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Vanuatu vs. Lebanon Cost of Living Summary

Vanuatu is 2.2 times more expensive than Lebanon overall.

Restaurants: pay 73.1% more in Vanuatu
Groceries: pay 3.5 times more in Vanuatu
Transportation: pay 8.4% more in Vanuatu
Housing: pay 4.2 times more in Vanuatu
Childcare: pay 2.1 times more in Vanuatu
Entertainment and Sports: pay 98.0% more in Vanuatu
Clothing: pay 1.9% less in Vanuatu

The cost of housing, groceries, childcare, entertainment and sports, restaurants, and transportation in Vanuatu are more expensive than in Lebanon. Notably, housing, groceries, and childcare are significantly more expensive in Vanuatu.

Vanuatu vs. Lebanon Cost Breakdown

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

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pay 73.1% more for restaurants

	Lebanon	Vanuatu
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$7.66 LBP685K	$12.52 VUV1,495	+63.5%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$8.00 LBP715K	$9.56 VUV1,141	+19.5%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$1.63 LBP146K	$2.55 VUV304	+56.6%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$0.76 LBP68,171	$1.93 VUV230	+152.9%
Average			+73.1%

Lebanon vs. Vanuatu - Cost of restaurants

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pay 3.5 times more for groceries

	Lebanon	Vanuatu
Bread 1 loaf	$0.60 LBP53,753	$2.54 VUV303	+322.2%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$3.95 LBP353K	$10.02 VUV1,196	+153.7%
Milk (1 gallon)	$5.56 LBP497K	$9.06 VUV1,082	+62.9%
Eggs 1 dozen	$2.33 LBP209K	$5.26 VUV628	+125.4%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$3.54 LBP317K	$8.33 VUV995	+135.3%
Apples (1 lb)	$0.68 LBP61,185	$2.11 VUV252	+208.0%
Bananas (1 lb)	$0.46 LBP40,807	$0.88 VUV105	+93.6%
Oranges (1 lb)	$0.41 LBP36,397	$2.73 VUV325	+569.7%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$0.46 LBP41,519	$2.46 VUV294	+430.0%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$0.33 LBP29,418	$1.96 VUV234	+496.9%
Onions (1 lb)	$0.45 LBP40,167	$0.95 VUV114	+112.4%
Average			+246.4%

Lebanon vs. Vanuatu - Cost of groceries

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pay 8.4% more for transportation

	Lebanon	Vanuatu
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$3.44 LBP307K	$7.11 VUV849	+106.9%
Monthly public transit pass	$72.50 LBP6M	$66.78 VUV7,973	-7.9%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$28,750.00 LBP3B	$22,956.84 VUV3M	-20.2%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$16.00 LBP1M	$8.77 VUV1,046	-45.2%
Average			+8.4%

Lebanon vs. Vanuatu - Cost of transportation

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pay 4.2 times more for housing

	Lebanon	Vanuatu
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$37.92 LBP3M	$226.79 VUV27,076	+498.0%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$571.15 LBP51M	$1,906.11 VUV228K	+233.7%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$277.78 LBP25M	$1,278.71 VUV153K	+360.3%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$139.38 LBP12M	$406.43 VUV48,523	+191.6%
Average			+320.9%

Lebanon vs. Vanuatu - Cost of housing

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pay 2.1 times more for childcare

	Lebanon	Vanuatu
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$248.75 LBP22M	$617.75 VUV73,752	+148.3%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$4,093.75 LBP366M	$6,795.22 VUV811K	+66.0%
Average			+107.2%

Lebanon vs. Vanuatu - Cost of childcare

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pay 98.0% more for entertainment and sports

	Lebanon	Vanuatu
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$4.00 LBP358K	$4.81 VUV575	+20.3%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$2.89 LBP259K	$5.70 VUV680	+97.0%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$2.52 LBP226K	$9.18 VUV1,096	+263.7%
Monthly membership at local gym	$42.92 LBP4M	$67.52 VUV8,061	+57.3%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$8.25 LBP738K	$12.52 VUV1,495	+51.8%
Average			+98.0%

Lebanon vs. Vanuatu - Cost of entertainment and sports

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pay 1.9% less for clothing

	Lebanon	Vanuatu
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$53.44 LBP5M	$33.39 VUV3,987	-37.5%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$50.00 LBP4M	$66.78 VUV7,973	+33.6%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$101.94 LBP9M	??
Men's business shoes (leather)	$88.93 LBP8M	??
Average			-1.9%

Lebanon vs. Vanuatu - 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: March 2026

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