Sierra Leone is 14.5% more expensive than Poland.

If you lived in Sierra Leone instead of Poland, you would:

pay 4.3% less for restaurants

 
Poland
Sierra Leone
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant $6.88
zł27.51
$3.84
SLL80,480
Fast food combo meal
McDonalds, or similar
$5.95
zł23.78
$10.00
SLL209,695
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz) $1.30
zł5.19
$1.00
SLL20,970

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pay 87.1% more for groceries

 
Poland
Sierra Leone
Bread
1 loaf
$0.94
zł3.75
$0.68
SLL14,157
Local cheese (8 oz) $3.34
zł13.36
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Milk (1 gallon) $2.82
zł11.26
$8.64
SLL181,119

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pay 45.7% less for transportation

 
Poland
Sierra Leone
Gasoline (1 gallon) $5.68
zł22.72
$3.91
SLL82,021
Monthly public transit pass $23.91
zł95.59
$4.50
SLL94,363
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition) $19,787.24
zł79,107.07
$10,000.00
SLL209,695,000

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pay 2.9 times more for housing

 
Poland
Sierra Leone
Internet connection
50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl
$12.94
zł51.73
$100.00
SLL2,096,950
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area $480.05
zł1,919.18
$1,438.66
SLL30,168,063
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center $406.85
zł1,626.53
$101.90
SLL2,136,862

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pay 73.2% less for childcare

 
Poland
Sierra Leone
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly $228.50
zł913.53
$20.00
SLL419,390
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters $4,467.72
zł17,861.41
$2,000.00
SLL41,939,000

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pay 11.8% more for entertainment and sports

 
Poland
Sierra Leone
Domestic/local beer (1 pint) $2.34
zł9.34
$1.25
SLL26,212
Cappuccino in mid-range area $2.45
zł9.79
$1.74
SLL36,435
Pack of cigarettes
Marlboro or similar
$4.13
zł16.51
$2.01
SLL42,205

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pay 65.4% less for clothing

 
Poland
Sierra Leone
Regular jeans
Levi's brand
$64.65
zł258.46
$10.00
SLL209,695
Regular dress
from H&M or similar store
$30.33
zł121.26
$8.00
SLL167,756
Running shoes
Nike or Adidas
$66.37
zł265.36
$20.00
SLL419,390

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