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Jamaica vs. Madagascar Cost of Living Summary

Jamaica is 2.1 times more expensive than Madagascar overall.

Restaurants: pay 67.1% more in Jamaica
Groceries: pay 2.7 times more in Jamaica
Transportation: pay 90.3% more in Jamaica
Housing: pay 2.7 times more in Jamaica
Childcare: pay 2.1 times more in Jamaica
Entertainment and Sports: pay 2.7 times more in Jamaica
Clothing: pay 14.1% more in Jamaica

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

Jamaica vs. Madagascar Cost Breakdown

If you lived in Jamaica instead of Madagascar, you would:

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pay 67.1% more for restaurants

	Madagascar	Jamaica
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$3.04 MGA13,565	$7.18 JMD1,149.07	+136.1%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$4.73 MGA21,097	$7.65 JMD1,224.39	+61.7%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$0.82 MGA3,657	$1.24 JMD197.68	+50.7%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$0.62 MGA2,776	$0.75 JMD119.53	+20.0%
Average			+67.1%

Madagascar vs. Jamaica - Cost of restaurants

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pay 2.7 times more for groceries

	Madagascar	Jamaica
Bread 1 loaf	$0.88 MGA3,910	$2.71 JMD434.30	+209.5%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$5.36 MGA23,916	$5.07 JMD811.02	-5.5%
Milk (1 gallon)	$3.89 MGA17,345	$13.82 JMD2,212.30	+255.5%
Eggs 1 dozen	$1.97 MGA8,790	$3.51 JMD561.58	+78.0%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$2.63 MGA11,752	$2.83 JMD453.25	+7.5%
Apples (1 lb)	$0.64 MGA2,859	$2.51 JMD401.27	+291.2%
Bananas (1 lb)	$0.33 MGA1,481	$1.32 JMD211.77	+298.4%
Oranges (1 lb)	$0.57 MGA2,524	$1.91 JMD305.13	+236.9%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$0.41 MGA1,823	$1.23 JMD196.12	+199.8%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$0.29 MGA1,279	$0.93 JMD149.19	+225.1%
Onions (1 lb)	$0.40 MGA1,805	$0.89 JMD142.60	+120.1%
Average			+174.2%

Madagascar vs. Jamaica - Cost of groceries

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pay 90.3% more for transportation

	Madagascar	Jamaica
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$4.44 MGA19,804	$4.77 JMD763.39	+7.4%
Monthly public transit pass	??	$48.93 JMD7,830.93
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$12,651.72 MGA56,433,540	$42,765.27 JMD6,844,868.88	+238.0%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$17.17 MGA76,588	$21.56 JMD3,450.36	+25.5%
Average			+90.3%

Madagascar vs. Jamaica - Cost of transportation

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pay 2.7 times more for housing

	Madagascar	Jamaica
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$60.23 MGA268,678	$49.24 JMD7,881.88	-18.2%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$257.49 MGA1,148,552	$505.52 JMD80,912.46	+96.3%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$71.69 MGA319,786	$400.25 JMD64,062.64	+458.3%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$44.95 MGA200,485	$111.28 JMD17,810.95	+147.6%
Average			+171.0%

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pay 2.1 times more for childcare

	Madagascar	Jamaica
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$46.54 MGA207,595	$184.63 JMD29,551.48	+296.7%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$8,634.52 MGA38,514,631	$2,785.57 JMD445,849.05	-67.7%
Average			+114.5%

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pay 2.7 times more for entertainment and sports

	Madagascar	Jamaica
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$0.82 MGA3,642	$2.34 JMD374.75	+186.8%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$1.33 MGA5,930	$3.50 JMD559.87	+163.1%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$1.73 MGA7,734	$8.58 JMD1,373.94	+395.1%
Monthly membership at local gym	$29.94 MGA133,560	$41.65 JMD6,666.23	+39.1%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$6.47 MGA28,875	$11.47 JMD1,836.17	+77.2%
Average			+172.3%

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pay 14.1% more for clothing

	Madagascar	Jamaica
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$19.48 MGA86,877	$21.47 JMD3,436.21	+10.2%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$17.20 MGA76,743	$21.34 JMD3,416.05	+24.1%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$70.84 MGA315,983	$64.53 JMD10,328.78	-8.9%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$55.48 MGA247,460	$72.59 JMD11,618.51	+30.8%
Average			+14.1%

Madagascar vs. Jamaica - 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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