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Ethiopia vs. Senegal Cost of Living Summary

Ethiopia is 16.4% more expensive than Senegal overall.

Restaurants: pay 32.8% less in Ethiopia
Groceries: pay 4.5% more in Ethiopia
Transportation: pay 36.8% less in Ethiopia
Housing: pay 49.3% more in Ethiopia
Childcare: pay 2.2 times more in Ethiopia
Entertainment and Sports: pay 1.8% more in Ethiopia
Clothing: pay 4.2% more in Ethiopia

The cost of childcare, housing, groceries, clothing, and entertainment and sports in Ethiopia are more expensive than in Senegal. Expenses including transportation and restaurants are lower in Ethiopia. Notably, childcare is significantly more expensive in Ethiopia.

Ethiopia vs. Senegal Cost Breakdown

If you lived in Ethiopia instead of Senegal, you would:

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pay 32.8% less for restaurants

	Senegal	Ethiopia
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$4.92 F CFA2,782	$4.26 ETB655.54	-13.4%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$10.46 F CFA5,919	$6.50 ETB1,000.24	-37.9%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$0.89 F CFA506	$0.61 ETB93.51	-32.1%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$1.09 F CFA614	$0.57 ETB87.20	-47.8%
Average			-32.8%

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pay 4.5% more for groceries

	Senegal	Ethiopia
Bread 1 loaf	$0.64 F CFA361	$1.26 ETB193.73	+97.1%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$6.44 F CFA3,642	$4.34 ETB667.36	-32.7%
Milk (1 gallon)	$9.55 F CFA5,400	$5.42 ETB834.53	-43.2%
Eggs 1 dozen	$2.81 F CFA1,589	$2.28 ETB351.02	-18.8%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$4.40 F CFA2,487	$5.76 ETB886.79	+31.0%
Apples (1 lb)	$1.27 F CFA719	$3.08 ETB473.48	+142.1%
Bananas (1 lb)	$0.85 F CFA482	$0.43 ETB66.40	-49.3%
Oranges (1 lb)	$1.21 F CFA686	$1.06 ETB162.78	-12.7%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$0.98 F CFA554	$0.40 ETB62.30	-58.7%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$0.69 F CFA393	$0.28 ETB42.45	-60.3%
Onions (1 lb)	$0.59 F CFA331	$0.91 ETB139.43	+54.8%
Average			+4.5%

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pay 36.8% less for transportation

	Senegal	Ethiopia
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$6.70 F CFA3,792	$4.81 ETB740.52	-28.2%
Monthly public transit pass	$80.49 F CFA45,531	$12.00 ETB1,846.60	-85.1%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$37,116.17 F CFA20,994,738	$55,000.00 ETB8,463,587.61	+48.2%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$20.12 F CFA11,383	$3.62 ETB556.29	-82.0%
Average			-36.8%

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pay 49.3% more for housing

	Senegal	Ethiopia
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$48.58 F CFA27,480	$130.20 ETB20,035.62	+168.0%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$940.87 F CFA532,204	$815.99 ETB125,568.08	-13.3%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$364.90 F CFA206,406	$512.43 ETB78,854.26	+40.4%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$119.46 F CFA67,572	$121.97 ETB18,769.25	+2.1%
Average			+49.3%

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pay 2.2 times more for childcare

	Senegal	Ethiopia
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$268.31 F CFA151,769	$94.05 ETB14,472.47	-64.9%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$7,289.08 F CFA4,123,063	$30,187.50 ETB4,645,355.47	+314.1%
Average			+124.6%

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pay 1.8% more for entertainment and sports

	Senegal	Ethiopia
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$2.68 F CFA1,518	$0.90 ETB138.50	-66.5%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$4.47 F CFA2,530	$1.09 ETB167.35	-75.7%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$1.79 F CFA1,012	$5.10 ETB784.81	+185.1%
Monthly membership at local gym	$50.08 F CFA28,330	$62.10 ETB9,556.74	+24.0%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$8.94 F CFA5,059	$3.75 ETB577.06	-58.1%
Average			+1.8%

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pay 4.2% more for clothing

	Senegal	Ethiopia
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$52.32 F CFA29,595	$45.03 ETB6,929.81	-13.9%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$47.70 F CFA26,981	$75.17 ETB11,566.90	+57.6%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$110.31 F CFA62,394	$94.08 ETB14,477.62	-14.7%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$131.17 F CFA74,198	$115.09 ETB17,709.97	-12.3%
Average			+4.2%

Senegal vs. Ethiopia - Cost of clothing

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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: December 2025

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