Cost of Living Comparison

  1. Cost of Living
  2. Vietnam
  3. Maldives
  4. Comparison
VND
COMPARED TO
MVR

Maldives is 2.1 times more expensive than Vietnam.

If you lived in Maldives instead of Vietnam, you would:
local_dining

pay 98.5% more for restaurants

  Vietnam help_outline Maldives help_outline  
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant $1.82
₫41,335
$3.94
MVR60.91
+116.5%
Fast food combo meal
McDonalds, or similar
 $4.03
₫91,488
$10.71
MVR165.43
+165.7%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz) $0.55
₫12,490
$1.12
MVR17.24
+102.9%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz) $0.33
₫7,559
$0.36
MVR5.60
+8.8%
Average +98.5%
Vietnam vs. Maldives - Cost of restaurants
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local_grocery_store

pay 50.0% more for groceries

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Bread
1 loaf
 $0.75
₫17,071
$1.24
MVR19.18
+65.1%
Local cheese (8 oz) $7.76
₫176,144
$3.78
MVR58.40
-51.3%
Milk (1 gallon) $5.60
₫127,115
$6.13
MVR94.65
+9.4%
Eggs
1 dozen
 $1.25
₫28,340
$1.56
MVR24.18
+25.4%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb) $1.57
₫35,712
$1.74
MVR26.95
+10.9%
Apples (1 lb) $1.30
₫29,601
$1.07
MVR16.49
-18.2%
Bananas (1 lb) $0.43
₫9,861
$1.05
MVR16.30
+142.9%
Oranges (1 lb) $0.71
₫16,214
$1.05
MVR16.20
+46.8%
Tomatoes (1 lb) $0.38
₫8,668
$1.42
MVR21.88
+270.8%
Potatoes (1 lb) $0.55
₫12,407
$0.53
MVR8.15
-3.5%
Onions (1 lb) $0.45
₫10,167
$0.68
MVR10.46
+51.2%
Average +50.0%
Vietnam vs. Maldives - Cost of groceries
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drive_eta

pay 2.7 times more for transportation

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Gasoline (1 gallon) $3.32
₫75,381
$3.35
MVR51.71
+0.8%
Monthly public transit pass $7.65
₫173,722
$46.72
MVR721.90
+510.6%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition) $40,556.96
₫920,805,117
$45,425.05
MVR701,844.71
+12.0%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles) $5.50
₫124,893
$13.95
MVR215.57
+153.6%
Average +169.3%
Vietnam vs. Maldives - Cost of transportation
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home

pay 3.9 times more for housing

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Internet connection
50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl
 $11.41
₫258,961
$91.65
MVR1,416.10
+703.6%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area $378.72
₫8,598,392
$897.69
MVR13,869.79
+137.0%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center $269.04
₫6,108,326
$665.15
MVR10,277.01
+147.2%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment)
including electric, gas, water, heating
 $46.96
₫1,066,244
$131.06
MVR2,025.02
+179.1%
Average +291.7%
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child_care

pay 21.4% less for childcare

  Vietnam help_outline Maldives help_outline  
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly $137.34
₫3,118,157
$162.23
MVR2,506.59
+18.1%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters $9,034.52
₫205,119,690
$3,522.76
MVR54,428.77
-61.0%
Average -21.4%
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gamepad

pay 3.0 times more for entertainment and sports

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Domestic/local beer (1 pint) $0.99
₫22,450
$3.76
MVR58.05
+280.0%
Cappuccino in mid-range area $1.70
₫38,494
$2.34
MVR36.17
+38.1%
Pack of cigarettes
Marlboro or similar
 $1.16
₫26,239
$5.76
MVR88.98
+398.3%
Monthly membership at local gym $22.60
₫513,030
$63.88
MVR986.97
+182.7%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema $3.61
₫82,024
$6.81
MVR105.28
+88.6%
Average +197.5%
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store

pay 27.5% less for clothing

  Vietnam help_outline Maldives help_outline  
Regular jeans
Levi's brand
 $37.35
₫847,944
$32.04
MVR495.05
-14.2%
Regular dress
from H&M or similar store
 $34.24
₫777,342
$33.23
MVR513.43
-2.9%
Running shoes
Nike or Adidas
 $105.76
₫2,401,212
$46.86
MVR724.07
-55.7%
Men's business shoes (leather) $86.06
₫1,953,894
$54.01
MVR834.42
-37.2%
Average -27.5%
Vietnam vs. Maldives - 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: January 2021
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