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Somalia vs. Indonesia Cost of Living Summary

Somalia is 3.3% more expensive than Indonesia overall.

Restaurants: pay 39.0% more in Somalia
Groceries: pay 23.3% more in Somalia
Transportation: pay 41.0% more in Somalia
Housing: pay 9.3% more in Somalia
Childcare: pay 74.2% less in Somalia
Entertainment and Sports: pay 37.4% more in Somalia
Clothing: pay 52.4% less in Somalia

The cost of transportation, restaurants, entertainment and sports, groceries, and housing in Somalia are more expensive than in Indonesia. Expenses including childcare and clothing are lower in Somalia.

Somalia vs. Indonesia Cost Breakdown

If you lived in Somalia instead of Indonesia, you would:

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pay 39.0% more for restaurants

	Indonesia	Somalia
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$1.75 IDR29,172.01	$2.88 SOS1,635	+64.1%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$3.16 IDR52,561.93	$4.62 SOS2,631	+46.5%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$0.60 IDR10,058.79	$0.74 SOS420	+22.1%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$0.32 IDR5,338.30	$0.40 SOS225	+23.4%
Average			+39.0%

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pay 23.3% more for groceries

	Indonesia	Somalia
Bread 1 loaf	$1.20 IDR19,939.01	$1.12 SOS640	-6.1%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$4.49 IDR74,765.91	$2.17 SOS1,233	-51.8%
Milk (1 gallon)	$4.86 IDR80,843.18	$7.78 SOS4,423	+60.1%
Eggs 1 dozen	$1.56 IDR26,027.11	$2.51 SOS1,429	+60.6%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$1.37 IDR22,790.19	$2.44 SOS1,387	+78.1%
Apples (1 lb)	$1.18 IDR19,692.30	$1.49 SOS846	+25.7%
Bananas (1 lb)	$0.64 IDR10,633.04	$0.98 SOS559	+53.9%
Oranges (1 lb)	$0.82 IDR13,673.29	$1.27 SOS724	+54.9%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$0.60 IDR10,011.41	$0.62 SOS354	+3.4%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$0.57 IDR9,536.15	$0.64 SOS363	+11.3%
Onions (1 lb)	$0.88 IDR14,587.54	$0.58 SOS330	-33.9%
Average			+23.3%

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pay 41.0% more for transportation

	Indonesia	Somalia
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$2.89 IDR48,096.34	$3.87 SOS2,201	+33.9%
Monthly public transit pass	$11.28 IDR187,740.42	$25.00 SOS14,222	+121.7%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$25,317.01 IDR421,473,804.46	$5,750.00 SOS3,270,984	-77.3%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$4.00 IDR66,634.48	$7.43 SOS4,229	+85.7%
Average			+41.0%

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pay 9.3% more for housing

	Indonesia	Somalia
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$21.83 IDR363,423.85	$37.79 SOS21,498	+73.1%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$278.11 IDR4,629,867.18	$142.93 SOS81,308	-48.6%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$163.62 IDR2,723,842.74	$98.19 SOS55,855	-40.0%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$48.30 IDR804,165.01	$73.70 SOS41,925	+52.6%
Average			+9.3%

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pay 74.2% less for childcare

	Indonesia	Somalia
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$103.11 IDR1,716,627.24	$43.33 SOS24,651	-58.0%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$6,023.79 IDR100,283,149.85	$585.00 SOS332,787	-90.3%
Average			-74.2%

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pay 37.4% more for entertainment and sports

	Indonesia	Somalia
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$2.64 IDR44,026.51	$7.00 SOS3,982	+164.7%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$1.59 IDR26,431.16	$1.19 SOS676	-25.2%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$2.30 IDR38,354.08	$1.10 SOS626	-52.3%
Monthly membership at local gym	$24.24 IDR403,489.78	$33.33 SOS18,962	+37.5%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$3.08 IDR51,241.23	$5.00 SOS2,844	+62.4%
Average			+37.4%

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pay 52.4% less for clothing

	Indonesia	Somalia
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$42.70 IDR710,856.45	$15.25 SOS8,675	-64.3%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$28.41 IDR473,014.50	$19.78 SOS11,251	-30.4%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$69.59 IDR1,158,583.69	$19.89 SOS11,314	-71.4%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$66.00 IDR1,098,704.76	$37.28 SOS21,206	-43.5%
Average			-52.4%

Indonesia vs. Somalia - 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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