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Cook Islands vs. Mauritania Cost of Living Summary

Cook Islands is 86.0% more expensive than Mauritania overall.

Restaurants: pay 96.9% more in Cook Islands
Groceries: pay 3.1 times more in Cook Islands
Transportation: pay 37.9% more in Cook Islands
Housing: pay 43.6% more in Cook Islands
Childcare: pay 80.3% less in Cook Islands
Entertainment and Sports: pay 2.5 times more in Cook Islands
Clothing: pay 2.4 times more in Cook Islands

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

Cook Islands vs. Mauritania Cost Breakdown

If you lived in Cook Islands instead of Mauritania, you would:

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pay 96.9% more for restaurants

	Mauritania	Cook Islands
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$3.01 MRO1,082	$11.54 NZ$19.97	+282.9%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$6.28 MRO2,254	$7.93 NZ$13.73	+26.4%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$1.77 MRO637	$2.88 NZ$4.99	+62.5%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$2.16 MRO775	$2.50 NZ$4.33	+15.8%
Average			+96.9%

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pay 3.1 times more for groceries

	Mauritania	Cook Islands
Bread 1 loaf	$0.28 MRO99	$3.11 NZ$5.38	+1025.2%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$2.76 MRO990	$4.98 NZ$8.61	+80.5%
Milk (1 gallon)	$5.36 MRO1,923	$7.37 NZ$12.76	+37.6%
Eggs 1 dozen	$2.23 MRO800	$5.57 NZ$9.64	+149.9%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$2.51 MRO901	$3.40 NZ$5.89	+35.6%
Apples (1 lb)	$1.00 MRO360	$1.30 NZ$2.25	+29.8%
Bananas (1 lb)	$0.83 MRO299	$1.05 NZ$1.81	+25.6%
Oranges (1 lb)	$0.65 MRO234	$1.56 NZ$2.71	+140.0%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$0.45 MRO161	$2.75 NZ$4.76	+514.0%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$0.35 MRO126	$1.05 NZ$1.81	+199.1%
Onions (1 lb)	$0.39 MRO141	$0.82 NZ$1.43	+109.9%
Average			+213.4%

Mauritania vs. Cook Islands - Cost of groceries

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pay 37.9% more for transportation

	Mauritania	Cook Islands
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$5.36 MRO1,924	$6.56 NZ$11.36	+22.5%
Monthly public transit pass	$21.97 MRO7,889	??
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$7,533.89 MRO2,704,667	$11,538.70 NZ$19,973.52	+53.2%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$3.89 MRO1,397	??
Average			+37.9%

Mauritania vs. Cook Islands - Cost of transportation

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pay 43.6% more for housing

	Mauritania	Cook Islands
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$60.27 MRO21,637	$105.96 NZ$183.42	+75.8%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$225.73 MRO81,036	$305.77 NZ$529.30	+35.5%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$162.03 MRO58,168	$305.77 NZ$529.30	+88.7%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$111.41 MRO39,996	$82.72 NZ$143.19	-25.7%
Average			+43.6%

Mauritania vs. Cook Islands - Cost of housing

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pay 80.3% less for childcare

	Mauritania	Cook Islands
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$73.21 MRO26,284	??
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$7,011.73 MRO2,517,211	$1,384.64 NZ$2,396.82	-80.3%
Average			-80.3%

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pay 2.5 times more for entertainment and sports

	Mauritania	Cook Islands
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$1.96 MRO703	$5.99 NZ$10.36	+205.6%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$2.30 MRO825	$3.80 NZ$6.57	+65.3%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$2.51 MRO902	$14.42 NZ$24.97	+474.3%
Monthly membership at local gym	$87.27 MRO31,329	$24.04 NZ$41.61	-72.5%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$4.08 MRO1,465	$6.63 NZ$11.48	+62.6%
Average			+147.1%

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pay 2.4 times more for clothing

	Mauritania	Cook Islands
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$20.45 MRO7,342	$64.62 NZ$111.85	+215.9%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$20.77 MRO7,455	??
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$69.22 MRO24,848	??
Men's business shoes (leather)	$41.44 MRO14,876	$70.96 NZ$122.84	+71.3%
Average			+143.6%

Mauritania vs. Cook Islands - 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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