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New Zealand vs. Serbia Cost of Living Summary

New Zealand is 99.0% more expensive than Serbia overall.

Restaurants: pay 51.9% more in New Zealand
Groceries: pay 94.8% more in New Zealand
Transportation: pay 83.6% more in New Zealand
Housing: pay 2.3 times more in New Zealand
Childcare: pay 2.3 times more in New Zealand
Entertainment and Sports: pay 3.0 times more in New Zealand
Clothing: pay 7.0% more in New Zealand

The cost of entertainment and sports, housing, childcare, groceries, transportation, and restaurants in New Zealand are more expensive than in Serbia. Notably, entertainment and sports, housing, and childcare are significantly more expensive in New Zealand.

New Zealand vs. Serbia Cost Breakdown

If you lived in New Zealand instead of Serbia, you would:

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pay 51.9% more for restaurants

	Serbia	New Zealand
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$7.13 RSD808	$13.47 NZ$23.80	+89.0%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$7.64 RSD866	$8.81 NZ$15.56	+15.3%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$1.60 RSD182	$2.16 NZ$3.82	+34.9%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$1.16 RSD131	$1.94 NZ$3.44	+68.3%
Average			+51.9%

Serbia vs. New Zealand - Cost of restaurants

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pay 94.8% more for groceries

	Serbia	New Zealand
Bread 1 loaf	$0.70 RSD79	$1.86 NZ$3.29	+166.2%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$3.97 RSD450	$3.77 NZ$6.66	-5.1%
Milk (1 gallon)	$4.84 RSD549	$6.55 NZ$11.56	+35.3%
Eggs 1 dozen	$2.39 RSD270	$5.92 NZ$10.47	+148.4%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$2.93 RSD332	$4.25 NZ$7.51	+44.9%
Apples (1 lb)	$0.48 RSD54	$1.15 NZ$2.03	+139.5%
Bananas (1 lb)	$0.75 RSD86	$1.04 NZ$1.84	+37.9%
Oranges (1 lb)	$0.64 RSD73	$1.31 NZ$2.31	+103.8%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$0.81 RSD92	$2.31 NZ$4.08	+184.0%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$0.46 RSD52	$0.90 NZ$1.59	+96.0%
Onions (1 lb)	$0.43 RSD49	$0.83 NZ$1.47	+91.5%
Average			+94.8%

Serbia vs. New Zealand - Cost of groceries

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pay 83.6% more for transportation

	Serbia	New Zealand
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$6.22 RSD706	$6.26 NZ$11.06	+0.6%
Monthly public transit pass	$23.52 RSD2,666	$69.15 NZ$122.16	+194.0%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$28,112.26 RSD3,186,918	$24,735.85 NZ$43,695.21	-12.0%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$7.11 RSD806	$17.90 NZ$31.62	+151.8%
Average			+83.6%

Serbia vs. New Zealand - Cost of transportation

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pay 2.3 times more for housing

	Serbia	New Zealand
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$23.16 RSD2,626	$51.16 NZ$90.37	+120.8%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$353.21 RSD40,042	$1,007.66 NZ$1,780.01	+185.3%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$242.83 RSD27,528	$809.64 NZ$1,430.20	+233.4%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$113.86 RSD12,908	$91.68 NZ$161.94	-19.5%
Average			+130.0%

Serbia vs. New Zealand - Cost of housing

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pay 2.3 times more for childcare

	Serbia	New Zealand
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$238.41 RSD27,027	$611.89 NZ$1,080.88	+156.7%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$5,379.39 RSD609,830	$10,661.07 NZ$18,832.49	+98.2%
Average			+127.4%

Serbia vs. New Zealand - Cost of childcare

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pay 3.0 times more for entertainment and sports

	Serbia	New Zealand
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$2.03 RSD230	$6.10 NZ$10.77	+200.8%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$1.68 RSD190	$3.30 NZ$5.83	+96.7%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$3.80 RSD431	$22.88 NZ$40.41	+501.7%
Monthly membership at local gym	$25.78 RSD2,922	$38.53 NZ$68.06	+49.5%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$4.53 RSD513	$10.92 NZ$19.28	+141.3%
Average			+198.0%

Serbia vs. New Zealand - Cost of entertainment and sports

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pay 7.0% more for clothing

	Serbia	New Zealand
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$73.17 RSD8,294	$65.31 NZ$115.36	-10.7%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$35.45 RSD4,019	$40.78 NZ$72.04	+15.0%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$92.31 RSD10,464	$93.71 NZ$165.54	+1.5%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$99.77 RSD11,310	$121.74 NZ$215.06	+22.0%
Average			+7.0%

Serbia vs. New Zealand - 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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