Botswana is 2.4% cheaper than Taiwan.

If you lived in Botswana instead of Taiwan, you would:

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pay 17.7% more for restaurants

 
Taiwan
Botswana
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant $4.21
NT$136.59
$7.50
BWP102.78
Fast food combo meal
McDonalds, or similar
$4.80
NT$155.92
$6.00
BWP82.22
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz) $0.95
NT$30.78
$0.83
BWP11.42

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pay 40.1% less for groceries

 
Taiwan
Botswana
Bread
1 loaf
$1.76
NT$57.21
$0.81
BWP11.14
Local cheese (8 oz) $7.11
NT$230.98
$3.37
BWP46.18
Milk (1 gallon) $11.33
NT$367.92
$5.06
BWP69.39

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pay 17.2% more for transportation

 
Taiwan
Botswana
Gasoline (1 gallon) $3.59
NT$116.58
$4.27
BWP58.59
Monthly public transit pass $37.87
NT$1,229.91
$28.18
BWP386.44
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition) $33,524.98
NT$1,088,784.08
$22,486.26
BWP308,331.83

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pay 73.8% more for housing

 
Taiwan
Botswana
Internet connection
50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl
$18.76
NT$609.32
$90.60
BWP1,242.32
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area $386.89
NT$12,565.06
$254.84
BWP3,494.43
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center $269.95
NT$8,767.08
$149.91
BWP2,055.55

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pay 68.0% less for childcare

 
Taiwan
Botswana
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly $472.11
NT$15,332.58
$180.24
BWP2,471.47
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters $14,471.45
NT$469,986.34
$3,740.68
BWP51,292.29

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pay 5.1% less for entertainment and sports

 
Taiwan
Botswana
Domestic/local beer (1 pint) $1.82
NT$59.13
$2.25
BWP30.83
Cappuccino in mid-range area $2.59
NT$84.13
$2.37
BWP32.49
Pack of cigarettes
Marlboro or similar
$4.00
NT$129.81
$3.75
BWP51.39

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pay 12.6% less for clothing

 
Taiwan
Botswana
Regular jeans
Levi's brand
$63.92
NT$2,076.03
$44.14
BWP605.24
Regular dress
from H&M or similar store
$28.11
NT$912.97
$22.17
BWP303.93
Running shoes
Nike or Adidas
$76.13
NT$2,472.43
$76.20
BWP1,044.90

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