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Papua New Guinea vs. Virgin Islands Cost of Living Summary

Papua New Guinea is 37.0% cheaper than Virgin Islands overall.

Restaurants: pay 54.6% less in Papua New Guinea
Groceries: pay 44.9% less in Papua New Guinea
Transportation: pay 43.9% less in Papua New Guinea
Housing: pay 8.9% more in Papua New Guinea
Childcare: pay 62.6% less in Papua New Guinea
Entertainment and Sports: pay 22.2% less in Papua New Guinea
Clothing: pay 39.6% less in Papua New Guinea

Expenses including childcare, restaurants, groceries, transportation, clothing, and entertainment and sports are lower in Papua New Guinea.

Papua New Guinea vs. Virgin Islands Cost Breakdown

If you lived in Papua New Guinea instead of Virgin Islands, you would:

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pay 54.6% less for restaurants

	Virgin Islands	Papua New Guinea
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$25.50	$17.87 PGK75.83	-29.9%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$10.48	$5.92 PGK25.13	-43.5%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$3.10	$0.80 PGK3.41	-74.1%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$2.42	$0.70 PGK2.99	-70.9%
Average			-54.6%

Virgin Islands vs. Papua New Guinea - Cost of restaurants

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pay 44.9% less for groceries

	Virgin Islands	Papua New Guinea
Bread 1 loaf	$6.43	$1.55 PGK6.59	-75.8%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$8.40	$3.60 PGK15.29	-57.1%
Milk (1 gallon)	$9.85	$7.76 PGK32.93	-21.2%
Eggs 1 dozen	$7.46	$4.00 PGK16.99	-46.3%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$11.78	$3.63 PGK15.41	-69.2%
Apples (1 lb)	$4.66	$1.99 PGK8.44	-57.4%
Bananas (1 lb)	$2.67	$1.32 PGK5.61	-50.5%
Oranges (1 lb)	$3.50	$2.73 PGK11.60	-21.8%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$4.69	$1.62 PGK6.89	-65.4%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$1.28	$1.58 PGK6.71	+23.7%
Onions (1 lb)	$2.53	$1.18 PGK5.01	-53.4%
Average			-44.9%

Virgin Islands vs. Papua New Guinea - Cost of groceries

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pay 43.9% less for transportation

	Virgin Islands	Papua New Guinea
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$5.28	$4.22 PGK17.89	-20.2%
Monthly public transit pass	$60.00	$23.69 PGK100.53	-60.5%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$45,000.00	$22,387.96 PGK94,999.61	-50.2%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$44.85	$24.88 PGK105.56	-44.5%
Average			-43.9%

Virgin Islands vs. Papua New Guinea - Cost of transportation

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pay 8.9% more for housing

	Virgin Islands	Papua New Guinea
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$98.46	$165.84 PGK703.70	+68.4%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$1,513.89	$2,652.44 PGK11,255.17	+75.2%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$1,216.50	$758.54 PGK3,218.75	-37.6%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$272.68	$80.08 PGK339.79	-70.6%
Average			+8.9%

Virgin Islands vs. Papua New Guinea - Cost of housing

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pay 62.6% less for childcare

	Virgin Islands	Papua New Guinea
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$1,287.50	$631.76 PGK2,680.77	-50.9%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$15,433.33	$3,968.24 PGK16,838.56	-74.3%
Average			-62.6%

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pay 22.2% less for entertainment and sports

	Virgin Islands	Papua New Guinea
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$6.50	$2.98 PGK12.63	-54.2%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$6.93	$2.56 PGK10.85	-63.1%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$4.50	$6.96 PGK29.52	+54.6%
Monthly membership at local gym	$118.33	$73.52 PGK311.97	-37.9%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$11.50	$10.30 PGK43.71	-10.4%
Average			-22.2%

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pay 39.6% less for clothing

	Virgin Islands	Papua New Guinea
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$71.67	$31.15 PGK132.20	-56.5%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$62.33	$36.48 PGK154.81	-41.5%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$146.25	$76.40 PGK324.21	-47.8%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$111.67	$97.73 PGK414.68	-12.5%
Average			-39.6%

Virgin Islands vs. Papua New Guinea - 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: December 2025

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