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Somalia vs. Pakistan Cost of Living Summary

Somalia is 60.5% more expensive than Pakistan overall.

Restaurants: pay 57.1% more in Somalia
Groceries: pay 2.7 times more in Somalia
Transportation: pay 70.0% more in Somalia
Housing: pay 80.5% more in Somalia
Childcare: pay 8.2% less in Somalia
Entertainment and Sports: pay 67.1% more in Somalia
Clothing: pay 17.1% less in Somalia

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

Somalia vs. Pakistan Cost Breakdown

If you lived in Somalia instead of Pakistan, you would:

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pay 57.1% more for restaurants

	Pakistan	Somalia
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$2.08 PKR583.45	$2.88 SOS1,640	+38.0%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$4.42 PKR1,238.47	$4.62 SOS2,639	+4.6%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$0.36 PKR100.52	$0.74 SOS421	+105.5%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$0.22 PKR61.39	$0.40 SOS226	+80.5%
Average			+57.1%

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pay 2.7 times more for groceries

	Pakistan	Somalia
Bread 1 loaf	$0.57 PKR160.70	$1.12 SOS642	+96.1%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$2.74 PKR766.72	$2.17 SOS1,236	-20.8%
Milk (1 gallon)	$2.80 PKR783.07	$7.78 SOS4,436	+178.2%
Eggs 1 dozen	$1.16 PKR323.83	$2.51 SOS1,433	+117.3%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$1.24 PKR346.61	$2.44 SOS1,391	+97.1%
Apples (1 lb)	$0.45 PKR126.37	$1.49 SOS848	+229.6%
Bananas (1 lb)	$0.28 PKR77.71	$0.98 SOS561	+254.3%
Oranges (1 lb)	$0.33 PKR91.70	$1.27 SOS726	+288.8%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$0.22 PKR61.41	$0.62 SOS355	+183.7%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$0.16 PKR44.31	$0.64 SOS364	+303.1%
Onions (1 lb)	$0.20 PKR57.09	$0.58 SOS331	+184.4%
Average			+173.8%

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pay 70.0% more for transportation

	Pakistan	Somalia
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$3.53 PKR988.78	$3.87 SOS2,208	+9.6%
Monthly public transit pass	$6.76 PKR1,894.85	$25.00 SOS14,263	+269.6%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$20,356.76 PKR5,703,067.70	$5,750.00 SOS3,280,588	-71.8%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$4.31 PKR1,207.04	$7.43 SOS4,241	+72.5%
Average			+70.0%

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pay 80.5% more for housing

	Pakistan	Somalia
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$14.55 PKR4,076.85	$37.79 SOS21,562	+159.7%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$87.27 PKR24,449.72	$142.93 SOS81,547	+63.8%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$51.03 PKR14,296.47	$98.19 SOS56,019	+92.4%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$69.36 PKR19,431.79	$73.70 SOS42,048	+6.3%
Average			+80.5%

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pay 8.2% less for childcare

	Pakistan	Somalia
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$30.86 PKR8,644.55	$43.33 SOS24,723	+40.4%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$1,351.44 PKR378,612.93	$585.00 SOS333,764	-56.7%
Average			-8.2%

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pay 67.1% more for entertainment and sports

	Pakistan	Somalia
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$2.45 PKR686.94	$7.00 SOS3,994	+185.5%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$1.56 PKR437.56	$1.19 SOS678	-24.0%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$1.82 PKR510.80	$1.10 SOS628	-39.7%
Monthly membership at local gym	$12.01 PKR3,363.82	$33.33 SOS19,018	+177.6%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$3.67 PKR1,029.30	$5.00 SOS2,853	+36.1%
Average			+67.1%

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pay 17.1% less for clothing

	Pakistan	Somalia
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$15.25 PKR4,271.48	$15.25 SOS8,701
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$21.49 PKR6,020.55	$19.78 SOS11,284	-8.0%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$71.60 PKR20,059.04	$19.89 SOS11,347	-72.2%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$28.91 PKR8,099.74	$37.28 SOS21,268	+28.9%
Average			-17.1%

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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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