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Bulgaria vs. Tunisia Cost of Living Summary

Bulgaria is 94.0% more expensive than Tunisia overall.

Restaurants: pay 2.5 times more in Bulgaria
Groceries: pay 2.0 times more in Bulgaria
Transportation: pay 80.5% more in Bulgaria
Housing: pay 59.5% more in Bulgaria
Childcare: pay 3.2 times more in Bulgaria
Entertainment and Sports: pay 47.0% more in Bulgaria
Clothing: pay 3.3% less in Bulgaria

The cost of childcare, restaurants, groceries, transportation, housing, and entertainment and sports in Bulgaria are more expensive than in Tunisia. Notably, childcare, restaurants, and groceries are significantly more expensive in Bulgaria.

Bulgaria vs. Tunisia Cost Breakdown

If you lived in Bulgaria instead of Tunisia, you would:

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pay 2.5 times more for restaurants

	Tunisia	Bulgaria
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$3.40 TND10.000	$9.56 BGN16.12	+181.3%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$4.85 TND14.260	$8.87 BGN14.96	+83.1%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$0.65 TND1.910	$1.33 BGN2.24	+104.8%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$0.26 TND0.760	$0.88 BGN1.48	+240.0%
Average			+152.3%

Tunisia vs. Bulgaria - Cost of restaurants

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pay 2.0 times more for groceries

	Tunisia	Bulgaria
Bread 1 loaf	$0.18 TND0.530	$0.94 BGN1.58	+419.2%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$5.46 TND16.060	$4.88 BGN8.22	-10.6%
Milk (1 gallon)	$1.88 TND5.540	$6.66 BGN11.23	+254.0%
Eggs 1 dozen	$1.63 TND4.790	$3.03 BGN5.11	+86.2%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$2.53 TND7.450	$3.37 BGN5.68	+33.1%
Apples (1 lb)	$0.90 TND2.640	$0.72 BGN1.22	-19.3%
Bananas (1 lb)	$1.42 TND4.180	$0.87 BGN1.47	-38.6%
Oranges (1 lb)	$0.48 TND1.420	$0.82 BGN1.38	+69.3%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$0.32 TND0.940	$1.04 BGN1.76	+226.5%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$0.33 TND0.960	$0.51 BGN0.86	+56.1%
Onions (1 lb)	$0.29 TND0.860	$0.47 BGN0.78	+59.5%
Average			+103.2%

Tunisia vs. Bulgaria - Cost of groceries

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pay 80.5% more for transportation

	Tunisia	Bulgaria
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$3.21 TND9.430	$5.81 BGN9.80	+81.4%
Monthly public transit pass	$10.45 TND30.760	$23.91 BGN40.31	+128.8%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$38,990.39 TND114,730.620	$31,585.27 BGN53,244.87	-19.0%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$2.97 TND8.730	$6.84 BGN11.54	+130.7%
Average			+80.5%

Tunisia vs. Bulgaria - Cost of transportation

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pay 59.5% more for housing

	Tunisia	Bulgaria
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$17.74 TND52.190	$13.13 BGN22.14	-26.0%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$205.53 TND604.780	$346.09 BGN583.42	+68.4%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$139.80 TND411.370	$256.92 BGN433.11	+83.8%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$37.08 TND109.100	$78.57 BGN132.45	+111.9%
Average			+59.5%

Tunisia vs. Bulgaria - Cost of housing

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pay 3.2 times more for childcare

	Tunisia	Bulgaria
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$91.27 TND268.550	$357.15 BGN602.06	+291.3%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$2,766.14 TND8,139.460	$6,826.38 BGN11,507.57	+146.8%
Average			+219.1%

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pay 47.0% more for entertainment and sports

	Tunisia	Bulgaria
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$1.44 TND4.230	$1.85 BGN3.12	+28.6%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$0.81 TND2.380	$1.98 BGN3.35	+145.6%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$3.53 TND10.390	$3.65 BGN6.15	+3.3%
Monthly membership at local gym	$28.29 TND83.230	$31.65 BGN53.35	+11.9%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$5.06 TND14.890	$7.37 BGN12.42	+45.5%
Average			+47.0%

Tunisia vs. Bulgaria - Cost of entertainment and sports

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pay 3.3% less for clothing

	Tunisia	Bulgaria
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$40.73 TND119.860	$49.07 BGN82.71	+20.5%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$49.43 TND145.440	$28.91 BGN48.74	-41.5%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$93.37 TND274.740	$84.15 BGN141.86	-9.9%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$66.59 TND195.950	$78.49 BGN132.31	+17.9%
Average			-3.3%

Tunisia vs. Bulgaria - Cost of clothing

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