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Madagascar vs. Saint Kitts and Nevis Cost of Living Summary

Madagascar is 60.5% cheaper than Saint Kitts and Nevis overall.

Restaurants: pay 70.5% less in Madagascar
Groceries: pay 64.4% less in Madagascar
Housing: pay 64.5% less in Madagascar
Entertainment and Sports: pay 41.5% less in Madagascar
Clothing: pay 61.7% less in Madagascar

Expenses including restaurants, housing, groceries, clothing, and entertainment and sports are lower in Madagascar.

Madagascar vs. Saint Kitts and Nevis Cost Breakdown

If you lived in Madagascar instead of Saint Kitts and Nevis, you would:

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pay 70.5% less for restaurants

	Saint Kitts and Nevis	Madagascar
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$18.50 EC$50.00	$3.04 MGA13,619	-83.6%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$13.98 EC$37.77	$4.73 MGA21,181	-66.2%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$2.04 EC$5.50	$0.82 MGA3,671	-59.7%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$2.28 EC$6.17	$0.62 MGA2,787	-72.7%
Average			-70.5%

Saint Kitts and Nevis vs. Madagascar - Cost of restaurants

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pay 64.4% less for groceries

	Saint Kitts and Nevis	Madagascar
Bread 1 loaf	$3.70 EC$10.00	$0.88 MGA3,926	-76.3%
Local cheese (8 oz)	??	$5.36 MGA24,011
Milk (1 gallon)	$9.25 EC$25.00	$3.89 MGA17,413	-58.0%
Eggs 1 dozen	$5.55 EC$15.00	$1.97 MGA8,825	-64.5%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$4.20 EC$11.34	$2.63 MGA11,798	-37.2%
Apples (1 lb)	$2.01 EC$5.44	$0.64 MGA2,870	-68.2%
Bananas (1 lb)	$1.39 EC$3.77	$0.33 MGA1,487	-76.2%
Oranges (1 lb)	??	$0.57 MGA2,534
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$1.68 EC$4.54	$0.41 MGA1,830	-75.6%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$1.01 EC$2.72	$0.29 MGA1,284	-71.5%
Onions (1 lb)	$0.84 EC$2.27	$0.40 MGA1,813	-51.8%
Average			-64.4%

Saint Kitts and Nevis vs. Madagascar - Cost of groceries

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pay (unknown) more for transportation

	Saint Kitts and Nevis	Madagascar
Gasoline (1 gallon)	??	$4.44 MGA19,882
Monthly public transit pass	??	??
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	??	$12,651.72 MGA56,656,041
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	??	$17.17 MGA76,890

Saint Kitts and Nevis vs. Madagascar - Cost of transportation

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pay 64.5% less for housing

	Saint Kitts and Nevis	Madagascar
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	??	$60.23 MGA269,738
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$700.00 EC$1,891.79	$257.49 MGA1,153,080	-63.2%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$650.00 EC$1,756.66	$71.69 MGA321,047	-89.0%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$76.47 EC$206.67	$44.95 MGA201,275	-41.2%
Average			-64.5%

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pay (unknown) more for childcare

	Saint Kitts and Nevis	Madagascar
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	??	$46.54 MGA208,413
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	??	$8,634.52 MGA38,666,483

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pay 41.5% less for entertainment and sports

	Saint Kitts and Nevis	Madagascar
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$2.22 EC$6.00	$0.82 MGA3,656	-63.2%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$3.70 EC$10.00	$1.33 MGA5,953	-64.1%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	??	$1.73 MGA7,764
Monthly membership at local gym	??	$29.94 MGA134,087
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$6.29 EC$17.00	$6.47 MGA28,989	+2.9%
Average			-41.5%

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pay 61.7% less for clothing

	Saint Kitts and Nevis	Madagascar
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$88.81 EC$240.00	$19.48 MGA87,220	-78.1%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	??	$17.20 MGA77,045
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$129.51 EC$350.00	$70.84 MGA317,229	-45.3%
Men's business shoes (leather)	??	$55.48 MGA248,436
Average			-61.7%

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