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Ethiopia vs. Lebanon Cost of Living Summary

Ethiopia is 57.8% more expensive than Lebanon overall.

Restaurants: pay 37.9% less in Ethiopia
Groceries: pay 68.5% more in Ethiopia
Transportation: pay 7.4% less in Ethiopia
Housing: pay 89.5% more in Ethiopia
Childcare: pay 3.9 times more in Ethiopia
Entertainment and Sports: pay 9.5% less in Ethiopia
Clothing: pay 14.1% more in Ethiopia

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

Ethiopia vs. Lebanon Cost Breakdown

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

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pay 37.9% less for restaurants

	Lebanon	Ethiopia
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$7.66 LBP684,169	$4.26 ETB655.54	-44.4%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$8.00 LBP714,522	$6.50 ETB1,000.24	-18.8%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$1.63 LBP145,385	$0.61 ETB93.51	-62.7%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$0.76 LBP68,103	$0.57 ETB87.20	-25.7%
Average			-37.9%

Lebanon vs. Ethiopia - Cost of restaurants

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pay 68.5% more for groceries

	Lebanon	Ethiopia
Bread 1 loaf	$0.60 LBP53,699	$1.26 ETB193.73	+109.4%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$3.95 LBP352,609	$4.34 ETB667.36	+9.9%
Milk (1 gallon)	$5.56 LBP496,610	$5.42 ETB834.53	-2.5%
Eggs 1 dozen	$2.33 LBP208,328	$2.28 ETB351.02	-2.2%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$3.54 LBP316,225	$5.76 ETB886.79	+62.8%
Apples (1 lb)	$0.68 LBP61,124	$3.08 ETB473.48	+349.6%
Bananas (1 lb)	$0.46 LBP40,766	$0.43 ETB66.40	-5.5%
Oranges (1 lb)	$0.41 LBP36,360	$1.06 ETB162.78	+159.8%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$0.46 LBP41,477	$0.40 ETB62.30	-12.8%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$0.33 LBP29,389	$0.28 ETB42.45	-16.2%
Onions (1 lb)	$0.45 LBP40,127	$0.91 ETB139.43	+101.7%
Average			+68.5%

Lebanon vs. Ethiopia - Cost of groceries

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pay 7.4% less for transportation

	Lebanon	Ethiopia
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$3.44 LBP306,966	$4.81 ETB740.52	+40.0%
Monthly public transit pass	$72.50 LBP6,475,359	$12.00 ETB1,846.60	-83.4%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$28,750.00 LBP2,567,814,963	$55,000.00 ETB8,463,587.61	+91.3%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$16.00 LBP1,429,045	$3.62 ETB556.29	-77.4%
Average			-7.4%

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pay 89.5% more for housing

	Lebanon	Ethiopia
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$37.92 LBP3,387,111	$130.20 ETB20,035.62	+243.3%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$571.15 LBP51,012,779	$815.99 ETB125,568.08	+42.9%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$277.78 LBP24,809,806	$512.43 ETB78,854.26	+84.5%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$139.38 LBP12,448,355	$121.97 ETB18,769.25	-12.5%
Average			+89.5%

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pay 3.9 times more for childcare

	Lebanon	Ethiopia
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$248.75 LBP22,217,182	$94.05 ETB14,472.47	-62.2%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$4,093.75 LBP365,634,522	$30,187.50 ETB4,645,355.47	+637.4%
Average			+287.6%

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pay 9.5% less for entertainment and sports

	Lebanon	Ethiopia
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$4.00 LBP357,261	$0.90 ETB138.50	-77.5%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$2.89 LBP258,327	$1.09 ETB167.35	-62.4%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$2.52 LBP225,521	$5.10 ETB784.81	+102.0%
Monthly membership at local gym	$42.92 LBP3,833,115	$62.10 ETB9,556.74	+44.7%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$8.25 LBP736,851	$3.75 ETB577.06	-54.5%
Average			-9.5%

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pay 14.1% more for clothing

	Lebanon	Ethiopia
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$53.44 LBP4,772,787	$45.03 ETB6,929.81	-15.7%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$50.00 LBP4,465,765	$75.17 ETB11,566.90	+50.3%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$101.94 LBP9,105,199	$94.08 ETB14,477.62	-7.7%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$88.93 LBP7,942,682	$115.09 ETB17,709.97	+29.4%
Average			+14.1%

Lebanon vs. Ethiopia - 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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