Cost of Living Comparison

  1. Cost of Living
  2. Swaziland
  3. United Kingdom
  4. Comparison
SZL
COMPARED TO
GBP

United Kingdom is 4.1 times more expensive than Swaziland.

If you lived in United Kingdom instead of Swaziland, you would:
local_dining

pay 3.9 times more for restaurants

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Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant $1.51
SZL20.21
$16.50
£12.75
+991.4%
Fast food combo meal
McDonalds, or similar
 $4.84
SZL64.67
$7.16
£5.53
+47.9%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz) $0.89
SZL11.92
$1.70
£1.32
+90.8%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz) $0.84
SZL11.29
$1.23
£0.95
+45.4%
Average +293.9%
Swaziland vs. United Kingdom - Cost of restaurants
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local_grocery_store

pay 66.7% more for groceries

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Bread
1 loaf
 $0.67
SZL8.89
$1.29
£0.99
+93.5%
Local cheese (8 oz) $3.70
SZL49.51
$3.53
£2.73
-4.6%
Milk (1 gallon) $3.86
SZL51.57
$4.37
£3.37
+13.1%
Eggs
1 dozen
 $1.11
SZL14.86
$2.45
£1.89
+120.0%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb) $2.06
SZL27.50
$3.31
£2.56
+61.1%
Apples (1 lb) $0.57
SZL7.58
$1.05
£0.81
+84.6%
Bananas (1 lb) $0.38
SZL5.09
$0.66
£0.51
+74.5%
Oranges (1 lb) $0.48
SZL6.36
$0.95
£0.73
+99.5%
Tomatoes (1 lb) $0.53
SZL7.09
$1.03
£0.79
+93.9%
Potatoes (1 lb) $0.33
SZL4.48
$0.71
£0.55
+110.7%
Onions (1 lb) $0.67
SZL8.94
$0.58
£0.45
-12.9%
Average +66.7%
Swaziland vs. United Kingdom - Cost of groceries
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drive_eta

pay 2.7 times more for transportation

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Gasoline (1 gallon) $4.12
SZL55.08
$6.24
£4.82
+51.3%
Monthly public transit pass $23.67
SZL316.30
$90.78
£70.13
+283.5%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition) ?? $24,437.61
£18,880.98
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles) ?? $16.77
£12.96
Average +167.4%
Swaziland vs. United Kingdom - Cost of transportation
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home

pay 4.6 times more for housing

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Internet connection
50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl
 $51.42
SZL687.08
$40.34
£31.17
-21.5%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area $211.71
SZL2,829.15
$980.41
£757.48
+363.1%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center $177.43
SZL2,371.10
$798.08
£616.61
+349.8%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment)
including electric, gas, water, heating
 $18.50
SZL247.25
$155.53
£120.16
+740.6%
Average +358.0%
Swaziland vs. United Kingdom - Cost of housing
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child_care

pay 11.0 times more for childcare

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Private preschool for 1 child, monthly $84.68
SZL1,131.66
$1,156.61
£893.62
+1265.8%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters $1,905.41
SZL25,462.33
$15,884.71
£12,272.84
+733.7%
Average +999.8%
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gamepad

pay 3.7 times more for entertainment and sports

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Domestic/local beer (1 pint) $1.30
SZL17.43
$4.49
£3.47
+244.2%
Cappuccino in mid-range area $1.34
SZL17.93
$3.49
£2.70
+160.3%
Pack of cigarettes
Marlboro or similar
 $2.42
SZL32.33
$13.58
£10.49
+461.4%
Monthly membership at local gym $20.16
SZL269.44
$42.89
£33.14
+112.7%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema $2.72
SZL36.37
$12.43
£9.61
+356.8%
Average +267.1%
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store

pay 47.7% more for clothing

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Regular jeans
Levi's brand
 $28.73
SZL383.96
$73.87
£57.07
+157.1%
Regular dress
from H&M or similar store
 $27.22
SZL363.75
$37.88
£29.27
+39.2%
Running shoes
Nike or Adidas
 $56.46
SZL754.44
$79.02
£61.05
+40.0%
Men's business shoes (leather) $145.17
SZL1,939.99
$78.98
£61.02
-45.6%
Average +47.7%
Swaziland vs. United Kingdom - 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: March 2021
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