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Mauritania vs. Lebanon Cost of Living Summary

Mauritania is 1.6% cheaper than Lebanon overall.

Restaurants: pay 21.8% more in Mauritania
Groceries: pay 20.9% more in Mauritania
Transportation: pay 43.3% less in Mauritania
Housing: pay 9.5% less in Mauritania
Childcare: pay 32.7% more in Mauritania
Entertainment and Sports: pay 20.3% more in Mauritania
Clothing: pay 54.1% less in Mauritania

The cost of childcare, restaurants, groceries, and entertainment and sports in Mauritania are more expensive than in Lebanon. Expenses including clothing, transportation, and housing are lower in Mauritania.

Mauritania vs. Lebanon Cost Breakdown

If you lived in Mauritania instead of Lebanon, you would:

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pay 21.8% more for restaurants

	Lebanon	Mauritania
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$7.00 LBP625,153	$4.99 MRO1,792	-28.7%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$7.64 LBP682,221	$5.94 MRO2,132	-22.3%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$1.59 LBP141,935	$2.01 MRO722	+26.5%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$1.13 LBP100,918	$2.39 MRO859	+111.8%
Average			+21.8%

Lebanon vs. Mauritania - Cost of restaurants

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pay 20.9% more for groceries

	Lebanon	Mauritania
Bread 1 loaf	$0.62 LBP55,628	$0.27 MRO99	-55.9%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$4.15 LBP370,999	$3.76 MRO1,350	-9.5%
Milk (1 gallon)	$5.55 LBP496,047	$5.46 MRO1,959	-1.7%
Eggs 1 dozen	$2.17 LBP193,353	$2.21 MRO795	+2.3%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$3.28 LBP292,815	$2.49 MRO895	-23.9%
Apples (1 lb)	$0.57 LBP51,142	$1.00 MRO358	+74.1%
Bananas (1 lb)	$0.40 LBP35,947	$0.83 MRO297	+105.9%
Oranges (1 lb)	$0.31 LBP27,787	$0.65 MRO232	+108.2%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$0.44 LBP39,733	$0.45 MRO160
Potatoes (1 lb)	$0.32 LBP28,289	$0.35 MRO125	+9.8%
Onions (1 lb)	$0.39 LBP35,113	$0.39 MRO140	-0.7%
Average			+20.9%

Lebanon vs. Mauritania - Cost of groceries

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pay 43.3% less for transportation

	Lebanon	Mauritania
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$3.49 LBP311,742	$5.33 MRO1,912	+52.6%
Monthly public transit pass	$75.00 LBP6,698,071	$17.47 MRO6,271	-76.7%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$26,250.00 LBP2,344,324,790	$7,485.82 MRO2,687,410	-71.5%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$12.75 LBP1,138,672	$2.87 MRO1,030	-77.5%
Average			-43.3%

Lebanon vs. Mauritania - Cost of transportation

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pay 9.5% less for housing

	Lebanon	Mauritania
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$31.88 LBP2,846,680	$58.82 MRO21,115	+84.5%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$494.12 LBP44,128,467	$224.43 MRO80,570	-54.6%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$254.69 LBP22,745,532	$161.09 MRO57,832	-36.7%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$161.18 LBP14,394,869	$110.75 MRO39,758	-31.3%
Average			-9.5%

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pay 32.7% more for childcare

	Lebanon	Mauritania
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$209.17 LBP18,680,175	$78.09 MRO28,033	-62.7%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$3,055.56 LBP272,884,367	$6,972.58 MRO2,503,156	+128.2%
Average			+32.7%

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pay 20.3% more for entertainment and sports

	Lebanon	Mauritania
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$3.00 LBP267,923	$1.95 MRO699	-35.1%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$1.90 LBP169,684	$2.42 MRO867	+27.1%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$2.00 LBP178,615	$2.50 MRO896	+24.8%
Monthly membership at local gym	$39.42 LBP3,520,208	$86.71 MRO31,129	+120.0%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$6.75 LBP602,826	$4.37 MRO1,568	-35.3%
Average			+20.3%

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pay 54.1% less for clothing

	Lebanon	Mauritania
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$56.56 LBP5,051,462	$20.33 MRO7,298	-64.1%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$57.86 LBP5,167,083	$20.64 MRO7,410	-64.3%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$93.23 LBP8,326,074	$68.82 MRO24,707	-26.2%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$92.86 LBP8,292,850	$35.25 MRO12,653	-62.0%
Average			-54.1%

Lebanon vs. Mauritania - 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: February 2025

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