Cost of living comparison
Botswana is 36.3% more expensive than Malaysia.
If you lived in Botswana instead of Malaysia, you would:
pay 2.0 times more for restaurants
Malaysia
|
Botswana
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant |
$2.36
RM11.23
|
$8.42
P115.27
|
|
Fast food combo meal
McDonalds, or similar
|
$3.63
RM17.31
|
$5.74
P78.60
|
|
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz) |
$0.63
RM3.02
|
$0.88
P12.11
|
|
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz) |
$0.34
RM1.63
|
$0.56
P7.66
|
|
pay 9.6% more for groceries
Malaysia
|
Botswana
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Bread
1 loaf
|
$0.85
RM4.03
|
$0.76
P10.34
|
|
Local cheese (8 oz) |
$6.41
RM30.55
|
$2.41
P33.01
|
|
Milk (1 gallon) |
$5.71
RM27.22
|
$4.54
P62.21
|
|
Eggs
1 dozen
|
$1.40
RM6.69
|
$2.13
P29.22
|
|
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb) |
$1.88
RM8.96
|
$1.96
P26.81
|
|
Apples (1 lb) |
$0.99
RM4.70
|
$0.80
P11.01
|
|
Bananas (1 lb) |
$0.52
RM2.47
|
$0.71
P9.76
|
|
Oranges (1 lb) |
$1.04
RM4.94
|
$0.96
P13.15
|
|
Tomatoes (1 lb) |
$0.55
RM2.61
|
$0.62
P8.51
|
|
Potatoes (1 lb) |
$0.35
RM1.66
|
$0.62
P8.50
|
|
Onions (1 lb) |
$0.48
RM2.31
|
$0.68
P9.25
|
|
pay 97.8% more for transportation
Malaysia
|
Botswana
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Gasoline (1 gallon) |
$1.79
RM8.53
|
$4.19
P57.41
|
|
Monthly public transit pass |
$18.01
RM85.88
|
$22.96
P314.38
|
|
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition) |
$34,228.03
RM163,216.36
|
$18,748.78
P256,747.22
|
|
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles) |
$5.07
RM24.17
|
$18.98
P259.89
|
|
pay 47.3% more for housing
Malaysia
|
Botswana
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Internet connection
50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl
|
$26.77
RM127.63
|
$85.82
P1,175.20
|
|
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area |
$326.71
RM1,557.94
|
$251.58
P3,445.13
|
|
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center |
$217.05
RM1,035.00
|
$202.25
P2,769.58
|
|
Utilities for two
(700 sq ft apartment)
including electric, gas, water, heating
|
$34.40
RM164.05
|
$33.90
P464.22
|
|
pay 1.8% less for childcare
Malaysia
|
Botswana
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly |
$144.81
RM690.52
|
$164.53
P2,253.09
|
|
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters |
$6,108.87
RM29,130.13
|
$5,060.26
P69,295.55
|
|
pay 1.2% more for entertainment and sports
Malaysia
|
Botswana
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Domestic/local beer (1 pint) |
$3.43
RM16.33
|
$1.61
P22.01
|
|
Cappuccino in mid-range area |
$2.46
RM11.75
|
$2.31
P31.70
|
|
Pack of cigarettes
Marlboro or similar
|
$4.06
RM19.35
|
$4.21
P57.64
|
|
Monthly membership at local gym |
$32.59
RM155.41
|
$33.61
P460.22
|
|
Movie ticket to theater/cinema |
$3.62
RM17.27
|
$5.74
P78.60
|
|
pay 4.7% less for clothing
Malaysia
|
Botswana
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Regular jeans
Levi's brand
|
$47.09
RM224.54
|
$42.64
P583.86
|
|
Regular dress
from H&M or similar store
|
$24.30
RM115.87
|
$21.97
P300.91
|
|
Running shoes
Nike or Adidas
|
$62.25
RM296.82
|
$55.75
P763.50
|
|
Men's business shoes (leather) |
$56.25
RM268.21
|
$62.31
P853.33
|
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