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Cook Islands vs. Venezuela Cost of Living Summary

Cook Islands is 76.9% more expensive than Venezuela overall.

Restaurants: pay 76.4% more in Cook Islands
Groceries: pay 57.5% more in Cook Islands
Transportation: pay 94.9% more in Cook Islands
Housing: pay 3.1 times more in Cook Islands
Childcare: pay 68.2% less in Cook Islands
Entertainment and Sports: pay 2.4 times more in Cook Islands
Clothing: pay 20.2% more in Cook Islands

The cost of housing, entertainment and sports, transportation, restaurants, groceries, and clothing in Cook Islands are more expensive than in Venezuela. Notably, housing, entertainment and sports, and transportation are significantly more expensive in Cook Islands.

Cook Islands vs. Venezuela Cost Breakdown

If you lived in Cook Islands instead of Venezuela, you would:

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pay 76.4% more for restaurants

	Venezuela	Cook Islands
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$8.27 VEF82.48	$11.54 NZ$20.12	+39.5%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$9.58 VEF95.53	$7.93 NZ$13.83	-17.2%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$1.21 VEF12.05	$2.88 NZ$5.03	+138.8%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$1.02 VEF10.20	$2.50 NZ$4.36	+144.4%
Average			+76.4%

Venezuela vs. Cook Islands - Cost of restaurants

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pay 57.5% more for groceries

	Venezuela	Cook Islands
Bread 1 loaf	$1.95 VEF19.46	$3.11 NZ$5.42	+59.3%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$2.93 VEF29.24	$4.98 NZ$8.68	+69.7%
Milk (1 gallon)	$7.15 VEF71.33	$7.37 NZ$12.85	+3.1%
Eggs 1 dozen	$2.52 VEF25.18	$5.57 NZ$9.71	+120.6%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$3.00 VEF29.96	$3.40 NZ$5.93	+13.2%
Apples (1 lb)	$2.45 VEF24.44	$1.30 NZ$2.27	-46.9%
Bananas (1 lb)	$0.63 VEF6.32	$1.05 NZ$1.83	+65.2%
Oranges (1 lb)	$0.69 VEF6.92	$1.56 NZ$2.73	+125.3%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$0.90 VEF9.00	$2.75 NZ$4.79	+204.6%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$0.86 VEF8.61	$1.05 NZ$1.83	+21.3%
Onions (1 lb)	$0.85 VEF8.51	$0.82 NZ$1.44	-3.4%
Average			+57.5%

Venezuela vs. Cook Islands - Cost of groceries

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pay 94.9% more for transportation

	Venezuela	Cook Islands
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$1.89 VEF18.88	$6.56 NZ$11.45	+246.7%
Monthly public transit pass	$28.25 VEF281.77	??
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$26,687.50 VEF266,194.50	$11,538.70 NZ$20,123.30	-56.8%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$22.35 VEF222.88	??
Average			+94.9%

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pay 3.1 times more for housing

	Venezuela	Cook Islands
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$36.50 VEF364.02	$105.96 NZ$184.80	+190.3%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$195.38 VEF1,948.84	$305.77 NZ$533.27	+56.5%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$132.78 VEF1,324.39	$305.77 NZ$533.27	+130.3%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$14.35 VEF143.11	$82.72 NZ$144.27	+476.5%
Average			+213.4%

Venezuela vs. Cook Islands - Cost of housing

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pay 68.2% less for childcare

	Venezuela	Cook Islands
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$75.56 VEF753.63	??
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$4,352.50 VEF43,414.02	$1,384.64 NZ$2,414.80	-68.2%
Average			-68.2%

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pay 2.4 times more for entertainment and sports

	Venezuela	Cook Islands
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$1.40 VEF13.97	$5.99 NZ$10.44	+327.3%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$2.20 VEF21.96	$3.80 NZ$6.62	+72.5%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$3.51 VEF34.99	$14.42 NZ$25.15	+311.2%
Monthly membership at local gym	$33.36 VEF332.70	$24.04 NZ$41.92	-27.9%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$4.83 VEF48.21	$6.63 NZ$11.57	+37.3%
Average			+144.1%

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pay 20.2% more for clothing

	Venezuela	Cook Islands
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$43.83 VEF437.18	$64.62 NZ$112.69	+47.4%
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	$70.96 NZ$123.76	-7.0%
Average			+20.2%

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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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