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Gambia vs. Lebanon Cost of Living Summary

Gambia is 27.7% cheaper than Lebanon overall.

Restaurants: pay 35.5% more in Gambia
Groceries: pay 7.8% more in Gambia
Transportation: pay 57.4% less in Gambia
Housing: pay 57.0% less in Gambia
Childcare: pay 97.0% less in Gambia
Entertainment and Sports: pay 22.8% less in Gambia
Clothing: pay 2.8% less in Gambia

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

Gambia vs. Lebanon Cost Breakdown

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

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pay 35.5% more for restaurants

	Lebanon	Gambia
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$7.66 LBP686,023	$6.76 GMD493.24	-11.8%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$8.00 LBP716,459	$8.17 GMD596.06	+2.1%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$1.63 LBP145,779	$2.45 GMD178.64	+50.3%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$0.76 LBP68,287	$1.53 GMD112.01	+101.2%
Average			+35.5%

Lebanon vs. Gambia - Cost of restaurants

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pay 7.8% more for groceries

	Lebanon	Gambia
Bread 1 loaf	$0.60 LBP53,845	$0.52 GMD38.23	-12.9%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$3.95 LBP353,565	$3.04 GMD221.96	-23.0%
Milk (1 gallon)	$5.56 LBP497,956	$5.12 GMD373.43	-8.0%
Eggs 1 dozen	$2.33 LBP208,892	$1.93 GMD140.57	-17.4%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$3.54 LBP317,082	$1.23 GMD89.49	-65.4%
Apples (1 lb)	$0.68 LBP61,289	$0.92 GMD67.12	+34.4%
Bananas (1 lb)	$0.46 LBP40,876	$0.56 GMD41.02	+23.1%
Oranges (1 lb)	$0.41 LBP36,459	$0.82 GMD59.66	+100.8%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$0.46 LBP41,590	$0.61 GMD44.75	+32.0%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$0.33 LBP29,468	$0.41 GMD29.83	+24.2%
Onions (1 lb)	$0.45 LBP40,236	$0.44 GMD32.07	-2.2%
Average			+7.8%

Lebanon vs. Gambia - Cost of groceries

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pay 57.4% less for transportation

	Lebanon	Gambia
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$3.44 LBP307,798	$4.00 GMD292.07	+16.4%
Monthly public transit pass	$72.50 LBP6,492,907	$6.55 GMD478.15	-91.0%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$28,750.00 LBP2,574,773,435	$2,635.13 GMD192,364.85	-90.8%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$16.00 LBP1,432,917	$5.74 GMD419.26	-64.1%
Average			-57.4%

Lebanon vs. Gambia - Cost of transportation

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pay 57.0% less for housing

	Lebanon	Gambia
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$37.92 LBP3,396,290	$45.05 GMD3,288.29	+18.8%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$571.15 LBP51,151,017	$102.56 GMD7,486.88	-82.0%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$277.78 LBP24,877,038	$51.13 GMD3,732.21	-81.6%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$139.38 LBP12,482,089	$23.25 GMD1,697.34	-83.3%
Average			-57.0%

Lebanon vs. Gambia - Cost of housing

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pay 97.0% less for childcare

	Lebanon	Gambia
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$248.75 LBP22,277,388	$6.76 GMD493.24	-97.3%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$4,093.75 LBP366,625,348	$135.14 GMD9,864.86	-96.7%
Average			-97.0%

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pay 22.8% less for entertainment and sports

	Lebanon	Gambia
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$4.00 LBP358,229	$4.70 GMD342.98	+17.5%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$2.89 LBP259,027	$3.05 GMD222.95	+5.6%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$2.52 LBP226,132	$1.69 GMD123.31	-33.1%
Monthly membership at local gym	$42.92 LBP3,843,502	$23.65 GMD1,726.35	-44.9%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$8.25 LBP738,848	$3.38 GMD246.62	-59.0%
Average			-22.8%

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pay 2.8% less for clothing

	Lebanon	Gambia
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$53.44 LBP4,785,720	$56.00 GMD4,088.00	+4.8%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$50.00 LBP4,477,867	$44.34 GMD3,236.82	-11.3%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$101.94 LBP9,129,873	$99.43 GMD7,258.39	-2.5%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$88.93 LBP7,964,206	$86.99 GMD6,350.27	-2.2%
Average			-2.8%

Lebanon vs. Gambia - 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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