Cost of living comparison
Ethiopia is 71.5% more expensive than Lithuania.
If you lived in Ethiopia instead of Lithuania, you would:
pay 41.8% less for restaurants
Lithuania
|
Ethiopia
|
||
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Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant |
$9.60
€9.00
|
$7.66
ETB434.69
|
|
Fast food combo meal
McDonalds, or similar
|
$6.46
€6.06
|
$5.60
ETB317.79
|
|
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz) |
$1.64
€1.54
|
$0.64
ETB36.03
|
|
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz) |
$1.44
€1.35
|
$0.39
ETB22.38
|
|
pay 6.5% more for groceries
Lithuania
|
Ethiopia
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Bread
1 loaf
|
$1.28
€1.20
|
$0.59
ETB33.67
|
|
Local cheese (8 oz) |
$4.50
€4.22
|
$4.28
ETB242.75
|
|
Milk (1 gallon) |
$5.00
€4.70
|
$3.85
ETB218.63
|
|
Eggs
1 dozen
|
$2.31
€2.17
|
$2.23
ETB126.44
|
|
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb) |
$2.81
€2.63
|
$3.58
ETB203.12
|
|
Apples (1 lb) |
$0.54
€0.51
|
$1.87
ETB106.19
|
|
Bananas (1 lb) |
$0.66
€0.62
|
$0.42
ETB23.99
|
|
Oranges (1 lb) |
$0.73
€0.68
|
$0.88
ETB50.03
|
|
Tomatoes (1 lb) |
$1.13
€1.06
|
$0.31
ETB17.52
|
|
Potatoes (1 lb) |
$0.28
€0.26
|
$0.19
ETB11.06
|
|
Onions (1 lb) |
$0.27
€0.25
|
$0.28
ETB15.75
|
|
pay 35.4% less for transportation
Lithuania
|
Ethiopia
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Gasoline (1 gallon) |
$6.57
€6.16
|
$3.15
ETB178.53
|
|
Monthly public transit pass |
$30.24
€28.37
|
$11.00
ETB624.23
|
|
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition) |
$23,112.58
€21,685.38
|
$26,000.00
ETB1,475,443.09
|
|
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles) |
$6.67
€6.26
|
$4.10
ETB232.67
|
|
pay 4.5 times more for housing
Lithuania
|
Ethiopia
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Internet connection
50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl
|
$13.14
€12.33
|
$202.38
ETB11,484.76
|
|
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area |
$411.89
€386.45
|
$496.62
ETB28,181.91
|
|
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center |
$288.97
€271.12
|
$259.10
ETB14,703.41
|
|
Utilities for two
(700 sq ft apartment)
including electric, gas, water, heating
|
$146.55
€137.50
|
$101.32
ETB5,749.89
|
|
pay 3.6 times more for childcare
Lithuania
|
Ethiopia
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly |
$398.36
€373.77
|
$74.57
ETB4,231.93
|
|
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters |
$6,476.89
€6,076.95
|
$46,000.00
ETB2,610,399.31
|
|
pay 25.1% less for entertainment and sports
Lithuania
|
Ethiopia
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Domestic/local beer (1 pint) |
$3.77
€3.54
|
$0.75
ETB42.56
|
|
Cappuccino in mid-range area |
$2.65
€2.49
|
$0.73
ETB41.49
|
|
Pack of cigarettes
Marlboro or similar
|
$4.68
€4.39
|
$4.00
ETB226.99
|
|
Monthly membership at local gym |
$35.04
€32.87
|
$66.88
ETB3,795.01
|
|
Movie ticket to theater/cinema |
$7.90
€7.41
|
$4.00
ETB226.99
|
|
pay 23.0% less for clothing
Lithuania
|
Ethiopia
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Regular jeans
Levi's brand
|
$78.17
€73.34
|
$26.92
ETB1,527.40
|
|
Regular dress
from H&M or similar store
|
$43.64
€40.94
|
$53.83
ETB3,054.45
|
|
Running shoes
Nike or Adidas
|
$78.57
€73.72
|
$64.59
ETB3,665.14
|
|
Men's business shoes (leather) |
$115.33
€108.21
|
$78.66
ETB4,463.59
|
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