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Mauritania vs. Turkey Cost of Living Summary

Mauritania is 7.2% more expensive than Turkey overall.

Restaurants: pay 90.0% more in Mauritania
Groceries: pay 9.2% more in Mauritania
Transportation: pay 35.0% less in Mauritania
Housing: pay 92.2% more in Mauritania
Childcare: pay 58.3% less in Mauritania
Entertainment and Sports: pay 0.3% more in Mauritania
Clothing: pay 48.0% less in Mauritania

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

Mauritania vs. Turkey Cost Breakdown

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

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pay 90.0% more for restaurants

	Turkey	Mauritania
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$7.27 TRY308.88	$3.01 MRO1,082	-58.5%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$7.68 TRY326.10	$6.28 MRO2,254	-18.2%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$1.18 TRY50.02	$1.77 MRO637	+50.7%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$0.44 TRY18.87	$2.16 MRO775	+386.1%
Average			+90.0%

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pay 9.2% more for groceries

	Turkey	Mauritania
Bread 1 loaf	$0.67 TRY28.42	$0.28 MRO99	-58.7%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$4.49 TRY190.94	$2.76 MRO990	-38.7%
Milk (1 gallon)	$3.45 TRY146.69	$5.36 MRO1,923	+55.1%
Eggs 1 dozen	$1.94 TRY82.50	$2.23 MRO800	+14.7%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$2.46 TRY104.64	$2.51 MRO901	+1.9%
Apples (1 lb)	$0.62 TRY26.27	$1.00 MRO360	+62.2%
Bananas (1 lb)	$0.96 TRY40.59	$0.83 MRO299	-12.8%
Oranges (1 lb)	$0.53 TRY22.42	$0.65 MRO234	+23.5%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$0.60 TRY25.33	$0.45 MRO161	-24.9%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$0.29 TRY12.38	$0.35 MRO126	+20.1%
Onions (1 lb)	$0.25 TRY10.51	$0.39 MRO141	+58.8%
Average			+9.2%

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pay 35.0% less for transportation

	Turkey	Mauritania
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$4.58 TRY194.69	$5.36 MRO1,924	+16.9%
Monthly public transit pass	$29.01 TRY1,232.39	$21.97 MRO7,889	-24.2%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$48,018.50 TRY2,040,109.16	$7,533.89 MRO2,704,667	-84.3%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$7.53 TRY320.04	$3.89 MRO1,397	-48.3%
Average			-35.0%

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pay 92.2% more for housing

	Turkey	Mauritania
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$13.68 TRY581.08	$60.27 MRO21,637	+340.7%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$515.16 TRY21,886.84	$225.73 MRO81,036	-56.2%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$348.65 TRY14,812.60	$162.03 MRO58,168	-53.5%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$46.83 TRY1,989.64	$111.41 MRO39,996	+137.9%
Average			+92.2%

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pay 58.3% less for childcare

	Turkey	Mauritania
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$523.46 TRY22,239.76	$73.21 MRO26,284	-86.0%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$10,105.64 TRY429,347.32	$7,011.73 MRO2,517,211	-30.6%
Average			-58.3%

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pay 0.3% more for entertainment and sports

	Turkey	Mauritania
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$2.98 TRY126.47	$1.96 MRO703	-34.2%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$2.92 TRY124.16	$2.30 MRO825	-21.4%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$2.10 TRY89.34	$2.51 MRO902	+19.4%
Monthly membership at local gym	$52.68 TRY2,238.16	$87.27 MRO31,329	+65.7%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$5.69 TRY241.55	$4.08 MRO1,465	-28.2%
Average			+0.3%

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pay 48.0% less for clothing

	Turkey	Mauritania
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$46.89 TRY1,992.09	$20.45 MRO7,342	-56.4%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$43.49 TRY1,847.76	$20.77 MRO7,455	-52.3%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$101.73 TRY4,322.15	$69.22 MRO24,848	-32.0%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$84.94 TRY3,608.65	$41.44 MRO14,876	-51.2%
Average			-48.0%

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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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