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Ethiopia vs. Serbia Cost of Living Summary

Ethiopia is 37.7% more expensive than Serbia overall.

Restaurants: pay 53.0% less in Ethiopia
Groceries: pay 56.2% more in Ethiopia
Transportation: pay 17.3% less in Ethiopia
Housing: pay 2.4 times more in Ethiopia
Childcare: pay 2.5 times more in Ethiopia
Entertainment and Sports: pay 6.7% less in Ethiopia
Clothing: pay 1.5% less in Ethiopia

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

Ethiopia vs. Serbia Cost Breakdown

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

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pay 53.0% less for restaurants

	Serbia	Ethiopia
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$8.22 RSD832	$4.26 ETB655.54	-48.2%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$9.48 RSD959	$6.50 ETB1,000.24	-31.4%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$2.10 RSD212	$0.61 ETB93.51	-71.0%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$1.47 RSD149	$0.57 ETB87.20	-61.5%
Average			-53.0%

Serbia vs. Ethiopia - Cost of restaurants

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pay 56.2% more for groceries

	Serbia	Ethiopia
Bread 1 loaf	$0.74 RSD75	$1.26 ETB193.73	+70.5%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$4.66 RSD471	$4.34 ETB667.36	-6.9%
Milk (1 gallon)	$5.09 RSD515	$5.42 ETB834.53	+6.6%
Eggs 1 dozen	$2.41 RSD244	$2.28 ETB351.02	-5.2%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$3.02 RSD306	$5.76 ETB886.79	+90.9%
Apples (1 lb)	$0.56 RSD57	$3.08 ETB473.48	+449.1%
Bananas (1 lb)	$0.83 RSD84	$0.43 ETB66.40	-48.3%
Oranges (1 lb)	$0.75 RSD76	$1.06 ETB162.78	+41.2%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$0.98 RSD99	$0.40 ETB62.30	-58.6%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$0.45 RSD46	$0.28 ETB42.45	-39.2%
Onions (1 lb)	$0.42 RSD42	$0.91 ETB139.43	+117.7%
Average			+56.2%

Serbia vs. Ethiopia - Cost of groceries

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pay 17.3% less for transportation

	Serbia	Ethiopia
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$6.88 RSD696	$4.81 ETB740.52	-30.1%
Monthly public transit pass	$30.31 RSD3,068	$12.00 ETB1,846.60	-60.4%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$30,955.44 RSD3,132,624	$55,000.00 ETB8,463,587.61	+77.7%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$8.27 RSD837	$3.62 ETB556.29	-56.3%
Average			-17.3%

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pay 2.4 times more for housing

	Serbia	Ethiopia
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$26.24 RSD2,656	$130.20 ETB20,035.62	+396.1%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$412.90 RSD41,785	$815.99 ETB125,568.08	+97.6%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$302.98 RSD30,661	$512.43 ETB78,854.26	+69.1%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$126.67 RSD12,819	$121.97 ETB18,769.25	-3.7%
Average			+139.8%

Serbia vs. Ethiopia - Cost of housing

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pay 2.5 times more for childcare

	Serbia	Ethiopia
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$270.33 RSD27,357	$94.05 ETB14,472.47	-65.2%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$6,594.36 RSD667,335	$30,187.50 ETB4,645,355.47	+357.8%
Average			+146.3%

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pay 6.7% less for entertainment and sports

	Serbia	Ethiopia
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$2.49 RSD252	$0.90 ETB138.50	-63.8%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$2.03 RSD205	$1.09 ETB167.35	-46.4%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$4.41 RSD447	$5.10 ETB784.81	+15.5%
Monthly membership at local gym	$32.25 RSD3,263	$62.10 ETB9,556.74	+92.6%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$5.47 RSD553	$3.75 ETB577.06	-31.4%
Average			-6.7%

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pay 1.5% less for clothing

	Serbia	Ethiopia
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$78.65 RSD7,959	$45.03 ETB6,929.81	-42.7%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$49.57 RSD5,016	$75.17 ETB11,566.90	+51.6%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$107.57 RSD10,886	$94.08 ETB14,477.62	-12.5%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$117.74 RSD11,915	$115.09 ETB17,709.97	-2.3%
Average			-1.5%

Serbia vs. Ethiopia - Cost of clothing

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