Cost of living comparison
Somalia is 26.4% cheaper than Samoa.
If you lived in Somalia instead of Samoa, you would:
pay 70.2% less for restaurants
Samoa
|
Somalia
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant |
$59.13
WST165.55
|
$2.65
SOS1,508
|
|
Fast food combo meal
McDonalds, or similar
|
$10.72
WST30.01
|
$4.67
SOS2,656
|
|
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz) |
$2.14
WST6.00
|
$0.81
SOS460
|
|
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz) |
$1.52
WST4.26
|
$0.51
SOS291
|
|
pay 12.9% more for groceries
Samoa
|
Somalia
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Bread
1 loaf
|
$0.71
WST1.98
|
$0.97
SOS553
|
|
Local cheese (8 oz) | ?? |
$1.96
SOS1,115
|
|
Milk (1 gallon) |
$6.70
WST18.76
|
$5.93
SOS3,376
|
|
Eggs
1 dozen
|
?? |
$2.21
SOS1,257
|
|
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb) | ?? |
$2.67
SOS1,520
|
|
Apples (1 lb) | ?? |
$1.73
SOS983
|
|
Bananas (1 lb) | ?? |
$0.88
SOS503
|
|
Oranges (1 lb) | ?? |
$1.32
SOS749
|
|
Tomatoes (1 lb) | ?? |
$0.54
SOS310
|
|
Potatoes (1 lb) | ?? |
$0.60
SOS341
|
|
Onions (1 lb) | ?? |
$0.54
SOS308
|
|
pay (unknown) more for transportation
Samoa
|
Somalia
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Gasoline (1 gallon) | ?? |
$4.12
SOS2,346
|
|
Monthly public transit pass | ?? |
$25.00
SOS14,231
|
|
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition) | ?? |
$5,750.00
SOS3,273,041
|
|
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles) | ?? |
$7.43
SOS4,231
|
pay (unknown) more for housing
Samoa
|
Somalia
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Internet connection
50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl
|
?? |
$30.62
SOS17,432
|
|
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area | ?? |
$160.00
SOS91,076
|
|
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center | ?? |
$93.33
SOS53,128
|
|
Utilities for two
(700 sq ft apartment)
including electric, gas, water, heating
|
?? |
$94.31
SOS53,686
|
pay (unknown) more for childcare
Samoa
|
Somalia
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly | ?? |
$55.21
SOS31,426
|
|
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters | ?? |
$742.50
SOS422,649
|
pay 3.8% more for entertainment and sports
Samoa
|
Somalia
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Domestic/local beer (1 pint) |
$5.36
WST15.00
|
$7.00
SOS3,985
|
|
Cappuccino in mid-range area |
$1.61
WST4.50
|
$1.24
SOS704
|
|
Pack of cigarettes
Marlboro or similar
|
?? |
$1.34
SOS766
|
|
Monthly membership at local gym | ?? |
$30.00
SOS17,077
|
|
Movie ticket to theater/cinema | ?? |
$5.00
SOS2,846
|
|
pay 51.9% less for clothing
Samoa
|
Somalia
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Regular jeans
Levi's brand
|
$45.56
WST127.56
|
$18.61
SOS10,594
|
|
Regular dress
from H&M or similar store
|
$36.45
WST102.05
|
$23.11
SOS13,155
|
|
Running shoes
Nike or Adidas
|
$68.34
WST191.34
|
$25.89
SOS14,737
|
|
Men's business shoes (leather) |
$91.11
WST255.12
|
$45.78
SOS26,058
|
|
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