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Yemen vs. United Kingdom Cost of Living Summary

Yemen is 23.7% cheaper than United Kingdom overall.

Restaurants: pay 40.0% less in Yemen
Groceries: pay 23.4% more in Yemen
Transportation: pay 0.9% more in Yemen
Housing: pay 39.0% less in Yemen
Childcare: pay 91.7% less in Yemen
Entertainment and Sports: pay 37.9% less in Yemen
Clothing: pay 18.4% more in Yemen

The cost of groceries, clothing, and transportation in Yemen are more expensive than in United Kingdom. Expenses including childcare, restaurants, housing, and entertainment and sports are lower in Yemen.

Yemen vs. United Kingdom Cost Breakdown

If you lived in Yemen instead of United Kingdom, you would:

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pay 40.0% less for restaurants

	United Kingdom	Yemen
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$20.41 £15.30	$7.57 YER1,807	-62.9%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$9.94 £7.45	$9.77 YER2,330	-1.7%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$2.32 £1.74	$1.41 YER335	-39.5%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$1.65 £1.23	$0.73 YER174	-55.8%
Average			-40.0%

United Kingdom vs. Yemen - Cost of restaurants

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pay 23.4% more for groceries

	United Kingdom	Yemen
Bread 1 loaf	$1.59 £1.20	$1.43 YER341	-10.3%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$4.71 £3.53	$4.22 YER1,007	-10.4%
Milk (1 gallon)	$6.20 £4.65	$9.19 YER2,193	+48.2%
Eggs 1 dozen	$3.87 £2.90	$5.26 YER1,255	+36.0%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$3.87 £2.90	$4.83 YER1,153	+24.9%
Apples (1 lb)	$1.32 £0.99	$2.51 YER598	+90.1%
Bananas (1 lb)	$0.73 £0.55	$0.81 YER194	+11.3%
Oranges (1 lb)	$1.28 £0.96	$1.82 YER434	+41.7%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$1.49 £1.12	$1.02 YER244	-31.4%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$0.72 £0.54	$0.97 YER232	+35.0%
Onions (1 lb)	$0.71 £0.53	$0.86 YER206	+22.0%
Average			+23.4%

United Kingdom vs. Yemen - Cost of groceries

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pay 0.9% more for transportation

	United Kingdom	Yemen
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$7.22 £5.41	$10.62 YER2,534	+47.0%
Monthly public transit pass	$99.05 £74.25	$80.08 YER19,108	-19.1%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$36,224.29 £27,156.66	$16,715.42 YER4M	-53.9%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$22.08 £16.55	$28.63 YER6,832	+29.7%
Average			+0.9%

United Kingdom vs. Yemen - Cost of transportation

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pay 39.0% less for housing

	United Kingdom	Yemen
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$41.90 £31.41	$77.76 YER18,553	+85.6%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$1,285.79 £963.93	$232.18 YER55,398	-81.9%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$1,062.09 £796.23	$165.92 YER39,587	-84.4%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$233.57 £175.10	$57.78 YER13,787	-75.3%
Average			-39.0%

United Kingdom vs. Yemen - Cost of housing

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pay 91.7% less for childcare

	United Kingdom	Yemen
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$1,530.71 £1,147.55	$77.38 YER18,462	-94.9%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$19,375.12 £14,525.16	$2,249.75 YER537K	-88.4%
Average			-91.7%

United Kingdom vs. Yemen - Cost of childcare

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pay 37.9% less for entertainment and sports

	United Kingdom	Yemen
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$6.35 £4.76	$2.28 YER545	-64.0%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$4.54 £3.40	$3.46 YER825	-23.8%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$19.18 £14.38	$4.66 YER1,112	-75.7%
Monthly membership at local gym	$49.26 £36.93	$65.76 YER15,691	+33.5%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$13.88 £10.41	$5.64 YER1,345	-59.4%
Average			-37.9%

United Kingdom vs. Yemen - Cost of entertainment and sports

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pay 18.4% more for clothing

	United Kingdom	Yemen
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$86.00 £64.47	$52.93 YER12,630	-38.5%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$44.20 £33.14	$112.92 YER26,943	+155.5%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$95.21 £71.38	$75.22 YER17,947	-21.0%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$101.36 £75.99	$78.60 YER18,755	-22.5%
Average			+18.4%

United Kingdom vs. Yemen - 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: March 2026

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