Cost of living comparison

Ethiopia

compared to

Guinea-Bissau

Guinea-Bissau vs. Ethiopia Cost of Living Summary

Guinea-Bissau is 68.8% more expensive than Ethiopia overall.

Restaurants: pay 81.2% more in Guinea-Bissau
Groceries: pay 10.6% more in Guinea-Bissau
Transportation: pay 66.5% more in Guinea-Bissau
Housing: pay 48.0% less in Guinea-Bissau
Childcare: pay 4.7 times more in Guinea-Bissau
Entertainment and Sports: pay 7.8% less in Guinea-Bissau
Clothing: pay 6.5% more in Guinea-Bissau

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

Guinea-Bissau vs. Ethiopia Cost Breakdown

If you lived in Guinea-Bissau instead of Ethiopia, you would:

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pay 81.2% more for restaurants

	Ethiopia	Guinea-Bissau
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$6.00 ETB795.00	$4.90 F CFA2,881	-18.3%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$6.24 ETB826.18	$9.43 F CFA5,540	+51.2%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$0.78 ETB104.01	$1.31 F CFA768	+66.5%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$0.50 ETB66.54	$1.63 F CFA960	+225.4%
Average			+81.2%

Ethiopia vs. Guinea-Bissau - Cost of restaurants

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pay 10.6% more for groceries

	Ethiopia	Guinea-Bissau
Bread 1 loaf	$1.20 ETB159.21	$0.90 F CFA529	-25.1%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$4.85 ETB643.08	$7.28 F CFA4,276	+49.9%
Milk (1 gallon)	$6.08 ETB805.42	$6.18 F CFA3,635	+1.7%
Eggs 1 dozen	$2.65 ETB351.02	$4.90 F CFA2,881	+85.0%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$5.65 ETB748.12	$5.93 F CFA3,484	+5.0%
Apples (1 lb)	$3.30 ETB437.43	$1.85 F CFA1,089	-43.9%
Bananas (1 lb)	$0.51 ETB67.09	$0.44 F CFA261	-12.2%
Oranges (1 lb)	$1.08 ETB142.87	$1.85 F CFA1,089	+71.8%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$0.39 ETB51.22	$0.07 F CFA44	-80.8%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$0.31 ETB41.24	$0.59 F CFA348	+90.5%
Onions (1 lb)	$0.79 ETB105.23	$0.59 F CFA348	-25.3%
Average			+10.6%

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pay 66.5% more for transportation

	Ethiopia	Guinea-Bissau
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$4.88 ETB646.57	$4.52 F CFA2,656	-7.4%
Monthly public transit pass	$10.00 ETB1,325.00	$25.57 F CFA15,028	+155.7%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$25,000.00 ETB3,312,500.00	$32,027.10 F CFA18,821,241	+28.1%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$3.67 ETB485.61	$6.94 F CFA4,081	+89.5%
Average			+66.5%

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pay 48.0% less for housing

	Ethiopia	Guinea-Bissau
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$171.17 ETB22,679.58	$45.27 F CFA26,603	-73.6%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$645.10 ETB85,475.75	$433.95 F CFA255,020	-32.7%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$422.74 ETB56,013.35	$225.47 F CFA132,502	-46.7%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$124.84 ETB16,541.07	$75.86 F CFA44,580	-39.2%
Average			-48.0%

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pay 4.7 times more for childcare

	Ethiopia	Guinea-Bissau
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$81.47 ETB10,795.21	$765.65 F CFA449,945	+839.8%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$43,916.67 ETB5,818,958.33	$2,307.50 F CFA1,356,041	-94.7%
Average			+372.5%

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pay 7.8% less for entertainment and sports

	Ethiopia	Guinea-Bissau
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$1.00 ETB132.50	$1.55 F CFA912	+55.2%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$1.15 ETB152.34	$2.04 F CFA1,200	+77.6%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$4.00 ETB530.00	$1.63 F CFA960	-59.2%
Monthly membership at local gym	$90.59 ETB12,003.84	$57.19 F CFA33,606	-36.9%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$6.70 ETB887.75	$1.63 F CFA960	-75.6%
Average			-7.8%

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pay 6.5% more for clothing

	Ethiopia	Guinea-Bissau
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$48.33 ETB6,404.17	$89.86 F CFA52,810	+85.9%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$75.17 ETB9,959.58	$57.19 F CFA33,606	-23.9%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$108.84 ETB14,421.66	$81.69 F CFA48,009	-24.9%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$119.32 ETB15,810.13	$106.20 F CFA62,412	-11.0%
Average			+6.5%

Ethiopia vs. Guinea-Bissau - 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: May 2025

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