Somalia is 50.7% cheaper than Finland.

If you lived in Somalia instead of Finland, you would:

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pay 68.7% less for restaurants

 
Finland
Somalia
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant $13.85
€12.82
$2.65
SOS1,518
Fast food combo meal
McDonalds, or similar
$9.97
€9.23
$5.33
SOS3,054
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz) $2.57
€2.38
$0.71
SOS409

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pay 7.8% less for groceries

 
Finland
Somalia
Bread
1 loaf
$2.30
€2.13
$0.97
SOS557
Local cheese (8 oz) $3.73
€3.45
$1.96
SOS1,122
Milk (1 gallon) $4.21
€3.90
$6.37
SOS3,649

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pay 56.7% less for transportation

 
Finland
Somalia
Gasoline (1 gallon) $7.87
€7.29
$4.08
SOS2,337
Monthly public transit pass $60.62
€56.13
$37.50
SOS21,476
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition) $30,056.21
€27,828.26
$5,750.00
SOS3,293,046

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pay 31.2% less for housing

 
Finland
Somalia
Internet connection
50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl
$22.06
€20.43
$30.62
SOS17,539
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area $746.03
€690.73
$207.78
SOS118,995
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center $620.54
€574.54
$86.25
SOS49,398

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pay 85.0% less for childcare

 
Finland
Somalia
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly $310.89
€287.84
$55.21
SOS31,618
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters $7,564.54
€7,003.81
$922.50
SOS528,319

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pay 47.6% less for entertainment and sports

 
Finland
Somalia
Domestic/local beer (1 pint) $7.16
€6.63
$8.50
SOS4,868
Cappuccino in mid-range area $4.25
€3.94
$1.22
SOS700
Pack of cigarettes
Marlboro or similar
$10.60
€9.81
$1.34
SOS770

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pay 57.9% less for clothing

 
Finland
Somalia
Regular jeans
Levi's brand
$76.46
€70.79
$18.61
SOS10,659
Regular dress
from H&M or similar store
$32.66
€30.24
$23.11
SOS13,236
Running shoes
Nike or Adidas
$83.52
€77.33
$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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