Lebanon is 99.5% more expensive than Malaysia.

If you lived in Lebanon instead of Malaysia, you would:

pay 3.0 times more for restaurants

 
Malaysia
Lebanon
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant $2.36
RM11.16
$10.17
L£906,422
Fast food combo meal
McDonalds, or similar
$3.63
RM17.19
$7.59
L£677,058
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz) $0.63
RM3.00
$2.26
L£201,068

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pay 18.4% more for groceries

 
Malaysia
Lebanon
Bread
1 loaf
$0.85
RM4.01
$0.68
L£60,287
Local cheese (8 oz) $6.41
RM30.36
$5.59
L£498,229
Milk (1 gallon) $5.71
RM27.04
$12.36
L£1,101,884

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pay 2.4 times more for transportation

 
Malaysia
Lebanon
Gasoline (1 gallon) $1.79
RM8.47
$3.67
L£326,889
Monthly public transit pass $18.01
RM85.32
$63.04
L£5,620,953
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition) $34,228.03
RM162,155.29
$22,250.00
L£1,983,808,734

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pay 2.5 times more for housing

 
Malaysia
Lebanon
Internet connection
50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl
$26.77
RM126.80
$58.28
L£5,196,580
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area $326.71
RM1,547.81
$712.20
L£63,499,924
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center $217.05
RM1,028.27
$371.45
L£33,118,234

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pay 48.4% more for childcare

 
Malaysia
Lebanon
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly $144.81
RM686.03
$320.83
L£28,605,482
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters $6,108.87
RM28,940.75
$4,591.35
L£409,364,162

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pay 45.1% more for entertainment and sports

 
Malaysia
Lebanon
Domestic/local beer (1 pint) $3.43
RM16.23
$2.62
L£234,045
Cappuccino in mid-range area $2.46
RM11.67
$2.92
L£260,317
Pack of cigarettes
Marlboro or similar
$4.06
RM19.22
$3.40
L£302,736

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pay 95.8% more for clothing

 
Malaysia
Lebanon
Regular jeans
Levi's brand
$47.09
RM223.08
$64.46
L£5,747,101
Regular dress
from H&M or similar store
$24.30
RM115.12
$53.75
L£4,792,347
Running shoes
Nike or Adidas
$62.25
RM294.89
$121.82
L£10,861,724

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