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Albania vs. Netherlands Cost of Living Summary

Albania is 43.7% cheaper than Netherlands overall.

Restaurants: pay 53.6% less in Albania
Groceries: pay 27.9% less in Albania
Transportation: pay 21.7% less in Albania
Housing: pay 67.6% less in Albania
Childcare: pay 76.8% less in Albania
Entertainment and Sports: pay 43.2% less in Albania
Clothing: pay 15.3% less in Albania

Expenses including childcare, housing, restaurants, entertainment and sports, groceries, and transportation are lower in Albania.

Albania vs. Netherlands Cost Breakdown

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

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pay 53.6% less for restaurants

	Netherlands	Albania
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$21.66 €18.90	$9.59 ALL802	-55.7%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$13.94 €12.16	$8.67 ALL725	-37.8%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$3.53 €3.08	$1.77 ALL148	-50.0%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$2.87 €2.51	$0.83 ALL70	-71.0%
Average			-53.6%

Netherlands vs. Albania - Cost of restaurants

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pay 27.9% less for groceries

	Netherlands	Albania
Bread 1 loaf	$2.15 €1.88	$1.03 ALL86	-52.3%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$6.70 €5.84	$5.40 ALL452	-19.3%
Milk (1 gallon)	$4.86 €4.24	$7.89 ALL660	+62.5%
Eggs 1 dozen	$4.76 €4.15	$3.20 ALL268	-32.7%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$7.31 €6.37	$3.26 ALL273	-55.3%
Apples (1 lb)	$1.05 €0.92	$0.65 ALL54	-38.6%
Bananas (1 lb)	$1.13 €0.99	$1.13 ALL95	-0.1%
Oranges (1 lb)	$0.90 €0.78	$0.74 ALL62	-17.4%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$1.84 €1.60	$0.66 ALL55	-64.0%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$0.95 €0.83	$0.51 ALL43	-46.3%
Onions (1 lb)	$0.92 €0.80	$0.53 ALL44	-43.0%
Average			-27.9%

Netherlands vs. Albania - Cost of groceries

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pay 21.7% less for transportation

	Netherlands	Albania
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$8.56 €7.47	$8.27 ALL692	-3.5%
Monthly public transit pass	$101.86 €88.85	$19.40 ALL1,623	-81.0%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$36,970.03 €32,250.21	$31,384.43 ALL3M	-15.1%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$27.44 €23.94	$30.95 ALL2,590	+12.8%
Average			-21.7%

Netherlands vs. Albania - Cost of transportation

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pay 67.6% less for housing

	Netherlands	Albania
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$49.26 €42.97	$16.59 ALL1,389	-66.3%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$1,462.13 €1,275.47	$521.48 ALL43,648	-64.3%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$1,216.44 €1,061.14	$357.61 ALL29,932	-70.6%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$199.59 €174.11	$61.56 ALL5,153	-69.2%
Average			-67.6%

Netherlands vs. Albania - Cost of housing

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pay 76.8% less for childcare

	Netherlands	Albania
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$1,911.60 €1,667.56	$175.46 ALL14,686	-90.8%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$10,591.36 €9,239.20	$3,951.26 ALL331K	-62.7%
Average			-76.8%

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pay 43.2% less for entertainment and sports

	Netherlands	Albania
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$6.49 €5.66	$2.46 ALL206	-62.1%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$4.17 €3.64	$1.95 ALL163	-53.4%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$13.74 €11.98	$4.30 ALL360	-68.7%
Monthly membership at local gym	$43.55 €37.99	$52.57 ALL4,400	+20.7%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$16.09 €14.03	$7.66 ALL641	-52.4%
Average			-43.2%

Netherlands vs. Albania - Cost of entertainment and sports

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pay 15.3% less for clothing

	Netherlands	Albania
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$94.61 €82.54	$54.19 ALL4,536	-42.7%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$45.24 €39.46	$39.78 ALL3,330	-12.1%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$104.29 €90.97	$94.48 ALL7,908	-9.4%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$135.17 €117.91	$139.08 ALL11,641	+2.9%
Average			-15.3%

Netherlands vs. Albania - 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: March 2026

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