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Northern Mariana Islands vs. Ethiopia Cost of Living Summary

Northern Mariana Islands is 78.3% more expensive than Ethiopia overall.

Restaurants: pay 2.4 times more in Northern Mariana Islands
Groceries: pay 2.1 times more in Northern Mariana Islands
Transportation: pay 2.6 times more in Northern Mariana Islands
Housing: pay 4.8% more in Northern Mariana Islands
Childcare: pay 80.1% less in Northern Mariana Islands
Entertainment and Sports: pay 3.6 times more in Northern Mariana Islands
Clothing: pay 39.5% less in Northern Mariana Islands

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

Northern Mariana Islands vs. Ethiopia Cost Breakdown

If you lived in Northern Mariana Islands instead of Ethiopia, you would:

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pay 2.4 times more for restaurants

	Ethiopia	Northern Mariana Islands
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$4.26 ETB664.57	$11.50	+170.0%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$6.50 ETB1,014.02	$12.00	+84.6%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$0.61 ETB94.79	$1.67	+174.3%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$0.57 ETB88.40	$1.32	+132.4%
Average			+140.3%

Ethiopia vs. Northern Mariana Islands - Cost of restaurants

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pay 2.1 times more for groceries

	Ethiopia	Northern Mariana Islands
Bread 1 loaf	$1.26 ETB196.39	$3.33	+164.8%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$4.34 ETB676.55	??
Milk (1 gallon)	$5.42 ETB846.02	$8.44	+55.6%
Eggs 1 dozen	$2.28 ETB355.85	$6.33	+177.5%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$5.76 ETB899.00	$6.00	+4.1%
Apples (1 lb)	$3.08 ETB480.00	$2.99	-2.8%
Bananas (1 lb)	$0.43 ETB67.32	$1.00	+131.7%
Oranges (1 lb)	$1.06 ETB165.03	$2.99	+182.7%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$0.40 ETB63.15	??
Potatoes (1 lb)	$0.28 ETB43.04	$0.95	+243.0%
Onions (1 lb)	$0.91 ETB141.35	$1.03	+14.1%
Average			+107.9%

Ethiopia vs. Northern Mariana Islands - Cost of groceries

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pay 2.6 times more for transportation

	Ethiopia	Northern Mariana Islands
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$4.81 ETB750.72	$5.49	+14.0%
Monthly public transit pass	$12.00 ETB1,872.03	??
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$55,000.00 ETB8,580,139.42	$36,999.00	-32.7%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$3.62 ETB563.95	$21.41	+492.3%
Average			+157.9%

Ethiopia vs. Northern Mariana Islands - Cost of transportation

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pay 4.8% more for housing

	Ethiopia	Northern Mariana Islands
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$130.20 ETB20,311.53	$60.00	-53.9%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$815.99 ETB127,297.27	$625.00	-23.4%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$512.43 ETB79,940.16	$450.00	-12.2%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$121.97 ETB19,027.72	$254.42	+108.6%
Average			+4.8%

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pay 80.1% less for childcare

	Ethiopia	Northern Mariana Islands
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$94.05 ETB14,671.77	??
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$30,187.50 ETB4,709,326.53	$6,000.00	-80.1%
Average			-80.1%

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pay 3.6 times more for entertainment and sports

	Ethiopia	Northern Mariana Islands
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$0.90 ETB140.40	$6.00	+566.7%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$1.09 ETB169.66	$5.12	+371.3%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$5.10 ETB795.61	??
Monthly membership at local gym	$62.10 ETB9,688.34	$47.50	-23.5%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$3.75 ETB585.01	$8.00	+113.3%
Average			+256.9%

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pay 39.5% less for clothing

	Ethiopia	Northern Mariana Islands
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$45.03 ETB7,025.24	$30.00	-33.4%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$75.17 ETB11,726.19	$40.00	-46.8%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$94.08 ETB14,676.99	$70.00	-25.6%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$115.09 ETB17,953.85	$55.00	-52.2%
Average			-39.5%

Ethiopia vs. Northern Mariana Islands - 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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