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Bolivia vs. Lebanon Cost of Living Summary

Bolivia is 22.2% cheaper than Lebanon overall.

Restaurants: pay 29.9% less in Bolivia
Groceries: pay 19.3% more in Bolivia
Transportation: pay 36.0% less in Bolivia
Housing: pay 30.1% less in Bolivia
Childcare: pay 27.4% less in Bolivia
Entertainment and Sports: pay 22.3% less in Bolivia
Clothing: pay 29.1% less in Bolivia

Expenses including transportation, housing, restaurants, clothing, childcare, and entertainment and sports are lower in Bolivia.

Bolivia vs. Lebanon Cost Breakdown

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

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pay 29.9% less for restaurants

	Lebanon	Bolivia
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$7.66 LBP684,169	$2.82 BOB19.43	-63.2%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$8.00 LBP714,522	$6.76 BOB46.55	-15.6%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$1.63 LBP145,385	$0.97 BOB6.66	-40.6%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$0.76 LBP68,103	$0.76 BOB5.25	-0.1%
Average			-29.9%

Lebanon vs. Bolivia - Cost of restaurants

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pay 19.3% more for groceries

	Lebanon	Bolivia
Bread 1 loaf	$0.60 LBP53,699	$1.31 BOB9.01	+117.4%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$3.95 LBP352,609	$2.43 BOB16.76	-38.4%
Milk (1 gallon)	$5.56 LBP496,610	$3.74 BOB25.74	-32.8%
Eggs 1 dozen	$2.33 LBP208,328	$2.01 BOB13.84	-13.9%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$3.54 LBP316,225	$1.94 BOB13.35	-45.3%
Apples (1 lb)	$0.68 LBP61,124	$1.01 BOB6.98	+47.9%
Bananas (1 lb)	$0.46 LBP40,766	$0.46 BOB3.16	+0.4%
Oranges (1 lb)	$0.41 LBP36,360	$0.57 BOB3.94	+40.4%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$0.46 LBP41,477	$0.82 BOB5.68	+77.6%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$0.33 LBP29,389	$0.52 BOB3.61	+59.4%
Onions (1 lb)	$0.45 LBP40,127	$0.45 BOB3.09	-0.1%
Average			+19.3%

Lebanon vs. Bolivia - Cost of groceries

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pay 36.0% less for transportation

	Lebanon	Bolivia
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$3.44 LBP306,966	$2.41 BOB16.63	-29.8%
Monthly public transit pass	$72.50 LBP6,475,359	$26.13 BOB180.04	-64.0%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$28,750.00 LBP2,567,814,963	$20,165.68 BOB138,952.53	-29.9%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$16.00 LBP1,429,045	$12.71 BOB87.59	-20.5%
Average			-36.0%

Lebanon vs. Bolivia - Cost of transportation

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pay 30.1% less for housing

	Lebanon	Bolivia
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$37.92 LBP3,387,111	$37.51 BOB258.43	-1.1%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$571.15 LBP51,012,779	$379.82 BOB2,617.17	-33.5%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$277.78 LBP24,809,806	$253.87 BOB1,749.28	-8.6%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$139.38 LBP12,448,355	$31.96 BOB220.19	-77.1%
Average			-30.1%

Lebanon vs. Bolivia - Cost of housing

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pay 27.4% less for childcare

	Lebanon	Bolivia
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$248.75 LBP22,217,182	$167.87 BOB1,156.70	-32.5%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$4,093.75 LBP365,634,522	$3,180.74 BOB21,917.02	-22.3%
Average			-27.4%

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pay 22.3% less for entertainment and sports

	Lebanon	Bolivia
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$4.00 LBP357,261	$1.67 BOB11.53	-58.2%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$2.89 LBP258,327	$2.62 BOB18.03	-9.5%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$2.52 LBP225,521	$2.52 BOB17.34	-0.3%
Monthly membership at local gym	$42.92 LBP3,833,115	$32.86 BOB226.42	-23.4%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$8.25 LBP736,851	$6.59 BOB45.38	-20.2%
Average			-22.3%

Lebanon vs. Bolivia - Cost of entertainment and sports

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pay 29.1% less for clothing

	Lebanon	Bolivia
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$53.44 LBP4,772,787	$33.19 BOB228.72	-37.9%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$50.00 LBP4,465,765	$45.06 BOB310.46	-9.9%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$101.94 LBP9,105,199	$67.11 BOB462.42	-34.2%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$88.93 LBP7,942,682	$58.35 BOB402.08	-34.4%
Average			-29.1%

Lebanon vs. Bolivia - 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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