Cost of living comparison

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United Kingdom vs. Ethiopia Cost of Living Summary

United Kingdom is 3.4 times more expensive than Ethiopia overall.

Restaurants: pay 2.6 times more in United Kingdom
Groceries: pay 33.0% more in United Kingdom
Transportation: pay 4.3 times more in United Kingdom
Housing: pay 60.2% more in United Kingdom
Childcare: pay 9.4 times more in United Kingdom
Entertainment and Sports: pay 3.2 times more in United Kingdom
Clothing: pay 5.1% less in United Kingdom

The cost of childcare, transportation, entertainment and sports, restaurants, housing, and groceries in United Kingdom are more expensive than in Ethiopia. Notably, childcare, transportation, and entertainment and sports are significantly more expensive in United Kingdom.

United Kingdom vs. Ethiopia Cost Breakdown

If you lived in United Kingdom instead of Ethiopia, you would:

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pay 2.6 times more for restaurants

	Ethiopia	United Kingdom
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$6.00 ETB807.64	$18.70 £14.06	+211.7%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$6.24 ETB839.31	$9.25 £6.96	+48.4%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$0.78 ETB105.67	$2.23 £1.68	+184.4%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$0.50 ETB67.59	$1.57 £1.18	+211.7%
Average			+164.0%

Ethiopia vs. United Kingdom - Cost of restaurants

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pay 33.0% more for groceries

	Ethiopia	United Kingdom
Bread 1 loaf	$1.20 ETB161.74	$1.53 £1.15	+27.3%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$4.85 ETB653.31	$4.35 £3.27	-10.3%
Milk (1 gallon)	$6.08 ETB818.22	$5.92 £4.45	-2.6%
Eggs 1 dozen	$2.65 ETB356.60	$3.77 £2.83	+42.2%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$5.65 ETB760.02	$3.70 £2.78	-34.5%
Apples (1 lb)	$3.30 ETB444.39	$1.23 £0.92	-62.8%
Bananas (1 lb)	$0.51 ETB68.16	$0.67 £0.50	+31.4%
Oranges (1 lb)	$1.08 ETB145.14	$1.26 £0.95	+16.7%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$0.39 ETB52.03	$1.42 £1.06	+266.4%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$0.31 ETB41.90	$0.65 £0.49	+107.6%
Onions (1 lb)	$0.79 ETB106.90	$0.65 £0.49	-18.3%
Average			+33.0%

Ethiopia vs. United Kingdom - Cost of groceries

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pay 4.3 times more for transportation

	Ethiopia	United Kingdom
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$4.88 ETB656.85	$7.07 £5.32	+45.0%
Monthly public transit pass	$10.00 ETB1,346.07	$98.23 £73.84	+882.3%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$25,000.00 ETB3,365,171.80	$34,832.80 £26,182.21	+39.3%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$3.67 ETB493.33	$17.15 £12.89	+367.9%
Average			+333.6%

Ethiopia vs. United Kingdom - Cost of transportation

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pay 60.2% more for housing

	Ethiopia	United Kingdom
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$171.17 ETB23,040.21	$39.40 £29.62	-77.0%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$645.10 ETB86,834.89	$1,243.58 £934.74	+92.8%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$422.74 ETB56,904.01	$1,020.84 £767.32	+141.5%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$124.84 ETB16,804.08	$229.21 £172.29	+83.6%
Average			+60.2%

Ethiopia vs. United Kingdom - Cost of housing

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pay 9.4 times more for childcare

	Ethiopia	United Kingdom
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$81.47 ETB10,966.86	$1,497.56 £1,125.65	+1738.1%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$43,916.67 ETB5,911,485.13	$18,629.32 £14,002.81	-57.6%
Average			+840.2%

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pay 3.2 times more for entertainment and sports

	Ethiopia	United Kingdom
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$1.00 ETB134.61	$5.63 £4.23	+462.5%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$1.15 ETB154.76	$4.12 £3.10	+258.6%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$4.00 ETB538.43	$17.47 £13.13	+336.8%
Monthly membership at local gym	$90.59 ETB12,194.71	$45.31 £34.06	-50.0%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$6.70 ETB901.87	$12.89 £9.69	+92.5%
Average			+220.1%

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pay 5.1% less for clothing

	Ethiopia	United Kingdom
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$48.33 ETB6,506.00	$78.43 £58.95	+62.3%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$75.17 ETB10,117.95	$40.13 £30.16	-46.6%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$108.84 ETB14,650.98	$90.36 £67.92	-17.0%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$119.32 ETB16,061.52	$96.72 £72.70	-18.9%
Average			-5.1%

Ethiopia vs. United Kingdom - 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: May 2025

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