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Sierra Leone vs. United Arab Emirates Cost of Living Summary

Sierra Leone is 13.9% cheaper than United Arab Emirates overall.

Restaurants: pay 7.1% more in Sierra Leone
Groceries: pay 34.1% more in Sierra Leone
Transportation: pay 9.4% more in Sierra Leone
Housing: pay 2.0% more in Sierra Leone
Entertainment and Sports: pay 59.1% less in Sierra Leone
Clothing: pay 76.9% less in Sierra Leone

The cost of groceries, transportation, restaurants, and housing in Sierra Leone are more expensive than in United Arab Emirates. Expenses including clothing and entertainment and sports are lower in Sierra Leone.

Sierra Leone vs. United Arab Emirates Cost Breakdown

If you lived in Sierra Leone instead of United Arab Emirates, you would:

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pay 7.1% more for restaurants

	United Arab Emirates	Sierra Leone
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$7.91 AED29.06	$3.00 SLL62,908	-62.1%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$8.65 AED31.75	$10.00 SLL209,695	+15.7%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$1.04 AED3.83	$1.03 SLL21,591	-1.2%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$0.50 AED1.85	$0.89 SLL18,596	+75.9%
Average			+7.1%

United Arab Emirates vs. Sierra Leone - Cost of restaurants

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pay 34.1% more for groceries

	United Arab Emirates	Sierra Leone
Bread 1 loaf	$1.47 AED5.39	$0.67 SLL13,980	-54.5%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$5.36 AED19.68	$3.54 SLL74,319	-33.9%
Milk (1 gallon)	$6.96 AED25.56	$9.15 SLL191,910	+31.5%
Eggs 1 dozen	$2.81 AED10.34	$2.01 SLL42,124	-28.6%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$3.68 AED13.51	$3.40 SLL71,337	-7.5%
Apples (1 lb)	$0.98 AED3.59	$1.81 SLL38,046	+85.5%
Bananas (1 lb)	$0.75 AED2.75	$0.91 SLL19,023	+21.2%
Oranges (1 lb)	$0.73 AED2.69	$0.32 SLL6,742	-56.0%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$0.59 AED2.15	$2.27 SLL47,558	+287.5%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$0.48 AED1.76	$0.91 SLL19,023	+89.1%
Onions (1 lb)	$0.53 AED1.93	$0.74 SLL15,488	+40.3%
Average			+34.1%

United Arab Emirates vs. Sierra Leone - Cost of groceries

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pay 9.4% more for transportation

	United Arab Emirates	Sierra Leone
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$2.91 AED10.69	$5.02 SLL105,180	+72.3%
Monthly public transit pass	$53.10 AED195.00	??
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$40,680.12 AED149,397.75	$12,000.00 SLL251,634,000	-70.5%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$8.50 AED31.21	$10.75 SLL225,422	+26.5%
Average			+9.4%

United Arab Emirates vs. Sierra Leone - Cost of transportation

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pay 2.0% more for housing

	United Arab Emirates	Sierra Leone
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$101.41 AED372.42	$100.00 SLL2,096,950	-1.4%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$1,438.18 AED5,281.71	$1,321.25 SLL27,705,952	-8.1%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$990.79 AED3,638.67	$1,261.67 SLL26,456,519	+27.3%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$122.67 AED450.49	$110.40 SLL2,314,990	-10.0%
Average			+2.0%

United Arab Emirates vs. Sierra Leone - Cost of housing

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pay (unknown) more for childcare

	United Arab Emirates	Sierra Leone
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$497.28 AED1,826.25	??
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$8,164.49 AED29,984.10	??

United Arab Emirates vs. Sierra Leone - Cost of childcare

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pay 59.1% less for entertainment and sports

	United Arab Emirates	Sierra Leone
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$10.43 AED38.31	$1.50 SLL31,454	-85.6%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$4.99 AED18.32	$1.74 SLL36,435	-65.2%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$6.23 AED22.88	$3.00 SLL62,908	-51.8%
Monthly membership at local gym	$75.55 AED277.45	$50.00 SLL1,048,475	-33.8%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$13.19 AED48.44	??
Average			-59.1%

United Arab Emirates vs. Sierra Leone - Cost of entertainment and sports

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pay 76.9% less for clothing

	United Arab Emirates	Sierra Leone
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$75.04 AED275.58	$10.00 SLL209,695	-86.7%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$59.50 AED218.51	$8.00 SLL167,756	-86.6%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$105.66 AED388.03	$20.00 SLL419,390	-81.1%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$106.53 AED391.23	$50.00 SLL1,048,475	-53.1%
Average			-76.9%

United Arab Emirates vs. Sierra Leone - 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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