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Belize vs. Lebanon Cost of Living Summary

Belize is 21.4% more expensive than Lebanon overall.

Restaurants: pay 18.7% more in Belize
Groceries: pay 2.5 times more in Belize
Transportation: pay 13.5% more in Belize
Housing: pay 50.2% more in Belize
Childcare: pay 78.8% less in Belize
Entertainment and Sports: pay 13.6% more in Belize
Clothing: pay 21.2% less in Belize

The cost of groceries, housing, restaurants, entertainment and sports, and transportation in Belize are more expensive than in Lebanon. Expenses including childcare and clothing are lower in Belize. Notably, groceries is significantly more expensive in Belize.

Belize vs. Lebanon Cost Breakdown

If you lived in Belize instead of Lebanon, you would:

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pay 18.7% more for restaurants

	Lebanon	Belize
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$7.66 LBP684,169	$9.36 BZD18.77	+22.1%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$8.00 LBP714,522	$9.75 BZD19.55	+21.9%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$1.63 LBP145,385	$1.29 BZD2.59	-20.8%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$0.76 LBP68,103	$1.15 BZD2.32	+51.5%
Average			+18.7%

Lebanon vs. Belize - Cost of restaurants

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pay 2.5 times more for groceries

	Lebanon	Belize
Bread 1 loaf	$0.60 LBP53,699	$2.00 BZD4.01	+232.2%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$3.95 LBP352,609	$7.77 BZD15.58	+96.8%
Milk (1 gallon)	$5.56 LBP496,610	$13.68 BZD27.43	+146.0%
Eggs 1 dozen	$2.33 LBP208,328	$2.35 BZD4.72	+0.9%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$3.54 LBP316,225	$3.30 BZD6.62	-6.7%
Apples (1 lb)	$0.68 LBP61,124	$2.62 BZD5.26	+283.5%
Bananas (1 lb)	$0.46 LBP40,766	$0.57 BZD1.14	+24.4%
Oranges (1 lb)	$0.41 LBP36,360	$0.73 BZD1.47	+80.1%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$0.46 LBP41,477	$2.00 BZD4.00	+329.7%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$0.33 LBP29,389	$1.41 BZD2.83	+328.6%
Onions (1 lb)	$0.45 LBP40,127	$1.26 BZD2.52	+179.9%
Average			+154.1%

Lebanon vs. Belize - Cost of groceries

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pay 13.5% more for transportation

	Lebanon	Belize
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$3.44 LBP306,966	$6.61 BZD13.25	+92.2%
Monthly public transit pass	$72.50 LBP6,475,359	$20.00 BZD40.11	-72.4%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$28,750.00 LBP2,567,814,963	$10,514.56 BZD21,087.14	-63.4%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$16.00 LBP1,429,045	$31.59 BZD63.35	+97.4%
Average			+13.5%

Lebanon vs. Belize - Cost of transportation

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pay 50.2% more for housing

	Lebanon	Belize
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$37.92 LBP3,387,111	$74.90 BZD150.22	+97.5%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$571.15 LBP51,012,779	$684.11 BZD1,372.00	+19.8%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$277.78 LBP24,809,806	$547.15 BZD1,097.32	+97.0%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$139.38 LBP12,448,355	$120.58 BZD241.82	-13.5%
Average			+50.2%

Lebanon vs. Belize - Cost of housing

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pay 78.8% less for childcare

	Lebanon	Belize
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$248.75 LBP22,217,182	$64.52 BZD129.39	-74.1%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$4,093.75 LBP365,634,522	$674.20 BZD1,352.11	-83.5%
Average			-78.8%

Lebanon vs. Belize - Cost of childcare

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pay 13.6% more for entertainment and sports

	Lebanon	Belize
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$4.00 LBP357,261	$2.66 BZD5.33	-33.5%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$2.89 LBP258,327	$3.60 BZD7.23	+24.6%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$2.52 LBP225,521	$5.00 BZD10.03	+98.0%
Monthly membership at local gym	$42.92 LBP3,833,115	$32.91 BZD66.00	-23.3%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$8.25 LBP736,851	$8.42 BZD16.88	+2.0%
Average			+13.6%

Lebanon vs. Belize - Cost of entertainment and sports

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pay 21.2% less for clothing

	Lebanon	Belize
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$53.44 LBP4,772,787	$37.45 BZD75.11	-29.9%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$50.00 LBP4,465,765	$27.42 BZD54.99	-45.2%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$101.94 LBP9,105,199	$91.13 BZD182.77	-10.6%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$88.93 LBP7,942,682	$89.59 BZD179.68	+0.7%
Average			-21.2%

Lebanon vs. Belize - 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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