Tunisia vs. Samoa Cost of Living Summary

Tunisia is 25.8% cheaper than Samoa overall.

Restaurants
pay 83.1% less in Tunisia
Groceries
pay 37.6% less in Tunisia
Transportation
pay 56.6% less in Tunisia
Housing
pay 80.0% more in Tunisia
Entertainment and Sports
pay 58.7% less in Tunisia

Expenses including restaurants, entertainment and sports, transportation, and groceries are lower in Tunisia. Notably, housing is significantly more expensive in Tunisia.

Tunisia vs. Samoa Cost Breakdown

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

pay 83.1% less for restaurants

 
Samoa
Tunisia
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant $47.26
WST130.00
$3.69
TND11.050
Fast food combo meal
McDonalds, or similar
$14.54
WST40.00
$4.93
TND14.790
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz) $1.82
WST5.00
$0.66
TND1.980

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pay 37.6% less for groceries

 
Samoa
Tunisia
Bread
1 loaf
$0.82
WST2.25
$0.23
TND0.690
Local cheese (8 oz) $0.45
WST1.25
$5.56
TND16.680
Milk (1 gallon) $6.88
WST18.93
$1.80
TND5.410

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pay 56.6% less for transportation

 
Samoa
Tunisia
Gasoline (1 gallon) $4.13
WST11.36
$3.13
TND9.390
Monthly public transit pass ?? $10.80
TND32.400
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition) ?? $37,447.81
TND112K

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pay 80.0% more for housing

 
Samoa
Tunisia
Internet connection
50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl
$36.35
WST100.00
$19.04
TND57.090
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area ?? $195.88
TND587.310
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center ?? $138.42
TND415.040

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pay (unknown) more for childcare

 
Samoa
Tunisia
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly ?? $76.01
TND227.910
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters ?? $2,600.52
TND7,797.230

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pay 58.7% less for entertainment and sports

 
Samoa
Tunisia
Domestic/local beer (1 pint) $3.45
WST9.50
$1.49
TND4.470
Cappuccino in mid-range area $2.91
WST8.00
$0.98
TND2.930
Pack of cigarettes
Marlboro or similar
$6.18
WST17.00
$3.53
TND10.570

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pay (unknown) more for clothing

 
Samoa
Tunisia
Regular jeans
Levi's brand
?? $40.70
TND122.020
Regular dress
from H&M or similar store
?? $51.12
TND153.270
Running shoes
Nike or Adidas
?? $89.52
TND268.430

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