Cost of living comparison
Iceland is 77.5% more expensive than Mali.
If you lived in Iceland instead of Mali, you would:
pay 2.9 times more for restaurants
Mali
|
Iceland
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant |
$8.00
CFA4,922
|
$17.84
kr2,519
|
|
Fast food combo meal
McDonalds, or similar
|
$4.83
CFA2,973
|
$14.27
kr2,015
|
|
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz) |
$0.89
CFA547
|
$2.32
kr327
|
|
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz) |
$0.57
CFA352
|
$2.12
kr300
|
|
pay 79.3% more for groceries
Mali
|
Iceland
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Bread
1 loaf
|
$0.87
CFA534
|
$3.42
kr484
|
|
Local cheese (8 oz) |
$7.81
CFA4,807
|
$5.98
kr845
|
|
Milk (1 gallon) |
$8.20
CFA5,046
|
$5.33
kr752
|
|
Eggs
1 dozen
|
$1.90
CFA1,167
|
$5.66
kr799
|
|
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb) |
$3.43
CFA2,112
|
$7.09
kr1,002
|
|
Apples (1 lb) | ?? |
$1.16
kr164
|
|
Bananas (1 lb) |
$0.48
CFA293
|
$0.98
kr139
|
|
Oranges (1 lb) |
$1.07
CFA656
|
$1.17
kr166
|
|
Tomatoes (1 lb) |
$1.27
CFA781
|
$1.84
kr259
|
|
Potatoes (1 lb) |
$0.46
CFA284
|
$0.96
kr135
|
|
Onions (1 lb) |
$0.61
CFA373
|
$0.51
kr72
|
|
pay 12.0% more for transportation
Mali
|
Iceland
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Gasoline (1 gallon) |
$4.89
CFA3,008
|
$8.03
kr1,135
|
|
Monthly public transit pass | ?? |
$77.40
kr10,932
|
|
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition) |
$50,000.00
CFA30,760,001
|
$29,836.83
kr4,214,452
|
|
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles) | ?? |
$23.97
kr3,385
|
|
pay 44.2% more for housing
Mali
|
Iceland
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Internet connection
50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl
|
$35.94
CFA22,111
|
$62.40
kr8,814
|
|
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area |
$1,000.00
CFA615,200
|
$1,437.14
kr202,996
|
|
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center |
$538.39
CFA331,218
|
$1,215.63
kr171,707
|
|
Utilities for two
(700 sq ft apartment)
including electric, gas, water, heating
|
$204.36
CFA125,723
|
$68.63
kr9,694
|
|
pay 77.1% less for childcare
Mali
|
Iceland
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly | ?? |
$259.34
kr36,632
|
|
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters |
$12,000.00
CFA7,382,400
|
$2,750.10
kr388,451
|
|
pay 3.3 times more for entertainment and sports
Mali
|
Iceland
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Domestic/local beer (1 pint) |
$2.00
CFA1,230
|
$8.52
kr1,204
|
|
Cappuccino in mid-range area |
$2.01
CFA1,240
|
$4.15
kr587
|
|
Pack of cigarettes
Marlboro or similar
|
$1.50
CFA923
|
$10.64
kr1,502
|
|
Monthly membership at local gym |
$69.94
CFA43,028
|
$56.90
kr8,037
|
|
Movie ticket to theater/cinema |
$6.00
CFA3,691
|
$12.27
kr1,734
|
|
pay 70.9% more for clothing
Mali
|
Iceland
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Regular jeans
Levi's brand
|
?? |
$118.08
kr16,678
|
|
Regular dress
from H&M or similar store
|
$25.00
CFA15,380
|
$50.39
kr7,117
|
|
Running shoes
Nike or Adidas
|
?? |
$151.12
kr21,345
|
|
Men's business shoes (leather) |
$125.00
CFA76,900
|
$175.20
kr24,747
|
|
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