Burundi vs. Guam Cost of Living Summary

Burundi is 73.2% cheaper than Guam overall.

Restaurants
pay 67.9% less in Burundi
Groceries
pay 62.5% less in Burundi
Transportation
pay 4.9% less in Burundi
Housing
pay 88.4% less in Burundi
Childcare
pay 82.2% less in Burundi
Entertainment and Sports
pay 57.1% less in Burundi

Expenses including housing, childcare, restaurants, groceries, entertainment and sports, and transportation are lower in Burundi.

Burundi vs. Guam Cost Breakdown

If you lived in Burundi instead of Guam, you would:

pay 67.9% less for restaurants

 
Guam
Burundi
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant $15.00
 
$3.85
BIF11,550
Fast food combo meal
McDonalds, or similar
$15.00
 
$3.81
BIF11,428
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz) $3.00
 
$1.76
BIF5,270

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pay 62.5% less for groceries

 
Guam
Burundi
Bread
1 loaf
$6.75
 
$2.01
BIF6,015
Local cheese (8 oz) ?? $4.16
BIF12,483
Milk (1 gallon) $12.82
 
$3.80
BIF11,384

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pay 4.9% less for transportation

 
Guam
Burundi
Gasoline (1 gallon) $5.30
 
$5.04
BIF15,121
Monthly public transit pass ?? $30.09
BIF90,222
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition) ?? ??

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pay 88.4% less for housing

 
Guam
Burundi
Internet connection
50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl
$86.25
 
$67.62
BIF203K
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area $1,850.00
 
$433.02
BIF1M
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center $2,000.00
 
$90.78
BIF272K

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pay 82.2% less for childcare

 
Guam
Burundi
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly $560.00
 
$99.93
BIF300K
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters ?? $9,992.86
BIF30M

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pay 57.1% less for entertainment and sports

 
Guam
Burundi
Domestic/local beer (1 pint) $6.50
 
$2.17
BIF6,503
Cappuccino in mid-range area $5.50
 
$3.03
BIF9,076
Pack of cigarettes
Marlboro or similar
$8.25
 
??

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pay (unknown) more for clothing

 
Guam
Burundi
Regular jeans
Levi's brand
?? ??
Regular dress
from H&M or similar store
?? ??
Running shoes
Nike or Adidas
?? ??

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We average the price of thousands of data points entered by users across the world. Sources: MyLifeElsewhere's cost-of-living dataset (prices updated November 2026). How we calculate this

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