Cost of living comparison
Ethiopia is 80.9% more expensive than Serbia.
If you lived in Ethiopia instead of Serbia, you would:
pay 13.6% less for restaurants
Serbia
|
Ethiopia
|
||
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Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant |
$5.30
RSD581
|
$7.66
ETB436.15
|
|
Fast food combo meal
McDonalds, or similar
|
$5.28
RSD578
|
$5.60
ETB318.85
|
|
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz) |
$1.26
RSD138
|
$0.64
ETB36.16
|
|
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz) |
$0.89
RSD97
|
$0.39
ETB22.46
|
|
pay 41.9% more for groceries
Serbia
|
Ethiopia
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Bread
1 loaf
|
$0.57
RSD62
|
$0.59
ETB33.78
|
|
Local cheese (8 oz) |
$2.79
RSD305
|
$4.28
ETB243.57
|
|
Milk (1 gallon) |
$3.92
RSD429
|
$3.85
ETB219.36
|
|
Eggs
1 dozen
|
$1.96
RSD215
|
$2.23
ETB126.86
|
|
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb) |
$2.61
RSD286
|
$3.58
ETB203.80
|
|
Apples (1 lb) |
$0.37
RSD41
|
$1.87
ETB106.55
|
|
Bananas (1 lb) |
$0.63
RSD69
|
$0.42
ETB24.07
|
|
Oranges (1 lb) |
$0.59
RSD65
|
$0.88
ETB50.19
|
|
Tomatoes (1 lb) |
$0.58
RSD64
|
$0.31
ETB17.58
|
|
Potatoes (1 lb) |
$0.30
RSD32
|
$0.19
ETB11.10
|
|
Onions (1 lb) |
$0.24
RSD26
|
$0.28
ETB15.80
|
|
pay 26.9% less for transportation
Serbia
|
Ethiopia
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Gasoline (1 gallon) |
$5.90
RSD646
|
$3.15
ETB179.13
|
|
Monthly public transit pass |
$28.69
RSD3,143
|
$11.00
ETB626.32
|
|
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition) |
$18,855.66
RSD2,065,788
|
$26,000.00
ETB1,480,391.54
|
|
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles) |
$6.51
RSD713
|
$4.10
ETB233.45
|
|
pay 3.7 times more for housing
Serbia
|
Ethiopia
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Internet connection
50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl
|
$19.75
RSD2,164
|
$202.38
ETB11,523.28
|
|
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area |
$243.04
RSD26,627
|
$496.62
ETB28,276.43
|
|
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center |
$166.63
RSD18,256
|
$259.10
ETB14,752.72
|
|
Utilities for two
(700 sq ft apartment)
including electric, gas, water, heating
|
$103.25
RSD11,311
|
$101.32
ETB5,769.17
|
|
pay 3.6 times more for childcare
Serbia
|
Ethiopia
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly |
$141.48
RSD15,500
|
$74.57
ETB4,246.12
|
|
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters |
$6,814.10
RSD746,539
|
$46,000.00
ETB2,619,154.26
|
|
pay 21.1% more for entertainment and sports
Serbia
|
Ethiopia
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Domestic/local beer (1 pint) |
$1.82
RSD200
|
$0.75
ETB42.70
|
|
Cappuccino in mid-range area |
$1.30
RSD142
|
$0.73
ETB41.63
|
|
Pack of cigarettes
Marlboro or similar
|
$3.43
RSD376
|
$4.00
ETB227.75
|
|
Monthly membership at local gym |
$22.05
RSD2,415
|
$66.88
ETB3,807.74
|
|
Movie ticket to theater/cinema |
$4.52
RSD495
|
$4.00
ETB227.75
|
|
pay 9.2% more for clothing
Serbia
|
Ethiopia
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Regular jeans
Levi's brand
|
$51.11
RSD5,600
|
$26.92
ETB1,532.52
|
|
Regular dress
from H&M or similar store
|
$26.42
RSD2,894
|
$53.83
ETB3,064.70
|
|
Running shoes
Nike or Adidas
|
$76.82
RSD8,416
|
$64.59
ETB3,677.43
|
|
Men's business shoes (leather) |
$81.70
RSD8,950
|
$78.66
ETB4,478.56
|
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