Cost of Living Comparison

  1. Cost of Living
  2. Mauritania
  3. Kenya
  4. Comparison
MRO
COMPARED TO
KES

Kenya is 11.8% cheaper than Mauritania.

If you lived in Kenya instead of Mauritania, you would:
local_dining

pay 25.4% less for restaurants

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Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant $5.50
MRO1,976
$3.62
KES375.91
-34.2%
Fast food combo meal
McDonalds, or similar
 $3.69
MRO1,326
$6.14
KES637.13
+66.3%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz) $2.88
MRO1,035
$0.50
KES52.26
-82.5%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz) $0.96
MRO345
$0.47
KES48.81
-51.0%
Average -25.4%
Mauritania vs. Kenya - Cost of restaurants
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local_grocery_store

pay 11.4% less for groceries

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Bread
1 loaf
 $8.80
MRO3,161
$0.47
KES49.27
-94.6%
Local cheese (8 oz) $2.41
MRO867
$4.32
KES448.34
+79.0%
Milk (1 gallon) $5.85
MRO2,100
$2.54
KES263.14
-56.6%
Eggs
1 dozen
 $2.98
MRO1,070
$1.66
KES172.32
-44.3%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb) $2.47
MRO886
$2.87
KES297.25
+16.1%
Apples (1 lb) $0.92
MRO331
$0.88
KES91.39
-4.5%
Bananas (1 lb) $0.82
MRO294
$0.45
KES46.36
-45.4%
Oranges (1 lb) $0.72
MRO259
$0.65
KES67.63
-9.8%
Tomatoes (1 lb) $0.60
MRO215
$0.51
KES52.78
-15.2%
Potatoes (1 lb) $0.35
MRO124
$0.41
KES42.85
+19.2%
Onions (1 lb) $0.33
MRO119
$0.43
KES44.67
+30.2%
Average -11.4%
Mauritania vs. Kenya - Cost of groceries
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drive_eta

pay 44.0% more for transportation

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Gasoline (1 gallon) $4.16
MRO1,494
$3.82
KES396.41
-8.2%
Monthly public transit pass $43.25
MRO15,529
$29.68
KES3,079.51
-31.4%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition) ?? $14,369.93
KES1,490,879.63
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles) $5.30
MRO1,901
$14.38
KES1,491.84
+171.5%
Average +44.0%
Mauritania vs. Kenya - Cost of transportation
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home

pay 44.2% less for housing

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Internet connection
50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl
 $136.07
MRO48,847
$37.89
KES3,931.00
-72.2%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area $267.52
MRO96,039
$190.67
KES19,782.18
-28.7%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center $123.77
MRO44,434
$117.50
KES12,190.18
-5.1%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment)
including electric, gas, water, heating
 $88.01
MRO31,594
$25.62
KES2,658.44
-70.9%
Average -44.2%
Mauritania vs. Kenya - Cost of housing
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child_care

pay 29.0% less for childcare

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Private preschool for 1 child, monthly $168.07
MRO60,336
$139.24
KES14,445.78
-17.2%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters $9,510.86
MRO3,414,398
$5,630.51
KES584,164.87
-40.8%
Average -29.0%
Mauritania vs. Kenya - Cost of childcare
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gamepad

pay 5.1% less for entertainment and sports

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Domestic/local beer (1 pint) $3.45
MRO1,239
$2.17
KES225.38
-37.1%
Cappuccino in mid-range area $2.19
MRO786
$2.40
KES248.79
+9.6%
Pack of cigarettes
Marlboro or similar
 $2.70
MRO971
$2.12
KES219.81
-21.6%
Monthly membership at local gym $38.34
MRO13,762
$49.41
KES5,126.43
+28.9%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema ?? $5.90
KES611.64
Average -5.1%
Mauritania vs. Kenya - Cost of entertainment and sports
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store

pay (unknown) more for clothing

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Regular jeans
Levi's brand
 ?? $22.55
KES2,339.73
Regular dress
from H&M or similar store
 ?? $24.17
KES2,507.74
Running shoes
Nike or Adidas
 ?? $45.49
KES4,719.91
Men's business shoes (leather) ?? $34.85
KES3,615.70
Mauritania vs. Kenya - 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: April 2021
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