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Venezuela vs. Turkey Cost of Living Summary

Venezuela is 8.7% more expensive than Turkey overall.

Restaurants: pay 42.8% more in Venezuela
Groceries: pay 2.0 times more in Venezuela
Transportation: pay 22.7% more in Venezuela
Housing: pay 6.6% less in Venezuela
Childcare: pay 71.2% less in Venezuela
Entertainment and Sports: pay 12.5% less in Venezuela
Clothing: pay 14.4% less in Venezuela

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

Venezuela vs. Turkey Cost Breakdown

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

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pay 42.8% more for restaurants

	Turkey	Venezuela
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$7.27 TRY310.40	$8.27 VEF82.48	+13.7%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$7.68 TRY327.71	$9.58 VEF95.53	+24.8%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$1.18 TRY50.26	$1.21 VEF12.05	+2.6%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$0.44 TRY18.97	$1.02 VEF10.20	+130.2%
Average			+42.8%

Turkey vs. Venezuela - Cost of restaurants

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pay 2.0 times more for groceries

	Turkey	Venezuela
Bread 1 loaf	$0.67 TRY28.56	$1.95 VEF19.46	+191.6%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$4.49 TRY191.89	$2.93 VEF29.24	-34.8%
Milk (1 gallon)	$3.45 TRY147.41	$7.15 VEF71.33	+107.1%
Eggs 1 dozen	$1.94 TRY82.91	$2.52 VEF25.18	+30.0%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$2.46 TRY105.15	$3.00 VEF29.96	+22.0%
Apples (1 lb)	$0.62 TRY26.40	$2.45 VEF24.44	+296.3%
Bananas (1 lb)	$0.96 TRY40.79	$0.63 VEF6.32	-33.7%
Oranges (1 lb)	$0.53 TRY22.53	$0.69 VEF6.92	+31.5%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$0.60 TRY25.45	$0.90 VEF9.00	+51.3%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$0.29 TRY12.44	$0.86 VEF8.61	+196.0%
Onions (1 lb)	$0.25 TRY10.56	$0.85 VEF8.51	+245.1%
Average			+100.2%

Turkey vs. Venezuela - Cost of groceries

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pay 22.7% more for transportation

	Turkey	Venezuela
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$4.58 TRY195.65	$1.89 VEF18.88	-58.7%
Monthly public transit pass	$29.01 TRY1,238.49	$28.25 VEF281.77	-2.6%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$48,018.50 TRY2,050,202.50	$26,687.50 VEF266,194.50	-44.4%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$7.53 TRY321.62	$22.35 VEF222.88	+196.6%
Average			+22.7%

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pay 6.6% less for housing

	Turkey	Venezuela
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$13.68 TRY583.96	$36.50 VEF364.02	+166.8%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$515.16 TRY21,995.13	$195.38 VEF1,948.84	-62.1%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$348.65 TRY14,885.89	$132.78 VEF1,324.39	-61.9%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$46.83 TRY1,999.48	$14.35 VEF143.11	-69.4%
Average			-6.6%

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pay 71.2% less for childcare

	Turkey	Venezuela
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$523.46 TRY22,349.79	$75.56 VEF753.63	-85.6%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$10,105.64 TRY431,471.50	$4,352.50 VEF43,414.02	-56.9%
Average			-71.2%

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pay 12.5% less for entertainment and sports

	Turkey	Venezuela
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$2.98 TRY127.09	$1.40 VEF13.97	-52.9%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$2.92 TRY124.78	$2.20 VEF21.96	-24.7%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$2.10 TRY89.78	$3.51 VEF34.99	+66.8%
Monthly membership at local gym	$52.68 TRY2,249.23	$33.36 VEF332.70	-36.7%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$5.69 TRY242.75	$4.83 VEF48.21	-15.0%
Average			-12.5%

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pay 14.4% less for clothing

	Turkey	Venezuela
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$46.89 TRY2,001.95	$43.83 VEF437.18	-6.5%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$43.49 TRY1,856.90	$37.95 VEF378.50	-12.7%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$101.73 TRY4,343.54	$73.01 VEF728.25	-28.2%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$84.94 TRY3,626.51	$76.30 VEF761.08	-10.2%
Average			-14.4%

Turkey vs. Venezuela - Cost of clothing

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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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