Cost of Living Comparison

GYD

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USD

Guyana is 58.2% cheaper than Ecuador.

If you lived in Ecuador instead of Guyana, you would:

pay 22.7% less for restaurants

	Guyana	Ecuador
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$5.55 $1,124	$3.68	-33.7%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$5.75 $1,163	$5.17	-10.0%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$0.98 $198	$0.68	-30.2%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$0.64 $129	$0.44	-30.4%

Guyana vs. Ecuador - Cost of restaurants

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pay 15.0% less for groceries

	Guyana	Ecuador
Bread 1 loaf	$1.34 $271	$1.46	+8.6%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$3.94 $798	$2.53	-35.7%
Milk (1 gallon)	$7.13 $1,442	$3.56	-50.0%
Eggs 1 dozen	$2.41 $488	$1.74	-27.8%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$1.78 $360	$2.44	+37.2%
Apples (1 lb)	$1.66 $337	$0.90	-45.8%
Bananas (1 lb)	$0.72 $145	$0.48	-32.6%
Oranges (1 lb)	$0.54 $110	$0.60	+11.1%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$0.82 $166	$0.58	-29.3%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$0.38 $76	$0.45	+20.8%
Onions (1 lb)	$0.35 $70	$0.51	+46.8%

Guyana vs. Ecuador - Cost of groceries

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pay 2.2 times more for transportation

	Guyana	Ecuador
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$4.00 $809	$1.87	-53.2%
Monthly public transit pass	$27.06 $5,476	$13.93	-48.5%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$12,448.18 $2,518,765	$27,857.14	+123.8%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$16.76 $3,391	$11.69	-30.2%

Guyana vs. Ecuador - Cost of transportation

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pay 84.8% more for housing

	Guyana	Ecuador
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$53.08 $10,739	$38.11	-28.2%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$207.47 $41,979	$441.45	+112.8%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$119.69 $24,219	$277.41	+131.8%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$49.26 $9,967	$36.95	-25.0%

Guyana vs. Ecuador - Cost of housing

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pay 5.1 times more for childcare

	Guyana	Ecuador
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$44.55 $9,015	$290.26	+551.5%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$904.89 $183,095	$4,504.99	+397.9%

Guyana vs. Ecuador - Cost of childcare

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pay 22.3% more for entertainment and sports

	Guyana	Ecuador
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$1.44 $291	$1.36	-5.5%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$2.63 $533	$1.87	-29.1%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$2.87 $581	$5.27	+83.5%
Monthly membership at local gym	$26.07 $5,274	$33.84	+29.8%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$6.22 $1,259	$5.66	-9.1%

Guyana vs. Ecuador - Cost of entertainment and sports

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pay 53.7% more for clothing

	Guyana	Ecuador
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$38.90 $7,871	$59.84	+53.8%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$35.11 $7,104	$50.33	+43.3%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$63.20 $12,788	$99.77	+57.9%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$53.35 $10,795	$82.86	+55.3%

Guyana vs. Ecuador - Cost of clothing

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