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United Kingdom vs. Papua New Guinea Cost of Living Summary

United Kingdom is 88.8% more expensive than Papua New Guinea overall.

Restaurants: pay 82.9% more in United Kingdom
Groceries: pay 12.2% less in United Kingdom
Transportation: pay 2.4 times more in United Kingdom
Housing: pay 31.7% more in United Kingdom
Childcare: pay 3.6 times more in United Kingdom
Entertainment and Sports: pay 87.0% more in United Kingdom
Clothing: pay 32.1% more in United Kingdom

The cost of childcare, transportation, entertainment and sports, restaurants, clothing, and housing in United Kingdom are more expensive than in Papua New Guinea. Notably, childcare, transportation, and entertainment and sports are significantly more expensive in United Kingdom.

United Kingdom vs. Papua New Guinea Cost Breakdown

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

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pay 82.9% more for restaurants

	Papua New Guinea	United Kingdom
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$12.38 PGK51.18	$18.70 £14.10	+51.0%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$7.43 PGK30.71	$9.25 £6.98	+24.6%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$0.80 PGK3.29	$2.23 £1.68	+180.5%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$0.89 PGK3.68	$1.57 £1.18	+75.6%
Average			+82.9%

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pay 12.2% less for groceries

	Papua New Guinea	United Kingdom
Bread 1 loaf	$1.49 PGK6.14	$1.53 £1.15	+2.9%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$2.20 PGK9.08	$4.35 £3.28	+98.0%
Milk (1 gallon)	$7.01 PGK28.99	$5.92 £4.46	-15.6%
Eggs 1 dozen	$3.68 PGK15.23	$3.77 £2.84	+2.2%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$3.28 PGK13.54	$3.70 £2.79	+12.9%
Apples (1 lb)	$1.56 PGK6.43	$1.23 £0.93	-21.0%
Bananas (1 lb)	$1.19 PGK4.94	$0.67 £0.50	-44.3%
Oranges (1 lb)	$1.74 PGK7.21	$1.26 £0.95	-27.8%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$2.02 PGK8.36	$1.42 £1.07	-29.9%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$1.57 PGK6.50	$0.65 £0.49	-58.9%
Onions (1 lb)	$1.37 PGK5.65	$0.65 £0.49	-52.5%
Average			-12.2%

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pay 2.4 times more for transportation

	Papua New Guinea	United Kingdom
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$4.29 PGK17.73	$7.07 £5.33	+65.0%
Monthly public transit pass	$16.69 PGK68.98	$98.23 £74.05	+488.6%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$25,877.21 PGK106,956.57	$34,832.80 £26,258.46	+34.6%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$22.04 PGK91.09	$17.15 £12.93	-22.2%
Average			+141.5%

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pay 31.7% more for housing

	Papua New Guinea	United Kingdom
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$309.54 PGK1,279.38	$39.40 £29.70	-87.3%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$2,346.03 PGK9,696.71	$1,243.58 £937.46	-47.0%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$609.17 PGK2,517.83	$1,020.84 £769.55	+67.6%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$78.11 PGK322.86	$229.21 £172.79	+193.4%
Average			+31.7%

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pay 3.6 times more for childcare

	Papua New Guinea	United Kingdom
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$494.23 PGK2,042.75	$1,497.56 £1,128.93	+203.0%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$4,498.59 PGK18,593.73	$18,629.32 £14,043.59	+314.1%
Average			+258.6%

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pay 87.0% more for entertainment and sports

	Papua New Guinea	United Kingdom
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$2.48 PGK10.24	$5.63 £4.24	+127.2%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$1.83 PGK7.57	$4.12 £3.11	+125.0%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$7.48 PGK30.91	$17.47 £13.17	+133.6%
Monthly membership at local gym	$45.19 PGK186.79	$45.31 £34.16	+0.3%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$8.67 PGK35.82	$12.89 £9.72	+48.8%
Average			+87.0%

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pay 32.1% more for clothing

	Papua New Guinea	United Kingdom
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$39.25 PGK162.23	$78.43 £59.12	+99.8%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$44.57 PGK184.23	$40.13 £30.25	-10.0%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$64.38 PGK266.11	$90.36 £68.11	+40.3%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$98.43 PGK406.84	$96.72 £72.91	-1.7%
Average			+32.1%

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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: April 2025

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