Mali vs. Guam Cost of Living Summary

Mali is 74.0% cheaper than Guam overall.

Restaurants
pay 47.6% less in Mali
Groceries
pay 54.6% less in Mali
Transportation
pay 20.8% less in Mali
Housing
pay 91.0% less in Mali
Entertainment and Sports
pay 66.6% less in Mali

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

Mali vs. Guam Cost Breakdown

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

pay 47.6% less for restaurants

 
Guam
Mali
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant $15.00
 
$8.50
F CFA5,002
Fast food combo meal
McDonalds, or similar
$15.00
 
$8.18
F CFA4,815
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz) $3.00
 
$0.93
F CFA544

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pay 54.6% less for groceries

 
Guam
Mali
Bread
1 loaf
$6.75
 
$3.84
F CFA2,258
Local cheese (8 oz) ?? $8.91
F CFA5,243
Milk (1 gallon) $12.82
 
$7.22
F CFA4,248

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pay 20.8% less for transportation

 
Guam
Mali
Gasoline (1 gallon) $5.30
 
$4.20
F CFA2,472
Monthly public transit pass ?? ??
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition) ?? ??

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pay 91.0% less for housing

 
Guam
Mali
Internet connection
50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl
$86.25
 
$65.00
F CFA38,252
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area $1,850.00
 
$175.00
F CFA103K
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center $2,000.00
 
$80.00
F CFA47,079

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pay (unknown) more for childcare

 
Guam
Mali
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly $560.00
 
??
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters ?? ??

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pay 66.6% less for entertainment and sports

 
Guam
Mali
Domestic/local beer (1 pint) $6.50
 
$2.39
F CFA1,404
Cappuccino in mid-range area $5.50
 
$1.67
F CFA982
Pack of cigarettes
Marlboro or similar
$8.25
 
??

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pay (unknown) more for clothing

 
Guam
Mali
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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