Cost of living comparison
Ethiopia is 70.0% more expensive than Thailand.
If you lived in Ethiopia instead of Thailand, you would:
pay 68.4% more for restaurants
Thailand
|
Ethiopia
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant |
$2.08
฿76.58
|
$7.66
ETB434.29
|
|
Fast food combo meal
McDonalds, or similar
|
$5.66
฿208.06
|
$5.60
ETB317.49
|
|
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz) |
$0.67
฿24.56
|
$0.64
ETB36.00
|
|
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz) |
$0.35
฿13.02
|
$0.39
ETB22.36
|
|
pay 0.9% more for groceries
Thailand
|
Ethiopia
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Bread
1 loaf
|
$1.48
฿54.57
|
$0.59
ETB33.64
|
|
Local cheese (8 oz) |
$7.99
฿294.02
|
$4.28
ETB242.53
|
|
Milk (1 gallon) |
$6.46
฿237.57
|
$3.85
ETB218.42
|
|
Eggs
1 dozen
|
$1.75
฿64.25
|
$2.23
ETB126.32
|
|
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb) |
$1.07
฿39.39
|
$3.58
ETB202.93
|
|
Apples (1 lb) |
$1.20
฿44.31
|
$1.87
ETB106.09
|
|
Bananas (1 lb) |
$0.50
฿18.55
|
$0.42
ETB23.97
|
|
Oranges (1 lb) |
$0.79
฿29.13
|
$0.88
ETB49.98
|
|
Tomatoes (1 lb) |
$0.59
฿21.70
|
$0.31
ETB17.51
|
|
Potatoes (1 lb) |
$0.62
฿22.71
|
$0.19
ETB11.05
|
|
Onions (1 lb) |
$0.46
฿16.91
|
$0.28
ETB15.74
|
|
pay 40.1% less for transportation
Thailand
|
Ethiopia
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Gasoline (1 gallon) |
$4.57
฿168.08
|
$3.15
ETB178.37
|
|
Monthly public transit pass |
$24.32
฿894.62
|
$11.00
ETB623.65
|
|
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition) |
$31,287.73
฿1,151,082.39
|
$26,000.00
ETB1,474,077.46
|
|
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles) |
$9.68
฿356.19
|
$4.10
ETB232.45
|
|
pay 4.2 times more for housing
Thailand
|
Ethiopia
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Internet connection
50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl
|
$17.10
฿629.09
|
$202.38
ETB11,474.13
|
|
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area |
$290.79
฿10,698.29
|
$496.62
ETB28,155.83
|
|
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center |
$207.49
฿7,633.46
|
$259.10
ETB14,689.80
|
|
Utilities for two
(700 sq ft apartment)
including electric, gas, water, heating
|
$49.43
฿1,818.53
|
$101.32
ETB5,744.57
|
|
pay 2.4 times more for childcare
Thailand
|
Ethiopia
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly |
$334.45
฿12,304.63
|
$74.57
ETB4,228.01
|
|
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters |
$9,908.05
฿364,519.32
|
$46,000.00
ETB2,607,983.20
|
|
pay 19.8% less for entertainment and sports
Thailand
|
Ethiopia
|
||
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Domestic/local beer (1 pint) |
$1.90
฿69.84
|
$0.75
ETB42.52
|
|
Cappuccino in mid-range area |
$1.94
฿71.54
|
$0.73
ETB41.45
|
|
Pack of cigarettes
Marlboro or similar
|
$3.61
฿132.93
|
$4.00
ETB226.78
|
|
Monthly membership at local gym |
$47.07
฿1,731.58
|
$66.88
ETB3,791.50
|
|
Movie ticket to theater/cinema |
$5.63
฿207.21
|
$4.00
ETB226.78
|
|
pay 16.2% more for clothing
Thailand
|
Ethiopia
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Regular jeans
Levi's brand
|
$40.39
฿1,486.00
|
$26.92
ETB1,525.99
|
|
Regular dress
from H&M or similar store
|
$27.03
฿994.43
|
$53.83
ETB3,051.62
|
|
Running shoes
Nike or Adidas
|
$82.02
฿3,017.56
|
$64.59
ETB3,661.75
|
|
Men's business shoes (leather) |
$65.30
฿2,402.27
|
$78.66
ETB4,459.46
|
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