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Liberia vs. Guinea Cost of Living Summary

Liberia is 25.1% more expensive than Guinea overall.

Restaurants: pay 35.6% more in Liberia
Groceries: pay 2.4 times more in Liberia
Transportation: pay 14.8% less in Liberia
Housing: pay 37.4% less in Liberia
Childcare: pay 85.9% less in Liberia
Entertainment and Sports: pay 95.3% more in Liberia
Clothing: pay 38.0% more in Liberia

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

Liberia vs. Guinea Cost Breakdown

If you lived in Liberia instead of Guinea, you would:

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pay 35.6% more for restaurants

	Guinea	Liberia
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$5.00 GNF43,446	$7.50 LRD1,326.75	+50.0%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$10.77 GNF93,622	$11.00 LRD1,945.90	+2.1%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$1.62 GNF14,076	$2.00 LRD353.80	+23.5%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$1.20 GNF10,427	$2.00 LRD353.80	+66.7%
Average			+35.6%

Guinea vs. Liberia - Cost of restaurants

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pay 2.4 times more for groceries

	Guinea	Liberia
Bread 1 loaf	$1.32 GNF11,477	$1.79 LRD316.87	+35.6%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$9.28 GNF80,629	$5.91 LRD1,044.66	-36.4%
Milk (1 gallon)	$8.22 GNF71,395	$8.01 LRD1,417.23	-2.5%
Eggs 1 dozen	$3.95 GNF34,287	$3.60 LRD636.84	-8.8%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$2.83 GNF24,634	$5.38 LRD950.84	+89.6%
Apples (1 lb)	$1.27 GNF11,057	$0.74 LRD131.33	-41.7%
Bananas (1 lb)	$1.11 GNF9,606	$3.83 LRD678.12	+246.7%
Oranges (1 lb)	$0.92 GNF7,985	$4.67 LRD825.53	+407.8%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$1.28 GNF11,151	$5.00 LRD884.50	+289.6%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$0.72 GNF6,272	$1.03 LRD182.19	+42.7%
Onions (1 lb)	$0.72 GNF6,272	$4.83 LRD855.02	+569.6%
Average			+144.7%

Guinea vs. Liberia - Cost of groceries

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pay 14.8% less for transportation

	Guinea	Liberia
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$5.26 GNF45,716	$4.69 LRD830.25	-10.8%
Monthly public transit pass	$28.49 GNF247,556	$20.00 LRD3,538.00	-29.8%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$33,000.00 GNF286,744,750	$12,534.94 LRD2,217,430.36	-62.0%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$8.87 GNF77,032	$12.69 LRD2,245.20	+43.2%
Average			-14.8%

Guinea vs. Liberia - Cost of transportation

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pay 37.4% less for housing

	Guinea	Liberia
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$185.16 GNF1,608,869	$93.25 LRD16,495.91	-49.6%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$630.52 GNF5,478,696	$666.67 LRD117,933.34	+5.7%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$317.99 GNF2,763,082	$95.00 LRD16,805.50	-70.1%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$132.79 GNF1,153,806	$85.26 LRD15,083.29	-35.8%
Average			-37.4%

Guinea vs. Liberia - Cost of housing

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pay 85.9% less for childcare

	Guinea	Liberia
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	??	$129.33 LRD22,879.05
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$6,362.45 GNF55,284,830	$894.00 LRD158,148.34	-85.9%
Average			-85.9%

Guinea vs. Liberia - Cost of childcare

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pay 95.3% more for entertainment and sports

	Guinea	Liberia
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$2.50 GNF21,723	$3.00 LRD530.70	+20.0%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$3.32 GNF28,807	$3.33 LRD589.67	+0.5%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$1.16 GNF10,101	$5.00 LRD884.50	+330.1%
Monthly membership at local gym	$89.25 GNF775,508	$76.25 LRD13,488.63	-14.6%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$4.05 GNF35,206	$9.75 LRD1,724.73	+140.6%
Average			+95.3%

Guinea vs. Liberia - Cost of entertainment and sports

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pay 38.0% more for clothing

	Guinea	Liberia
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$20.00 GNF173,785	$18.41 LRD3,257.16	-7.9%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$25.00 GNF217,231	$33.75 LRD5,970.38	+35.0%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$30.00 GNF260,677	$56.25 LRD9,950.63	+87.5%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$50.00 GNF434,462	$68.75 LRD12,161.88	+37.5%
Average			+38.0%

Guinea vs. Liberia - 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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