Cost of living comparison
Ethiopia is 48.5% more expensive than Lithuania.
If you lived in Ethiopia instead of Lithuania, you would:
pay 44.5% less for restaurants
Lithuania
|
Ethiopia
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant |
$10.88
€10.06
|
$7.13
ETB409.04
|
|
Fast food combo meal
McDonalds, or similar
|
$6.91
€6.40
|
$6.24
ETB357.91
|
|
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz) |
$2.30
€2.13
|
$0.82
ETB46.80
|
|
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz) |
$1.73
€1.60
|
$0.53
ETB30.60
|
|
pay 39.5% more for groceries
Lithuania
|
Ethiopia
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Bread
1 loaf
|
$1.64
€1.52
|
$1.09
ETB62.45
|
|
Local cheese (8 oz) |
$5.97
€5.52
|
$4.56
ETB261.66
|
|
Milk (1 gallon) |
$5.29
€4.89
|
$5.68
ETB326.26
|
|
Eggs
1 dozen
|
$2.63
€2.43
|
$2.58
ETB147.84
|
|
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb) |
$3.34
€3.09
|
$6.17
ETB353.97
|
|
Apples (1 lb) |
$0.57
€0.53
|
$2.95
ETB169.24
|
|
Bananas (1 lb) |
$0.77
€0.71
|
$0.49
ETB28.01
|
|
Oranges (1 lb) |
$0.71
€0.66
|
$1.10
ETB62.87
|
|
Tomatoes (1 lb) |
$1.49
€1.38
|
$0.39
ETB22.11
|
|
Potatoes (1 lb) |
$0.38
€0.35
|
$0.29
ETB16.37
|
|
Onions (1 lb) |
$0.45
€0.42
|
$0.76
ETB43.65
|
|
pay 43.7% less for transportation
Lithuania
|
Ethiopia
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Gasoline (1 gallon) |
$6.26
€5.79
|
$4.65
ETB266.71
|
|
Monthly public transit pass |
$30.34
€28.07
|
$10.00
ETB574.00
|
|
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition) |
$35,094.53
€32,472.97
|
$25,500.00
ETB1,463,700.00
|
|
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles) |
$8.59
€7.95
|
$3.88
ETB222.63
|
|
pay 3.5 times more for housing
Lithuania
|
Ethiopia
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Internet connection
50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl
|
$13.95
€12.91
|
$152.46
ETB8,751.18
|
|
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area |
$488.99
€452.46
|
$621.38
ETB35,667.48
|
|
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center |
$348.24
€322.23
|
$355.45
ETB20,403.09
|
|
Utilities for two
(700 sq ft apartment)
including electric, gas, water, heating
|
$145.99
€135.08
|
$124.84
ETB7,165.71
|
|
pay 2.7 times more for childcare
Lithuania
|
Ethiopia
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly |
$497.03
€459.90
|
$83.24
ETB4,778.04
|
|
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters |
$8,349.41
€7,725.71
|
$43,916.67
ETB2,520,816.67
|
|
pay 19.6% less for entertainment and sports
Lithuania
|
Ethiopia
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Domestic/local beer (1 pint) |
$4.98
€4.61
|
$1.00
ETB57.40
|
|
Cappuccino in mid-range area |
$3.15
€2.92
|
$1.11
ETB63.47
|
|
Pack of cigarettes
Marlboro or similar
|
$5.07
€4.69
|
$4.00
ETB229.60
|
|
Monthly membership at local gym |
$38.81
€35.91
|
$80.77
ETB4,636.35
|
|
Movie ticket to theater/cinema |
$8.35
€7.73
|
$5.00
ETB287.00
|
|
pay 15.2% less for clothing
Lithuania
|
Ethiopia
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Regular jeans
Levi's brand
|
$101.39
€93.82
|
$40.11
ETB2,302.38
|
|
Regular dress
from H&M or similar store
|
$41.40
€38.30
|
$57.34
ETB3,291.17
|
|
Running shoes
Nike or Adidas
|
$91.38
€84.55
|
$92.44
ETB5,306.31
|
|
Men's business shoes (leather) |
$164.00
€151.75
|
$98.33
ETB5,644.33
|
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