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Saint Lucia vs. Papua New Guinea Cost of Living Summary

Saint Lucia is 4.1% more expensive than Papua New Guinea overall.

Restaurants: pay 36.5% more in Saint Lucia
Groceries: pay 24.2% more in Saint Lucia
Transportation: pay 33.5% more in Saint Lucia
Housing: pay 51.8% less in Saint Lucia
Childcare: pay 68.5% less in Saint Lucia
Entertainment and Sports: pay 8.7% more in Saint Lucia
Clothing: pay 46.0% more in Saint Lucia

The cost of clothing, restaurants, transportation, groceries, and entertainment and sports in Saint Lucia are more expensive than in Papua New Guinea. Expenses including childcare and housing are lower in Saint Lucia.

Saint Lucia vs. Papua New Guinea Cost Breakdown

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

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pay 36.5% more for restaurants

	Papua New Guinea	Saint Lucia
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$17.87 PGK76.12	$7.40 EC$20.00	-58.6%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$5.92 PGK25.23	$7.40 EC$20.00	+24.9%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$0.80 PGK3.42	$1.94 EC$5.25	+142.0%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$0.70 PGK3.00	$0.97 EC$2.63	+37.9%
Average			+36.5%

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pay 24.2% more for groceries

	Papua New Guinea	Saint Lucia
Bread 1 loaf	$1.55 PGK6.62	$1.67 EC$4.52	+7.6%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$3.60 PGK15.35	$5.61 EC$15.17	+55.8%
Milk (1 gallon)	$7.76 PGK33.06	$7.76 EC$20.96
Eggs 1 dozen	$4.00 PGK17.05	$4.24 EC$11.46	+5.9%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$3.63 PGK15.46	$4.41 EC$11.93	+21.5%
Apples (1 lb)	$1.99 PGK8.47	$3.43 EC$9.27	+72.4%
Bananas (1 lb)	$1.32 PGK5.63	$0.75 EC$2.04	-43.0%
Oranges (1 lb)	$2.73 PGK11.64	$2.86 EC$7.72	+4.5%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$1.62 PGK6.92	$3.01 EC$8.13	+85.3%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$1.58 PGK6.73	$2.62 EC$7.09	+65.8%
Onions (1 lb)	$1.18 PGK5.03	$0.78 EC$2.12	-33.6%
Average			+24.2%

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pay 33.5% more for transportation

	Papua New Guinea	Saint Lucia
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$4.22 PGK17.96	$5.85 EC$15.82	+38.8%
Monthly public transit pass	$23.69 PGK100.90	??
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$22,387.96 PGK95,354.79	$28,676.62 EC$77,500.00	+28.1%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$24.88 PGK105.95	??
Average			+33.5%

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pay 51.8% less for housing

	Papua New Guinea	Saint Lucia
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$165.84 PGK706.33	$41.07 EC$111.00	-75.2%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$2,652.44 PGK11,297.25	$461.11 EC$1,246.17	-82.6%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$758.54 PGK3,230.79	$391.61 EC$1,058.33	-48.4%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$80.08 PGK341.06	$79.23 EC$214.12	-1.1%
Average			-51.8%

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pay 68.5% less for childcare

	Papua New Guinea	Saint Lucia
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$631.76 PGK2,690.79	$198.89 EC$537.50	-68.5%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$3,968.24 PGK16,901.51	??
Average			-68.5%

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pay 8.7% more for entertainment and sports

	Papua New Guinea	Saint Lucia
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$2.98 PGK12.67	$3.89 EC$10.51	+30.7%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$2.56 PGK10.89	$3.70 EC$10.00	+44.7%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$6.96 PGK29.63	$9.25 EC$25.00	+33.0%
Monthly membership at local gym	$73.52 PGK313.14	$49.03 EC$132.50	-33.3%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$10.30 PGK43.87	$7.03 EC$19.00	-31.7%
Average			+8.7%

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pay 46.0% more for clothing

	Papua New Guinea	Saint Lucia
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$31.15 PGK132.69	$50.57 EC$136.67	+62.3%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$36.48 PGK155.39	$53.96 EC$145.83	+47.9%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$76.40 PGK325.42	$107.92 EC$291.67	+41.3%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$97.73 PGK416.23	$129.51 EC$350.00	+32.5%
Average			+46.0%

Papua New Guinea vs. Saint Lucia - 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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