Albania vs Ukraine - Cost of Living Comparison

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Albania Ukraine
🚶 Cost of living one person
$795
$564
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family
$1906
$1446
🏠 One person rent
$335
$253
🏘️ Family rent
$563
$469
🍽️ Food expenses
$313
$208
🚐 Transport expenses
$72.8
$38.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax
$537
$380
💸 GDP per capita
$6810
$4534
😃 Human freedom index
7.67
6.72
❤️ Life expectancy
76.5
69.6
👮 Corruption perceptions index
37
36
🌐 English speaking %
16%
18%
🎓 Higher education
43
66
😀 Quality of life
56
43
🏙️ Population
2.79M
41.2M

The average cost of living in Albania ($795) is 41% more expensive than in Ukraine ($564). Albania ranked 111th vs 162nd for Ukraine in the list of the most expensive countries in the world.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in Albania compared to 0.7 months in Ukraine. Ranked 70th and 111th best countries to live in the world.

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Prices in Albania vs Ukraine

We calculate prices for Albania and Ukraine as a population-weighted mean of 10 and 34 cities, respectively. Since large cities tend to have a higher cost of living, it's better to visit specific city pages below for more relevant information.

Albania Ukraine
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu
$8.44
$5.84
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2
$37.2
$24.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's
$6.53
$5
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz
$2.33
$1.05
 Cappuccino
$1.59
$1.2
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz
$1.51
$0.66
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2
$345
$286
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2
$250
$179
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2
$651
$550
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2
$424
$349
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.
$50.3
$47.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.
$77.2
$72.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited
$16.4
$5.65
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years
4.91%
17.27%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2
$1766
$1302
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2
$1014
$860
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket
$0.45
$0.32
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport
$15.5
$10.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi
$27.3
$4.45
 Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal
$1.97
$1.3
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt
$1.68
$0.95
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb
$0.82
$0.58
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$1.74
$1.34
🥚 Eggs, x12
$3.17
$1.7
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$10.2
$7.68
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$6.62
$3.78
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$11.9
$6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$1.2
$0.67
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$2.09
$1.5
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$1.48
$1.59
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$1.26
$1.8
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$0.89
$0.44
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$0.93
$0.81
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt
$0.44
$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz
$1.82
$0.83
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle
$8.3
$4.46
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz
$1.23
$0.8
🚬 Cigarette pack
$3.48
$2.05
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week
$7.51
$3.57
🧴 Hair Shampoo
$4.37
$2.95
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls
$2.13
$1.33
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube
$2.86
$1.34
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month
$37.9
$20.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person
$6.26
$3.82
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit
$23
$11.2
💇 Haircut, simple
$3.79
$4.07
👖 Brand Jeans
$46.4
$52.2
👟 Brand Sneakers
$80.7
$89.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month
$144
$285
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year
$2633
$4503

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Cost of Living in Popular cities

In Albania

City Cost of living Population
Tirana
$1002
418K
Kamez
$798
127K
Durres
$762
113K
Fier
$628
121K
Vlore
$707
131K
Shkoder
$670
112K
Elbasan
$591
78.7K
Sarande
$756
41K
Korce
$548
51.2K
Berat
$594
36.5K

In Ukraine

City Cost of living Population
Kyiv
$760
2.95M
Kharkiv
$535
1.43M
Dnipro
$637
981K
Odesa
$557
1.01M
Lviv
$701
724K
Zaporizhia
$476
710K
Kryvyi Rih
$485
603K
Mykolaiv
$369
470K
Luhansk
$511
418K
Mariupol
$498
449K
Donetsk
$498
929K
Vinnytsia
$548
370K
Chernivtsi
$527
265K
Poltava
$504
283K
Kherson
$401
279K
Chernihiv
$443
287K
Zhytomyr
$495
264K
Cherkasy
$457
270K
Kamianske
$560
230K
Ternopil
$470
225K
Lutsk
$518
217K
Kremenchuk
$433
220K
Rivne
$476
245K
Sumy
$425
266K
Bila Tserkva
$451
209K
Kropyvnytskyi
$535
227K
Makiivka
$498
343K
Horlivka
$543
257K
Ivano-Frankivsk
$525
238K
Khmelnytskyi
$534
274K