Cost of Living Comparison

VND

COMPARED TO

ISK

Iceland is 3.9 times more expensive than Vietnam.

If you lived in Iceland instead of Vietnam, you would:

pay 5.6 times more for restaurants

	Vietnam	Iceland
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$1.98 ₫44,885	$16.49 kr1,731	+734.1%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$4.28 ₫97,246	$14.47 kr1,519	+237.8%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$0.57 ₫12,930	$2.69 kr282	+371.8%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$0.33 ₫7,494	$1.95 kr205	+491.8%
Average			+458.9%

Vietnam vs. Iceland - Cost of restaurants

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pay 2.5 times more for groceries

	Vietnam	Iceland
Bread 1 loaf	$0.80 ₫18,134	$3.22 kr338	+303.4%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$7.47 ₫169,655	$6.33 kr664	-15.3%
Milk (1 gallon)	$5.49 ₫124,727	$5.38 kr565	-2.0%
Eggs 1 dozen	$1.33 ₫30,254	$5.97 kr626	+347.9%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$1.55 ₫35,152	$7.48 kr785	+382.8%
Apples (1 lb)	$1.21 ₫27,452	$1.06 kr111	-12.3%
Bananas (1 lb)	$0.50 ₫11,347	$1.04 kr109	+108.3%
Oranges (1 lb)	$0.75 ₫17,099	$1.10 kr116	+46.1%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$0.39 ₫8,842	$1.96 kr206	+404.1%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$0.60 ₫13,559	$1.03 kr108	+71.9%
Onions (1 lb)	$0.42 ₫9,617	$0.60 kr63	+41.1%
Average			+152.4%

Vietnam vs. Iceland - Cost of groceries

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pay 5.2 times more for transportation

	Vietnam	Iceland
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$3.17 ₫72,011	$6.83 kr717	+115.3%
Monthly public transit pass	$7.81 ₫177,375	$104.10 kr10,925	+1232.5%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$41,781.21 ₫948,600,639	$29,559.70 kr3,102,290	-29.3%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$5.42 ₫122,993	$25.44 kr2,670	+369.6%
Average			+422.0%

Vietnam vs. Iceland - Cost of transportation

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pay 4.4 times more for housing

	Vietnam	Iceland
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$10.50 ₫238,335	$72.22 kr7,579	+587.9%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$359.67 ₫8,165,844	$1,433.87 kr150,485	+298.7%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$253.19 ₫5,748,427	$1,196.44 kr125,566	+372.5%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$46.06 ₫1,045,761	$84.13 kr8,829	+82.6%
Average			+335.4%

Vietnam vs. Iceland - Cost of housing

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pay 23.6% more for childcare

	Vietnam	Iceland
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$145.09 ₫3,294,063	$308.46 kr32,373	+112.6%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$9,920.47 ₫225,234,377	$3,430.08 kr359,987	-65.4%
Average			+23.6%

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pay 5.8 times more for entertainment and sports

	Vietnam	Iceland
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$0.93 ₫21,125	$9.07 kr952	+874.8%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$1.67 ₫37,957	$4.60 kr483	+175.2%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$1.22 ₫27,701	$12.21 kr1,282	+901.0%
Monthly membership at local gym	$21.98 ₫498,938	$60.00 kr6,297	+173.0%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$3.43 ₫77,823	$13.09 kr1,374	+282.0%
Average			+481.2%

Vietnam vs. Iceland - Cost of entertainment and sports

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pay 2.3 times more for clothing

	Vietnam	Iceland
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$37.00 ₫840,082	$126.70 kr13,297	+242.4%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$36.38 ₫825,994	$69.47 kr7,291	+91.0%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$103.32 ₫2,345,676	$175.47 kr18,416	+69.8%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$83.00 ₫1,884,471	$188.88 kr19,823	+127.6%
Average			+132.7%

Vietnam vs. Iceland - Cost of clothing

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