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Mauritania vs. Liberia Cost of Living Summary

Mauritania is 28.6% more expensive than Liberia overall.

Restaurants: pay 26.5% less in Mauritania
Groceries: pay 58.2% less in Mauritania
Transportation: pay 21.3% less in Mauritania
Childcare: pay 4.2 times more in Mauritania
Entertainment and Sports: pay 31.9% less in Mauritania
Clothing: pay 11.0% less in Mauritania

Expenses including groceries, entertainment and sports, restaurants, transportation, clothing, and housing are lower in Mauritania. Notably, childcare is significantly more expensive in Mauritania.

Mauritania vs. Liberia Cost Breakdown

If you lived in Mauritania instead of Liberia, you would:

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pay 26.5% less for restaurants

	Liberia	Mauritania
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$7.50 LRD1,326.75	$3.01 MRO1,082	-59.8%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$11.00 LRD1,945.90	$6.28 MRO2,254	-42.9%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$2.00 LRD353.80	$1.77 MRO637	-11.3%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$2.00 LRD353.80	$2.16 MRO775	+8.0%
Average			-26.5%

Liberia vs. Mauritania - Cost of restaurants

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pay 58.2% less for groceries

	Liberia	Mauritania
Bread 1 loaf	$1.79 LRD316.87	$0.28 MRO99	-84.6%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$5.91 LRD1,044.66	$2.76 MRO990	-53.3%
Milk (1 gallon)	$8.01 LRD1,417.23	$5.36 MRO1,923	-33.2%
Eggs 1 dozen	$3.60 LRD636.84	$2.23 MRO800	-38.1%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$5.38 LRD950.84	$2.51 MRO901	-53.3%
Apples (1 lb)	$0.74 LRD131.33	$1.00 MRO360	+35.1%
Bananas (1 lb)	$3.83 LRD678.12	$0.83 MRO299	-78.3%
Oranges (1 lb)	$4.67 LRD825.53	$0.65 MRO234	-86.0%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$5.00 LRD884.50	$0.45 MRO161	-91.0%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$1.03 LRD182.19	$0.35 MRO126	-66.0%
Onions (1 lb)	$4.83 LRD855.02	$0.39 MRO141	-91.9%
Average			-58.2%

Liberia vs. Mauritania - Cost of groceries

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pay 21.3% less for transportation

	Liberia	Mauritania
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$4.69 LRD830.25	$5.36 MRO1,924	+14.2%
Monthly public transit pass	$20.00 LRD3,538.00	$21.97 MRO7,889	+9.9%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$12,534.94 LRD2,217,430.36	$7,533.89 MRO2,704,667	-39.9%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$12.69 LRD2,245.20	$3.89 MRO1,397	-69.3%
Average			-21.3%

Liberia vs. Mauritania - Cost of transportation

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pay (unknown) more for housing

	Liberia	Mauritania
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$93.25 LRD16,495.91	$60.27 MRO21,637	-35.4%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$666.67 LRD117,933.34	$225.73 MRO81,036	-66.1%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$95.00 LRD16,805.50	$162.03 MRO58,168	+70.6%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$85.26 LRD15,083.29	$111.41 MRO39,996	+30.7%

Liberia vs. Mauritania - Cost of housing

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pay 4.2 times more for childcare

	Liberia	Mauritania
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$129.33 LRD22,879.05	$73.21 MRO26,284	-43.4%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$894.00 LRD158,148.34	$7,011.73 MRO2,517,211	+684.3%
Average			+320.4%

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pay 31.9% less for entertainment and sports

	Liberia	Mauritania
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$3.00 LRD530.70	$1.96 MRO703	-34.7%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$3.33 LRD589.67	$2.30 MRO825	-31.1%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$5.00 LRD884.50	$2.51 MRO902	-49.8%
Monthly membership at local gym	$76.25 LRD13,488.63	$87.27 MRO31,329	+14.4%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$9.75 LRD1,724.73	$4.08 MRO1,465	-58.1%
Average			-31.9%

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pay 11.0% less for clothing

	Liberia	Mauritania
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$18.41 LRD3,257.16	$20.45 MRO7,342	+11.1%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$33.75 LRD5,970.38	$20.77 MRO7,455	-38.5%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$56.25 LRD9,950.63	$69.22 MRO24,848	+23.1%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$68.75 LRD12,161.88	$41.44 MRO14,876	-39.7%
Average			-11.0%

Liberia vs. Mauritania - 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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