Cost of living comparison
Trinidad and Tobago is 85.4% more expensive than Vietnam.
If you lived in Trinidad and Tobago instead of Vietnam, you would:
pay 2.5 times more for restaurants
Vietnam
|
Trinidad and Tobago
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant |
$1.96
₫49,745
|
$9.72
TTD66.17
|
|
Fast food combo meal
McDonalds, or similar
|
$4.91
₫124,446
|
$6.57
TTD44.72
|
|
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz) |
$0.59
₫15,050
|
$0.95
TTD6.46
|
|
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz) |
$0.38
₫9,742
|
$0.76
TTD5.19
|
|
pay 70.2% more for groceries
Vietnam
|
Trinidad and Tobago
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Bread
1 loaf
|
$1.11
₫28,019
|
$2.07
TTD14.12
|
|
Local cheese (8 oz) |
$6.92
₫175,439
|
$3.83
TTD26.05
|
|
Milk (1 gallon) |
$5.46
₫138,373
|
$7.58
TTD51.60
|
|
Eggs
1 dozen
|
$1.62
₫40,984
|
$3.69
TTD25.13
|
|
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb) |
$1.78
₫45,153
|
$3.57
TTD24.32
|
|
Apples (1 lb) |
$1.40
₫35,423
|
$1.86
TTD12.63
|
|
Bananas (1 lb) |
$0.52
₫13,190
|
$0.92
TTD6.23
|
|
Oranges (1 lb) |
$0.78
₫19,697
|
$1.19
TTD8.10
|
|
Tomatoes (1 lb) |
$0.49
₫12,527
|
$1.94
TTD13.18
|
|
Potatoes (1 lb) |
$0.55
₫14,052
|
$0.52
TTD3.56
|
|
Onions (1 lb) |
$0.54
₫13,666
|
$0.62
TTD4.20
|
|
pay 2.3 times more for transportation
Vietnam
|
Trinidad and Tobago
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Gasoline (1 gallon) |
$4.05
₫102,671
|
$3.21
TTD21.84
|
|
Monthly public transit pass |
$8.00
₫202,681
|
$51.97
TTD353.81
|
|
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition) |
$40,523.11
₫1,027,058,167
|
$29,791.71
TTD202,824.51
|
|
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles) |
$5.93
₫150,416
|
$7.70
TTD52.40
|
|
pay 2.3 times more for housing
Vietnam
|
Trinidad and Tobago
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Internet connection
50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl
|
$10.02
₫253,889
|
$50.81
TTD345.91
|
|
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area |
$364.76
₫9,244,946
|
$490.57
TTD3,339.86
|
|
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center |
$221.46
₫5,612,856
|
$369.70
TTD2,516.96
|
|
Utilities for two
(700 sq ft apartment)
including electric, gas, water, heating
|
$41.86
₫1,060,869
|
$39.60
TTD269.63
|
|
pay 22.5% less for childcare
Vietnam
|
Trinidad and Tobago
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly |
$226.70
₫5,745,824
|
$227.40
TTD1,548.17
|
|
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters |
$10,132.35
₫256,804,485
|
$5,553.03
TTD37,805.51
|
|
pay 2.2 times more for entertainment and sports
Vietnam
|
Trinidad and Tobago
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Domestic/local beer (1 pint) |
$0.94
₫23,725
|
$1.53
TTD10.43
|
|
Cappuccino in mid-range area |
$1.86
₫47,187
|
$3.44
TTD23.43
|
|
Pack of cigarettes
Marlboro or similar
|
$1.29
₫32,645
|
$5.08
TTD34.59
|
|
Monthly membership at local gym |
$24.96
₫632,702
|
$44.23
TTD301.14
|
|
Movie ticket to theater/cinema |
$3.86
₫97,816
|
$7.81
TTD53.14
|
|
pay 19.7% more for clothing
Vietnam
|
Trinidad and Tobago
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Regular jeans
Levi's brand
|
$33.66
₫853,166
|
$52.52
TTD357.58
|
|
Regular dress
from H&M or similar store
|
$29.49
₫747,439
|
$37.33
TTD254.16
|
|
Running shoes
Nike or Adidas
|
$90.06
₫2,282,507
|
$103.33
TTD703.49
|
|
Men's business shoes (leather) |
$106.00
₫2,686,525
|
$86.47
TTD588.69
|
|
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