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Jamaica vs. Mauritania Cost of Living Summary

Jamaica is 96.9% more expensive than Mauritania overall.

Restaurants: pay 16.0% more in Jamaica
Groceries: pay 2.9 times more in Jamaica
Transportation: pay 3.6 times more in Jamaica
Housing: pay 63.1% more in Jamaica
Childcare: pay 45.9% more in Jamaica
Entertainment and Sports: pay 88.5% more in Jamaica
Clothing: pay 19.1% more in Jamaica

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

Jamaica vs. Mauritania Cost Breakdown

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

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pay 16.0% more for restaurants

	Mauritania	Jamaica
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$3.01 MRO1,082	$7.18 JMD1,149.07	+138.2%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$6.28 MRO2,254	$7.65 JMD1,224.39	+21.8%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$1.77 MRO637	$1.24 JMD197.68	-30.4%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$2.16 MRO775	$0.75 JMD119.53	-65.4%
Average			+16.0%

Mauritania vs. Jamaica - Cost of restaurants

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pay 2.9 times more for groceries

	Mauritania	Jamaica
Bread 1 loaf	$0.28 MRO99	$2.71 JMD434.30	+882.3%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$2.76 MRO990	$5.07 JMD811.02	+83.8%
Milk (1 gallon)	$5.36 MRO1,923	$13.82 JMD2,212.30	+158.1%
Eggs 1 dozen	$2.23 MRO800	$3.51 JMD561.58	+57.5%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$2.51 MRO901	$2.83 JMD453.25	+12.9%
Apples (1 lb)	$1.00 MRO360	$2.51 JMD401.27	+149.9%
Bananas (1 lb)	$0.83 MRO299	$1.32 JMD211.77	+58.8%
Oranges (1 lb)	$0.65 MRO234	$1.91 JMD305.13	+192.6%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$0.45 MRO161	$1.23 JMD196.12	+173.8%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$0.35 MRO126	$0.93 JMD149.19	+166.4%
Onions (1 lb)	$0.39 MRO141	$0.89 JMD142.60	+126.9%
Average			+187.5%

Mauritania vs. Jamaica - Cost of groceries

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pay 3.6 times more for transportation

	Mauritania	Jamaica
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$5.36 MRO1,924	$4.77 JMD763.39	-11.0%
Monthly public transit pass	$21.97 MRO7,889	$48.93 JMD7,830.93	+122.7%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$7,533.89 MRO2,704,667	$42,765.27 JMD6,844,868.88	+467.6%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$3.89 MRO1,397	$21.56 JMD3,450.36	+453.8%
Average			+258.3%

Mauritania vs. Jamaica - Cost of transportation

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pay 63.1% more for housing

	Mauritania	Jamaica
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$60.27 MRO21,637	$49.24 JMD7,881.88	-18.3%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$225.73 MRO81,036	$505.52 JMD80,912.46	+124.0%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$162.03 MRO58,168	$400.25 JMD64,062.64	+147.0%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$111.41 MRO39,996	$111.28 JMD17,810.95	-0.1%
Average			+63.1%

Mauritania vs. Jamaica - Cost of housing

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pay 45.9% more for childcare

	Mauritania	Jamaica
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$73.21 MRO26,284	$184.63 JMD29,551.48	+152.2%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$7,011.73 MRO2,517,211	$2,785.57 JMD445,849.05	-60.3%
Average			+45.9%

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pay 88.5% more for entertainment and sports

	Mauritania	Jamaica
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$1.96 MRO703	$2.34 JMD374.75	+19.5%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$2.30 MRO825	$3.50 JMD559.87	+52.2%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$2.51 MRO902	$8.58 JMD1,373.94	+241.8%
Monthly membership at local gym	$87.27 MRO31,329	$41.65 JMD6,666.23	-52.3%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$4.08 MRO1,465	$11.47 JMD1,836.17	+181.1%
Average			+88.5%

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pay 19.1% more for clothing

	Mauritania	Jamaica
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$20.45 MRO7,342	$21.47 JMD3,436.21	+5.0%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$20.77 MRO7,455	$21.34 JMD3,416.05	+2.8%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$69.22 MRO24,848	$64.53 JMD10,328.78	-6.8%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$41.44 MRO14,876	$72.59 JMD11,618.51	+75.2%
Average			+19.1%

Mauritania vs. Jamaica - 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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