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Mauritania vs. Nigeria Cost of Living Summary

Mauritania is 73.7% more expensive than Nigeria overall.

Restaurants: pay 3.3 times more in Mauritania
Groceries: pay 24.3% less in Mauritania
Transportation: pay 16.6% less in Mauritania
Housing: pay 77.9% more in Mauritania
Childcare: pay 2.9 times more in Mauritania
Entertainment and Sports: pay 66.7% more in Mauritania
Clothing: pay 3.5% less in Mauritania

The cost of restaurants, childcare, housing, and entertainment and sports in Mauritania are more expensive than in Nigeria. Expenses including groceries, transportation, and clothing are lower in Mauritania. Notably, restaurants, childcare, and housing are significantly more expensive in Mauritania.

Mauritania vs. Nigeria Cost Breakdown

If you lived in Mauritania instead of Nigeria, you would:

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pay 3.3 times more for restaurants

	Nigeria	Mauritania
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$2.57 NGN3,715.87	$3.01 MRO1,082	+17.4%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$4.75 NGN6,872.31	$6.28 MRO2,254	+32.2%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$0.45 NGN655.69	$1.77 MRO637	+291.7%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$0.32 NGN462.19	$2.16 MRO775	+576.2%
Average			+229.4%

Nigeria vs. Mauritania - Cost of restaurants

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pay 24.3% less for groceries

	Nigeria	Mauritania
Bread 1 loaf	$1.26 NGN1,816.80	$0.28 MRO99	-78.0%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$2.59 NGN3,743.90	$2.76 MRO990	+6.6%
Milk (1 gallon)	$10.63 NGN15,384.30	$5.36 MRO1,923	-49.6%
Eggs 1 dozen	$1.75 NGN2,531.25	$2.23 MRO800	+27.4%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$1.95 NGN2,816.32	$2.51 MRO901	+28.9%
Apples (1 lb)	$1.42 NGN2,057.94	$1.00 MRO360	-29.5%
Bananas (1 lb)	$0.78 NGN1,126.94	$0.83 MRO299	+7.0%
Oranges (1 lb)	$0.69 NGN1,005.01	$0.65 MRO234	-6.2%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$0.85 NGN1,223.56	$0.45 MRO161	-47.1%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$1.04 NGN1,511.37	$0.35 MRO126	-66.5%
Onions (1 lb)	$0.99 NGN1,435.43	$0.39 MRO141	-60.4%
Average			-24.3%

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pay 16.6% less for transportation

	Nigeria	Mauritania
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$2.73 NGN3,951.74	$5.36 MRO1,924	+96.2%
Monthly public transit pass	$32.19 NGN46,586.64	$21.97 MRO7,889	-31.7%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$22,671.83 NGN32,809,994.43	$7,533.89 MRO2,704,667	-66.8%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$10.86 NGN15,715.86	$3.89 MRO1,397	-64.2%
Average			-16.6%

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pay 77.9% more for housing

	Nigeria	Mauritania
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$30.67 NGN44,381.13	$60.27 MRO21,637	+96.5%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$764.80 NGN1,106,799.48	$225.73 MRO81,036	-70.5%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$524.95 NGN759,687.25	$162.03 MRO58,168	-69.1%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$24.50 NGN35,452.58	$111.41 MRO39,996	+354.8%
Average			+77.9%

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pay 2.9 times more for childcare

	Nigeria	Mauritania
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$83.50 NGN120,835.37	$73.21 MRO26,284	-12.3%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$1,445.58 NGN2,091,994.21	$7,011.73 MRO2,517,211	+385.0%
Average			+186.3%

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pay 66.7% more for entertainment and sports

	Nigeria	Mauritania
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$0.90 NGN1,302.73	$1.96 MRO703	+117.6%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$2.33 NGN3,371.89	$2.30 MRO825	-1.4%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$1.55 NGN2,242.96	$2.51 MRO902	+62.0%
Monthly membership at local gym	$30.46 NGN44,076.85	$87.27 MRO31,329	+186.5%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$5.94 NGN8,596.83	$4.08 MRO1,465	-31.3%
Average			+66.7%

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pay 3.5% less for clothing

	Nigeria	Mauritania
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$17.42 NGN25,214.76	$20.45 MRO7,342	+17.4%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$29.27 NGN42,355.35	$20.77 MRO7,455	-29.0%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$55.68 NGN80,579.91	$69.22 MRO24,848	+24.3%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$56.56 NGN81,849.95	$41.44 MRO14,876	-26.7%
Average			-3.5%

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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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