Cost of living comparison
Papua New Guinea is 53.0% more expensive than Finland.
If you lived in Papua New Guinea instead of Finland, you would:
pay 34.0% less for restaurants
Finland
|
Papua New Guinea
|
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Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant |
$13.85
€12.82
|
$9.26
PGK37.13
|
|
Fast food combo meal
McDonalds, or similar
|
$9.97
€9.23
|
$9.04
PGK36.24
|
|
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz) |
$2.57
€2.38
|
$0.94
PGK3.77
|
|
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz) |
$1.92
€1.77
|
$1.34
PGK5.38
|
|
pay 28.3% more for groceries
Finland
|
Papua New Guinea
|
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---|---|---|---|
Bread
1 loaf
|
$2.30
€2.13
|
$1.44
PGK5.79
|
|
Local cheese (8 oz) |
$3.73
€3.45
|
$2.42
PGK9.71
|
|
Milk (1 gallon) |
$4.21
€3.90
|
$6.73
PGK26.99
|
|
Eggs
1 dozen
|
$2.94
€2.72
|
$3.81
PGK15.26
|
|
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb) |
$5.06
€4.68
|
$2.97
PGK11.92
|
|
Apples (1 lb) |
$1.00
€0.92
|
$1.29
PGK5.18
|
|
Bananas (1 lb) |
$0.81
€0.75
|
$1.01
PGK4.05
|
|
Oranges (1 lb) |
$0.93
€0.86
|
$1.55
PGK6.23
|
|
Tomatoes (1 lb) |
$1.65
€1.53
|
$1.56
PGK6.25
|
|
Potatoes (1 lb) |
$0.56
€0.52
|
$1.38
PGK5.54
|
|
Onions (1 lb) |
$0.74
€0.69
|
$1.26
PGK5.07
|
|
pay 15.0% less for transportation
Finland
|
Papua New Guinea
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Gasoline (1 gallon) |
$7.87
€7.29
|
$4.10
PGK16.46
|
|
Monthly public transit pass |
$60.62
€56.13
|
$34.80
PGK139.55
|
|
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition) |
$30,056.21
€27,828.26
|
$41,305.96
PGK165,661.31
|
|
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles) |
$18.81
€17.42
|
$17.56
PGK70.41
|
|
pay 5.3 times more for housing
Finland
|
Papua New Guinea
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Internet connection
50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl
|
$22.06
€20.43
|
$344.22
PGK1,380.51
|
|
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area |
$746.03
€690.73
|
$2,807.14
PGK11,258.27
|
|
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center |
$620.54
€574.54
|
$418.22
PGK1,677.32
|
|
Utilities for two
(700 sq ft apartment)
including electric, gas, water, heating
|
$99.79
€92.39
|
$117.79
PGK472.42
|
|
pay 16.4% more for childcare
Finland
|
Papua New Guinea
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly |
$310.89
€287.84
|
$543.22
PGK2,178.62
|
|
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters |
$7,564.54
€7,003.81
|
$4,388.76
PGK17,601.51
|
|
pay 32.5% less for entertainment and sports
Finland
|
Papua New Guinea
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Domestic/local beer (1 pint) |
$7.16
€6.63
|
$3.10
PGK12.42
|
|
Cappuccino in mid-range area |
$4.25
€3.94
|
$2.62
PGK10.51
|
|
Pack of cigarettes
Marlboro or similar
|
$10.60
€9.81
|
$7.10
PGK28.47
|
|
Monthly membership at local gym |
$43.05
€39.86
|
$49.70
PGK199.31
|
|
Movie ticket to theater/cinema |
$15.48
€14.33
|
$7.74
PGK31.06
|
|
pay 23.0% less for clothing
Finland
|
Papua New Guinea
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Regular jeans
Levi's brand
|
$76.46
€70.79
|
$33.56
PGK134.60
|
|
Regular dress
from H&M or similar store
|
$32.66
€30.24
|
$36.14
PGK144.95
|
|
Running shoes
Nike or Adidas
|
$83.52
€77.33
|
$61.31
PGK245.90
|
|
Men's business shoes (leather) |
$107.88
€99.88
|
$86.48
PGK346.85
|
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