Cost of living comparison

Syria

compared to

Cambodia

Cambodia vs. Syria Cost of Living Summary

Cambodia is 80.4% more expensive than Syria overall.

Restaurants: pay 10.7% more in Cambodia
Groceries: pay 2.2 times more in Cambodia
Transportation: pay 17.3% more in Cambodia
Housing: pay 44.7% more in Cambodia
Childcare: pay 4.2 times more in Cambodia
Entertainment and Sports: pay 61.2% more in Cambodia
Clothing: pay 18.1% less in Cambodia

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

Cambodia vs. Syria Cost Breakdown

If you lived in Cambodia instead of Syria, you would:

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pay 10.7% more for restaurants

	Syria	Cambodia
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$3.67 SYP47,674	$3.40 KHR13,598.18	-7.3%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$4.17 SYP54,175	$5.95 KHR23,796.81	+42.8%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$1.06 SYP13,813	$0.83 KHR3,324.89	-21.7%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$0.47 SYP6,174	$0.61 KHR2,451.87	+29.1%
Average			+10.7%

Syria vs. Cambodia - Cost of restaurants

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pay 2.2 times more for groceries

	Syria	Cambodia
Bread 1 loaf	$0.73 SYP9,513	$1.79 KHR7,174.22	+145.2%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$2.01 SYP26,081	$6.08 KHR24,330.07	+203.3%
Milk (1 gallon)	$3.58 SYP46,533	$7.67 KHR30,670.85	+114.3%
Eggs 1 dozen	$2.09 SYP27,171	$1.85 KHR7,402.64	-11.4%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$2.65 SYP34,440	$2.00 KHR7,991.57	-24.6%
Apples (1 lb)	$0.42 SYP5,407	$1.56 KHR6,255.72	+276.1%
Bananas (1 lb)	$0.77 SYP10,030	$0.67 KHR2,672.99	-13.4%
Oranges (1 lb)	$0.38 SYP4,961	$1.61 KHR6,449.23	+322.7%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$0.32 SYP4,153	$0.64 KHR2,549.17	+99.5%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$0.29 SYP3,709	$0.66 KHR2,648.63	+132.2%
Onions (1 lb)	$0.25 SYP3,307	$0.57 KHR2,261.61	+122.4%
Average			+124.2%

Syria vs. Cambodia - Cost of groceries

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pay 17.3% more for transportation

	Syria	Cambodia
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$7.90 SYP102,772	$4.54 KHR18,151.46	-42.6%
Monthly public transit pass	$10.00 SYP130,020	$10.60 KHR42,394.32	+6.0%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$21,621.24 SYP281,119,375	$49,000.00 KHR195,973,739.23	+126.6%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$11.27 SYP146,528	$8.94 KHR35,745.21	-20.7%
Average			+17.3%

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pay 44.7% more for housing

	Syria	Cambodia
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$50.57 SYP657,477	$23.61 KHR94,437.90	-53.3%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$202.90 SYP2,638,111	$334.99 KHR1,339,790.39	+65.1%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$105.66 SYP1,373,848	$224.97 KHR899,764.05	+112.9%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$38.53 SYP500,915	$59.35 KHR237,386.59	+54.1%
Average			+44.7%

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pay 4.2 times more for childcare

	Syria	Cambodia
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$45.89 SYP596,722	$239.67 KHR958,538.22	+422.2%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$2,149.32 SYP27,945,454	$6,966.88 KHR27,863,766.21	+224.1%
Average			+323.1%

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pay 61.2% more for entertainment and sports

	Syria	Cambodia
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$3.57 SYP46,439	$1.05 KHR4,199.44	-70.6%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$1.00 SYP12,957	$2.13 KHR8,499.26	+113.3%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$2.58 SYP33,588	$1.85 KHR7,399.01	-28.4%
Monthly membership at local gym	$14.23 SYP184,954	$40.58 KHR162,311.58	+185.3%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$2.67 SYP34,672	$5.50 KHR21,997.05	+106.3%
Average			+61.2%

Syria vs. Cambodia - Cost of entertainment and sports

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pay 18.1% less for clothing

	Syria	Cambodia
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$21.60 SYP280,836	$23.50 KHR93,987.41	+8.8%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$32.17 SYP418,299	$19.98 KHR79,922.62	-37.9%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$66.81 SYP868,683	$65.88 KHR263,464.70	-1.4%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$68.69 SYP893,164	$39.83 KHR159,311.99	-42.0%
Average			-18.1%

Syria vs. Cambodia - 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: April 2025

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