Indonesia is 13.5% cheaper than Laos.

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

pay 28.5% less for restaurants

 
Laos
Indonesia
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant $2.73
₭57,023
$1.77
Rp27,972
Fast food combo meal
McDonalds, or similar
$5.00
₭104,518
$3.51
Rp55,512
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz) $0.82
₭17,182
$0.64
Rp10,052

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pay 37.1% less for groceries

 
Laos
Indonesia
Bread
1 loaf
$1.52
₭31,693
$1.19
Rp18,795
Local cheese (8 oz) $5.94
₭124,268
$3.70
Rp58,458
Milk (1 gallon) $9.92
₭207,289
$5.10
Rp80,726

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pay 14.1% less for transportation

 
Laos
Indonesia
Gasoline (1 gallon) $4.46
₭93,162
$3.09
Rp48,888
Monthly public transit pass $5.94
₭124,268
$11.89
Rp187,962
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition) $59,448.31
₭1,242,683,812
$26,361.87
Rp416,890,616

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pay 55.3% less for housing

 
Laos
Indonesia
Internet connection
50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl
$168.24
₭3,516,785
$33.62
Rp531,594
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area $553.97
₭11,579,994
$247.48
Rp3,913,667
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center $228.82
₭4,783,231
$163.01
Rp2,577,926

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pay 51.0% more for childcare

 
Laos
Indonesia
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly ?? $106.70
Rp1,687,354
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters $4,490.81
₭93,874,004
$6,782.48
Rp107,259,110

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pay 14.8% more for entertainment and sports

 
Laos
Indonesia
Domestic/local beer (1 pint) $1.23
₭25,653
$2.71
Rp42,810
Cappuccino in mid-range area $2.02
₭42,132
$1.77
Rp28,068
Pack of cigarettes
Marlboro or similar
$1.84
₭38,552
$2.13
Rp33,757

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pay 25.6% less for clothing

 
Laos
Indonesia
Regular jeans
Levi's brand
$93.14
₭1,946,868
$41.10
Rp649,984
Regular dress
from H&M or similar store
$50.63
₭1,058,351
$30.35
Rp479,974
Running shoes
Nike or Adidas
$124.25
₭2,597,207
$67.01
Rp1,059,674

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