El Salvador is 52.7% more expensive than Turkey.

If you lived in El Salvador instead of Turkey, you would:

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pay 18.2% more for restaurants

 
Turkey
El Salvador
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant $6.91
TRY243.20
$7.50
SVC65.36
Fast food combo meal
McDonalds, or similar
$6.91
TRY243.23
$6.33
SVC55.17
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz) $1.17
TRY41.32
$0.96
SVC8.35

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pay 2.4 times more for groceries

 
Turkey
El Salvador
Bread
1 loaf
$1.02
TRY35.73
$2.12
SVC18.48
Local cheese (8 oz) $4.97
TRY174.94
$3.24
SVC28.21
Milk (1 gallon) $3.15
TRY110.91
$6.95
SVC60.60

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pay 88.0% more for transportation

 
Turkey
El Salvador
Gasoline (1 gallon) $4.40
TRY154.83
$3.80
SVC33.10
Monthly public transit pass $19.27
TRY678.12
$20.00
SVC174.30
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition) $44,819.35
TRY1,577,358.93
$24,333.33
SVC212,069.77

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pay 2.0 times more for housing

 
Turkey
El Salvador
Internet connection
50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl
$11.31
TRY397.91
$42.14
SVC367.28
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area $442.81
TRY15,584.24
$652.78
SVC5,689.09
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center $336.49
TRY11,842.42
$463.89
SVC4,042.88

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pay 38.8% less for childcare

 
Turkey
El Salvador
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly $408.60
TRY14,380.01
$160.29
SVC1,396.92
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters $6,892.93
TRY242,587.60
$5,740.67
SVC50,031.04

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pay 16.7% more for entertainment and sports

 
Turkey
El Salvador
Domestic/local beer (1 pint) $2.54
TRY89.48
$2.00
SVC17.43
Cappuccino in mid-range area $2.62
TRY92.26
$2.82
SVC24.60
Pack of cigarettes
Marlboro or similar
$1.91
TRY67.25
$4.00
SVC34.86

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pay 39.7% more for clothing

 
Turkey
El Salvador
Regular jeans
Levi's brand
$42.74
TRY1,504.23
$72.14
SVC628.74
Regular dress
from H&M or similar store
$40.74
TRY1,433.96
$47.86
SVC417.08
Running shoes
Nike or Adidas
$88.38
TRY3,110.41
$112.14
SVC977.35

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