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Vanuatu vs. Tanzania Cost of Living Summary

Vanuatu is 3.0 times more expensive than Tanzania overall.

Restaurants: pay 3.6 times more in Vanuatu
Groceries: pay 3.4 times more in Vanuatu
Transportation: pay 93.5% more in Vanuatu
Housing: pay 6.0 times more in Vanuatu
Childcare: pay 3.9% less in Vanuatu
Entertainment and Sports: pay 2.8 times more in Vanuatu
Clothing: pay 2.1 times more in Vanuatu

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

Vanuatu vs. Tanzania Cost Breakdown

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

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pay 3.6 times more for restaurants

	Tanzania	Vanuatu
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$3.92 TZS10,149.71	$12.52 VUV1,495	+219.1%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$8.49 TZS21,969.31	$9.56 VUV1,141	+12.5%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$0.66 TZS1,709.14	$2.55 VUV304	+285.8%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$0.30 TZS785.14	$1.93 VUV230	+535.3%
Average			+263.2%

Tanzania vs. Vanuatu - Cost of restaurants

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pay 3.4 times more for groceries

	Tanzania	Vanuatu
Bread 1 loaf	$0.73 TZS1,896.21	$2.54 VUV303	+246.3%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$4.41 TZS11,398.66	$10.02 VUV1,196	+127.3%
Milk (1 gallon)	$5.59 TZS14,465.48	$9.06 VUV1,082	+62.0%
Eggs 1 dozen	$2.28 TZS5,894.76	$5.26 VUV628	+130.7%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$1.88 TZS4,873.15	$8.33 VUV995	+342.2%
Apples (1 lb)	$1.30 TZS3,365.61	$2.11 VUV252	+62.0%
Bananas (1 lb)	$0.49 TZS1,275.56	$0.88 VUV105	+79.2%
Oranges (1 lb)	$0.43 TZS1,113.08	$2.73 VUV325	+533.6%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$0.36 TZS927.25	$2.46 VUV294	+586.6%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$0.36 TZS927.25	$1.96 VUV234	+447.9%
Onions (1 lb)	$0.61 TZS1,588.00	$0.95 VUV114	+55.4%
Average			+243.0%

Tanzania vs. Vanuatu - Cost of groceries

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pay 93.5% more for transportation

	Tanzania	Vanuatu
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$4.69 TZS12,131.28	$7.11 VUV849	+51.6%
Monthly public transit pass	$15.76 TZS40,759.55	$66.78 VUV7,973	+323.8%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$17,898.05 TZS46M	$22,956.84 VUV3M	+28.3%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$12.49 TZS32,305.91	$8.77 VUV1,046	-29.8%
Average			+93.5%

Tanzania vs. Vanuatu - Cost of transportation

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pay 6.0 times more for housing

	Tanzania	Vanuatu
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$46.82 TZS121K	$226.79 VUV27,076	+384.4%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$334.35 TZS865K	$1,906.11 VUV228K	+470.1%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$178.27 TZS461K	$1,278.71 VUV153K	+617.3%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$64.23 TZS166K	$406.43 VUV48,523	+532.8%
Average			+501.1%

Tanzania vs. Vanuatu - Cost of housing

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pay 3.9% less for childcare

	Tanzania	Vanuatu
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$427.61 TZS1M	$617.75 VUV73,752	+44.5%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$14,288.25 TZS37M	$6,795.22 VUV811K	-52.4%
Average			-3.9%

Tanzania vs. Vanuatu - Cost of childcare

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pay 2.8 times more for entertainment and sports

	Tanzania	Vanuatu
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$1.37 TZS3,546.68	$4.81 VUV575	+251.0%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$2.04 TZS5,284.23	$5.70 VUV680	+178.9%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$2.00 TZS5,166.59	$9.18 VUV1,096	+359.7%
Monthly membership at local gym	$58.55 TZS151K	$67.52 VUV8,061	+15.3%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$6.35 TZS16,414.23	$12.52 VUV1,495	+97.3%
Average			+180.4%

Tanzania vs. Vanuatu - Cost of entertainment and sports

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pay 2.1 times more for clothing

	Tanzania	Vanuatu
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$18.07 TZS46,732.63	$33.39 VUV3,987	+84.8%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$27.59 TZS71,368.90	$66.78 VUV7,973	+142.0%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$28.27 TZS73,116.03	??
Men's business shoes (leather)	$41.90 TZS108K	??
Average			+113.4%

Tanzania vs. Vanuatu - 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 2026

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