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Yemen vs. Turks and Caicos Islands Cost of Living Summary

Yemen is 33.6% cheaper than Turks and Caicos Islands overall.

Restaurants: pay 48.8% less in Yemen
Groceries: pay 27.4% less in Yemen
Transportation: pay 35.1% more in Yemen
Housing: pay 67.7% less in Yemen
Childcare: pay 78.2% less in Yemen
Entertainment and Sports: pay 44.0% less in Yemen
Clothing: pay 4.2% less in Yemen

Expenses including childcare, housing, restaurants, entertainment and sports, groceries, and clothing are lower in Yemen.

Yemen vs. Turks and Caicos Islands Cost Breakdown

If you lived in Yemen instead of Turks and Caicos Islands, you would:

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pay 48.8% less for restaurants

	Turks and Caicos Islands	Yemen
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$20.00	$7.57 YER1,805	-62.1%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$12.50	$9.77 YER2,328	-21.9%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$2.50	$1.41 YER335	-43.8%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$2.25	$0.73 YER174	-67.6%
Average			-48.8%

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pay 27.4% less for groceries

	Turks and Caicos Islands	Yemen
Bread 1 loaf	$3.94	$1.43 YER341	-63.7%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$13.23	$4.22 YER1,006	-68.1%
Milk (1 gallon)	$19.94	$9.19 YER2,190	-53.9%
Eggs 1 dozen	$4.00	$5.26 YER1,254	+31.5%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$6.80	$4.83 YER1,152	-29.0%
Apples (1 lb)	$1.81	$2.51 YER598	+38.2%
Bananas (1 lb)	$1.18	$0.81 YER194	-31.1%
Oranges (1 lb)	??	$1.82 YER433
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$3.00	$1.02 YER244	-65.9%
Potatoes (1 lb)	??	$0.97 YER231
Onions (1 lb)	$0.91	$0.86 YER206	-4.7%
Average			-27.4%

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pay 35.1% more for transportation

	Turks and Caicos Islands	Yemen
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$7.86	$10.62 YER2,531	+35.1%
Monthly public transit pass	??	$80.08 YER19,088
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	??	$16,715.42 YER3,984,120
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	??	$28.63 YER6,825
Average			+35.1%

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pay 67.7% less for housing

	Turks and Caicos Islands	Yemen
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$115.00	$77.76 YER18,534	-32.4%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$1,225.00	$232.18 YER55,340	-81.0%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$950.00	$165.92 YER39,546	-82.5%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$229.41	$57.78 YER13,773	-74.8%
Average			-67.7%

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pay 78.2% less for childcare

	Turks and Caicos Islands	Yemen
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$500.00	$77.38 YER18,443	-84.5%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$8,000.00	$2,249.75 YER536,229	-71.9%
Average			-78.2%

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pay 44.0% less for entertainment and sports

	Turks and Caicos Islands	Yemen
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$8.00	$2.28 YER544	-71.5%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$5.50	$3.46 YER824	-37.1%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$7.00	$4.66 YER1,111	-33.4%
Monthly membership at local gym	$100.00	$65.76 YER15,674	-34.2%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	??	$5.64 YER1,344
Average			-44.0%

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pay 4.2% less for clothing

	Turks and Caicos Islands	Yemen
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$80.00	$52.93 YER12,616	-33.8%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$60.00	$112.92 YER26,915	+88.2%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$150.00	$75.22 YER17,929	-49.9%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$100.00	$78.60 YER18,735	-21.4%
Average			-4.2%

Turks and Caicos Islands vs. Yemen - Cost of clothing

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