Cost of living comparison

 Saudi Arabia
compared to
 Afghanistan
Afghanistan vs. Saudi Arabia Cost of Living Summary
Afghanistan vs. Saudi Arabia Cost Breakdown

If you lived in Afghanistan instead of Saudi Arabia, you would:

pay 39.5% less for restaurants

 
Saudi Arabia
Afghanistan
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant $6.73
SAR25.24
$2.34
AFN163
Fast food combo meal
McDonalds, or similar
$7.54
SAR28.28
$4.88
AFN339
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz) $0.74
SAR2.76
$0.48
AFN33

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pay 60.0% less for groceries

 
Saudi Arabia
Afghanistan
Bread
1 loaf
$0.94
SAR3.54
$0.24
AFN17
Local cheese (8 oz) $3.87
SAR14.51
$1.99
AFN139
Milk (1 gallon) $6.76
SAR25.38
$2.40
AFN167

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pay 22.7% less for transportation

 
Saudi Arabia
Afghanistan
Gasoline (1 gallon) $2.30
SAR8.63
$4.06
AFN282
Monthly public transit pass $44.62
SAR167.38
$15.44
AFN1,073
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition) $25,543.44
SAR95,816.73
$8,439.56
AFN586,549

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pay 4.3% more for housing

 
Saudi Arabia
Afghanistan
Internet connection
50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl
$74.43
SAR279.19
$189.66
AFN13,181
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area $384.32
SAR1,441.64
$88.17
AFN6,128
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center $279.56
SAR1,048.68
$59.20
AFN4,115

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pay 81.8% less for childcare

 
Saudi Arabia
Afghanistan
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly $303.07
SAR1,136.85
$37.05
AFN2,575
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters $6,063.63
SAR22,745.45
$1,462.66
AFN101,655

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pay 33.9% less for entertainment and sports

 
Saudi Arabia
Afghanistan
Domestic/local beer (1 pint) $1.70
SAR6.39
$4.14
AFN288
Cappuccino in mid-range area $3.57
SAR13.37
$1.05
AFN73
Pack of cigarettes
Marlboro or similar
$7.18
SAR26.94
$1.90
AFN132

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pay 67.8% less for clothing

 
Saudi Arabia
Afghanistan
Regular jeans
Levi's brand
$42.91
SAR160.96
$15.11
AFN1,050
Regular dress
from H&M or similar store
$58.28
SAR218.60
$18.99
AFN1,319
Running shoes
Nike or Adidas
$91.66
SAR343.82
$26.51
AFN1,842

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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: July 2025
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