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Bosnia and Herzegovina vs. Moldova Cost of Living Summary

Bosnia and Herzegovina is 15.4% more expensive than Moldova overall.

Restaurants: pay 44.6% more in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Groceries: pay 39.0% more in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Transportation: pay 51.0% more in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Housing: pay 18.9% more in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Childcare: pay 44.4% less in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Entertainment and Sports: pay 2.1% more in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Clothing: pay 3.4% less in Bosnia and Herzegovina

The cost of transportation, restaurants, groceries, housing, and entertainment and sports in Bosnia and Herzegovina are more expensive than in Moldova. Expenses including childcare and clothing are lower in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Bosnia and Herzegovina vs. Moldova Cost Breakdown

If you lived in Bosnia and Herzegovina instead of Moldova, you would:

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pay 44.6% more for restaurants

	Moldova	Bosnia and Herzegovina
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$8.86 MDL150.08	$7.34 BAM12.38	-17.2%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$7.75 MDL131.33	$6.86 BAM11.57	-11.5%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$0.86 MDL14.65	$1.75 BAM2.95	+102.1%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$0.58 MDL9.85	$1.19 BAM2.01	+105.1%
Average			+44.6%

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pay 39.0% more for groceries

	Moldova	Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bread 1 loaf	$0.46 MDL7.73	$1.18 BAM1.99	+158.4%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$5.18 MDL87.68	$4.46 BAM7.51	-13.9%
Milk (1 gallon)	$4.54 MDL76.86	$5.14 BAM8.67	+13.3%
Eggs 1 dozen	$2.13 MDL36.10	$2.84 BAM4.78	+33.0%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$2.43 MDL41.09	$3.56 BAM6.01	+46.9%
Apples (1 lb)	$0.41 MDL6.92	$0.66 BAM1.11	+60.9%
Bananas (1 lb)	$0.86 MDL14.53	$0.79 BAM1.33	-8.0%
Oranges (1 lb)	$0.81 MDL13.76	$0.80 BAM1.35	-1.5%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$0.96 MDL16.29	$0.85 BAM1.43	-11.7%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$0.34 MDL5.74	$0.50 BAM0.84	+47.7%
Onions (1 lb)	$0.27 MDL4.51	$0.54 BAM0.92	+104.1%
Average			+39.0%

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pay 51.0% more for transportation

	Moldova	Bosnia and Herzegovina
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$5.28 MDL89.36	$5.71 BAM9.63	+8.2%
Monthly public transit pass	$16.10 MDL272.74	$32.63 BAM55.02	+102.6%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$31,784.24 MDL538,319.30	$27,166.31 BAM45,809.25	-14.5%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$4.21 MDL71.27	$8.74 BAM14.73	+107.6%
Average			+51.0%

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pay 18.9% more for housing

	Moldova	Bosnia and Herzegovina
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$10.63 MDL180.09	$26.02 BAM43.87	+144.7%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$424.82 MDL7,194.99	$253.79 BAM427.95	-40.3%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$315.71 MDL5,347.02	$195.51 BAM329.68	-38.1%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$104.05 MDL1,762.28	$113.85 BAM191.98	+9.4%
Average			+18.9%

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pay 44.4% less for childcare

	Moldova	Bosnia and Herzegovina
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$314.41 MDL5,325.09	$184.70 BAM311.46	-41.3%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$6,362.73 MDL107,763.51	$3,341.65 BAM5,634.86	-47.5%
Average			-44.4%

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pay 2.1% more for entertainment and sports

	Moldova	Bosnia and Herzegovina
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$1.61 MDL27.27	$2.03 BAM3.43	+26.2%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$1.68 MDL28.50	$1.53 BAM2.58	-9.2%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$3.36 MDL56.97	$3.71 BAM6.26	+10.4%
Monthly membership at local gym	$31.99 MDL541.85	$28.92 BAM48.77	-9.6%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$5.42 MDL91.86	$5.04 BAM8.50	-7.1%
Average			+2.1%

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pay 3.4% less for clothing

	Moldova	Bosnia and Herzegovina
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$56.94 MDL964.36	$67.52 BAM113.85	+18.6%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$48.36 MDL819.02	$33.28 BAM56.13	-31.2%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$116.20 MDL1,968.11	$94.97 BAM160.14	-18.3%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$94.29 MDL1,597.02	$110.50 BAM186.33	+17.2%
Average			-3.4%

Moldova vs. Bosnia and Herzegovina - 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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