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Yemen vs. Saudi Arabia Cost of Living Summary

Yemen is 30.2% more expensive than Saudi Arabia overall.

Restaurants: pay 87.6% more in Yemen
Groceries: pay 80.6% more in Yemen
Transportation: pay 2.0 times more in Yemen
Housing: pay 26.6% less in Yemen
Childcare: pay 58.0% less in Yemen
Entertainment and Sports: pay 11.5% less in Yemen
Clothing: pay 35.1% more in Yemen

The cost of transportation, restaurants, groceries, and clothing in Yemen are more expensive than in Saudi Arabia. Expenses including childcare, housing, and entertainment and sports are lower in Yemen. Notably, transportation, restaurants, and groceries are significantly more expensive in Yemen.

Yemen vs. Saudi Arabia Cost Breakdown

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

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pay 87.6% more for restaurants

	Saudi Arabia	Yemen
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$6.73 SAR25.24	$7.60 YER1,886	+13.0%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$7.54 SAR28.28	$9.61 YER2,382	+27.4%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$0.74 SAR2.76	$1.70 YER421	+130.7%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$0.25 SAR0.92	$0.69 YER170	+179.3%
Average			+87.6%

Saudi Arabia vs. Yemen - Cost of restaurants

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pay 80.6% more for groceries

	Saudi Arabia	Yemen
Bread 1 loaf	$0.94 SAR3.54	$1.53 YER379	+62.1%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$3.87 SAR14.51	$3.95 YER981	+2.2%
Milk (1 gallon)	$6.76 SAR25.37	$10.62 YER2,634	+57.0%
Eggs 1 dozen	$2.58 SAR9.67	$4.96 YER1,231	+92.5%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$3.22 SAR12.09	$5.55 YER1,377	+72.3%
Apples (1 lb)	$0.94 SAR3.53	$2.76 YER685	+193.3%
Bananas (1 lb)	$0.76 SAR2.86	$0.80 YER200	+5.4%
Oranges (1 lb)	$0.75 SAR2.80	$2.30 YER569	+207.8%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$0.74 SAR2.76	$1.27 YER315	+72.9%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$0.67 SAR2.53	$1.20 YER297	+78.0%
Onions (1 lb)	$0.63 SAR2.37	$0.90 YER224	+42.8%
Average			+80.6%

Saudi Arabia vs. Yemen - Cost of groceries

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pay 2.0 times more for transportation

	Saudi Arabia	Yemen
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$2.30 SAR8.63	$10.93 YER2,712	+375.2%
Monthly public transit pass	$44.62 SAR167.36	$51.28 YER12,718	+14.9%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$25,543.44 SAR95,801.45	$16,011.21 YER3,970,779	-37.3%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$18.12 SAR67.97	$29.52 YER7,320	+62.9%
Average			+103.9%

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pay 26.6% less for housing

	Saudi Arabia	Yemen
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$74.43 SAR279.15	$72.17 YER17,899	-3.0%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$384.32 SAR1,441.41	$216.38 YER53,662	-43.7%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$279.56 SAR1,048.52	$142.46 YER35,330	-49.0%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$85.15 SAR319.36	$75.93 YER18,830	-10.8%
Average			-26.6%

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pay 58.0% less for childcare

	Saudi Arabia	Yemen
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$303.07 SAR1,136.67	$86.27 YER21,395	-71.5%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$6,063.63 SAR22,741.83	$3,364.07 YER834,290	-44.5%
Average			-58.0%

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pay 11.5% less for entertainment and sports

	Saudi Arabia	Yemen
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$1.70 SAR6.39	$3.01 YER746	+76.7%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$3.57 SAR13.37	$3.72 YER923	+4.4%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$7.18 SAR26.94	$4.28 YER1,061	-40.4%
Monthly membership at local gym	$98.57 SAR369.70	$70.42 YER17,463	-28.6%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$16.63 SAR62.36	$5.05 YER1,253	-69.6%
Average			-11.5%

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pay 35.1% more for clothing

	Saudi Arabia	Yemen
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$42.91 SAR160.93	$67.82 YER16,819	+58.1%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$58.28 SAR218.57	$87.06 YER21,590	+49.4%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$91.66 SAR343.77	$81.83 YER20,293	-10.7%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$78.88 SAR295.84	$113.17 YER28,065	+43.5%
Average			+35.1%

Saudi Arabia vs. Yemen - 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: February 2025

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