Somalia is 56.3% more expensive than Burkina Faso.

If you lived in Somalia instead of Burkina Faso, you would:

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pay 94.5% more for restaurants

 
Burkina Faso
Somalia
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant $0.83
F CFA501
$2.65
SOS1,518
Fast food combo meal
McDonalds, or similar
$2.15
F CFA1,304
$5.33
SOS3,054
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz) $0.77
F CFA468
$0.71
SOS409

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pay 31.9% more for groceries

 
Burkina Faso
Somalia
Bread
1 loaf
$0.89
F CFA538
$0.97
SOS557
Local cheese (8 oz) ?? $1.96
SOS1,122
Milk (1 gallon) $9.20
F CFA5,588
$6.37
SOS3,649

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pay 3.0 times more for transportation

 
Burkina Faso
Somalia
Gasoline (1 gallon) $4.58
F CFA2,780
$4.08
SOS2,337
Monthly public transit pass $4.95
F CFA3,008
$37.50
SOS21,476
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition) ?? $5,750.00
SOS3,293,046

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pay 24.5% less for housing

 
Burkina Faso
Somalia
Internet connection
50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl
$41.19
F CFA25,018
$30.62
SOS17,539
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area $412.75
F CFA250,677
$207.78
SOS118,995
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center $206.38
F CFA125,339
$86.25
SOS49,398

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pay 74.7% less for childcare

 
Burkina Faso
Somalia
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly $123.83
F CFA75,203
$55.21
SOS31,618
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters $15,210.19
F CFA9,237,656
$922.50
SOS528,319

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pay 2.1 times more for entertainment and sports

 
Burkina Faso
Somalia
Domestic/local beer (1 pint) $1.16
F CFA702
$8.50
SOS4,868
Cappuccino in mid-range area $1.24
F CFA752
$1.22
SOS700
Pack of cigarettes
Marlboro or similar
$1.65
F CFA1,003
$1.34
SOS770

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pay (unknown) more for clothing

 
Burkina Faso
Somalia
Regular jeans
Levi's brand
?? $18.61
SOS10,659
Regular dress
from H&M or similar store
?? $23.11
SOS13,236
Running shoes
Nike or Adidas
?? $25.89
SOS14,827

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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: October 2024
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