Belgium vs Ukraine - Cost of Living Comparison

Belgium Ukraine
🚶 Cost of living one person
$1520
$548
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family
$3527
$1405
🏠 One person rent
$807
$242
🏘️ Family rent
$1274
$443
🍽️ Food expenses
$512
$204
🚐 Transport expenses
$81.2
$39.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax
$2682
$393
💸 GDP per capita
$49583
$4534
😃 Human freedom index
8.27
6.68
❤️ Life expectancy
81.9
69.6
👮 Corruption perceptions index
73
33
🌐 English speaking %
59%
18%
🎓 Higher education
95
66
😀 Quality of life
90
43
🏙️ Population
11.6M
41.2M

The average cost of living in Belgium ($1520) is 177% more expensive than in Ukraine ($548). Belgium ranked 31st vs 168th 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 1.8 months in Belgium compared to 0.7 months in Ukraine. Ranked 19th and 110th best countries to live in the world.

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Prices in Belgium vs Ukraine

We calculate prices for Belgium and Ukraine as a population-weighted mean of 91 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.

Belgium Ukraine
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu
$18.3
$5.8
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2
$75.6
$21.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's
$10.6
$4.37
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz
$4.33
$1.15
 Cappuccino
$3.36
$1.21
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz
$2.71
$0.71
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2
$751
$265
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2
$602
$167
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2
$1218
$488
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2
$988
$319
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.
$122
$50
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.
$187
$76.9
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited
$52.9
$5.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years
2.9%
15.65%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2
$4027
$1315
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2
$3308
$809
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket
$2.72
$0.32
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport
$52
$10.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi
$24.5
$4.55
 Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal
$2.01
$1.24
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt
$1.08
$0.93
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb
$1.94
$0.57
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$2.22
$1.29
🥚 Eggs, x12
$3.03
$1.74
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$13.1
$7.52
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$10.5
$3.64
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$16.4
$6.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$2.47
$0.59
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$1.83
$1.58
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$2.58
$1.62
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$2.46
$1.83
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$1.7
$0.43
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$1.34
$0.91
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt
$0.56
$0.36
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz
$2.79
$0.78
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle
$7.39
$4.27
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz
$1.78
$0.79
🚬 Cigarette pack
$8.42
$2
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week
$11.4
$4.37
🧴 Hair Shampoo
$4.21
$2.38
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls
$2.04
$1.05
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube
$2.78
$1.37
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month
$33.9
$19.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person
$11.5
$3.45
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit
$31.5
$10.8
💇 Haircut, simple
$19.2
$3.07
👖 Brand Jeans
$90.2
$56.2
👟 Brand Sneakers
$95.1
$87.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month
$497
$228
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year
$15969
$5523

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Cost of Living in Popular cities

In Belgium

City Cost of living Population
Antwerp
$1637
529K
Ghent
$1538
265K
Brussels
$1766
189K
Charleroi
$1481
202K
Liege
$1406
195K
Schaerbeek
$1618
133K
Anderlecht
$1584
121K
Leuven
$1659
101K
Mons
$1428
95.3K
Bruges
$1461
119K
Namur
$1380
111K
Vilvoorde
$1508
44K
La Louviere
$1495
81K
Aalst
$1510
88.9K
Hasselt
$1483
77.7K
Mechelen
$1479
86.9K
Mouscron
$1467
58.2K
Tournai
$1509
69.6K
Woluwe-Saint-Lambert
$1574
57.7K
Sint-Niklaas
$1542
80.2K
Kortrijk
$1342
77.7K
Forest
$1573
56.6K
Saint-Gilles
$1456
49.7K
Seraing
$1424
64.3K
Dendermonde
$1446
45.7K
Roeselare
$1415
64.5K
Genk
$1521
66.1K
Braine-l'Alleud
$1581
39.8K
Ostend
$1360
71.6K
Verviers
$1161
55.2K

In Ukraine

City Cost of living Population
Kyiv
$716
2.95M
Kharkiv
$564
1.43M
Dnipro
$663
981K
Odesa
$597
1.01M
Lviv
$700
724K
Zaporizhia
$411
710K
Kryvyi Rih
$429
603K
Donetsk
$364
929K
Mykolaiv
$385
470K
Luhansk
$501
418K
Mariupol
$502
449K
Vinnytsia
$576
370K
Chernihiv
$400
287K
Chernivtsi
$614
265K
Kherson
$409
279K
Poltava
$463
283K
Zhytomyr
$530
264K
Ternopil
$492
225K
Kamianske
$561
230K
Bila Tserkva
$498
209K
Cherkasy
$497
270K
Rivne
$465
245K
Sumy
$423
266K
Kremenchuk
$449
220K
Makiivka
$398
343K
Lutsk
$517
217K
Horlivka
$506
257K
Kropyvnytskyi
$470
227K
Khmelnytskyi
$533
274K
Ivano-Frankivsk
$506
238K