Somalia is 39.7% cheaper than Samoa.

If you lived in Somalia instead of Samoa, you would:

pay 46.0% less for restaurants

 
Samoa
Somalia
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant $4.59
WST12.84
$4.00
SOS2,292
Fast food combo meal
McDonalds, or similar
$10.59
WST29.64
$5.00
SOS2,865
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz) $1.46
WST4.09
$0.62
SOS358

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pay 21.1% less for groceries

 
Samoa
Somalia
Bread
1 loaf
$1.21
WST3.40
$1.16
SOS667
Local cheese (8 oz) $8.09
WST22.65
$2.48
SOS1,420
Milk (1 gallon) $4.17
WST11.67
$5.32
SOS3,050

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pay 11.1% less for transportation

 
Samoa
Somalia
Gasoline (1 gallon) $3.75
WST10.50
$3.85
SOS2,205
Monthly public transit pass ?? $42.50
SOS24,349
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition) ?? $8,375.00
SOS4,798,125

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pay 77.0% less for housing

 
Samoa
Somalia
Internet connection
50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl
$109.70
WST307.17
$41.00
SOS23,489
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area $1,100.71
WST3,081.99
$197.57
SOS113,191
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center $440.28
WST1,232.80
$86.54
SOS49,581

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pay 44.5% less for childcare

 
Samoa
Somalia
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly $76.44
WST214.03
$51.88
SOS29,720
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters $2,201.42
WST6,163.98
$950.00
SOS544,265

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pay 17.6% less for entertainment and sports

 
Samoa
Somalia
Domestic/local beer (1 pint) $3.67
WST10.27
$8.00
SOS4,583
Cappuccino in mid-range area $3.24
WST9.06
$1.12
SOS641
Pack of cigarettes
Marlboro or similar
$5.50
WST15.41
$1.93
SOS1,103

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pay 60.7% less for clothing

 
Samoa
Somalia
Regular jeans
Levi's brand
$50.00
WST140.00
$18.04
SOS10,336
Regular dress
from H&M or similar store
$49.35
WST138.19
$20.50
SOS11,745
Running shoes
Nike or Adidas
$75.00
WST210.00
$21.33
SOS12,222

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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 2024
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