Rwanda vs Ukraine - Cost of Living Comparison

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Rwanda Ukraine
🚶 Cost of living one person
$710
$591
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family
$1763
$1495
🏠 One person rent
$374
$280
🏘️ Family rent
$716
$497
🍽️ Food expenses
$215
$209
🚐 Transport expenses
$84.9
$40.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax
$251
$449
💸 GDP per capita
$1010
$5070
😃 Human freedom index
5.87
5.84
❤️ Life expectancy
67.1
68.6
👮 Corruption perceptions index
57
35
🌐 English speaking %
15%
51%
🎓 Higher education
15
66
😀 Quality of life
29
42
🏙️ Population
13.2M
41.2M

The average cost of living in Rwanda ($710) is 20% more expensive than in Ukraine ($591). Rwanda ranked 134th vs 165th 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 0.4 months in Rwanda compared to 0.8 months in Ukraine. Ranked 148th and 105th best countries to live in the world.

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Prices in Rwanda vs Ukraine

We calculate prices for Rwanda and Ukraine as a population-weighted mean of 8 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.

Rwanda Ukraine
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu
$2.62
$6.31
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2
$27.8
$24.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's
$6.02
$5.28
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz
$1.06
$1.02
 Cappuccino
$2.27
$1.19
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz
$0.86
$0.61
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2
$411
$299
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2
$299
$200
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2
$1001
$586
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2
$559
$363
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.
$30
$53.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.
$45.8
$82.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited
$23
$5.93
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years
16.16%
17.74%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2
$17630
$1259
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2
$936
$866
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket
$0.32
$0.3
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport
$24.9
$11.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi
$14.8
$4.74
 Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal
$1.16
$1.27
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt
$0.65
$0.99
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb
$1.06
$0.57
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$1.26
$1.16
🥚 Eggs, x12
$1.6
$1.54
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$4.09
$7.76
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$4.43
$3.69
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$3.32
$6.09
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$2.67
$0.7
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$1.24
$1.44
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$1.69
$1.51
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$0.98
$1.89
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$0.48
$0.52
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$0.69
$0.61
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt
$0.48
$0.34
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz
$1.5
$0.77
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle
$8.39
$4.31
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz
$0.87
$0.78
🚬 Cigarette pack
$1.77
$2.23
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week
$4.59
$3.55
🧴 Hair Shampoo
$2.74
$2.39
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls
$0.67
$0.91
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube
$0.94
$1.19
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month
$30.6
$20.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person
$3.55
$4.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit
$16
$10.7
💇 Haircut, simple
$1.77
$4.25
👖 Brand Jeans
$16.7
$54
👟 Brand Sneakers
$26.1
$80.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month
$151
$334
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year
$9193
$5643

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Cost of Living in Popular cities

In Rwanda

City Cost of living Population
Kigali
$771
1.16M
Ruhengeri
$492
135K
Gisenyi
$381
53.6K
Byumba
$613
36.4K
Cyangugu
$496
27.4K
Nyanza
$518
25.4K
Butare
$413
19.9K
Kibuye
$479
12.3K

In Ukraine

City Cost of living Population
Kyiv
$850
2.95M
Kharkiv
$506
1.42M
Donetsk
$536
902K
Odesa
$555
1.01M
Dnipro
$718
969K
Lviv
$703
717K
Zaporizhia
$459
710K
Luhansk
$574
418K
Mariupol
$507
449K
Kryvyi Rih
$486
604K
Mykolaiv
$400
470K
Makiivka
$534
343K
Horlivka
$611
257K
Vinnytsia
$562
370K
Kherson
$433
279K
Chernivtsi
$533
265K
Chernihiv
$433
287K
Poltava
$490
283K
Cherkasy
$455
270K
Sumy
$486
266K
Kremenchuk
$444
215K
Khmelnytskyi
$483
274K
Ternopil
$462
225K
Kamianske
$605
227K
Rivne
$394
245K
Zhytomyr
$549
262K
Kramatorsk
$586
147K
Bila Tserkva
$454
209K
Kropyvnytskyi
$513
227K
Lutsk
$510
216K