Sri Lanka is 73.8% more expensive than Egypt.

If you lived in Sri Lanka instead of Egypt, you would:

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pay 82.6% more for restaurants

 
Egypt
Sri Lanka
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant $3.96
EGP195.38
$2.86
LKR839.20
Fast food combo meal
McDonalds, or similar
$4.84
EGP238.78
$6.80
LKR1,991.33
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz) $0.31
EGP15.08
$0.71
LKR207.19

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pay 3.7 times more for groceries

 
Egypt
Sri Lanka
Bread
1 loaf
$0.76
EGP37.37
$0.56
LKR165.13
Local cheese (8 oz) $1.76
EGP87.11
$6.21
LKR1,820.42
Milk (1 gallon) $3.30
EGP162.81
$6.31
LKR1,849.61

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pay 2.0 times more for transportation

 
Egypt
Sri Lanka
Gasoline (1 gallon) $0.98
EGP48.36
$4.84
LKR1,416.89
Monthly public transit pass $12.01
EGP592.81
$10.76
LKR3,152.93
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition) $29,154.15
EGP1,439,048.80
$32,478.81
LKR9,517,118.05

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pay 57.5% more for housing

 
Egypt
Sri Lanka
Internet connection
50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl
$7.63
EGP376.42
$13.80
LKR4,043.64
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area $206.11
EGP10,173.43
$163.33
LKR47,860.98
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center $111.12
EGP5,484.88
$123.34
LKR36,142.56

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pay 63.6% less for childcare

 
Egypt
Sri Lanka
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly $66.57
EGP3,285.70
$26.94
LKR7,894.19
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters $1,472.73
EGP72,693.85
$475.05
LKR139,203.20

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pay 90.4% more for entertainment and sports

 
Egypt
Sri Lanka
Domestic/local beer (1 pint) $1.79
EGP88.50
$2.00
LKR586.73
Cappuccino in mid-range area $1.38
EGP67.96
$2.35
LKR688.51
Pack of cigarettes
Marlboro or similar
$1.85
EGP91.33
$8.91
LKR2,610.06

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pay 18.9% less for clothing

 
Egypt
Sri Lanka
Regular jeans
Levi's brand
$23.44
EGP1,157.14
$29.58
LKR8,666.25
Regular dress
from H&M or similar store
$48.49
EGP2,393.52
$19.20
LKR5,626.92
Running shoes
Nike or Adidas
$97.17
EGP4,796.45
$65.72
LKR19,257.53

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