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Vanuatu vs. Turkmenistan Cost of Living Summary

Vanuatu is 3.1 times more expensive than Turkmenistan overall.

Restaurants: pay 14.5% more in Vanuatu
Groceries: pay 0.8% more in Vanuatu
Transportation: pay 3.4 times more in Vanuatu
Housing: pay 63.2% more in Vanuatu
Childcare: pay 13.6 times more in Vanuatu
Entertainment and Sports: pay 33.5% less in Vanuatu
Clothing: pay 47.1% less in Vanuatu

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

Vanuatu vs. Turkmenistan Cost Breakdown

If you lived in Vanuatu instead of Turkmenistan, you would:

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pay 14.5% more for restaurants

	Turkmenistan	Vanuatu
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$34.29 TMT120.34	$12.52 VUV1,530	-63.5%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$13.57 TMT47.64	$9.56 VUV1,168	-29.6%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$2.32 TMT8.13	$2.55 VUV311	+10.1%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$0.80 TMT2.81	$1.93 VUV236	+141.0%
Average			+14.5%

Turkmenistan vs. Vanuatu - Cost of restaurants

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pay 0.8% more for groceries

	Turkmenistan	Vanuatu
Bread 1 loaf	$1.68 TMT5.89	$2.54 VUV310	+51.2%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$20.00 TMT70.20	$10.02 VUV1,224	-49.9%
Milk (1 gallon)	$18.21 TMT63.90	$9.06 VUV1,107	-50.2%
Eggs 1 dozen	$6.17 TMT21.66	$5.26 VUV642	-14.8%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$8.42 TMT29.57	$8.33 VUV1,018	-1.1%
Apples (1 lb)	$2.46 TMT8.64	$2.11 VUV258	-14.4%
Bananas (1 lb)	$4.00 TMT14.06	$0.88 VUV108	-77.9%
Oranges (1 lb)	$3.47 TMT12.17	$2.73 VUV333	-21.4%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$1.60 TMT5.63	$2.46 VUV301	+53.5%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$0.91 TMT3.18	$1.96 VUV240	+116.5%
Onions (1 lb)	$0.81 TMT2.84	$0.95 VUV117	+17.8%
Average			+0.8%

Turkmenistan vs. Vanuatu - Cost of groceries

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pay 3.4 times more for transportation

	Turkmenistan	Vanuatu
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$1.62 TMT5.69	$7.11 VUV869	+338.3%
Monthly public transit pass	$8.57 TMT30.09	$66.78 VUV8,158	+679.1%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$43,928.57 TMT154,189.29	$22,956.84 VUV2,804,408	-47.7%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$9.71 TMT34.10	$8.77 VUV1,071	-9.8%
Average			+240.0%

Turkmenistan vs. Vanuatu - Cost of transportation

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pay 63.2% more for housing

	Turkmenistan	Vanuatu
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$102.86 TMT361.03	$226.79 VUV27,704	+120.5%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$1,128.57 TMT3,961.29	$1,906.11 VUV232,851	+68.9%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$750.00 TMT2,632.50	$1,278.71 VUV156,207	+70.5%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$436.97 TMT1,533.78	$406.43 VUV49,650	-7.0%
Average			+63.2%

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pay 13.6 times more for childcare

	Turkmenistan	Vanuatu
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$22.86 TMT80.23	$617.75 VUV75,464	+2602.6%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$25,714.29 TMT90,257.14	$6,795.22 VUV830,105	-73.6%
Average			+1264.5%

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pay 33.5% less for entertainment and sports

	Turkmenistan	Vanuatu
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$5.14 TMT18.05	$4.81 VUV588	-6.4%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$7.05 TMT24.75	$5.70 VUV696	-19.2%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$25.71 TMT90.26	$9.18 VUV1,122	-64.3%
Monthly membership at local gym	$195.24 TMT685.29	$67.52 VUV8,248	-65.4%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$14.29 TMT50.14	$12.52 VUV1,530	-12.3%
Average			-33.5%

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pay 47.1% less for clothing

	Turkmenistan	Vanuatu
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$65.71 TMT230.66	$33.39 VUV4,079	-49.2%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$121.43 TMT426.21	$66.78 VUV8,158	-45.0%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$300.00 TMT1,053.00	??
Men's business shoes (leather)	$185.71 TMT651.86	??
Average			-47.1%

Turkmenistan vs. Vanuatu - 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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