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Cabo Verde vs. Sierra Leone Cost of Living Summary

Cabo Verde is 88.8% more expensive than Sierra Leone overall.

Restaurants: pay 70.5% more in Cabo Verde
Groceries: pay 62.6% more in Cabo Verde
Transportation: pay 82.6% more in Cabo Verde
Housing: pay 48.5% less in Cabo Verde
Entertainment and Sports: pay 39.8% more in Cabo Verde
Clothing: pay 4.3 times more in Cabo Verde

The cost of clothing, transportation, restaurants, groceries, and entertainment and sports in Cabo Verde are more expensive than in Sierra Leone. Notably, clothing and transportation are significantly more expensive in Cabo Verde.

Cabo Verde vs. Sierra Leone Cost Breakdown

If you lived in Cabo Verde instead of Sierra Leone, you would:

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pay 70.5% more for restaurants

	Sierra Leone	Cabo Verde
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$3.00 SLL62,908	$7.62 CVE716.88	+154.0%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$10.00 SLL209,695	$7.18 CVE675.53	-28.2%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$1.03 SLL21,591	$2.28 CVE214.79	+121.8%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$0.89 SLL18,596	$1.19 CVE111.95	+34.2%
Average			+70.5%

Sierra Leone vs. Cabo Verde - Cost of restaurants

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pay 62.6% more for groceries

	Sierra Leone	Cabo Verde
Bread 1 loaf	$0.67 SLL13,980	$1.85 CVE174.28	+177.9%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$3.54 SLL74,319	$9.18 CVE863.16	+158.9%
Milk (1 gallon)	$9.15 SLL191,910	$5.62 CVE528.95	-38.6%
Eggs 1 dozen	$2.01 SLL42,124	$2.65 CVE248.90	+31.7%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$3.40 SLL71,337	$3.86 CVE363.49	+13.6%
Apples (1 lb)	$1.81 SLL38,046	$1.60 CVE150.28	-12.0%
Bananas (1 lb)	$0.91 SLL19,023	$1.17 CVE110.35	+29.3%
Oranges (1 lb)	$0.32 SLL6,742	$1.48 CVE139.65	+361.7%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$2.27 SLL47,558	$2.05 CVE192.42	-9.8%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$0.91 SLL19,023	$0.60 CVE56.56	-33.7%
Onions (1 lb)	$0.74 SLL15,488	$0.81 CVE76.01	+9.4%
Average			+62.6%

Sierra Leone vs. Cabo Verde - Cost of groceries

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pay 82.6% more for transportation

	Sierra Leone	Cabo Verde
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$5.02 SLL105,180	$6.20 CVE583.05	+23.6%
Monthly public transit pass	??	$30.66 CVE2,884.58
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$12,000.00 SLL251,634,000	$30,364.84 CVE2,856,435.89	+153.0%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$10.75 SLL225,422	$18.41 CVE1,731.79	+71.3%
Average			+82.6%

Sierra Leone vs. Cabo Verde - Cost of transportation

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pay 48.5% less for housing

	Sierra Leone	Cabo Verde
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$100.00 SLL2,096,950	$55.12 CVE5,185.24	-44.9%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$1,321.25 SLL27,705,952	$408.47 CVE38,424.92	-69.1%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$1,261.67 SLL26,456,519	$282.06 CVE26,533.47	-77.6%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$110.40 SLL2,314,990	$107.81 CVE10,141.43	-2.3%
Average			-48.5%

Sierra Leone vs. Cabo Verde - Cost of housing

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pay (unknown) more for childcare

	Sierra Leone	Cabo Verde
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	??	$149.25 CVE14,040.39
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	??	$2,897.28 CVE272,548.19

Sierra Leone vs. Cabo Verde - Cost of childcare

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pay 39.8% more for entertainment and sports

	Sierra Leone	Cabo Verde
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$1.50 SLL31,454	$3.41 CVE320.65	+127.2%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$1.74 SLL36,435	$1.71 CVE161.29	-1.3%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$3.00 SLL62,908	$4.97 CVE467.64	+65.7%
Monthly membership at local gym	$50.00 SLL1,048,475	$33.73 CVE3,172.90	-32.5%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	??	$5.86 CVE551.24
Average			+39.8%

Sierra Leone vs. Cabo Verde - Cost of entertainment and sports

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pay 4.3 times more for clothing

	Sierra Leone	Cabo Verde
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$10.00 SLL209,695	$60.02 CVE5,646.14	+500.2%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$8.00 SLL167,756	$31.96 CVE3,006.77	+299.5%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$20.00 SLL419,390	$85.23 CVE8,018.07	+326.2%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$50.00 SLL1,048,475	$138.47 CVE13,025.50	+176.9%
Average			+325.7%

Sierra Leone vs. Cabo Verde - Cost of clothing

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