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Madagascar vs. Somalia Cost of Living Summary

Madagascar is 2.3 times more expensive than Somalia overall.

Restaurants: pay 19.1% more in Madagascar
Groceries: pay 21.5% less in Madagascar
Transportation: pay 88.6% more in Madagascar
Housing: pay 18.4% more in Madagascar
Childcare: pay 7.9 times more in Madagascar
Entertainment and Sports: pay 0.1% more in Madagascar
Clothing: pay 79.9% more in Madagascar

The cost of childcare, transportation, clothing, restaurants, housing, and entertainment and sports in Madagascar are more expensive than in Somalia. Notably, childcare, transportation, and clothing are significantly more expensive in Madagascar.

Madagascar vs. Somalia Cost Breakdown

If you lived in Madagascar instead of Somalia, you would:

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pay 19.1% more for restaurants

	Somalia	Madagascar
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$2.88 SOS1,640	$3.04 MGA12,627	+5.8%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$4.62 SOS2,638	$4.73 MGA19,638	+2.3%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$0.74 SOS421	$0.82 MGA3,404	+11.2%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$0.40 SOS226	$0.62 MGA2,584	+57.3%
Average			+19.1%

Somalia vs. Madagascar - Cost of restaurants

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pay 21.5% less for groceries

	Somalia	Madagascar
Bread 1 loaf	$1.12 SOS642	$0.88 MGA3,640	-22.1%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$2.17 SOS1,236	$5.36 MGA22,261	+147.5%
Milk (1 gallon)	$7.78 SOS4,436	$3.89 MGA16,145	-50.0%
Eggs 1 dozen	$2.51 SOS1,433	$1.97 MGA8,182	-21.5%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$2.44 SOS1,391	$2.63 MGA10,939	+8.1%
Apples (1 lb)	$1.49 SOS848	$0.64 MGA2,661	-56.9%
Bananas (1 lb)	$0.98 SOS561	$0.33 MGA1,379	-66.2%
Oranges (1 lb)	$1.27 SOS726	$0.57 MGA2,350	-55.5%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$0.62 SOS355	$0.41 MGA1,697	-34.3%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$0.64 SOS364	$0.29 MGA1,190	-55.0%
Onions (1 lb)	$0.58 SOS331	$0.40 MGA1,680	-30.2%
Average			-21.5%

Somalia vs. Madagascar - Cost of groceries

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pay 88.6% more for transportation

	Somalia	Madagascar
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$3.87 SOS2,207	$4.44 MGA18,434	+14.7%
Monthly public transit pass	$25.00 SOS14,262	??
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$5,750.00 SOS3M	$12,651.72 MGA53M	+120.0%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$7.43 SOS4,240	$17.17 MGA71,289	+131.0%
Average			+88.6%

Somalia vs. Madagascar - Cost of transportation

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pay 18.4% more for housing

	Somalia	Madagascar
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$37.79 SOS21,559	$60.23 MGA250K	+59.4%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$142.93 SOS81,538	$257.49 MGA1M	+80.2%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$98.19 SOS56,012	$71.69 MGA298K	-27.0%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$73.70 SOS42,043	$44.95 MGA187K	-39.0%
Average			+18.4%

Somalia vs. Madagascar - Cost of housing

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pay 7.9 times more for childcare

	Somalia	Madagascar
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$43.33 SOS24,720	$46.54 MGA193K	+7.4%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$585.00 SOS334K	$8,634.52 MGA36M	+1376.0%
Average			+691.7%

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pay 0.1% more for entertainment and sports

	Somalia	Madagascar
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$7.00 SOS3,993	$0.82 MGA3,390	-88.3%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$1.19 SOS677	$1.33 MGA5,520	+12.0%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$1.10 SOS628	$1.73 MGA7,199	+57.6%
Monthly membership at local gym	$33.33 SOS19,016	$29.94 MGA124K	-10.2%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$5.00 SOS2,852	$6.47 MGA26,877	+29.5%
Average			+0.1%

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pay 79.9% more for clothing

	Somalia	Madagascar
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$15.25 SOS8,700	$19.48 MGA80,866	+27.7%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$19.78 SOS11,283	$17.20 MGA71,432	-13.0%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$19.89 SOS11,346	$70.84 MGA294K	+256.2%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$37.28 SOS21,266	$55.48 MGA230K	+48.8%
Average			+79.9%

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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: March 2026

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