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Ethiopia vs. Lima Cost of Living Summary

Ethiopia is 65.7% more expensive than Lima.

Restaurants: pay 2.6% more in Ethiopia
Groceries: pay 48.8% more in Ethiopia
Transportation: pay 35.4% less in Ethiopia
Housing: pay 2.9 times more in Ethiopia
Childcare: pay 3.0 times more in Ethiopia
Entertainment and Sports: pay 9.6% more in Ethiopia
Clothing: pay 45.5% more in Ethiopia

The cost of childcare, housing, groceries, clothing, entertainment and sports, and restaurants in Ethiopia are more expensive than in Lima. Notably, childcare and housing are significantly more expensive in Ethiopia.

Ethiopia vs. Lima Cost Breakdown

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

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pay 2.6% more for restaurants

	Lima	Ethiopia
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$5.23 PEN19.58	$6.00 ETB764.91	+14.8%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$6.10 PEN22.84	$6.24 ETB794.90	+2.3%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$0.83 PEN3.10	$0.78 ETB100.08	-5.2%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$0.51 PEN1.91	$0.50 ETB64.02	-1.3%
Average			+2.6%

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pay 48.8% more for groceries

	Lima	Ethiopia
Bread 1 loaf	$2.42 PEN9.08	$1.20 ETB153.18	-50.4%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$4.22 PEN15.82	$4.85 ETB618.74	+15.0%
Milk (1 gallon)	$4.95 PEN18.56	$6.08 ETB774.93	+22.7%
Eggs 1 dozen	$2.70 PEN10.14	$2.65 ETB337.73	-2.1%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$2.25 PEN8.42	$5.65 ETB719.80	+151.2%
Apples (1 lb)	$0.87 PEN3.28	$3.30 ETB420.87	+277.3%
Bananas (1 lb)	$0.50 PEN1.89	$0.51 ETB64.55	+0.5%
Oranges (1 lb)	$0.48 PEN1.80	$1.08 ETB137.46	+124.2%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$0.52 PEN1.96	$0.39 ETB49.28	-26.1%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$0.53 PEN2.00	$0.31 ETB39.68	-41.7%
Onions (1 lb)	$0.48 PEN1.79	$0.79 ETB101.25	+66.7%
Average			+48.8%

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pay 35.4% less for transportation

	Lima	Ethiopia
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$5.39 PEN20.18	$4.88 ETB622.09	-9.4%
Monthly public transit pass	$23.85 PEN89.38	$10.00 ETB1,274.84	-58.1%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$23,163.52 PEN86,801.71	$25,000.00 ETB3,187,108.02	+7.9%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$20.14 PEN75.48	$3.67 ETB467.23	-81.8%
Average			-35.4%

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pay 2.9 times more for housing

	Lima	Ethiopia
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$26.56 PEN99.54	$171.17 ETB21,821.07	+544.4%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$575.58 PEN2,156.90	$645.10 ETB82,240.14	+12.1%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$363.71 PEN1,362.93	$422.74 ETB53,893.01	+16.2%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$44.01 PEN164.91	$124.84 ETB15,914.92	+183.7%
Average			+189.1%

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pay 3.0 times more for childcare

	Lima	Ethiopia
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$213.68 PEN800.73	$81.47 ETB10,386.56	-61.9%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$7,818.35 PEN29,298.06	$43,916.67 ETB5,598,686.43	+461.7%
Average			+199.9%

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pay 9.6% more for entertainment and sports

	Lima	Ethiopia
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$2.12 PEN7.95	$1.00 ETB127.48	-52.8%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$2.62 PEN9.82	$1.15 ETB146.57	-56.1%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$5.30 PEN19.86	$4.00 ETB509.94	-24.5%
Monthly membership at local gym	$30.52 PEN114.35	$90.59 ETB11,549.44	+196.9%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$7.95 PEN29.79	$6.70 ETB854.14	-15.7%
Average			+9.6%

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pay 45.5% more for clothing

	Lima	Ethiopia
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$42.79 PEN160.36	$48.33 ETB6,161.74	+12.9%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$34.98 PEN131.09	$75.17 ETB9,582.57	+114.9%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$85.21 PEN319.30	$108.84 ETB13,875.74	+27.7%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$94.35 PEN353.56	$119.32 ETB15,211.65	+26.5%
Average			+45.5%

Lima vs. Ethiopia - 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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