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Cabo Verde vs. Tajikistan Cost of Living Summary

Cabo Verde is 2.1 times more expensive than Tajikistan overall.

Restaurants: pay 2.5 times more in Cabo Verde
Groceries: pay 2.3 times more in Cabo Verde
Transportation: pay 3.0 times more in Cabo Verde
Housing: pay 2.1 times more in Cabo Verde
Childcare: pay 0.9% less in Cabo Verde
Entertainment and Sports: pay 70.7% more in Cabo Verde
Clothing: pay 77.7% more in Cabo Verde

The cost of transportation, restaurants, groceries, housing, clothing, and entertainment and sports in Cabo Verde are more expensive than in Tajikistan. Notably, transportation, restaurants, and groceries are significantly more expensive in Cabo Verde.

Cabo Verde vs. Tajikistan Cost Breakdown

If you lived in Cabo Verde instead of Tajikistan, you would:

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pay 2.5 times more for restaurants

	Tajikistan	Cabo Verde
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$6.09 TJS55.86	$7.62 CVE716.88	+25.2%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$8.60 TJS78.94	$7.18 CVE675.53	-16.5%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$0.56 TJS5.18	$2.28 CVE214.79	+304.3%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$0.31 TJS2.81	$1.19 CVE111.95	+288.5%
Average			+150.4%

Tajikistan vs. Cabo Verde - Cost of restaurants

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pay 2.3 times more for groceries

	Tajikistan	Cabo Verde
Bread 1 loaf	$0.55 TJS5.03	$1.85 CVE174.28	+237.7%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$5.82 TJS53.43	$9.18 CVE863.16	+57.6%
Milk (1 gallon)	$3.96 TJS36.37	$5.62 CVE528.95	+41.9%
Eggs 1 dozen	$1.72 TJS15.80	$2.65 CVE248.90	+53.7%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$1.75 TJS16.03	$3.86 CVE363.49	+121.2%
Apples (1 lb)	$0.70 TJS6.42	$1.60 CVE150.28	+128.4%
Bananas (1 lb)	$1.18 TJS10.87	$1.17 CVE110.35	-1.0%
Oranges (1 lb)	$0.92 TJS8.46	$1.48 CVE139.65	+61.0%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$0.44 TJS4.05	$2.05 CVE192.42	+363.4%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$0.29 TJS2.63	$0.60 CVE56.56	+109.6%
Onions (1 lb)	$0.20 TJS1.86	$0.81 CVE76.01	+298.1%
Average			+133.8%

Tajikistan vs. Cabo Verde - Cost of groceries

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pay 3.0 times more for transportation

	Tajikistan	Cabo Verde
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$4.06 TJS37.29	$6.20 CVE583.05	+52.5%
Monthly public transit pass	$10.59 TJS97.15	$30.66 CVE2,884.58	+189.6%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$11,647.15 TJS106,867.61	$30,364.84 CVE2,856,435.89	+160.7%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$3.60 TJS33.03	$18.41 CVE1,731.79	+411.4%
Average			+203.5%

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pay 2.1 times more for housing

	Tajikistan	Cabo Verde
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$19.59 TJS179.73	$55.12 CVE5,185.24	+181.4%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$370.61 TJS3,400.53	$408.47 CVE38,424.92	+10.2%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$239.79 TJS2,200.21	$282.06 CVE26,533.47	+17.6%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$34.50 TJS316.55	$107.81 CVE10,141.43	+212.5%
Average			+105.4%

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pay 0.9% less for childcare

	Tajikistan	Cabo Verde
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$95.29 TJS874.37	$149.25 CVE14,040.39	+56.6%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$6,972.94 TJS63,979.70	$2,897.28 CVE272,548.19	-58.4%
Average			-0.9%

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pay 70.7% more for entertainment and sports

	Tajikistan	Cabo Verde
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$1.06 TJS9.72	$3.41 CVE320.65	+221.9%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$1.50 TJS13.76	$1.71 CVE161.29	+14.3%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$2.65 TJS24.29	$4.97 CVE467.64	+87.8%
Monthly membership at local gym	$33.89 TJS310.95	$33.73 CVE3,172.90	-0.5%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$4.50 TJS41.29	$5.86 CVE551.24	+30.2%
Average			+70.7%

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pay 77.7% more for clothing

	Tajikistan	Cabo Verde
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$26.45 TJS242.68	$60.02 CVE5,646.14	+126.9%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$33.67 TJS308.94	$31.96 CVE3,006.77	-5.1%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$60.88 TJS558.63	$85.23 CVE8,018.07	+40.0%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$55.59 TJS510.05	$138.47 CVE13,025.50	+149.1%
Average			+77.7%

Tajikistan vs. Cabo Verde - 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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