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Puerto Rico vs. Laos Cost of Living Summary

Puerto Rico is 2.1 times more expensive than Laos overall.

Restaurants: pay 3.5 times more in Puerto Rico
Groceries: pay 90.3% more in Puerto Rico
Transportation: pay 12.4% less in Puerto Rico
Housing: pay 3.1 times more in Puerto Rico
Childcare: pay 29.0% more in Puerto Rico
Entertainment and Sports: pay 2.7 times more in Puerto Rico
Clothing: pay 23.2% more in Puerto Rico

The cost of restaurants, housing, entertainment and sports, groceries, childcare, and clothing in Puerto Rico are more expensive than in Laos. Notably, restaurants, housing, and entertainment and sports are significantly more expensive in Puerto Rico.

Puerto Rico vs. Laos Cost Breakdown

If you lived in Puerto Rico instead of Laos, you would:

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pay 3.5 times more for restaurants

	Laos	Puerto Rico
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$2.08 LAK44,969	$15.10	+626.9%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$5.54 LAK119,918	$10.01	+80.6%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$0.76 LAK16,444	$1.58	+107.9%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$0.50 LAK10,719	$1.35	+171.9%
Average			+246.8%

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pay 90.3% more for groceries

	Laos	Puerto Rico
Bread 1 loaf	$1.13 LAK24,565	$3.18	+180.1%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$13.26 LAK287,052	$4.16	-68.6%
Milk (1 gallon)	$6.91 LAK149,607	$8.11	+17.4%
Eggs 1 dozen	$2.11 LAK45,585	$5.34	+153.8%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$2.10 LAK45,372	$3.76	+79.4%
Apples (1 lb)	$0.76 LAK16,405	$2.50	+230.4%
Bananas (1 lb)	$0.75 LAK16,239	$1.06	+40.8%
Oranges (1 lb)	$0.97 LAK20,985	$1.54	+58.6%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$1.30 LAK28,222	$1.84	+40.9%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$0.70 LAK15,261	$1.65	+133.4%
Onions (1 lb)	$0.46 LAK9,907	$1.04	+126.9%
Average			+90.3%

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pay 12.4% less for transportation

	Laos	Puerto Rico
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$4.72 LAK102,231	$3.65	-22.7%
Monthly public transit pass	$54.89 LAK1,188,115	$35.20	-35.9%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$28,639.89 LAK619,954,342	$34,700.00	+21.2%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$10.51 LAK227,448	$9.22	-12.2%
Average			-12.4%

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pay 3.1 times more for housing

	Laos	Puerto Rico
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$9.16 LAK198,197	$62.46	+582.2%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$1,004.64 LAK21,746,980	$800.93	-20.3%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$817.42 LAK17,694,410	$580.00	-29.0%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$59.90 LAK1,296,718	$242.07	+304.1%
Average			+209.3%

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pay 29.0% more for childcare

	Laos	Puerto Rico
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$296.67 LAK6,421,775	$453.00	+52.7%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$9,267.93 LAK200,618,663	$9,760.00	+5.3%
Average			+29.0%

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pay 2.7 times more for entertainment and sports

	Laos	Puerto Rico
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$1.42 LAK30,727	$2.73	+92.0%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$1.66 LAK35,850	$3.38	+104.0%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$1.98 LAK42,885	$11.21	+465.6%
Monthly membership at local gym	$67.50 LAK1,461,149	$37.37	-44.6%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$3.02 LAK65,430	$9.90	+227.5%
Average			+168.9%

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pay 23.2% more for clothing

	Laos	Puerto Rico
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$50.20 LAK1,086,754	$42.97	-14.4%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$65.21 LAK1,411,532	$54.22	-16.8%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$66.39 LAK1,437,049	$81.06	+22.1%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$47.52 LAK1,028,728	$96.00	+102.0%
Average			+23.2%

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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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