Syria is 62.0% cheaper than United States.

If you lived in Syria instead of United States, you would:

pay 69.0% less for restaurants

 
United States
Syria
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant $15.20
 
$2.91
£7,315
Fast food combo meal
McDonalds, or similar
$8.21
 
$4.82
£12,118
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz) $2.01
 
$0.54
£1,354

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pay 62.9% less for groceries

 
United States
Syria
Bread
1 loaf
$2.85
 
$0.58
£1,452
Local cheese (8 oz) $5.66
 
$1.82
£4,568
Milk (1 gallon) $3.38
 
$3.09
£7,759

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pay 31.6% less for transportation

 
United States
Syria
Gasoline (1 gallon) $4.54
 
$3.46
£8,693
Monthly public transit pass $64.19
 
$10.40
£26,119
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition) $24,050.13
 
$31,711.78
£79,676,807

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pay 79.5% less for housing

 
United States
Syria
Internet connection
50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl
$68.65
 
$34.34
£86,287
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area $1,446.14
 
$161.90
£406,773
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center $1,166.13
 
$97.16
£244,114

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pay 87.5% less for childcare

 
United States
Syria
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly $980.97
 
$78.36
£196,874
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters $14,983.58
 
$2,533.30
£6,364,981

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pay 74.4% less for entertainment and sports

 
United States
Syria
Domestic/local beer (1 pint) $5.14
 
$1.22
£3,075
Cappuccino in mid-range area $4.34
 
$0.85
£2,130
Pack of cigarettes
Marlboro or similar
$8.25
 
$1.98
£4,975

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pay 28.9% less for clothing

 
United States
Syria
Regular jeans
Levi's brand
$44.10
 
$22.14
£55,638
Regular dress
from H&M or similar store
$36.31
 
$25.33
£63,637
Running shoes
Nike or Adidas
$77.71
 
$73.98
£185,880

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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 2023
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