Cost of living comparison
Yemen is 50.7% more expensive than Laos.
If you lived in Yemen instead of Laos, you would:
pay 68.8% more for restaurants
Laos
|
Yemen
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant |
$2.73
LAK58,208
|
$6.66
YER1,667
|
|
Fast food combo meal
McDonalds, or similar
|
$5.00
LAK106,690
|
$8.82
YER2,209
|
|
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz) |
$0.82
LAK17,539
|
$1.19
YER297
|
|
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz) |
$0.51
LAK10,938
|
$0.56
YER141
|
|
pay 12.7% more for groceries
Laos
|
Yemen
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Bread
1 loaf
|
$1.52
LAK32,351
|
$1.39
YER348
|
|
Local cheese (8 oz) |
$5.94
LAK126,851
|
$3.42
YER857
|
|
Milk (1 gallon) |
$9.92
LAK211,596
|
$8.58
YER2,148
|
|
Eggs
1 dozen
|
$1.96
LAK41,882
|
$3.60
YER900
|
|
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb) |
$1.94
LAK41,365
|
$4.51
YER1,128
|
|
Apples (1 lb) |
$2.15
LAK45,774
|
$2.61
YER653
|
|
Bananas (1 lb) |
$0.85
LAK18,123
|
$0.72
YER181
|
|
Oranges (1 lb) |
$1.38
LAK29,376
|
$2.14
YER536
|
|
Tomatoes (1 lb) |
$1.85
LAK39,483
|
$1.10
YER276
|
|
Potatoes (1 lb) |
$1.10
LAK23,502
|
$0.94
YER236
|
|
Onions (1 lb) |
$1.01
LAK21,602
|
$0.83
YER208
|
|
pay 3.7 times more for transportation
Laos
|
Yemen
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Gasoline (1 gallon) |
$4.46
LAK95,098
|
$7.63
YER1,910
|
|
Monthly public transit pass |
$5.94
LAK126,851
|
$60.75
YER15,211
|
|
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition) |
$59,448.31
LAK1,268,509,472
|
$10,651.76
YER2,666,934
|
|
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles) |
$13.89
LAK296,378
|
$38.18
YER9,560
|
|
pay 47.4% less for housing
Laos
|
Yemen
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Internet connection
50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl
|
$168.24
LAK3,589,872
|
$47.56
YER11,908
|
|
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area |
$553.97
LAK11,820,651
|
$277.44
YER69,463
|
|
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center |
$228.82
LAK4,882,637
|
$188.93
YER47,303
|
|
Utilities for two
(700 sq ft apartment)
including electric, gas, water, heating
|
$97.98
LAK2,090,656
|
$48.61
YER12,170
|
|
pay 28.0% less for childcare
Laos
|
Yemen
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly | ?? |
$80.78
YER20,225
|
|
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters |
$4,490.81
LAK95,824,909
|
$3,233.72
YER809,643
|
|
pay 65.3% more for entertainment and sports
Laos
|
Yemen
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Domestic/local beer (1 pint) |
$1.23
LAK26,187
|
$2.35
YER589
|
|
Cappuccino in mid-range area |
$2.02
LAK43,007
|
$3.06
YER766
|
|
Pack of cigarettes
Marlboro or similar
|
$1.84
LAK39,353
|
$4.16
YER1,042
|
|
Monthly membership at local gym |
$34.22
LAK730,128
|
$57.31
YER14,349
|
|
Movie ticket to theater/cinema |
$5.00
LAK106,690
|
$4.50
YER1,126
|
|
pay 11.9% more for clothing
Laos
|
Yemen
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Regular jeans
Levi's brand
|
$93.14
LAK1,987,328
|
$59.92
YER15,002
|
|
Regular dress
from H&M or similar store
|
$50.63
LAK1,080,346
|
$78.57
YER19,671
|
|
Running shoes
Nike or Adidas
|
$124.25
LAK2,651,183
|
$71.63
YER17,935
|
|
Men's business shoes (leather) |
$44.78
LAK955,609
|
$76.25
YER19,092
|
|
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