% less for entertainment and sports

	Ethiopia	Madagascar
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$0.90 ETB139.60	$0.82 MGA3,642	-9.3%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$1.09 ETB168.68	$1.33 MGA5,930	+22.2%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$5.10 ETB791.05	$1.73 MGA7,734	-66.0%
Monthly membership at local gym	$62.10 ETB9,632.77	$29.94 MGA133,560	-51.8%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$3.75 ETB581.65	$6.47 MGA28,875	+72.6%
Average			-6.5%

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pay 52.6% less for clothing

	Ethiopia	Madagascar
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$45.03 ETB6,984.94	$19.48 MGA86,877	-56.7%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$75.17 ETB11,658.92	$17.20 MGA76,743	-77.1%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$94.08 ETB14,592.79	$70.84 MGA315,983	-24.7%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$115.09 ETB17,850.86	$55.48 MGA247,460	-51.8%
Average			-52.6%

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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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