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Namibia vs. Ethiopia Cost of Living Summary

Namibia is 19.4% more expensive than Ethiopia overall.

Restaurants: pay 36.1% more in Namibia
Groceries: pay 26.8% more in Namibia
Transportation: pay 82.9% more in Namibia
Housing: pay 37.3% less in Namibia
Childcare: pay 23.8% more in Namibia
Entertainment and Sports: pay 20.3% more in Namibia
Clothing: pay 16.7% less in Namibia

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

Namibia vs. Ethiopia Cost Breakdown

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

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pay 36.1% more for restaurants

	Ethiopia	Namibia
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$4.26 ETB655.54	$8.36 NAD142.68	+96.1%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$6.50 ETB1,000.24	$4.29 NAD73.26	-34.0%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$0.61 ETB93.51	$0.85 NAD14.53	+40.1%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$0.57 ETB87.20	$0.81 NAD13.75	+42.1%
Average			+36.1%

Ethiopia vs. Namibia - Cost of restaurants

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pay 26.8% more for groceries

	Ethiopia	Namibia
Bread 1 loaf	$1.26 ETB193.73	$0.88 NAD15.09	-29.8%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$4.34 ETB667.36	$3.96 NAD67.70	-8.6%
Milk (1 gallon)	$5.42 ETB834.53	$5.36 NAD91.51	-1.2%
Eggs 1 dozen	$2.28 ETB351.02	$2.33 NAD39.86	+2.3%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$5.76 ETB886.79	$2.49 NAD42.56	-56.7%
Apples (1 lb)	$3.08 ETB473.48	$0.91 NAD15.57	-70.4%
Bananas (1 lb)	$0.43 ETB66.40	$0.82 NAD14.06	+90.8%
Oranges (1 lb)	$1.06 ETB162.78	$0.79 NAD13.42	-25.7%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$0.40 ETB62.30	$0.83 NAD14.15	+104.7%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$0.28 ETB42.45	$1.03 NAD17.54	+272.2%
Onions (1 lb)	$0.91 ETB139.43	$1.06 NAD18.07	+16.8%
Average			+26.8%

Ethiopia vs. Namibia - Cost of groceries

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pay 82.9% more for transportation

	Ethiopia	Namibia
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$4.81 ETB740.52	$4.82 NAD82.37	+0.2%
Monthly public transit pass	$12.00 ETB1,846.60	$46.19 NAD788.68	+284.9%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$55,000.00 ETB8,463,587.61	$18,723.84 NAD319,729.88	-66.0%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$3.62 ETB556.29	$7.68 NAD131.12	+112.4%
Average			+82.9%

Ethiopia vs. Namibia - Cost of transportation

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pay 37.3% less for housing

	Ethiopia	Namibia
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$130.20 ETB20,035.62	$64.24 NAD1,097.04	-50.7%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$815.99 ETB125,568.08	$512.81 NAD8,756.71	-37.2%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$512.43 ETB78,854.26	$408.02 NAD6,967.42	-20.4%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$121.97 ETB18,769.25	$72.22 NAD1,233.18	-40.8%
Average			-37.3%

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pay 23.8% more for childcare

	Ethiopia	Namibia
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$94.05 ETB14,472.47	$215.99 NAD3,688.31	+129.7%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$30,187.50 ETB4,645,355.47	$5,426.88 NAD92,669.95	-82.0%
Average			+23.8%

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pay 20.3% more for entertainment and sports

	Ethiopia	Namibia
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$0.90 ETB138.50	$1.41 NAD24.00	+56.2%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$1.09 ETB167.35	$1.86 NAD31.77	+71.1%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$5.10 ETB784.81	$3.02 NAD51.61	-40.7%
Monthly membership at local gym	$62.10 ETB9,556.74	$38.10 NAD650.63	-38.6%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$3.75 ETB577.06	$5.76 NAD98.29	+53.5%
Average			+20.3%

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pay 16.7% less for clothing

	Ethiopia	Namibia
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$45.03 ETB6,929.81	$58.56 NAD999.93	+30.0%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$75.17 ETB11,566.90	$27.98 NAD477.81	-62.8%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$94.08 ETB14,477.62	$93.20 NAD1,591.44	-0.9%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$115.09 ETB17,709.97	$77.03 NAD1,315.35	-33.1%
Average			-16.7%

Ethiopia vs. Namibia - 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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