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Liberia vs. New Zealand Cost of Living Summary

Liberia is 11.9% cheaper than New Zealand overall.

Restaurants: pay 8.4% less in Liberia
Groceries: pay 2.2 times more in Liberia
Transportation: pay 43.5% less in Liberia
Housing: pay 11.1% less in Liberia
Childcare: pay 86.5% less in Liberia
Entertainment and Sports: pay 7.3% less in Liberia
Clothing: pay 41.5% less in Liberia

Expenses including childcare, transportation, clothing, housing, restaurants, and entertainment and sports are lower in Liberia. Notably, groceries is significantly more expensive in Liberia.

Liberia vs. New Zealand Cost Breakdown

If you lived in Liberia instead of New Zealand, you would:

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pay 8.4% less for restaurants

	New Zealand	Liberia
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$14.45 NZ$25.19	$7.50 LRD1,332.19	-48.1%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$9.14 NZ$15.93	$11.00 LRD1,953.88	+20.4%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$2.11 NZ$3.68	$2.00 LRD355.25	-5.1%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$2.02 NZ$3.52	$2.00 LRD355.25	-0.8%
Average			-8.4%

New Zealand vs. Liberia - Cost of restaurants

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pay 2.2 times more for groceries

	New Zealand	Liberia
Bread 1 loaf	$1.74 NZ$3.03	$1.79 LRD318.17	+3.1%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$3.88 NZ$6.77	$5.91 LRD1,048.95	+52.1%
Milk (1 gallon)	$6.34 NZ$11.05	$8.01 LRD1,423.03	+26.4%
Eggs 1 dozen	$5.96 NZ$10.39	$3.60 LRD639.45	-39.6%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$4.01 NZ$6.99	$5.38 LRD954.74	+34.2%
Apples (1 lb)	$1.18 NZ$2.06	$0.74 LRD131.87	-37.1%
Bananas (1 lb)	$0.95 NZ$1.66	$3.83 LRD680.90	+302.4%
Oranges (1 lb)	$1.29 NZ$2.26	$4.67 LRD828.92	+260.6%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$2.11 NZ$3.68	$5.00 LRD888.13	+137.0%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$0.85 NZ$1.48	$1.03 LRD182.93	+21.2%
Onions (1 lb)	$0.80 NZ$1.39	$4.83 LRD858.52	+506.4%
Average			+115.2%

New Zealand vs. Liberia - Cost of groceries

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pay 43.5% less for transportation

	New Zealand	Liberia
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$6.08 NZ$10.60	$4.69 LRD833.65	-22.8%
Monthly public transit pass	$74.52 NZ$129.96	$20.00 LRD3,552.50	-73.2%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$24,777.66 NZ$43,211.84	$12,534.94 LRD2,226,518.22	-49.4%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$17.81 NZ$31.06	$12.69 LRD2,254.41	-28.7%
Average			-43.5%

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pay 11.1% less for housing

	New Zealand	Liberia
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$50.00 NZ$87.19	$93.25 LRD16,563.52	+86.5%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$978.36 NZ$1,706.24	$666.67 LRD118,416.67	-31.9%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$810.06 NZ$1,412.73	$95.00 LRD16,874.38	-88.3%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$95.66 NZ$166.83	$85.26 LRD15,145.11	-10.9%
Average			-11.1%

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pay 86.5% less for childcare

	New Zealand	Liberia
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$635.34 NZ$1,108.03	$129.33 LRD22,972.82	-79.6%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$13,463.91 NZ$23,480.84	$894.00 LRD158,796.49	-93.4%
Average			-86.5%

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pay 7.3% less for entertainment and sports

	New Zealand	Liberia
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$6.04 NZ$10.54	$3.00 LRD532.88	-50.4%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$3.35 NZ$5.85	$3.33 LRD592.08	-0.6%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$23.12 NZ$40.33	$5.00 LRD888.13	-78.4%
Monthly membership at local gym	$37.72 NZ$65.79	$76.25 LRD13,543.91	+102.1%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$10.72 NZ$18.69	$9.75 LRD1,731.80	-9.0%
Average			-7.3%

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pay 41.5% less for clothing

	New Zealand	Liberia
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$65.22 NZ$113.75	$18.41 LRD3,270.51	-71.8%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$39.23 NZ$68.42	$33.75 LRD5,994.84	-14.0%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$90.28 NZ$157.45	$56.25 LRD9,991.41	-37.7%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$119.43 NZ$208.28	$68.75 LRD12,211.72	-42.4%
Average			-41.5%

New Zealand vs. Liberia - 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: December 2025

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