Burkina Faso is 8.7% cheaper than Sierra Leone.

If you lived in Burkina Faso instead of Sierra Leone, you would:

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pay 62.0% less for restaurants

 
Sierra Leone
Burkina Faso
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant $3.00
SLL62,908
$0.83
F CFA498
Fast food combo meal
McDonalds, or similar
$10.00
SLL209,695
$2.15
F CFA1,295
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz) $1.30
SLL27,260
$0.77
F CFA465

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pay 1.9% less for groceries

 
Sierra Leone
Burkina Faso
Bread
1 loaf
$0.50
SLL10,485
$0.89
F CFA534
Local cheese (8 oz) ?? ??
Milk (1 gallon) $7.57
SLL158,756
$9.20
F CFA5,550

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pay 11.1% more for transportation

 
Sierra Leone
Burkina Faso
Gasoline (1 gallon) $4.83
SLL101,357
$4.58
F CFA2,761
Monthly public transit pass ?? $4.95
F CFA2,988
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition) $12,000.00
SLL251,634,000
??

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pay 37.8% more for housing

 
Sierra Leone
Burkina Faso
Internet connection
50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl
$100.00
SLL2,096,950
$41.19
F CFA24,848
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area $1,200.00
SLL25,163,400
$412.75
F CFA248,974
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center $50.00
SLL1,048,475
$206.38
F CFA124,487

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pay (unknown) more for childcare

 
Sierra Leone
Burkina Faso
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly ?? $123.83
F CFA74,692
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters ?? $15,210.19
F CFA9,174,888

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pay 28.5% less for entertainment and sports

 
Sierra Leone
Burkina Faso
Domestic/local beer (1 pint) $1.50
SLL31,454
$1.16
F CFA697
Cappuccino in mid-range area $1.74
SLL36,435
$1.24
F CFA747
Pack of cigarettes
Marlboro or similar
$3.00
SLL62,908
$1.65
F CFA996

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pay (unknown) more for clothing

 
Sierra Leone
Burkina Faso
Regular jeans
Levi's brand
$10.00
SLL209,695
??
Regular dress
from H&M or similar store
$8.00
SLL167,756
??
Running shoes
Nike or Adidas
$20.00
SLL419,390
??

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