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Puerto Rico vs. Tunisia Cost of Living Summary

Puerto Rico is 3.2 times more expensive than Tunisia overall.

Restaurants: pay 3.5 times more in Puerto Rico
Groceries: pay 4.4 times more in Puerto Rico
Transportation: pay 2.1 times more in Puerto Rico
Housing: pay 4.5 times more in Puerto Rico
Childcare: pay 4.2 times more in Puerto Rico
Entertainment and Sports: pay 2.5 times more in Puerto Rico
Clothing: pay 11.6% more in Puerto Rico

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

Puerto Rico vs. Tunisia Cost Breakdown

If you lived in Puerto Rico instead of Tunisia, you would:

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pay 3.5 times more for restaurants

	Tunisia	Puerto Rico
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$3.40 TND10.000	$15.10	+344.2%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$4.85 TND14.260	$10.01	+106.4%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$0.65 TND1.910	$1.58	+143.6%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$0.26 TND0.760	$1.35	+421.0%
Average			+253.8%

Tunisia vs. Puerto Rico - Cost of restaurants

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pay 4.4 times more for groceries

	Tunisia	Puerto Rico
Bread 1 loaf	$0.18 TND0.530	$3.18	+1659.3%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$5.46 TND16.060	$4.16	-23.7%
Milk (1 gallon)	$1.88 TND5.540	$8.11	+331.0%
Eggs 1 dozen	$1.63 TND4.790	$5.34	+228.0%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$2.53 TND7.450	$3.76	+48.5%
Apples (1 lb)	$0.90 TND2.640	$2.50	+179.1%
Bananas (1 lb)	$1.42 TND4.180	$1.06	-25.6%
Oranges (1 lb)	$0.48 TND1.420	$1.54	+219.0%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$0.32 TND0.940	$1.84	+475.2%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$0.33 TND0.960	$1.65	+405.5%
Onions (1 lb)	$0.29 TND0.860	$1.04	+255.8%
Average			+341.1%

Tunisia vs. Puerto Rico - Cost of groceries

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pay 2.1 times more for transportation

	Tunisia	Puerto Rico
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$3.21 TND9.430	$3.65	+13.9%
Monthly public transit pass	$10.45 TND30.760	$35.20	+236.8%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$38,990.39 TND114,730.620	$34,700.00	-11.0%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$2.97 TND8.730	$9.22	+210.8%
Average			+112.6%

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pay 4.5 times more for housing

	Tunisia	Puerto Rico
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$17.74 TND52.190	$62.46	+252.2%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$205.53 TND604.780	$800.93	+289.7%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$139.80 TND411.370	$580.00	+314.9%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$37.08 TND109.100	$242.07	+552.9%
Average			+352.4%

Tunisia vs. Puerto Rico - Cost of housing

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pay 4.2 times more for childcare

	Tunisia	Puerto Rico
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$91.27 TND268.550	$453.00	+396.4%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$2,766.14 TND8,139.460	$9,760.00	+252.8%
Average			+324.6%

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pay 2.5 times more for entertainment and sports

	Tunisia	Puerto Rico
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$1.44 TND4.230	$2.73	+89.6%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$0.81 TND2.380	$3.38	+318.0%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$3.53 TND10.390	$11.21	+217.4%
Monthly membership at local gym	$28.29 TND83.230	$37.37	+32.1%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$5.06 TND14.890	$9.90	+95.6%
Average			+150.5%

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pay 11.6% more for clothing

	Tunisia	Puerto Rico
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$40.73 TND119.860	$42.97	+5.5%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$49.43 TND145.440	$54.22	+9.7%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$93.37 TND274.740	$81.06	-13.2%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$66.59 TND195.950	$96.00	+44.2%
Average			+11.6%

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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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