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Zimbabwe vs. Sierra Leone Cost of Living Summary

Zimbabwe is 21.9% more expensive than Sierra Leone overall.

Restaurants: pay 0.4% more in Zimbabwe
Groceries: pay 10.5% more in Zimbabwe
Transportation: pay 66.6% more in Zimbabwe
Housing: pay 37.1% less in Zimbabwe
Entertainment and Sports: pay 2.9% less in Zimbabwe
Clothing: pay 93.7% more in Zimbabwe

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

Zimbabwe vs. Sierra Leone Cost Breakdown

If you lived in Zimbabwe instead of Sierra Leone, you would:

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pay 0.4% more for restaurants

	Sierra Leone	Zimbabwe
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$3.00 SLL62,908	$7.25 ZWL2,334.50	+141.7%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$10.00 SLL209,695	$5.50 ZWL1,771.00	-45.0%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$1.03 SLL21,591	$0.60 ZWL192.35	-42.0%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$0.89 SLL18,596	$0.42 ZWL134.02	-53.1%
Average			+0.4%

Sierra Leone vs. Zimbabwe - Cost of restaurants

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pay 10.5% more for groceries

	Sierra Leone	Zimbabwe
Bread 1 loaf	$0.67 SLL13,980	$1.01 ZWL326.12	+51.9%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$3.54 SLL74,319	$5.30 ZWL1,707.41	+49.6%
Milk (1 gallon)	$9.15 SLL191,910	$5.96 ZWL1,918.06	-34.9%
Eggs 1 dozen	$2.01 SLL42,124	$1.98 ZWL636.46	-1.6%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$3.40 SLL71,337	$2.37 ZWL762.99	-30.3%
Apples (1 lb)	$1.81 SLL38,046	$1.08 ZWL349.08	-40.2%
Bananas (1 lb)	$0.91 SLL19,023	$0.73 ZWL234.29	-19.8%
Oranges (1 lb)	$0.32 SLL6,742	$1.07 ZWL344.68	+232.9%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$2.27 SLL47,558	$0.61 ZWL196.88	-73.0%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$0.91 SLL19,023	$0.66 ZWL211.93	-27.4%
Onions (1 lb)	$0.74 SLL15,488	$0.80 ZWL258.09	+8.5%
Average			+10.5%

Sierra Leone vs. Zimbabwe - Cost of groceries

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pay 66.6% more for transportation

	Sierra Leone	Zimbabwe
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$5.02 SLL105,180	$5.92 ZWL1,906.80	+18.1%
Monthly public transit pass	??	$42.50 ZWL13,685.00
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$12,000.00 SLL251,634,000	$23,500.00 ZWL7,567,000.00	+95.8%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$10.75 SLL225,422	$20.00 ZWL6,440.00	+86.0%
Average			+66.6%

Sierra Leone vs. Zimbabwe - Cost of transportation

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pay 37.1% less for housing

	Sierra Leone	Zimbabwe
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$100.00 SLL2,096,950	$159.29 ZWL51,291.92	+59.3%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$1,321.25 SLL27,705,952	$301.47 ZWL97,073.53	-77.2%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$1,261.67 SLL26,456,519	$202.31 ZWL65,143.08	-84.0%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$110.40 SLL2,314,990	$59.14 ZWL19,042.20	-46.4%
Average			-37.1%

Sierra Leone vs. Zimbabwe - Cost of housing

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pay (unknown) more for childcare

	Sierra Leone	Zimbabwe
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	??	$231.11 ZWL74,417.78
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	??	$6,406.25 ZWL2,062,812.50

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pay 2.9% less for entertainment and sports

	Sierra Leone	Zimbabwe
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$1.50 SLL31,454	$1.62 ZWL523.25	+8.3%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$1.74 SLL36,435	$2.52 ZWL810.92	+44.9%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$3.00 SLL62,908	$1.35 ZWL434.70	-55.0%
Monthly membership at local gym	$50.00 SLL1,048,475	$45.19 ZWL14,551.92	-9.6%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	??	$11.25 ZWL3,622.50
Average			-2.9%

Sierra Leone vs. Zimbabwe - Cost of entertainment and sports

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pay 93.7% more for clothing

	Sierra Leone	Zimbabwe
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$10.00 SLL209,695	$20.71 ZWL6,668.08	+107.1%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$8.00 SLL167,756	$16.58 ZWL5,339.83	+107.3%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$20.00 SLL419,390	$48.80 ZWL15,712.98	+144.0%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$50.00 SLL1,048,475	$58.17 ZWL18,731.73	+16.3%
Average			+93.7%

Sierra Leone vs. Zimbabwe - 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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