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New Zealand vs. Ethiopia Cost of Living Summary

New Zealand is 2.4 times more expensive than Ethiopia overall.

Restaurants: pay 3.0 times more in New Zealand
Groceries: pay 79.4% more in New Zealand
Transportation: pay 3.2 times more in New Zealand
Housing: pay 1.3% less in New Zealand
Childcare: pay 3.6 times more in New Zealand
Entertainment and Sports: pay 3.6 times more in New Zealand
Clothing: pay 0.8% less in New Zealand

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

New Zealand vs. Ethiopia Cost Breakdown

If you lived in New Zealand instead of Ethiopia, you would:

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pay 3.0 times more for restaurants

	Ethiopia	New Zealand
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$4.26 ETB655.54	$14.45 NZ$25.19	+239.1%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$6.50 ETB1,000.24	$9.14 NZ$15.93	+40.6%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$0.61 ETB93.51	$2.11 NZ$3.68	+246.9%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$0.57 ETB87.20	$2.02 NZ$3.52	+255.7%
Average			+195.6%

Ethiopia vs. New Zealand - Cost of restaurants

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pay 79.4% more for groceries

	Ethiopia	New Zealand
Bread 1 loaf	$1.26 ETB193.73	$1.74 NZ$3.03	+38.0%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$4.34 ETB667.36	$3.88 NZ$6.77	-10.5%
Milk (1 gallon)	$5.42 ETB834.53	$6.34 NZ$11.05	+16.8%
Eggs 1 dozen	$2.28 ETB351.02	$5.96 NZ$10.39	+161.2%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$5.76 ETB886.79	$4.01 NZ$6.99	-30.5%
Apples (1 lb)	$3.08 ETB473.48	$1.18 NZ$2.06	-61.7%
Bananas (1 lb)	$0.43 ETB66.40	$0.95 NZ$1.66	+120.8%
Oranges (1 lb)	$1.06 ETB162.78	$1.29 NZ$2.26	+22.3%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$0.40 ETB62.30	$2.11 NZ$3.68	+421.0%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$0.28 ETB42.45	$0.85 NZ$1.48	+208.1%
Onions (1 lb)	$0.91 ETB139.43	$0.80 NZ$1.39	-12.0%
Average			+79.4%

Ethiopia vs. New Zealand - Cost of groceries

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pay 3.2 times more for transportation

	Ethiopia	New Zealand
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$4.81 ETB740.52	$6.08 NZ$10.60	+26.3%
Monthly public transit pass	$12.00 ETB1,846.60	$74.52 NZ$129.96	+521.0%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$55,000.00 ETB8,463,587.61	$24,777.66 NZ$43,211.84	-54.9%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$3.62 ETB556.29	$17.81 NZ$31.06	+392.7%
Average			+221.3%

Ethiopia vs. New Zealand - Cost of transportation

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pay 1.3% less for housing

	Ethiopia	New Zealand
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$130.20 ETB20,035.62	$50.00 NZ$87.19	-61.6%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$815.99 ETB125,568.08	$978.36 NZ$1,706.24	+19.9%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$512.43 ETB78,854.26	$810.06 NZ$1,412.73	+58.1%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$121.97 ETB18,769.25	$95.66 NZ$166.83	-21.6%
Average			-1.3%

Ethiopia vs. New Zealand - Cost of housing

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pay 3.6 times more for childcare

	Ethiopia	New Zealand
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$94.05 ETB14,472.47	$635.34 NZ$1,108.03	+575.6%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$30,187.50 ETB4,645,355.47	$13,463.91 NZ$23,480.84	-55.4%
Average			+260.1%

Ethiopia vs. New Zealand - Cost of childcare

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pay 3.6 times more for entertainment and sports

	Ethiopia	New Zealand
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$0.90 ETB138.50	$6.04 NZ$10.54	+571.4%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$1.09 ETB167.35	$3.35 NZ$5.85	+208.3%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$5.10 ETB784.81	$23.12 NZ$40.33	+353.4%
Monthly membership at local gym	$62.10 ETB9,556.74	$37.72 NZ$65.79	-39.3%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$3.75 ETB577.06	$10.72 NZ$18.69	+185.8%
Average			+255.9%

Ethiopia vs. New Zealand - Cost of entertainment and sports

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pay 0.8% less for clothing

	Ethiopia	New Zealand
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$45.03 ETB6,929.81	$65.22 NZ$113.75	+44.8%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$75.17 ETB11,566.90	$39.23 NZ$68.42	-47.8%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$94.08 ETB14,477.62	$90.28 NZ$157.45	-4.0%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$115.09 ETB17,709.97	$119.43 NZ$208.28	+3.8%
Average			-0.8%

Ethiopia vs. New Zealand - 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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