Afghanistan is 28.5% cheaper than Netherlands.

If you lived in Afghanistan instead of Netherlands, you would:

pay 84.2% less for restaurants

 
Netherlands
Afghanistan
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant $17.72
€16.32
$1.74
AFN124
Fast food combo meal
McDonalds, or similar
$9.84
€9.06
$3.49
AFN247
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz) $2.85
€2.63
$0.31
AFN22

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pay 62.6% less for groceries

 
Netherlands
Afghanistan
Bread
1 loaf
$1.95
€1.79
$0.28
AFN20
Local cheese (8 oz) $5.93
€5.46
$1.71
AFN121
Milk (1 gallon) $4.34
€3.99
$2.38
AFN169

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pay 75.3% less for transportation

 
Netherlands
Afghanistan
Gasoline (1 gallon) $8.49
€7.82
$3.41
AFN242
Monthly public transit pass $104.47
€96.21
$10.46
AFN742
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition) $28,989.41
€26,697.80
$6,973.68
AFN494,952

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pay 3.5 times more for housing

 
Netherlands
Afghanistan
Internet connection
50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl
$44.56
€41.03
$610.20
AFN43,308
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area $1,134.22
€1,044.56
$97.47
AFN6,918
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center $969.29
€892.66
$68.91
AFN4,891

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pay 87.1% less for childcare

 
Netherlands
Afghanistan
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly $1,616.01
€1,488.27
$30.03
AFN2,131
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters $6,406.01
€5,899.62
$1,534.21
AFN108,889

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pay 69.3% less for entertainment and sports

 
Netherlands
Afghanistan
Domestic/local beer (1 pint) $5.48
€5.05
$2.32
AFN165
Cappuccino in mid-range area $3.36
€3.09
$1.16
AFN82
Pack of cigarettes
Marlboro or similar
$8.91
€8.21
$1.92
AFN136

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pay 70.8% less for clothing

 
Netherlands
Afghanistan
Regular jeans
Levi's brand
$88.46
€81.47
$16.66
AFN1,182
Regular dress
from H&M or similar store
$41.75
€38.45
$15.85
AFN1,125
Running shoes
Nike or Adidas
$96.66
€89.02
$31.38
AFN2,227

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