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Ethiopia vs. Iraq Cost of Living Summary

Ethiopia is 2.7 times more expensive than Iraq overall.

Restaurants: pay 47.3% more in Ethiopia
Groceries: pay 2.2 times more in Ethiopia
Transportation: pay 58.8% more in Ethiopia
Housing: pay 2.7 times more in Ethiopia
Childcare: pay 7.6 times more in Ethiopia
Entertainment and Sports: pay 11.4% more in Ethiopia
Clothing: pay 2.3 times more in Ethiopia

The cost of childcare, housing, clothing, groceries, transportation, and restaurants in Ethiopia are more expensive than in Iraq. Notably, childcare, housing, and clothing are significantly more expensive in Ethiopia.

Ethiopia vs. Iraq Cost Breakdown

If you lived in Ethiopia instead of Iraq, you would:

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pay 47.3% more for restaurants

	Iraq	Ethiopia
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$4.66 IQD6,092	$4.26 ETB655.54	-8.7%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$6.78 IQD8,857	$6.50 ETB1,000.24	-4.1%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$0.40 IQD521	$0.61 ETB93.51	+52.5%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$0.23 IQD297	$0.57 ETB87.20	+149.4%
Average			+47.3%

Iraq vs. Ethiopia - Cost of restaurants

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pay 2.2 times more for groceries

	Iraq	Ethiopia
Bread 1 loaf	$0.76 IQD988	$1.26 ETB193.73	+66.4%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$2.55 IQD3,334	$4.34 ETB667.36	+69.9%
Milk (1 gallon)	$4.46 IQD5,826	$5.42 ETB834.53	+21.6%
Eggs 1 dozen	$1.69 IQD2,204	$2.28 ETB351.02	+35.2%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$1.98 IQD2,585	$5.76 ETB886.79	+191.2%
Apples (1 lb)	$0.47 IQD619	$3.08 ETB473.48	+549.5%
Bananas (1 lb)	$0.51 IQD660	$0.43 ETB66.40	-14.6%
Oranges (1 lb)	$0.43 IQD560	$1.06 ETB162.78	+146.6%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$0.31 IQD399	$0.40 ETB62.30	+32.6%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$0.29 IQD374	$0.28 ETB42.45	-3.7%
Onions (1 lb)	$0.28 IQD368	$0.91 ETB139.43	+221.7%
Average			+119.7%

Iraq vs. Ethiopia - Cost of groceries

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pay 58.8% more for transportation

	Iraq	Ethiopia
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$2.08 IQD2,718	$4.81 ETB740.52	+131.2%
Monthly public transit pass	$37.40 IQD48,857	$12.00 ETB1,846.60	-67.9%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$15,792.71 IQD20,629,879	$55,000.00 ETB8,463,587.61	+248.3%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$15.36 IQD20,064	$3.62 ETB556.29	-76.5%
Average			+58.8%

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pay 2.7 times more for housing

	Iraq	Ethiopia
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$36.30 IQD47,412	$130.20 ETB20,035.62	+258.7%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$287.91 IQD376,094	$815.99 ETB125,568.08	+183.4%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$193.91 IQD253,307	$512.43 ETB78,854.26	+164.3%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$66.74 IQD87,177	$121.97 ETB18,769.25	+82.8%
Average			+172.3%

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pay 7.6 times more for childcare

	Iraq	Ethiopia
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$138.70 IQD181,176	$94.05 ETB14,472.47	-32.2%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$2,066.25 IQD2,699,129	$30,187.50 ETB4,645,355.47	+1361.0%
Average			+664.4%

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pay 11.4% more for entertainment and sports

	Iraq	Ethiopia
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$2.78 IQD3,628	$0.90 ETB138.50	-67.6%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$2.47 IQD3,225	$1.09 ETB167.35	-55.9%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$2.00 IQD2,606	$5.10 ETB784.81	+155.6%
Monthly membership at local gym	$34.51 IQD45,081	$62.10 ETB9,556.74	+80.0%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$8.34 IQD10,890	$3.75 ETB577.06	-55.0%
Average			+11.4%

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pay 2.3 times more for clothing

	Iraq	Ethiopia
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$25.03 IQD32,700	$45.03 ETB6,929.81	+79.9%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$27.73 IQD36,227	$75.17 ETB11,566.90	+171.0%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$50.80 IQD66,361	$94.08 ETB14,477.62	+85.2%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$38.19 IQD49,886	$115.09 ETB17,709.97	+201.4%
Average			+134.4%

Iraq vs. Ethiopia - 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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