Vietnam is 82.7% more expensive than Cook Islands.

If you lived in Vietnam instead of Cook Islands, you would:

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pay 72.8% less for restaurants

 
Cook Islands
Vietnam
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant $8.96
NZ$15.28
$1.92
₫48,751
Fast food combo meal
McDonalds, or similar
$8.21
NZ$14.01
$4.34
₫110,204
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz) $2.84
NZ$4.84
$0.54
₫13,674

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pay 48.6% less for groceries

 
Cook Islands
Vietnam
Bread
1 loaf
$3.22
NZ$5.49
$0.90
₫22,912
Local cheese (8 oz) $5.15
NZ$8.79
$6.05
₫153,712
Milk (1 gallon) $7.63
NZ$13.01
$5.46
₫138,664

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pay 16.8% more for transportation

 
Cook Islands
Vietnam
Gasoline (1 gallon) $6.79
NZ$11.59
$3.47
₫88,040
Monthly public transit pass ?? $7.11
₫180,471
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition) $11,944.29
NZ$20,374.07
$35,423.92
₫899,426,705

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pay 4.3% less for housing

 
Cook Islands
Vietnam
Internet connection
50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl
$104.21
NZ$177.76
$8.68
₫220,471
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area $155.28
NZ$264.86
$297.09
₫7,543,206
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center $155.28
NZ$264.86
$207.27
₫5,262,648

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pay 8.7 times more for childcare

 
Cook Islands
Vietnam
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly ?? $205.27
₫5,211,787
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters $1,433.32
NZ$2,444.89
$12,496.31
₫317,286,002

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pay 59.1% less for entertainment and sports

 
Cook Islands
Vietnam
Domestic/local beer (1 pint) $5.23
NZ$8.91
$0.88
₫22,251
Cappuccino in mid-range area $3.83
NZ$6.54
$1.58
₫40,124
Pack of cigarettes
Marlboro or similar
$14.93
NZ$25.47
$1.27
₫32,138

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pay 24.7% less for clothing

 
Cook Islands
Vietnam
Regular jeans
Levi's brand
$66.89
NZ$114.09
$28.00
₫710,857
Regular dress
from H&M or similar store
?? $22.19
₫563,506
Running shoes
Nike or Adidas
?? $79.50
₫2,018,415

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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: November 2024
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