Cost of living comparison

Syria

compared to

Ethiopia

Ethiopia vs. Syria Cost of Living Summary

Ethiopia is 77.8% more expensive than Syria overall.

Restaurants: pay 19.0% less in Ethiopia
Groceries: pay 25.1% more in Ethiopia
Transportation: pay 26.6% more in Ethiopia
Housing: pay 3.3 times more in Ethiopia
Childcare: pay 6.6 times more in Ethiopia
Entertainment and Sports: pay 1.1% more in Ethiopia
Clothing: pay 11.7% more in Ethiopia

The cost of childcare, housing, transportation, groceries, clothing, and entertainment and sports in Ethiopia are more expensive than in Syria. Notably, childcare and housing are significantly more expensive in Ethiopia.

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Ethiopia vs. Syria Cost Breakdown

If you lived in Ethiopia instead of Syria, you would:

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pay 19.0% less for restaurants

	Syria	Ethiopia
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$6.00 SYP78,012	$4.00 ETB654.34	-33.3%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$5.25 SYP68,260	$6.50 ETB1,063.31	+23.8%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$1.49 SYP19,370	$0.61 ETB99.06	-59.4%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$0.75 SYP9,728	$0.66 ETB107.50	-12.2%
Average			-19.0%

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pay 25.1% more for groceries

	Syria	Ethiopia
Bread 1 loaf	$0.57 SYP7,359	$1.19 ETB194.58	+110.2%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$2.66 SYP34,538	$3.70 ETB604.57	+39.1%
Milk (1 gallon)	$4.45 SYP57,812	$4.09 ETB669.40	-8.0%
Eggs 1 dozen	$2.06 SYP26,749	$1.77 ETB289.63	-13.9%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$2.58 SYP33,595	$4.59 ETB750.34	+77.5%
Apples (1 lb)	$0.48 SYP6,207	$2.44 ETB399.44	+411.5%
Bananas (1 lb)	$0.75 SYP9,778	$0.30 ETB48.73	-60.4%
Oranges (1 lb)	$0.46 SYP6,024	$0.99 ETB161.65	+113.3%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$0.39 SYP5,036	$0.31 ETB50.42	-20.4%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$0.35 SYP4,529	$0.22 ETB35.99	-36.8%
Onions (1 lb)	$0.37 SYP4,837	$0.49 ETB79.77	+31.1%
Average			+25.1%

Syria vs. Ethiopia - Cost of groceries

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pay 26.6% more for transportation

	Syria	Ethiopia
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$7.74 SYP101K	$3.53 ETB577.22	-54.4%
Monthly public transit pass	$6.50 SYP84,513	$21.11 ETB3,453.30	+224.8%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$17,646.72 SYP229M	$55,000.00 ETB9M	+211.7%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$12.26 SYP159K	$3.53 ETB576.64	-71.2%
Average			+26.6%

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pay 3.3 times more for housing

	Syria	Ethiopia
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$33.42 SYP434K	$212.33 ETB34,734.76	+535.4%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$234.29 SYP3M	$706.95 ETB116K	+201.7%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$104.84 SYP1M	$394.55 ETB64,542.82	+276.4%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$72.18 SYP938K	$156.76 ETB25,644.51	+117.2%
Average			+225.7%

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pay 6.6 times more for childcare

	Syria	Ethiopia
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$58.71 SYP763K	$136.41 ETB22,314.75	+132.3%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$1,608.03 SYP21M	$30,187.50 ETB5M	+1777.3%
Average			+560.4%

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pay 1.1% more for entertainment and sports

	Syria	Ethiopia
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$2.00 SYP26,004	$0.80 ETB130.87	-60.0%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$1.99 SYP25,927	$0.92 ETB150.32	-53.9%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$2.93 SYP38,086	$8.00 ETB1,308.69	+173.1%
Monthly membership at local gym	$19.01 SYP247K	$44.15 ETB7,221.55	+132.3%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$3.22 SYP41,839	$3.75 ETB613.45	+16.5%
Average			+1.1%

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pay 11.7% more for clothing

	Syria	Ethiopia
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$41.39 SYP538K	$33.14 ETB5,421.12	-19.9%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$40.79 SYP530K	$70.86 ETB11,591.24	+73.7%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$71.40 SYP928K	$78.65 ETB12,865.68	+10.1%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$81.36 SYP1M	$82.70 ETB13,529.26	+1.7%
Average			+11.7%

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