Jordan is 29.5% cheaper than Papua New Guinea.

If you lived in Jordan instead of Papua New Guinea, you would:

pay 43.3% less for restaurants

 
Papua New Guinea
Jordan
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant $9.83
PGK36.93
$6.26
JOD4.430
Fast food combo meal
McDonalds, or similar
$8.51
PGK31.98
$6.70
JOD4.750
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz) $1.01
PGK3.80
$0.53
JOD0.370

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pay 44.9% less for groceries

 
Papua New Guinea
Jordan
Bread
1 loaf
$1.49
PGK5.60
$0.53
JOD0.380
Local cheese (8 oz) $2.66
PGK9.99
$3.79
JOD2.680
Milk (1 gallon) $7.38
PGK27.73
$5.49
JOD3.890

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pay 23.3% less for transportation

 
Papua New Guinea
Jordan
Gasoline (1 gallon) $4.51
PGK16.95
$4.64
JOD3.290
Monthly public transit pass $38.24
PGK143.70
$42.52
JOD30.150
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition) $45,390.07
PGK170,580.92
$28,721.45
JOD20,360.640

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pay 68.5% less for housing

 
Papua New Guinea
Jordan
Internet connection
50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl
$378.25
PGK1,421.51
$34.17
JOD24.220
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area $2,156.03
PGK8,102.59
$279.89
JOD198.410
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center $459.57
PGK1,727.13
$212.37
JOD150.550

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pay 50.4% less for childcare

 
Papua New Guinea
Jordan
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly $596.93
PGK2,243.32
$101.26
JOD71.780
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters $4,539.01
PGK17,058.09
$3,737.38
JOD2,649.430

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pay 19.7% more for entertainment and sports

 
Papua New Guinea
Jordan
Domestic/local beer (1 pint) $3.12
PGK11.73
$6.52
JOD4.620
Cappuccino in mid-range area $3.32
PGK12.47
$2.92
JOD2.070
Pack of cigarettes
Marlboro or similar
$7.09
PGK26.65
$3.27
JOD2.320

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pay 4.3% more for clothing

 
Papua New Guinea
Jordan
Regular jeans
Levi's brand
$36.88
PGK138.60
$38.71
JOD27.440
Regular dress
from H&M or similar store
$39.72
PGK149.26
$47.80
JOD33.880
Running shoes
Nike or Adidas
$67.38
PGK253.21
$79.04
JOD56.030

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