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Lebanon vs. Tunisia Cost of Living Summary

Lebanon is 2.3 times more expensive than Tunisia overall.

Restaurants: pay 2.7 times more in Lebanon
Groceries: pay 52.3% more in Lebanon
Transportation: pay 3.7 times more in Lebanon
Housing: pay 2.8 times more in Lebanon
Childcare: pay 2.1 times more in Lebanon
Entertainment and Sports: pay 65.3% more in Lebanon
Clothing: pay 28.0% more in Lebanon

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

Lebanon vs. Tunisia Cost Breakdown

If you lived in Lebanon instead of Tunisia, you would:

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pay 2.7 times more for restaurants

	Tunisia	Lebanon
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$3.13 TND9.940	$7.00 LBP625,153	+123.7%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$4.25 TND13.480	$7.64 LBP682,221	+79.9%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$0.63 TND1.990	$1.59 LBP141,935	+153.6%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$0.27 TND0.870	$1.13 LBP100,918	+313.6%
Average			+167.7%

Tunisia vs. Lebanon - Cost of restaurants

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pay 52.3% more for groceries

	Tunisia	Lebanon
Bread 1 loaf	$0.16 TND0.510	$0.62 LBP55,628	+286.6%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$4.92 TND15.630	$4.15 LBP370,999	-15.6%
Milk (1 gallon)	$1.78 TND5.660	$5.55 LBP496,047	+211.6%
Eggs 1 dozen	$1.46 TND4.640	$2.17 LBP193,353	+48.1%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$2.36 TND7.500	$3.28 LBP292,815	+38.7%
Apples (1 lb)	$0.77 TND2.440	$0.57 LBP51,142	-25.5%
Bananas (1 lb)	$1.33 TND4.220	$0.40 LBP35,947	-69.8%
Oranges (1 lb)	$0.48 TND1.530	$0.31 LBP27,787	-35.4%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$0.30 TND0.950	$0.44 LBP39,733	+48.6%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$0.27 TND0.860	$0.32 LBP28,289	+16.4%
Onions (1 lb)	$0.23 TND0.730	$0.39 LBP35,113	+71.8%
Average			+52.3%

Tunisia vs. Lebanon - Cost of groceries

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pay 3.7 times more for transportation

	Tunisia	Lebanon
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$3.00 TND9.510	$3.49 LBP311,742	+16.5%
Monthly public transit pass	$9.30 TND29.530	$75.00 LBP6,698,071	+706.2%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$35,666.41 TND113,223.030	$26,250.00 LBP2,344,324,790	-26.4%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$2.64 TND8.380	$12.75 LBP1,138,672	+383.1%
Average			+269.9%

Tunisia vs. Lebanon - Cost of transportation

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pay 2.8 times more for housing

	Tunisia	Lebanon
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$17.29 TND54.890	$31.88 LBP2,846,680	+84.4%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$193.39 TND613.910	$494.12 LBP44,128,467	+155.5%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$130.14 TND413.130	$254.69 LBP22,745,532	+95.7%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$32.79 TND104.110	$161.18 LBP14,394,869	+391.5%
Average			+181.8%

Tunisia vs. Lebanon - Cost of housing

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pay 2.1 times more for childcare

	Tunisia	Lebanon
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$78.96 TND250.660	$209.17 LBP18,680,175	+164.9%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$1,865.54 TND5,922.160	$3,055.56 LBP272,884,367	+63.8%
Average			+114.3%

Tunisia vs. Lebanon - Cost of childcare

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pay 65.3% more for entertainment and sports

	Tunisia	Lebanon
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$1.37 TND4.350	$3.00 LBP267,923	+118.8%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$0.81 TND2.570	$1.90 LBP169,684	+134.6%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$3.22 TND10.220	$2.00 LBP178,615	-37.9%
Monthly membership at local gym	$27.05 TND85.860	$39.42 LBP3,520,208	+45.7%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$4.08 TND12.950	$6.75 LBP602,826	+65.4%
Average			+65.3%

Tunisia vs. Lebanon - Cost of entertainment and sports

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pay 28.0% more for clothing

	Tunisia	Lebanon
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$36.55 TND116.010	$56.56 LBP5,051,462	+54.8%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$50.85 TND161.410	$57.86 LBP5,167,083	+13.8%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$90.17 TND286.230	$93.23 LBP8,326,074	+3.4%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$66.30 TND210.460	$92.86 LBP8,292,850	+40.1%
Average			+28.0%

Tunisia vs. Lebanon - 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: February 2025

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