Cost of living comparison

 Virgin Islands
compared to
 Gabon
Gabon vs. Virgin Islands Cost of Living Summary
Gabon vs. Virgin Islands Cost Breakdown

If you lived in Gabon instead of Virgin Islands, you would:

pay 25.0% less for restaurants

 
Virgin Islands
Gabon
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant $24.00
 
$16.34
FCFA9,818
Fast food combo meal
McDonalds, or similar
$9.18
 
$12.25
FCFA7,363
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz) $3.02
 
$1.23
FCFA736

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pay 52.4% less for groceries

 
Virgin Islands
Gabon
Bread
1 loaf
$6.40
 
$1.42
FCFA851
Local cheese (8 oz) $7.98
 
$3.40
FCFA2,045
Milk (1 gallon) $10.27
 
$9.78
FCFA5,877

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pay 50.9% less for transportation

 
Virgin Islands
Gabon
Gasoline (1 gallon) $5.33
 
$3.89
FCFA2,337
Monthly public transit pass $100.00
 
$44.93
FCFA26,999
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition) $42,333.33
 
$27,776.16
FCFA16,690,303

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pay 53.9% less for housing

 
Virgin Islands
Gabon
Internet connection
50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl
$96.50
 
$68.08
FCFA40,908
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area $1,781.25
 
$844.18
FCFA507,254
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center $1,389.90
 
$490.17
FCFA294,535

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pay 77.7% less for childcare

 
Virgin Islands
Gabon
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly $991.67
 
$118.46
FCFA71,179
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters $16,200.00
 
$5,310.15
FCFA3,190,793

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pay 54.9% less for entertainment and sports

 
Virgin Islands
Gabon
Domestic/local beer (1 pint) $5.70
 
$0.98
FCFA589
Cappuccino in mid-range area $6.43
 
$4.25
FCFA2,553
Pack of cigarettes
Marlboro or similar
$4.50
 
$2.45
FCFA1,473

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pay 18.6% less for clothing

 
Virgin Islands
Gabon
Regular jeans
Levi's brand
$78.12
 
$65.36
FCFA39,271
Regular dress
from H&M or similar store
$62.38
 
$73.53
FCFA44,180
Running shoes
Nike or Adidas
$98.75
 
$44.93
FCFA26,999

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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: March 2025
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