Cost of living comparison
Samoa is 53.4% more expensive than Albania.
If you lived in Samoa instead of Albania, you would:
pay 2.9 times more for restaurants
Albania
|
Samoa
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant |
$8.37
ALL779
|
$59.13
WST165.55
|
|
Fast food combo meal
McDonalds, or similar
|
$6.97
ALL649
|
$10.72
WST30.01
|
|
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz) |
$1.66
ALL154
|
$2.14
WST6.00
|
|
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz) |
$0.81
ALL75
|
$1.52
WST4.26
|
|
pay 11.8% less for groceries
Albania
|
Samoa
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Bread
1 loaf
|
$0.85
ALL79
|
$0.71
WST1.98
|
|
Local cheese (8 oz) |
$5.29
ALL492
|
?? | |
Milk (1 gallon) |
$7.20
ALL670
|
$6.70
WST18.76
|
|
Eggs
1 dozen
|
$3.11
ALL290
|
?? | |
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb) |
$3.11
ALL289
|
?? | |
Apples (1 lb) |
$0.59
ALL55
|
?? | |
Bananas (1 lb) |
$1.05
ALL97
|
?? | |
Oranges (1 lb) |
$0.68
ALL63
|
?? | |
Tomatoes (1 lb) |
$0.67
ALL63
|
?? | |
Potatoes (1 lb) |
$0.46
ALL43
|
?? | |
Onions (1 lb) |
$0.51
ALL47
|
?? | |
pay (unknown) more for transportation
Albania
|
Samoa
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Gasoline (1 gallon) |
$7.81
ALL727
|
?? | |
Monthly public transit pass |
$17.64
ALL1,641
|
?? | |
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition) |
$28,265.14
ALL2,629,378
|
?? | |
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles) |
$30.70
ALL2,855
|
?? |
pay (unknown) more for housing
Albania
|
Samoa
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Internet connection
50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl
|
$16.01
ALL1,489
|
?? | |
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area |
$447.88
ALL41,665
|
?? | |
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center |
$324.85
ALL30,219
|
?? | |
Utilities for two
(700 sq ft apartment)
including electric, gas, water, heating
|
$57.67
ALL5,365
|
?? |
pay (unknown) more for childcare
Albania
|
Samoa
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly |
$168.56
ALL15,681
|
?? | |
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters |
$3,514.89
ALL326,974
|
?? |
pay 48.5% more for entertainment and sports
Albania
|
Samoa
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Domestic/local beer (1 pint) |
$2.60
ALL242
|
$5.36
WST15.00
|
|
Cappuccino in mid-range area |
$1.77
ALL165
|
$1.61
WST4.50
|
|
Pack of cigarettes
Marlboro or similar
|
$3.70
ALL344
|
?? | |
Monthly membership at local gym |
$44.45
ALL4,135
|
?? | |
Movie ticket to theater/cinema |
$7.64
ALL711
|
?? | |
pay 17.6% less for clothing
Albania
|
Samoa
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Regular jeans
Levi's brand
|
$50.86
ALL4,732
|
$45.56
WST127.56
|
|
Regular dress
from H&M or similar store
|
$40.61
ALL3,778
|
$36.45
WST102.05
|
|
Running shoes
Nike or Adidas
|
$90.86
ALL8,453
|
$68.34
WST191.34
|
|
Men's business shoes (leather) |
$121.22
ALL11,277
|
$91.11
WST255.12
|
|
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