Cost of living comparison

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Cook Islands vs. North Korea Cost of Living Summary

Cook Islands is 93.3% more expensive than North Korea overall.

Restaurants: pay 68.8% more in Cook Islands
Groceries: pay 98.6% more in Cook Islands
Housing: pay 2.2 times more in Cook Islands
Entertainment and Sports: pay 83.9% more in Cook Islands

The cost of housing, groceries, entertainment and sports, and restaurants in Cook Islands are more expensive than in North Korea. Notably, housing, groceries, and entertainment and sports are significantly more expensive in Cook Islands.

Cook Islands vs. North Korea Cost Breakdown

If you lived in Cook Islands instead of North Korea, you would:

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pay 68.8% more for restaurants

	North Korea	Cook Islands
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	??	$11.54 NZ$20.12
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	??	$7.93 NZ$13.83
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$2.34 KPW2,102	$2.88 NZ$5.03	+23.5%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$1.17 KPW1,051	$2.50 NZ$4.36	+114.0%
Average			+68.8%

North Korea vs. Cook Islands - Cost of restaurants

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pay 98.6% more for groceries

	North Korea	Cook Islands
Bread 1 loaf	$2.40 KPW2,161	$3.11 NZ$5.42	+29.5%
Local cheese (8 oz)	??	$4.98 NZ$8.68
Milk (1 gallon)	$3.70 KPW3,332	$7.37 NZ$12.85	+99.1%
Eggs 1 dozen	$2.08 KPW1,876	$5.57 NZ$9.71	+167.1%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	??	$3.40 NZ$5.93
Apples (1 lb)	??	$1.30 NZ$2.27
Bananas (1 lb)	??	$1.05 NZ$1.83
Oranges (1 lb)	??	$1.56 NZ$2.73
Tomatoes (1 lb)	??	$2.75 NZ$4.79
Potatoes (1 lb)	??	$1.05 NZ$1.83
Onions (1 lb)	??	$0.82 NZ$1.44
Average			+98.6%

North Korea vs. Cook Islands - Cost of groceries

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pay (unknown) more for transportation

	North Korea	Cook Islands
Gasoline (1 gallon)	??	$6.56 NZ$11.45
Monthly public transit pass	??	??
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	??	$11,538.70 NZ$20,123.30
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	??	??

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pay 2.2 times more for housing

	North Korea	Cook Islands
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	??	$105.96 NZ$184.80
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$93.44 KPW84,095	$305.77 NZ$533.27	+227.2%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$262.80 KPW236,518	$305.77 NZ$533.27	+16.4%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	??	$82.72 NZ$144.27
Average			+121.8%

North Korea vs. Cook Islands - Cost of housing

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pay (unknown) more for childcare

	North Korea	Cook Islands
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	??	??
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	??	$1,384.64 NZ$2,414.80

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pay 83.9% more for entertainment and sports

	North Korea	Cook Islands
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$14.02 KPW12,614	$5.99 NZ$10.44	-57.3%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$1.17 KPW1,051	$3.80 NZ$6.62	+225.2%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	??	$14.42 NZ$25.15
Monthly membership at local gym	??	$24.04 NZ$41.92
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	??	$6.63 NZ$11.57
Average			+83.9%

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pay (unknown) more for clothing

	North Korea	Cook Islands
Regular jeans Levi's brand	??	$64.62 NZ$112.69
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	??	??
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	??	??
Men's business shoes (leather)	??	$70.96 NZ$123.76

North Korea vs. Cook Islands - 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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