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Bulgaria vs. Mauritania Cost of Living Summary

Bulgaria is 68.1% more expensive than Mauritania overall.

Restaurants: pay 43.5% more in Bulgaria
Groceries: pay 55.5% more in Bulgaria
Transportation: pay 2.0 times more in Bulgaria
Housing: pay 1.0% more in Bulgaria
Childcare: pay 2.9 times more in Bulgaria
Entertainment and Sports: pay 8.6% more in Bulgaria
Clothing: pay 72.5% more in Bulgaria

The cost of childcare, transportation, clothing, groceries, restaurants, and entertainment and sports in Bulgaria are more expensive than in Mauritania. Notably, childcare and transportation are significantly more expensive in Bulgaria.

Bulgaria vs. Mauritania Cost Breakdown

If you lived in Bulgaria instead of Mauritania, you would:

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pay 43.5% more for restaurants

	Mauritania	Bulgaria
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$3.01 MRO1,082	$9.56 BGN16.12	+217.3%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$6.28 MRO2,254	$8.87 BGN14.96	+41.3%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$1.77 MRO637	$1.33 BGN2.24	-25.2%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$2.16 MRO775	$0.88 BGN1.48	-59.3%
Average			+43.5%

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pay 55.5% more for groceries

	Mauritania	Bulgaria
Bread 1 loaf	$0.28 MRO99	$0.94 BGN1.58	+239.5%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$2.76 MRO990	$4.88 BGN8.22	+76.9%
Milk (1 gallon)	$5.36 MRO1,923	$6.66 BGN11.23	+24.4%
Eggs 1 dozen	$2.23 MRO800	$3.03 BGN5.11	+36.1%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$2.51 MRO901	$3.37 BGN5.68	+34.3%
Apples (1 lb)	$1.00 MRO360	$0.72 BGN1.22	-27.8%
Bananas (1 lb)	$0.83 MRO299	$0.87 BGN1.47	+4.6%
Oranges (1 lb)	$0.65 MRO234	$0.82 BGN1.38	+25.2%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$0.45 MRO161	$1.04 BGN1.76	+133.0%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$0.35 MRO126	$0.51 BGN0.86	+45.2%
Onions (1 lb)	$0.39 MRO141	$0.47 BGN0.78	+18.6%
Average			+55.5%

Mauritania vs. Bulgaria - Cost of groceries

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pay 2.0 times more for transportation

	Mauritania	Bulgaria
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$5.36 MRO1,924	$5.81 BGN9.80	+8.5%
Monthly public transit pass	$21.97 MRO7,889	$23.91 BGN40.31	+8.8%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$7,533.89 MRO2,704,667	$31,585.27 BGN53,244.87	+319.2%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$3.89 MRO1,397	$6.84 BGN11.54	+75.8%
Average			+103.1%

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pay 1.0% more for housing

	Mauritania	Bulgaria
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$60.27 MRO21,637	$13.13 BGN22.14	-78.2%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$225.73 MRO81,036	$346.09 BGN583.42	+53.3%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$162.03 MRO58,168	$256.92 BGN433.11	+58.6%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$111.41 MRO39,996	$78.57 BGN132.45	-29.5%
Average			+1.0%

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pay 2.9 times more for childcare

	Mauritania	Bulgaria
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$73.21 MRO26,284	$357.15 BGN602.06	+387.8%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$7,011.73 MRO2,517,211	$6,826.38 BGN11,507.57	-2.6%
Average			+192.6%

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pay 8.6% more for entertainment and sports

	Mauritania	Bulgaria
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$1.96 MRO703	$1.85 BGN3.12	-5.7%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$2.30 MRO825	$1.98 BGN3.35	-13.6%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$2.51 MRO902	$3.65 BGN6.15	+45.3%
Monthly membership at local gym	$87.27 MRO31,329	$31.65 BGN53.35	-63.7%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$4.08 MRO1,465	$7.37 BGN12.42	+80.5%
Average			+8.6%

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pay 72.5% more for clothing

	Mauritania	Bulgaria
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$20.45 MRO7,342	$49.07 BGN82.71	+139.9%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$20.77 MRO7,455	$28.91 BGN48.74	+39.2%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$69.22 MRO24,848	$84.15 BGN141.86	+21.6%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$41.44 MRO14,876	$78.49 BGN132.31	+89.4%
Average			+72.5%

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