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Yemen vs. Georgia Cost of Living Summary

Yemen is 74.2% more expensive than Georgia overall.

Restaurants: pay 29.7% more in Yemen
Groceries: pay 2.3 times more in Yemen
Transportation: pay 3.6 times more in Yemen
Housing: pay 75.9% more in Yemen
Childcare: pay 45.2% less in Yemen
Entertainment and Sports: pay 36.9% more in Yemen
Clothing: pay 29.5% more in Yemen

The cost of transportation, groceries, housing, entertainment and sports, restaurants, and clothing in Yemen are more expensive than in Georgia. Notably, transportation, groceries, and housing are significantly more expensive in Yemen.

Yemen vs. Georgia Cost Breakdown

If you lived in Yemen instead of Georgia, you would:

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pay 29.7% more for restaurants

	Georgia	Yemen
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$9.63 GEL26.00	$7.57 YER1,805	-21.3%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$8.59 GEL23.20	$9.77 YER2,328	+13.7%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$0.81 GEL2.19	$1.41 YER335	+73.3%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$0.48 GEL1.28	$0.73 YER174	+53.0%
Average			+29.7%

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pay 2.3 times more for groceries

	Georgia	Yemen
Bread 1 loaf	$0.55 GEL1.47	$1.43 YER341	+162.5%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$3.59 GEL9.70	$4.22 YER1,006	+17.4%
Milk (1 gallon)	$6.97 GEL18.83	$9.19 YER2,190	+31.8%
Eggs 1 dozen	$2.36 GEL6.37	$5.26 YER1,254	+123.0%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$2.31 GEL6.23	$4.83 YER1,152	+109.5%
Apples (1 lb)	$0.51 GEL1.39	$2.51 YER598	+389.0%
Bananas (1 lb)	$0.69 GEL1.87	$0.81 YER194	+17.6%
Oranges (1 lb)	$0.68 GEL1.83	$1.82 YER433	+167.7%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$0.75 GEL2.04	$1.02 YER244	+35.8%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$0.31 GEL0.85	$0.97 YER231	+208.5%
Onions (1 lb)	$0.29 GEL0.78	$0.86 YER206	+198.0%
Average			+132.8%

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pay 3.6 times more for transportation

	Georgia	Yemen
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$4.28 GEL11.56	$10.62 YER2,531	+148.1%
Monthly public transit pass	$12.19 GEL32.90	$80.08 YER19,088	+557.2%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$18,518.52 GEL50,000.00	$16,715.42 YER3,984,120	-9.7%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$6.44 GEL17.40	$28.63 YER6,825	+344.3%
Average			+260.0%

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pay 75.9% more for housing

	Georgia	Yemen
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$15.72 GEL42.43	$77.76 YER18,534	+394.8%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$442.75 GEL1,195.43	$232.18 YER55,340	-47.6%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$313.10 GEL845.36	$165.92 YER39,546	-47.0%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$55.90 GEL150.93	$57.78 YER13,773	+3.4%
Average			+75.9%

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pay 45.2% less for childcare

	Georgia	Yemen
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$197.25 GEL532.57	$77.38 YER18,443	-60.8%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$3,197.12 GEL8,632.22	$2,249.75 YER536,229	-29.6%
Average			-45.2%

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pay 36.9% more for entertainment and sports

	Georgia	Yemen
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$1.67 GEL4.50	$2.28 YER544	+37.0%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$2.49 GEL6.73	$3.46 YER824	+38.7%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$2.98 GEL8.04	$4.66 YER1,111	+56.5%
Monthly membership at local gym	$44.86 GEL121.13	$65.76 YER15,674	+46.6%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$5.33 GEL14.40	$5.64 YER1,344	+5.7%
Average			+36.9%

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pay 29.5% more for clothing

	Georgia	Yemen
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$64.76 GEL174.86	$52.93 YER12,616	-18.3%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$40.85 GEL110.30	$112.92 YER26,915	+176.4%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$100.01 GEL270.02	$75.22 YER17,929	-24.8%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$92.77 GEL250.47	$78.60 YER18,735	-15.3%
Average			+29.5%

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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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