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Ethiopia vs. Mongolia Cost of Living Summary

Ethiopia is 67.4% more expensive than Mongolia overall.

Restaurants: pay 1.2% more in Ethiopia
Groceries: pay 18.2% more in Ethiopia
Transportation: pay 33.9% more in Ethiopia
Housing: pay 3.6 times more in Ethiopia
Childcare: pay 2.6 times more in Ethiopia
Entertainment and Sports: pay 14.9% more in Ethiopia
Clothing: pay 14.7% less in Ethiopia

The cost of housing, childcare, transportation, groceries, entertainment and sports, and restaurants in Ethiopia are more expensive than in Mongolia. Notably, housing and childcare are significantly more expensive in Ethiopia.

Ethiopia vs. Mongolia Cost Breakdown

If you lived in Ethiopia instead of Mongolia, you would:

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pay 1.2% more for restaurants

	Mongolia	Ethiopia
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$5.56 MNT19,913.00	$4.26 ETB655.54	-23.4%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$5.41 MNT19,365.39	$6.50 ETB1,000.24	+20.2%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$0.72 MNT2,588.69	$0.61 ETB93.51	-15.9%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$0.46 MNT1,637.41	$0.57 ETB87.20	+24.0%
Average			+1.2%

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pay 18.2% more for groceries

	Mongolia	Ethiopia
Bread 1 loaf	$0.92 MNT3,304.31	$1.26 ETB193.73	+36.5%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$5.86 MNT21,008.22	$4.34 ETB667.36	-26.1%
Milk (1 gallon)	$5.29 MNT18,955.04	$5.42 ETB834.53	+2.5%
Eggs 1 dozen	$2.05 MNT7,329.93	$2.28 ETB351.02	+11.5%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$2.65 MNT9,484.02	$5.76 ETB886.79	+117.7%
Apples (1 lb)	$1.34 MNT4,786.76	$3.08 ETB473.48	+130.3%
Bananas (1 lb)	$1.03 MNT3,703.28	$0.43 ETB66.40	-58.3%
Oranges (1 lb)	$1.87 MNT6,683.97	$1.06 ETB162.78	-43.3%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$1.17 MNT4,177.48	$0.40 ETB62.30	-65.3%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$0.31 MNT1,106.47	$0.28 ETB42.45	-10.7%
Onions (1 lb)	$0.44 MNT1,580.67	$0.91 ETB139.43	+105.3%
Average			+18.2%

Mongolia vs. Ethiopia - Cost of groceries

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pay 33.9% more for transportation

	Mongolia	Ethiopia
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$3.78 MNT13,555.64	$4.81 ETB740.52	+27.2%
Monthly public transit pass	$8.34 MNT29,869.50	$12.00 ETB1,846.60	+43.9%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$28,628.61 MNT102,551,962.31	$55,000.00 ETB8,463,587.61	+92.1%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$5.00 MNT17,921.70	$3.62 ETB556.29	-27.7%
Average			+33.9%

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pay 3.6 times more for housing

	Mongolia	Ethiopia
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$13.74 MNT49,201.71	$130.20 ETB20,035.62	+847.9%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$503.97 MNT1,805,294.99	$815.99 ETB125,568.08	+61.9%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$394.69 MNT1,413,823.17	$512.43 ETB78,854.26	+29.8%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$58.01 MNT207,795.08	$121.97 ETB18,769.25	+110.3%
Average			+262.5%

Mongolia vs. Ethiopia - Cost of housing

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pay 2.6 times more for childcare

	Mongolia	Ethiopia
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$166.77 MNT597,390.07	$94.05 ETB14,472.47	-43.6%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$6,632.97 MNT23,760,294.02	$30,187.50 ETB4,645,355.47	+355.1%
Average			+155.8%

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pay 14.9% more for entertainment and sports

	Mongolia	Ethiopia
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$1.95 MNT6,969.55	$0.90 ETB138.50	-53.7%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$2.42 MNT8,675.43	$1.09 ETB167.35	-55.1%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$1.71 MNT6,142.65	$5.10 ETB784.81	+197.4%
Monthly membership at local gym	$69.49 MNT248,912.53	$62.10 ETB9,556.74	-10.6%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$3.89 MNT13,939.10	$3.75 ETB577.06	-3.6%
Average			+14.9%

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pay 14.7% less for clothing

	Mongolia	Ethiopia
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$81.91 MNT293,429.59	$45.03 ETB6,929.81	-45.0%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$65.60 MNT234,973.23	$75.17 ETB11,566.90	+14.6%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$98.97 MNT354,518.77	$94.08 ETB14,477.62	-4.9%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$150.55 MNT539,310.48	$115.09 ETB17,709.97	-23.6%
Average			-14.7%

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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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