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Papua New Guinea vs. Slovakia Cost of Living Summary

Papua New Guinea is 47.4% more expensive than Slovakia overall.

Restaurants: pay 11.5% less in Papua New Guinea
Groceries: pay 58.4% more in Papua New Guinea
Transportation: pay 3.7% more in Papua New Guinea
Housing: pay 3.7 times more in Papua New Guinea
Childcare: pay 1.7% less in Papua New Guinea
Entertainment and Sports: pay 23.9% more in Papua New Guinea
Clothing: pay 10.7% less in Papua New Guinea

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

Papua New Guinea vs. Slovakia Cost Breakdown

If you lived in Papua New Guinea instead of Slovakia, you would:

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pay 11.5% less for restaurants

	Slovakia	Papua New Guinea
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$9.04 €7.79	$17.87 PGK76.59	+97.7%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$9.01 €7.77	$5.92 PGK25.38	-34.3%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$1.89 €1.63	$0.80 PGK3.44	-57.6%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$1.47 €1.27	$0.70 PGK3.02	-52.0%
Average			-11.5%

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pay 58.4% more for groceries

	Slovakia	Papua New Guinea
Bread 1 loaf	$1.40 €1.21	$1.55 PGK6.66	+10.6%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$6.50 €5.61	$3.60 PGK15.44	-44.6%
Milk (1 gallon)	$4.16 €3.59	$7.76 PGK33.26	+86.6%
Eggs 1 dozen	$3.74 €3.23	$4.00 PGK17.16	+7.0%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$3.40 €2.93	$3.63 PGK15.56	+6.8%
Apples (1 lb)	$0.82 €0.71	$1.99 PGK8.52	+141.7%
Bananas (1 lb)	$0.84 €0.73	$1.32 PGK5.66	+56.5%
Oranges (1 lb)	$1.04 €0.90	$2.73 PGK11.72	+163.1%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$1.83 €1.58	$1.62 PGK6.96	-11.1%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$0.63 €0.54	$1.58 PGK6.78	+152.3%
Onions (1 lb)	$0.68 €0.59	$1.18 PGK5.06	+73.1%
Average			+58.4%

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pay 3.7% more for transportation

	Slovakia	Papua New Guinea
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$6.78 €5.84	$4.22 PGK18.07	-37.8%
Monthly public transit pass	$29.77 €25.67	$23.69 PGK101.54	-20.4%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$27,232.63 €23,483.43	$22,387.96 PGK95,952.53	-17.8%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$13.03 €11.24	$24.88 PGK106.61	+90.8%
Average			+3.7%

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pay 3.7 times more for housing

	Slovakia	Papua New Guinea
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$19.76 €17.04	$165.84 PGK710.76	+739.3%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$595.19 €513.25	$2,652.44 PGK11,368.07	+345.6%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$499.57 €430.79	$758.54 PGK3,251.04	+51.8%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$188.87 €162.87	$80.08 PGK343.20	-57.6%
Average			+269.8%

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pay 1.7% less for childcare

	Slovakia	Papua New Guinea
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$428.35 €369.38	$631.76 PGK2,707.66	+47.5%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$8,080.21 €6,967.78	$3,968.24 PGK17,007.46	-50.9%
Average			-1.7%

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pay 23.9% more for entertainment and sports

	Slovakia	Papua New Guinea
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$2.25 €1.94	$2.98 PGK12.75	+32.0%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$2.71 €2.34	$2.56 PGK10.96	-5.7%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$6.01 €5.18	$6.96 PGK29.82	+15.8%
Monthly membership at local gym	$44.74 €38.58	$73.52 PGK315.10	+64.3%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$9.12 €7.86	$10.30 PGK44.14	+13.0%
Average			+23.9%

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pay 10.7% less for clothing

	Slovakia	Papua New Guinea
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$67.47 €58.18	$31.15 PGK133.52	-53.8%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$33.31 €28.72	$36.48 PGK156.37	+9.5%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$79.20 €68.29	$76.40 PGK327.46	-3.5%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$92.95 €80.15	$97.73 PGK418.84	+5.1%
Average			-10.7%

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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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