Somalia is 52.7% cheaper than Puerto Rico.

If you lived in Somalia instead of Puerto Rico, you would:

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pay 61.3% less for restaurants

 
Puerto Rico
Somalia
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant $15.81
 
$2.65
SOS1,508
Fast food combo meal
McDonalds, or similar
$9.53
 
$4.67
SOS2,656
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz) $1.60
 
$0.81
SOS460

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pay 42.0% less for groceries

 
Puerto Rico
Somalia
Bread
1 loaf
$3.14
 
$0.97
SOS553
Local cheese (8 oz) $4.23
 
$1.96
SOS1,115
Milk (1 gallon) $7.64
 
$5.93
SOS3,376

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pay 46.2% less for transportation

 
Puerto Rico
Somalia
Gasoline (1 gallon) $3.74
 
$4.12
SOS2,346
Monthly public transit pass $49.80
 
$25.00
SOS14,231
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition) $31,875.00
 
$5,750.00
SOS3,273,041

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pay 66.9% less for housing

 
Puerto Rico
Somalia
Internet connection
50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl
$59.13
 
$30.62
SOS17,432
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area $830.95
 
$160.00
SOS91,076
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center $536.89
 
$93.33
SOS53,128

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pay 89.6% less for childcare

 
Puerto Rico
Somalia
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly $421.25
 
$55.21
SOS31,426
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters $9,550.00
 
$742.50
SOS422,649

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pay 7.6% less for entertainment and sports

 
Puerto Rico
Somalia
Domestic/local beer (1 pint) $2.72
 
$7.00
SOS3,985
Cappuccino in mid-range area $3.36
 
$1.24
SOS704
Pack of cigarettes
Marlboro or similar
$10.94
 
$1.34
SOS766

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pay 55.6% less for clothing

 
Puerto Rico
Somalia
Regular jeans
Levi's brand
$40.66
 
$18.61
SOS10,594
Regular dress
from H&M or similar store
$46.06
 
$23.11
SOS13,155
Running shoes
Nike or Adidas
$77.78
 
$25.89
SOS14,737

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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: December 2024
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