Burma is 17.2% more expensive than Laos.

If you lived in Burma instead of Laos, you would:

pay 9.1% less for restaurants

 
Laos
Burma
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant $2.73
₭57,023
$2.92
K6,096
Fast food combo meal
McDonalds, or similar
$5.00
₭104,518
$6.00
K12,544
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz) $0.82
₭17,182
$0.58
K1,215

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pay 30.9% less for groceries

 
Laos
Burma
Bread
1 loaf
$1.52
₭31,693
$1.37
K2,871
Local cheese (8 oz) $5.94
₭124,268
$4.84
K10,109
Milk (1 gallon) $9.92
₭207,289
$5.47
K11,435

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pay 16.1% more for transportation

 
Laos
Burma
Gasoline (1 gallon) $4.46
₭93,162
$2.73
K5,718
Monthly public transit pass $5.94
₭124,268
$17.15
K35,850
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition) $59,448.31
₭1,242,683,812
$27,500.00
K57,493,046

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pay 9.4% less for housing

 
Laos
Burma
Internet connection
50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl
$168.24
₭3,516,785
$71.23
K148,914
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area $553.97
₭11,579,994
$602.64
K1,259,903
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center $228.82
₭4,783,231
$320.96
K671,014

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pay 2.6 times more for childcare

 
Laos
Burma
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly ?? $482.50
K1,008,742
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters $4,490.81
₭93,874,004
$11,680.00
K24,418,865

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pay 10.1% less for entertainment and sports

 
Laos
Burma
Domestic/local beer (1 pint) $1.23
₭25,653
$1.09
K2,288
Cappuccino in mid-range area $2.02
₭42,132
$2.07
K4,318
Pack of cigarettes
Marlboro or similar
$1.84
₭38,552
$1.43
K2,995

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pay 3.4% more for clothing

 
Laos
Burma
Regular jeans
Levi's brand
$93.14
₭1,946,868
$40.27
K84,189
Regular dress
from H&M or similar store
$50.63
₭1,058,351
$47.60
K99,524
Running shoes
Nike or Adidas
$124.25
₭2,597,207
$97.17
K203,146

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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: March 2024
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