Cost of living comparison
Venezuela is 29.8% cheaper than Timor-Leste.
If you lived in Venezuela instead of Timor-Leste, you would:
pay 6.8% more for restaurants
Timor-Leste
|
Venezuela
|
||
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Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant |
$5.00
|
$9.00
VEF89.74
|
|
Fast food combo meal
McDonalds, or similar
|
$8.00
|
$9.86
VEF98.38
|
|
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz) |
$2.00
|
$1.29
VEF12.85
|
|
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz) |
$1.56
|
$0.93
VEF9.30
|
|
pay 6.2% less for groceries
Timor-Leste
|
Venezuela
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Bread
1 loaf
|
$1.98
|
$1.82
VEF18.18
|
|
Local cheese (8 oz) |
$2.00
|
$2.86
VEF28.52
|
|
Milk (1 gallon) |
$9.27
|
$7.30
VEF72.78
|
|
Eggs
1 dozen
|
$2.70
|
$2.35
VEF23.48
|
|
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb) |
$3.63
|
$2.73
VEF27.21
|
|
Apples (1 lb) |
$1.81
|
$2.19
VEF21.87
|
|
Bananas (1 lb) |
$0.83
|
$0.61
VEF6.11
|
|
Oranges (1 lb) |
$1.19
|
$0.66
VEF6.61
|
|
Tomatoes (1 lb) |
$1.02
|
$0.85
VEF8.43
|
|
Potatoes (1 lb) |
$0.60
|
$0.76
VEF7.59
|
|
Onions (1 lb) |
$0.91
|
$0.87
VEF8.69
|
|
pay 48.9% less for transportation
Timor-Leste
|
Venezuela
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Gasoline (1 gallon) |
$5.76
|
$1.89
VEF18.88
|
|
Monthly public transit pass | ?? |
$31.58
VEF315.03
|
|
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition) | ?? |
$30,312.50
VEF302,352.06
|
|
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles) |
$37.00
|
$25.72
VEF256.52
|
|
pay 75.2% less for housing
Timor-Leste
|
Venezuela
|
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---|---|---|---|
Internet connection
50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl
|
$76.67
|
$37.33
VEF372.38
|
|
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area |
$980.00
|
$186.78
VEF1,863.02
|
|
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center |
$875.00
|
$128.17
VEF1,278.40
|
|
Utilities for two
(700 sq ft apartment)
including electric, gas, water, heating
|
$101.96
|
$17.23
VEF171.83
|
|
pay 59.2% less for childcare
Timor-Leste
|
Venezuela
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly |
$375.00
|
$64.20
VEF640.40
|
|
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters |
$11,000.00
|
$7,090.00
VEF70,719.21
|
|
pay 25.2% less for entertainment and sports
Timor-Leste
|
Venezuela
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Domestic/local beer (1 pint) |
$2.50
|
$1.29
VEF12.87
|
|
Cappuccino in mid-range area |
$3.75
|
$2.35
VEF23.43
|
|
Pack of cigarettes
Marlboro or similar
|
$2.75
|
$3.27
VEF32.67
|
|
Monthly membership at local gym |
$56.25
|
$36.50
VEF364.03
|
|
Movie ticket to theater/cinema |
$6.50
|
$4.92
VEF49.12
|
|
pay 0.7% less for clothing
Timor-Leste
|
Venezuela
|
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---|---|---|---|
Regular jeans
Levi's brand
|
$65.00
|
$44.71
VEF445.99
|
|
Regular dress
from H&M or similar store
|
$40.00
|
$38.72
VEF386.23
|
|
Running shoes
Nike or Adidas
|
$83.33
|
$87.32
VEF870.97
|
|
Men's business shoes (leather) |
$55.00
|
$69.72
VEF695.44
|
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