Afghanistan is 36.0% more expensive than Laos.

If you lived in Afghanistan instead of Laos, you would:

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pay 13.0% less for restaurants

 
Laos
Afghanistan
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant $1.90
LAK41,360
$2.34
AFN164
Fast food combo meal
McDonalds, or similar
$4.20
LAK91,664
$4.88
AFN341
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz) $0.69
LAK15,052
$0.48
AFN33

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pay 59.9% less for groceries

 
Laos
Afghanistan
Bread
1 loaf
$1.00
LAK21,852
$0.24
AFN17
Local cheese (8 oz) $13.03
LAK284,101
$1.99
AFN139
Milk (1 gallon) $6.40
LAK139,539
$2.40
AFN168

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pay 35.4% less for transportation

 
Laos
Afghanistan
Gasoline (1 gallon) $4.61
LAK100,404
$4.06
AFN284
Monthly public transit pass $53.85
LAK1,174,010
$15.44
AFN1,079
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition) $28,167.89
LAK614,073,762
$8,439.56
AFN590,086

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pay 5.7 times more for housing

 
Laos
Afghanistan
Internet connection
50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl
$8.98
LAK195,845
$189.66
AFN13,261
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area $993.83
LAK21,665,935
$88.17
AFN6,164
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center $809.30
LAK17,643,214
$59.20
AFN4,139

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pay 85.7% less for childcare

 
Laos
Afghanistan
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly $291.32
LAK6,351,018
$37.05
AFN2,591
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters $9,140.14
LAK199,259,614
$1,462.66
AFN102,268

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pay 34.8% more for entertainment and sports

 
Laos
Afghanistan
Domestic/local beer (1 pint) $1.11
LAK24,110
$4.14
AFN290
Cappuccino in mid-range area $1.62
LAK35,295
$1.05
AFN73
Pack of cigarettes
Marlboro or similar
$1.78
LAK38,901
$1.90
AFN133

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pay 63.7% less for clothing

 
Laos
Afghanistan
Regular jeans
Levi's brand
$78.60
LAK1,713,481
$15.11
AFN1,057
Regular dress
from H&M or similar store
$61.45
LAK1,339,579
$18.99
AFN1,327
Running shoes
Nike or Adidas
$65.22
LAK1,421,816
$26.51
AFN1,854

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