Somalia is 36.2% more expensive than Sao Tome and Principe.

If you lived in Somalia instead of Sao Tome and Principe, you would:

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pay 61.8% less for restaurants

 
Sao Tome and Principe
Somalia
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant $19.05
STD424,436
$2.65
SOS1,513
Fast food combo meal
McDonalds, or similar
$9.25
STD206,155
$5.33
SOS3,044
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz) $1.90
STD42,444
$0.71
SOS407

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pay 21.2% less for groceries

 
Sao Tome and Principe
Somalia
Bread
1 loaf
$0.96
STD21,433
$0.97
SOS555
Local cheese (8 oz) $9.52
STD212,218
$1.96
SOS1,118
Milk (1 gallon) $4.81
STD107,111
$6.37
SOS3,637

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pay 17.5% less for transportation

 
Sao Tome and Principe
Somalia
Gasoline (1 gallon) $4.94
STD110,171
$4.08
SOS2,329
Monthly public transit pass ?? $37.50
SOS21,404
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition) ?? $5,750.00
SOS3,282,014

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pay 48.4% less for housing

 
Sao Tome and Principe
Somalia
Internet connection
50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl
?? $30.62
SOS17,480
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area $326.55
STD7,276,054
$207.78
SOS118,596
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center $217.70
STD4,850,703
$86.25
SOS49,232

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pay (unknown) more for childcare

 
Sao Tome and Principe
Somalia
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly ?? $55.21
SOS31,512
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters ?? $922.50
SOS526,549

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pay 3.1 times more for entertainment and sports

 
Sao Tome and Principe
Somalia
Domestic/local beer (1 pint) $0.65
STD14,552
$8.50
SOS4,852
Cappuccino in mid-range area $1.63
STD36,380
$1.22
SOS698
Pack of cigarettes
Marlboro or similar
$2.18
STD48,507
$1.34
SOS768

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pay 2.6 times more for clothing

 
Sao Tome and Principe
Somalia
Regular jeans
Levi's brand
?? $18.61
SOS10,623
Regular dress
from H&M or similar store
?? $23.11
SOS13,191
Running shoes
Nike or Adidas
?? $25.89
SOS14,777

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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: November 2024
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