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Bangkok vs. Ethiopia Cost of Living Summary

Bangkok is 61.5% more expensive than Ethiopia overall.

Restaurants: pay 30.4% less in Bangkok
Groceries: pay 27.1% more in Bangkok
Transportation: pay 2.5 times more in Bangkok
Housing: pay 44.3% less in Bangkok
Childcare: pay 4.0 times more in Bangkok
Entertainment and Sports: pay 46.3% more in Bangkok
Clothing: pay 18.2% less in Bangkok

The cost of childcare, transportation, entertainment and sports, and groceries in Bangkok are more expensive than in Ethiopia. Expenses including housing, restaurants, and clothing are lower in Bangkok. Notably, childcare and transportation are significantly more expensive in Bangkok.

Bangkok vs. Ethiopia Cost Breakdown

If you lived in Bangkok instead of Ethiopia, you would:

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pay 30.4% less for restaurants

	Ethiopia	Bangkok
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$6.00 ETB764.91	$2.91 THB100.50	-51.5%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$6.24 ETB794.90	$5.83 THB201.00	-6.6%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$0.78 ETB100.08	$0.62 THB21.24	-21.6%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$0.50 ETB64.02	$0.29 THB10.07	-41.9%
Average			-30.4%

Ethiopia vs. Bangkok - Cost of restaurants

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pay 27.1% more for groceries

	Ethiopia	Bangkok
Bread 1 loaf	$1.20 ETB153.18	$1.52 THB52.52	+26.7%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$4.85 ETB618.74	$11.74 THB405.04	+141.9%
Milk (1 gallon)	$6.08 ETB774.93	$7.32 THB252.51	+20.4%
Eggs 1 dozen	$2.65 ETB337.73	$2.27 THB78.39	-14.2%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$5.65 ETB719.80	$1.31 THB45.36	-76.7%
Apples (1 lb)	$3.30 ETB420.87	$1.47 THB50.76	-55.4%
Bananas (1 lb)	$0.51 ETB64.55	$0.73 THB25.06	+43.5%
Oranges (1 lb)	$1.08 ETB137.46	$1.04 THB35.72	-4.0%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$0.39 ETB49.28	$0.80 THB27.76	+108.2%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$0.31 ETB39.68	$0.71 THB24.58	+128.9%
Onions (1 lb)	$0.79 ETB101.25	$0.62 THB21.47	-21.6%
Average			+27.1%

Ethiopia vs. Bangkok - Cost of groceries

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pay 2.5 times more for transportation

	Ethiopia	Bangkok
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$4.88 ETB622.09	$4.47 THB154.06	-8.5%
Monthly public transit pass	$10.00 ETB1,274.84	$39.32 THB1,356.78	+293.2%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$25,000.00 ETB3,187,108.02	$55,345.18 THB1,909,538.80	+121.4%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$3.67 ETB467.23	$10.34 THB356.78	+182.2%
Average			+147.1%

Ethiopia vs. Bangkok - Cost of transportation

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pay 44.3% less for housing

	Ethiopia	Bangkok
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$171.17 ETB21,821.07	$15.36 THB529.96	-91.0%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$645.10 ETB82,240.14	$571.31 THB19,711.37	-11.4%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$422.74 ETB53,893.01	$301.88 THB10,415.67	-28.6%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$124.84 ETB15,914.92	$67.33 THB2,323.07	-46.1%
Average			-44.3%

Ethiopia vs. Bangkok - Cost of housing

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pay 4.0 times more for childcare

	Ethiopia	Bangkok
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$81.47 ETB10,386.56	$632.63 THB21,827.34	+676.5%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$43,916.67 ETB5,598,686.43	$13,191.37 THB455,133.16	-70.0%
Average			+303.2%

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pay 46.3% more for entertainment and sports

	Ethiopia	Bangkok
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$1.00 ETB127.48	$2.33 THB80.40	+133.0%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$1.15 ETB146.57	$2.58 THB89.14	+124.7%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$4.00 ETB509.94	$4.20 THB144.97	+5.0%
Monthly membership at local gym	$90.59 ETB11,549.44	$54.58 THB1,883.07	-39.8%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$6.70 ETB854.14	$7.28 THB251.26	+8.7%
Average			+46.3%

Ethiopia vs. Bangkok - Cost of entertainment and sports

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pay 18.2% less for clothing

	Ethiopia	Bangkok
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$48.33 ETB6,161.74	$55.27 THB1,906.89	+14.3%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$75.17 ETB9,582.57	$34.84 THB1,202.03	-53.7%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$108.84 ETB13,875.74	$97.10 THB3,350.03	-10.8%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$119.32 ETB15,211.65	$92.12 THB3,178.38	-22.8%
Average			-18.2%

Ethiopia vs. Bangkok - Cost of clothing

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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: January 2025

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