Serbia is 45.6% cheaper than United States.

If you lived in Serbia instead of United States, you would:

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pay 46.3% less for restaurants

 
United States
Serbia
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant $18.02
 
$6.66
RSD719
Fast food combo meal
McDonalds, or similar
$10.37
 
$7.11
RSD767
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz) $2.44
 
$1.39
RSD150

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pay 50.8% less for groceries

 
United States
Serbia
Bread
1 loaf
$3.43
 
$0.67
RSD72
Local cheese (8 oz) $6.30
 
$3.27
RSD353
Milk (1 gallon) $3.93
 
$4.58
RSD494

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pay 15.2% less for transportation

 
United States
Serbia
Gasoline (1 gallon) $3.61
 
$6.36
RSD686
Monthly public transit pass $65.73
 
$26.61
RSD2,872
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition) $31,580.82
 
$26,673.81
RSD2,878,508

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pay 65.0% less for housing

 
United States
Serbia
Internet connection
50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl
$67.34
 
$21.79
RSD2,352
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area $1,635.84
 
$289.12
RSD31,201
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center $1,397.18
 
$208.18
RSD22,466

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pay 78.9% less for childcare

 
United States
Serbia
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly $1,344.29
 
$219.93
RSD23,733
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters $23,001.10
 
$5,902.44
RSD636,962

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pay 63.2% less for entertainment and sports

 
United States
Serbia
Domestic/local beer (1 pint) $5.73
 
$1.96
RSD212
Cappuccino in mid-range area $4.97
 
$1.54
RSD166
Pack of cigarettes
Marlboro or similar
$9.54
 
$3.59
RSD388

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pay 0.1% less for clothing

 
United States
Serbia
Regular jeans
Levi's brand
$50.12
 
$63.85
RSD6,890
Regular dress
from H&M or similar store
$40.92
 
$34.98
RSD3,775
Running shoes
Nike or Adidas
$85.55
 
$88.04
RSD9,500

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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: November 2024
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