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Eritrea vs. Tanzania Cost of Living Summary

Eritrea is 87.1% more expensive than Tanzania overall.

Restaurants: pay 2.2 times more in Eritrea
Groceries: pay 2.1 times more in Eritrea
Transportation: pay 2.0 times more in Eritrea
Housing: pay 2.1 times more in Eritrea
Childcare: pay 91.2% less in Eritrea
Entertainment and Sports: pay 59.5% less in Eritrea
Clothing: pay 4.2 times more in Eritrea

The cost of clothing, restaurants, groceries, housing, and transportation in Eritrea are more expensive than in Tanzania. Expenses including childcare and entertainment and sports are lower in Eritrea. Notably, clothing, restaurants, and groceries are significantly more expensive in Eritrea.

Eritrea vs. Tanzania Cost Breakdown

If you lived in Eritrea instead of Tanzania, you would:

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pay 2.2 times more for restaurants

	Tanzania	Eritrea
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$3.92 TZS9,676.70	$12.00 ERN180.00	+205.8%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$8.49 TZS20,945.47	$5.99 ERN89.85	-29.5%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$0.66 TZS1,629.49	$1.25 ERN18.75	+89.2%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$0.30 TZS748.55	$1.00 ERN15.00	+229.5%
Average			+123.8%

Tanzania vs. Eritrea - Cost of restaurants

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pay 2.1 times more for groceries

	Tanzania	Eritrea
Bread 1 loaf	$0.73 TZS1,807.84	??
Local cheese (8 oz)	$4.41 TZS10,867.44	$1.50 ERN22.50	-66.0%
Milk (1 gallon)	$5.59 TZS13,791.35	$5.30 ERN79.49	-5.2%
Eggs 1 dozen	$2.28 TZS5,620.04	$4.38 ERN65.70	+92.2%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$1.88 TZS4,646.05	$12.17 ERN182.57	+546.1%
Apples (1 lb)	$1.30 TZS3,208.76	$5.54 ERN83.16	+326.1%
Bananas (1 lb)	$0.49 TZS1,216.11	$0.58 ERN8.69	+17.5%
Oranges (1 lb)	$0.43 TZS1,061.21	$0.91 ERN13.61	+110.8%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$0.36 TZS884.03	$0.50 ERN7.56	+40.6%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$0.36 TZS884.03	$0.70 ERN10.43	+94.0%
Onions (1 lb)	$0.61 TZS1,513.99	$0.43 ERN6.50	-29.4%
Average			+112.7%

Tanzania vs. Eritrea - Cost of groceries

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pay 2.0 times more for transportation

	Tanzania	Eritrea
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$4.69 TZS11,565.92	$8.52 ERN127.76	+81.6%
Monthly public transit pass	$15.76 TZS38,860.03	$8.00 ERN120.00	-49.2%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$17,898.05 TZS44,138,690.42	$66,666.00 ERN999,990.00	+272.5%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$12.49 TZS30,800.35	??
Average			+101.6%

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pay 2.1 times more for housing

	Tanzania	Eritrea
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$46.82 TZS115,464.93	$200.00 ERN3,000.00	+327.2%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$334.35 TZS824,548.32	$475.00 ERN7,125.00	+42.1%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$178.27 TZS439,627.23	$400.00 ERN6,000.00	+124.4%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$64.23 TZS158,395.91	$21.03 ERN315.44	-67.3%
Average			+106.6%

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pay 91.2% less for childcare

	Tanzania	Eritrea
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$427.61 TZS1,054,534.99	$25.00 ERN375.00	-94.2%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$14,288.25 TZS35,236,488.60	$1,675.00 ERN25,125.00	-88.3%
Average			-91.2%

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pay 59.5% less for entertainment and sports

	Tanzania	Eritrea
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$1.37 TZS3,381.39	$0.80 ERN12.00	-41.7%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$2.04 TZS5,037.97	$0.82 ERN12.38	-59.6%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$2.00 TZS4,925.81	??
Monthly membership at local gym	$58.55 TZS144,401.75	$27.00 ERN405.00	-53.9%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$6.35 TZS15,649.28	$1.10 ERN16.50	-82.7%
Average			-59.5%

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pay 4.2 times more for clothing

	Tanzania	Eritrea
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$18.07 TZS44,554.74	$82.50 ERN1,237.50	+356.6%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$27.59 TZS68,042.89	$75.00 ERN1,125.00	+171.8%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$28.27 TZS69,708.59	$200.00 ERN3,000.00	+607.6%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$41.90 TZS103,342.49	$95.00 ERN1,425.00	+126.7%
Average			+315.7%

Tanzania vs. Eritrea - 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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