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Mauritania vs. Thailand Cost of Living Summary

Mauritania is 9.4% more expensive than Thailand overall.

Restaurants: pay 2.6 times more in Mauritania
Groceries: pay 20.4% less in Mauritania
Transportation: pay 37.3% less in Mauritania
Housing: pay 56.2% more in Mauritania
Childcare: pay 58.2% less in Mauritania
Entertainment and Sports: pay 1.3% less in Mauritania
Clothing: pay 34.6% less in Mauritania

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

Mauritania vs. Thailand Cost Breakdown

If you lived in Mauritania instead of Thailand, you would:

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pay 2.6 times more for restaurants

	Thailand	Mauritania
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$2.67 THB85.43	$3.01 MRO1,082	+12.8%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$6.99 THB223.63	$6.28 MRO2,254	-10.2%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$0.73 THB23.49	$1.77 MRO637	+141.5%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$0.36 THB11.51	$2.16 MRO775	+500.1%
Average			+161.1%

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pay 20.4% less for groceries

	Thailand	Mauritania
Bread 1 loaf	$1.41 THB45.03	$0.28 MRO99	-80.4%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$7.88 THB252.05	$2.76 MRO990	-65.0%
Milk (1 gallon)	$7.17 THB229.11	$5.36 MRO1,923	-25.3%
Eggs 1 dozen	$2.07 THB66.18	$2.23 MRO800	+7.6%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$1.41 THB45.15	$2.51 MRO901	+77.6%
Apples (1 lb)	$1.33 THB42.47	$1.00 MRO360	-24.5%
Bananas (1 lb)	$0.59 THB18.95	$0.83 MRO299	+40.6%
Oranges (1 lb)	$0.90 THB28.72	$0.65 MRO234	-27.5%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$0.75 THB24.08	$0.45 MRO161	-40.6%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$0.71 THB22.77	$0.35 MRO126	-50.9%
Onions (1 lb)	$0.62 THB19.72	$0.39 MRO141	-36.3%
Average			-20.4%

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pay 37.3% less for transportation

	Thailand	Mauritania
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$4.83 THB154.50	$5.36 MRO1,924	+10.9%
Monthly public transit pass	$28.12 THB899.09	$21.97 MRO7,889	-21.9%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$30,471.21 THB974,258.89	$7,533.89 MRO2,704,667	-75.3%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$10.53 THB336.66	$3.89 MRO1,397	-63.0%
Average			-37.3%

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pay 56.2% more for housing

	Thailand	Mauritania
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$18.52 THB592.20	$60.27 MRO21,637	+225.4%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$414.60 THB13,256.12	$225.73 MRO81,036	-45.6%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$266.86 THB8,532.32	$162.03 MRO58,168	-39.3%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$60.46 THB1,933.10	$111.41 MRO39,996	+84.3%
Average			+56.2%

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pay 58.2% less for childcare

	Thailand	Mauritania
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$359.13 THB11,482.48	$73.21 MRO26,284	-79.6%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$11,104.31 THB355,039.19	$7,011.73 MRO2,517,211	-36.9%
Average			-58.2%

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pay 1.3% less for entertainment and sports

	Thailand	Mauritania
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$2.15 THB68.88	$1.96 MRO703	-9.1%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$1.97 THB63.01	$2.30 MRO825	+16.6%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$4.31 THB137.94	$2.51 MRO902	-41.8%
Monthly membership at local gym	$53.45 THB1,709.08	$87.27 MRO31,329	+63.3%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$6.32 THB201.98	$4.08 MRO1,465	-35.4%
Average			-1.3%

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pay 34.6% less for clothing

	Thailand	Mauritania
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$37.08 THB1,185.58	$20.45 MRO7,342	-44.8%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$29.48 THB942.56	$20.77 MRO7,455	-29.6%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$91.15 THB2,914.34	$69.22 MRO24,848	-24.1%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$69.13 THB2,210.16	$41.44 MRO14,876	-40.1%
Average			-34.6%

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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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