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Mississippi vs. Syria Cost of Living Summary

Mississippi is 5.6 times more expensive than Syria overall.

Restaurants: pay 3.0 times more in Mississippi
Groceries: pay 3.1 times more in Mississippi
Transportation: pay 84.9% more in Mississippi
Housing: pay 4.7 times more in Mississippi
Childcare: pay 21.9 times more in Mississippi
Entertainment and Sports: pay 3.2 times more in Mississippi
Clothing: pay 41.0% more in Mississippi

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

Mississippi vs. Syria Cost Breakdown

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

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pay 3.0 times more for restaurants

	Syria	Mississippi
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$3.67 SYP47,674	$16.21	+342.2%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$4.17 SYP54,175	$9.46	+127.1%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$1.06 SYP13,813	$2.06	+93.7%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$0.47 SYP6,174	$1.70	+257.0%
Average			+205.0%

Syria vs. Mississippi - Cost of restaurants

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pay 3.1 times more for groceries

	Syria	Mississippi
Bread 1 loaf	$0.73 SYP9,513	$2.75	+275.3%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$2.01 SYP26,081	$5.60	+179.2%
Milk (1 gallon)	$3.58 SYP46,533	$3.80	+6.2%
Eggs 1 dozen	$2.09 SYP27,171	$3.19	+52.7%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$2.65 SYP34,440	$4.23	+59.6%
Apples (1 lb)	$0.42 SYP5,407	$2.00	+380.5%
Bananas (1 lb)	$0.77 SYP10,030	$0.73	-5.3%
Oranges (1 lb)	$0.38 SYP4,961	$1.44	+276.6%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$0.32 SYP4,153	$1.70	+432.4%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$0.29 SYP3,709	$1.38	+383.2%
Onions (1 lb)	$0.25 SYP3,307	$1.03	+305.0%
Average			+213.2%

Syria vs. Mississippi - Cost of groceries

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pay 84.9% more for transportation

	Syria	Mississippi
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$7.90 SYP102,772	$2.81	-64.4%
Monthly public transit pass	$10.00 SYP130,020	$40.67	+306.7%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$21,621.24 SYP281,119,375	$37,721.76	+74.5%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$11.27 SYP146,528	$13.83	+22.8%
Average			+84.9%

Syria vs. Mississippi - Cost of transportation

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pay 4.7 times more for housing

	Syria	Mississippi
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$50.57 SYP657,477	$68.08	+34.6%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$202.90 SYP2,638,111	$1,083.04	+433.8%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$105.66 SYP1,373,848	$969.79	+817.8%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$38.53 SYP500,915	$119.32	+209.7%
Average			+374.0%

Syria vs. Mississippi - Cost of housing

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pay 21.9 times more for childcare

	Syria	Mississippi
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$45.89 SYP596,722	$1,753.67	+3721.1%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$2,149.32 SYP27,945,454	$11,930.57	+455.1%
Average			+2088.1%

Syria vs. Mississippi - Cost of childcare

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pay 3.2 times more for entertainment and sports

	Syria	Mississippi
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$3.57 SYP46,439	$4.43	+24.0%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$1.00 SYP12,957	$4.93	+394.3%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$2.58 SYP33,588	$8.53	+230.1%
Monthly membership at local gym	$14.23 SYP184,954	$32.00	+125.0%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$2.67 SYP34,672	$10.91	+309.1%
Average			+216.5%

Syria vs. Mississippi - Cost of entertainment and sports

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pay 41.0% more for clothing

	Syria	Mississippi
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$21.60 SYP280,836	$37.46	+73.4%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$32.17 SYP418,299	$42.86	+33.2%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$66.81 SYP868,683	$80.22	+20.1%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$68.69 SYP893,164	$94.17	+37.1%
Average			+41.0%

Syria vs. Mississippi - Cost of clothing

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