Tanzania is 49.2% cheaper than United States.

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

pay 63.7% less for restaurants

 
United States
Tanzania
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant $18.15
 
$3.76
TZS9,430
Fast food combo meal
McDonalds, or similar
$9.28
 
$6.91
TZS17,345
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz) $2.24
 
$0.67
TZS1,685

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pay 42.7% less for groceries

 
United States
Tanzania
Bread
1 loaf
$3.17
 
$0.92
TZS2,318
Local cheese (8 oz) $5.93
 
$7.85
TZS19,703
Milk (1 gallon) $3.83
 
$5.31
TZS13,322

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pay 30.1% less for transportation

 
United States
Tanzania
Gasoline (1 gallon) $3.72
 
$4.28
TZS10,734
Monthly public transit pass $63.08
 
$8.54
TZS21,432
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition) $25,096.27
 
$17,084.05
TZS42,863,885

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pay 58.0% less for housing

 
United States
Tanzania
Internet connection
50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl
$70.73
 
$65.54
TZS164,431
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area $1,528.07
 
$274.47
TZS688,657
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center $1,282.97
 
$231.44
TZS580,677

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pay 69.2% less for childcare

 
United States
Tanzania
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly $1,137.97
 
$296.62
TZS744,214
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters $15,943.15
 
$5,678.53
TZS14,247,439

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pay 51.0% less for entertainment and sports

 
United States
Tanzania
Domestic/local beer (1 pint) $5.19
 
$1.20
TZS3,000
Cappuccino in mid-range area $4.51
 
$2.03
TZS5,104
Pack of cigarettes
Marlboro or similar
$8.57
 
$1.79
TZS4,487

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pay 29.4% less for clothing

 
United States
Tanzania
Regular jeans
Levi's brand
$45.40
 
$20.27
TZS50,845
Regular dress
from H&M or similar store
$36.73
 
$44.40
TZS111,401
Running shoes
Nike or Adidas
$79.51
 
$54.01
TZS135,512

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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: September 2023
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