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United Kingdom vs. Liberia Cost of Living Summary

United Kingdom is 4.3 times more expensive than Liberia overall.

Restaurants: pay 40.2% more in United Kingdom
Groceries: pay 30.5% less in United Kingdom
Transportation: pay 2.8 times more in United Kingdom
Housing: pay 4.1 times more in United Kingdom
Childcare: pay 16.8 times more in United Kingdom
Entertainment and Sports: pay 87.6% more in United Kingdom
Clothing: pay 2.3 times more in United Kingdom

The cost of childcare, housing, transportation, clothing, entertainment and sports, and restaurants in United Kingdom are more expensive than in Liberia. Notably, childcare, housing, and transportation are significantly more expensive in United Kingdom.

United Kingdom vs. Liberia Cost Breakdown

If you lived in United Kingdom instead of Liberia, you would:

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pay 40.2% more for restaurants

	Liberia	United Kingdom
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$7.50 LRD1,332.19	$20.41 £15.41	+172.1%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$11.00 LRD1,953.88	$9.94 £7.51	-9.6%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$2.00 LRD355.25	$2.32 £1.75	+16.1%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$2.00 LRD355.25	$1.65 £1.24	-17.7%
Average			+40.2%

Liberia vs. United Kingdom - Cost of restaurants

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pay 30.5% less for groceries

	Liberia	United Kingdom
Bread 1 loaf	$1.79 LRD318.17	$1.59 £1.20	-11.0%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$5.91 LRD1,048.95	$4.71 £3.55	-20.3%
Milk (1 gallon)	$8.01 LRD1,423.03	$6.20 £4.68	-22.6%
Eggs 1 dozen	$3.60 LRD639.45	$3.87 £2.92	+7.4%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$5.38 LRD954.74	$3.87 £2.92	-28.0%
Apples (1 lb)	$0.74 LRD131.87	$1.32 £1.00	+77.7%
Bananas (1 lb)	$3.83 LRD680.90	$0.73 £0.55	-80.9%
Oranges (1 lb)	$4.67 LRD828.92	$1.28 £0.97	-72.5%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$5.00 LRD888.13	$1.49 £1.13	-70.1%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$1.03 LRD182.93	$0.72 £0.54	-30.1%
Onions (1 lb)	$4.83 LRD858.52	$0.71 £0.54	-85.3%
Average			-30.5%

Liberia vs. United Kingdom - Cost of groceries

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pay 2.8 times more for transportation

	Liberia	United Kingdom
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$4.69 LRD833.65	$7.22 £5.45	+53.9%
Monthly public transit pass	$20.00 LRD3,552.50	$99.05 £74.80	+395.2%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$12,534.94 LRD2,226,518.22	$36,224.29 £27,355.86	+189.0%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$12.69 LRD2,254.41	$22.08 £16.67	+74.0%
Average			+178.0%

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pay 4.1 times more for housing

	Liberia	United Kingdom
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$93.25 LRD16,563.52	$41.90 £31.64	-55.1%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$666.67 LRD118,416.67	$1,285.79 £971.00	+92.9%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$95.00 LRD16,874.38	$1,062.09 £802.07	+1018.0%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$85.26 LRD15,145.11	$233.57 £176.39	+173.9%
Average			+307.4%

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pay 16.8 times more for childcare

	Liberia	United Kingdom
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$129.33 LRD22,972.82	$1,530.71 £1,155.97	+1083.5%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$894.00 LRD158,796.49	$19,375.12 £14,631.70	+2067.2%
Average			+1575.3%

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pay 87.6% more for entertainment and sports

	Liberia	United Kingdom
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$3.00 LRD532.88	$6.35 £4.79	+111.6%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$3.33 LRD592.08	$4.54 £3.43	+36.1%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$5.00 LRD888.13	$19.18 £14.48	+283.5%
Monthly membership at local gym	$76.25 LRD13,543.91	$49.26 £37.20	-35.4%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$9.75 LRD1,731.80	$13.88 £10.48	+42.4%
Average			+87.6%

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pay 2.3 times more for clothing

	Liberia	United Kingdom
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$18.41 LRD3,270.51	$86.00 £64.94	+367.1%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$33.75 LRD5,994.84	$44.20 £33.38	+31.0%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$56.25 LRD9,991.41	$95.21 £71.90	+69.3%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$68.75 LRD12,211.72	$101.36 £76.54	+47.4%
Average			+128.7%

Liberia vs. United Kingdom - 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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