Afghanistan is 1.3% cheaper than Somalia.

If you lived in Afghanistan instead of Somalia, you would:

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pay 35.0% less for restaurants

 
Somalia
Afghanistan
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant $2.65
SOS1,513
$2.08
AFN139
Fast food combo meal
McDonalds, or similar
$5.33
SOS3,044
$4.08
AFN273
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz) $0.71
SOS407
$0.46
AFN31

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pay 57.1% less for groceries

 
Somalia
Afghanistan
Bread
1 loaf
$0.97
SOS555
$0.24
AFN16
Local cheese (8 oz) $1.96
SOS1,118
$1.90
AFN127
Milk (1 gallon) $6.37
SOS3,637
$2.27
AFN152

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pay 7.7% more for transportation

 
Somalia
Afghanistan
Gasoline (1 gallon) $4.08
SOS2,329
$3.85
AFN257
Monthly public transit pass $37.50
SOS21,404
$14.64
AFN979
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition) $5,750.00
SOS3,282,014
$8,342.32
AFN557,586

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pay 2.0 times more for housing

 
Somalia
Afghanistan
Internet connection
50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl
$30.62
SOS17,480
$179.88
AFN12,023
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area $207.78
SOS118,596
$96.41
AFN6,444
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center $86.25
SOS49,232
$58.93
AFN3,939

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pay 7.0% more for childcare

 
Somalia
Afghanistan
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly $55.21
SOS31,512
$35.24
AFN2,355
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters $922.50
SOS526,549
$1,385.55
AFN92,608

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pay 25.6% less for entertainment and sports

 
Somalia
Afghanistan
Domestic/local beer (1 pint) $8.50
SOS4,852
$4.62
AFN309
Cappuccino in mid-range area $1.22
SOS698
$1.03
AFN69
Pack of cigarettes
Marlboro or similar
$1.34
SOS768
$1.80
AFN120

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pay 7.1% less for clothing

 
Somalia
Afghanistan
Regular jeans
Levi's brand
$18.61
SOS10,623
$14.45
AFN966
Regular dress
from H&M or similar store
$23.11
SOS13,191
$21.98
AFN1,469
Running shoes
Nike or Adidas
$25.89
SOS14,777
$35.82
AFN2,394

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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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