Cost of Living Comparison

MDL

COMPARED TO

ISK

Iceland is 3.3 times more expensive than Moldova.

If you lived in Iceland instead of Moldova, you would:

pay 2.5 times more for restaurants

	Moldova	Iceland
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$6.23 MDL112.12	$15.54 kr1,631	+149.5%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$5.95 MDL107.19	$12.54 kr1,316	+110.7%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$0.90 MDL16.21	$2.37 kr249	+163.6%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$0.63 MDL11.38	$1.68 kr177	+166.3%
Average			+147.5%

Moldova vs. Iceland - Cost of restaurants

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pay 3.2 times more for groceries

	Moldova	Iceland
Bread 1 loaf	$0.39 MDL7.03	$3.04 kr319	+678.0%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$4.14 MDL74.54	$5.12 kr538	+23.7%
Milk (1 gallon)	$2.76 MDL49.63	$4.59 kr482	+66.6%
Eggs 1 dozen	$1.08 MDL19.36	$5.23 kr549	+386.9%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$1.36 MDL24.57	$6.56 kr689	+380.9%
Apples (1 lb)	$0.34 MDL6.20	$0.98 kr103	+185.1%
Bananas (1 lb)	$0.53 MDL9.60	$0.83 kr88	+56.5%
Oranges (1 lb)	$0.51 MDL9.24	$1.02 kr107	+98.4%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$0.56 MDL10.03	$1.68 kr176	+201.1%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$0.30 MDL5.36	$0.96 kr100	+220.8%
Onions (1 lb)	$0.29 MDL5.27	$0.55 kr58	+89.0%
Average			+217.0%

Moldova vs. Iceland - Cost of groceries

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pay 4.9 times more for transportation

	Moldova	Iceland
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$3.81 MDL68.58	$5.96 kr626	+56.6%
Monthly public transit pass	$11.00 MDL198.16	$90.41 kr9,489	+721.6%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$18,425.08 MDL331,780.22	$26,163.21 kr2,745,829	+42.0%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$2.64 MDL47.58	$22.36 kr2,347	+746.3%
Average			+391.6%

Moldova vs. Iceland - Cost of transportation

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pay 4.9 times more for housing

	Moldova	Iceland
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$10.13 MDL182.50	$63.30 kr6,644	+524.6%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$238.78 MDL4,299.70	$1,285.14 kr134,875	+438.2%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$151.43 MDL2,726.76	$1,064.16 kr111,684	+602.8%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$71.75 MDL1,291.94	$69.69 kr7,314	-2.9%
Average			+390.7%

Moldova vs. Iceland - Cost of housing

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pay 4.8% more for childcare

	Moldova	Iceland
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$216.43 MDL3,897.21	$279.46 kr29,329	+29.1%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$3,747.50 MDL67,481.22	$3,014.93 kr316,417	-19.5%
Average			+4.8%

Moldova vs. Iceland - Cost of childcare

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pay 4.2 times more for entertainment and sports

	Moldova	Iceland
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$1.10 MDL19.72	$7.97 kr837	+627.9%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$1.18 MDL21.25	$4.17 kr438	+253.4%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$1.88 MDL33.81	$10.58 kr1,110	+463.4%
Monthly membership at local gym	$23.38 MDL420.98	$50.68 kr5,319	+116.8%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$4.48 MDL80.60	$11.05 kr1,159	+146.8%
Average			+321.7%

Moldova vs. Iceland - Cost of entertainment and sports

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pay 2.0 times more for clothing

	Moldova	Iceland
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$46.29 MDL833.56	$104.95 kr11,015	+126.7%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$33.10 MDL596.09	$60.45 kr6,345	+82.6%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$70.94 MDL1,277.39	$154.03 kr16,166	+117.1%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$89.16 MDL1,605.50	$161.72 kr16,973	+81.4%
Average			+101.9%

Moldova vs. Iceland - Cost of clothing

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