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Burkina Faso vs. Venezuela Cost of Living Summary

Burkina Faso is 83.5% more expensive than Venezuela overall.

Restaurants: pay 31.3% less in Burkina Faso
Groceries: pay 37.0% more in Burkina Faso
Transportation: pay 71.5% more in Burkina Faso
Housing: pay 3.1 times more in Burkina Faso
Childcare: pay 2.9 times more in Burkina Faso
Entertainment and Sports: pay 16.3% more in Burkina Faso

The cost of housing, childcare, transportation, groceries, and entertainment and sports in Burkina Faso are more expensive than in Venezuela. Notably, housing and childcare are significantly more expensive in Burkina Faso.

Burkina Faso vs. Venezuela Cost Breakdown

If you lived in Burkina Faso instead of Venezuela, you would:

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pay 31.3% less for restaurants

	Venezuela	Burkina Faso
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$8.27 VEF82.48	$5.37 F CFA3,038	-35.1%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$9.58 VEF95.53	$8.05 F CFA4,557	-16.0%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$1.21 VEF12.05	$0.83 F CFA473	-30.9%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$1.02 VEF10.20	$0.58 F CFA329	-43.2%
Average			-31.3%

Venezuela vs. Burkina Faso - Cost of restaurants

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pay 37.0% more for groceries

	Venezuela	Burkina Faso
Bread 1 loaf	$1.95 VEF19.46	$0.95 F CFA536	-51.5%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$2.93 VEF29.24	$8.94 F CFA5,063	+205.1%
Milk (1 gallon)	$7.15 VEF71.33	$10.61 F CFA6,005	+48.3%
Eggs 1 dozen	$2.52 VEF25.18	$3.05 F CFA1,725	+20.7%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$3.00 VEF29.96	$9.74 F CFA5,512	+224.1%
Apples (1 lb)	$2.45 VEF24.44	$2.03 F CFA1,148	-17.2%
Bananas (1 lb)	$0.63 VEF6.32	$0.63 F CFA358	-0.2%
Oranges (1 lb)	$0.69 VEF6.92	$0.45 F CFA257	-34.6%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$0.90 VEF9.00	$1.11 F CFA630	+23.4%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$0.86 VEF8.61	$1.01 F CFA573	+17.2%
Onions (1 lb)	$0.85 VEF8.51	$0.61 F CFA346	-28.4%
Average			+37.0%

Venezuela vs. Burkina Faso - Cost of groceries

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pay 71.5% more for transportation

	Venezuela	Burkina Faso
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$1.89 VEF18.88	$5.76 F CFA3,258	+204.1%
Monthly public transit pass	$28.25 VEF281.77	??
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$26,687.50 VEF266K	$38,457.72 F CFA22M	+44.1%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$22.35 VEF222.88	$14.85 F CFA8,404	-33.6%
Average			+71.5%

Venezuela vs. Burkina Faso - Cost of transportation

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pay 3.1 times more for housing

	Venezuela	Burkina Faso
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$36.50 VEF364.02	$50.62 F CFA28,656	+38.7%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$195.38 VEF1,948.84	$447.18 F CFA253K	+128.9%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$132.78 VEF1,324.39	$280.23 F CFA159K	+111.1%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$14.35 VEF143.11	$97.57 F CFA55,235	+580.1%
Average			+214.7%

Venezuela vs. Burkina Faso - Cost of housing

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pay 2.9 times more for childcare

	Venezuela	Burkina Faso
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$75.56 VEF753.63	$134.15 F CFA75,944	+77.6%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$4,352.50 VEF43,414.02	$17,731.14 F CFA10M	+307.4%
Average			+192.5%

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pay 16.3% more for entertainment and sports

	Venezuela	Burkina Faso
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$1.40 VEF13.97	$1.07 F CFA608	-23.4%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$2.20 VEF21.96	$1.79 F CFA1,013	-18.7%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$3.51 VEF34.99	$1.79 F CFA1,013	-49.0%
Monthly membership at local gym	$33.36 VEF332.70	$62.61 F CFA35,440	+87.7%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$4.83 VEF48.21	$8.94 F CFA5,063	+85.0%
Average			+16.3%

Venezuela vs. Burkina Faso - Cost of entertainment and sports

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pay (unknown) more for clothing

	Venezuela	Burkina Faso
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$43.83 VEF437.18	??
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$37.95 VEF378.50	??
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$73.01 VEF728.25	??
Men's business shoes (leather)	$76.30 VEF761.08	??

Venezuela vs. Burkina Faso - 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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