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Madagascar vs. Nepal Cost of Living Summary

Madagascar is 83.9% more expensive than Nepal overall.

Restaurants: pay 2.1 times more in Madagascar
Groceries: pay 42.0% more in Madagascar
Transportation: pay 6.2% more in Madagascar
Housing: pay 3.6 times more in Madagascar
Childcare: pay 2.2 times more in Madagascar
Entertainment and Sports: pay 20.7% more in Madagascar
Clothing: pay 29.1% more in Madagascar

The cost of housing, childcare, restaurants, groceries, clothing, and entertainment and sports in Madagascar are more expensive than in Nepal. Notably, housing, childcare, and restaurants are significantly more expensive in Madagascar.

Madagascar vs. Nepal Cost Breakdown

If you lived in Madagascar instead of Nepal, you would:

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pay 2.1 times more for restaurants

	Nepal	Madagascar
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$1.72 NPR254.56	$3.04 MGA12,627	+76.4%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$6.09 NPR898.88	$4.73 MGA19,638	-22.3%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$0.47 NPR69.15	$0.82 MGA3,404	+75.1%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$0.15 NPR22.74	$0.62 MGA2,584	+304.3%
Average			+108.4%

Nepal vs. Madagascar - Cost of restaurants

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pay 42.0% more for groceries

	Nepal	Madagascar
Bread 1 loaf	$0.46 NPR68.31	$0.88 MGA3,640	+89.5%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$3.17 NPR468.73	$5.36 MGA22,261	+68.9%
Milk (1 gallon)	$2.73 NPR403.85	$3.89 MGA16,145	+42.2%
Eggs 1 dozen	$1.57 NPR232.17	$1.97 MGA8,182	+25.3%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$1.34 NPR198.56	$2.63 MGA10,939	+96.0%
Apples (1 lb)	$0.93 NPR137.57	$0.64 MGA2,661	-31.2%
Bananas (1 lb)	$0.39 NPR57.06	$0.33 MGA1,379	-14.1%
Oranges (1 lb)	$0.50 NPR73.64	$0.57 MGA2,350	+13.5%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$0.26 NPR38.68	$0.41 MGA1,697	+56.0%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$0.18 NPR27.02	$0.29 MGA1,190	+56.7%
Onions (1 lb)	$0.25 NPR37.58	$0.40 MGA1,680	+59.1%
Average			+42.0%

Nepal vs. Madagascar - Cost of groceries

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pay 6.2% more for transportation

	Nepal	Madagascar
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$4.54 NPR670.52	$4.44 MGA18,434	-2.2%
Monthly public transit pass	$11.71 NPR1,728.65	??
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$28,860.29 NPR4M	$12,651.72 MGA53M	-56.2%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$9.69 NPR1,431.53	$17.17 MGA71,289	+77.1%
Average			+6.2%

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pay 3.6 times more for housing

	Nepal	Madagascar
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$8.21 NPR1,212.24	$60.23 MGA250K	+633.8%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$80.01 NPR11,815.18	$257.49 MGA1M	+221.8%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$52.43 NPR7,742.31	$71.69 MGA298K	+36.7%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$18.56 NPR2,740.93	$44.95 MGA187K	+142.2%
Average			+258.6%

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pay 2.2 times more for childcare

	Nepal	Madagascar
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$52.04 NPR7,684.49	$46.54 MGA193K	-10.6%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$2,428.89 NPR359K	$8,634.52 MGA36M	+255.5%
Average			+122.5%

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pay 20.7% more for entertainment and sports

	Nepal	Madagascar
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$2.16 NPR318.31	$0.82 MGA3,390	-62.1%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$1.40 NPR207.06	$1.33 MGA5,520	-5.2%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$2.59 NPR383.21	$1.73 MGA7,199	-33.2%
Monthly membership at local gym	$17.84 NPR2,634.78	$29.94 MGA124K	+67.8%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$2.74 NPR404.61	$6.47 MGA26,877	+136.3%
Average			+20.7%

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pay 29.1% more for clothing

	Nepal	Madagascar
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$20.52 NPR3,029.91	$19.48 MGA80,866	-5.1%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$24.55 NPR3,625.97	$17.20 MGA71,432	-29.9%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$41.57 NPR6,139.54	$70.84 MGA294K	+70.4%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$30.69 NPR4,531.86	$55.48 MGA230K	+80.8%
Average			+29.1%

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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: March 2026

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