Sri Lanka vs Ukraine - Cost of Living Comparison

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Sri Lanka Ukraine
🚶 Cost of living one person
$509
$564
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family
$1346
$1446
🏠 One person rent
$166
$253
🏘️ Family rent
$411
$469
🍽️ Food expenses
$282
$208
🚐 Transport expenses
$20.3
$38.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax
$199
$380
💸 GDP per capita
$3354
$4534
😃 Human freedom index
6.13
6.72
❤️ Life expectancy
76.4
69.6
👮 Corruption perceptions index
34
36
🌐 English speaking %
18.3%
18%
🎓 Higher education
58
66
😀 Quality of life
44
43
🏙️ Population
21.4M
41.2M

The average cost of living in Sri Lanka ($509) is 10% less expensive than in Ukraine ($564). Sri Lanka ranked 175th 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 0.4 months in Sri Lanka compared to 0.7 months in Ukraine. Ranked 102nd and 111th best countries to live in the world.

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Prices in Sri Lanka vs Ukraine

We calculate prices for Sri Lanka 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.

Sri Lanka Ukraine
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu
$2.68
$5.84
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2
$16.6
$24.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's
$6.81
$5
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz
$1.94
$1.05
 Cappuccino
$2.16
$1.2
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz
$0.6
$0.66
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2
$196
$286
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2
$110
$179
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2
$600
$550
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2
$300
$349
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.
$25.8
$47.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.
$39.8
$72.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited
$13
$5.65
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years
19.21%
17.27%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2
$1540
$1302
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2
$1240
$860
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket
$0.16
$0.32
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport
$6.86
$10.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi
$2.95
$4.45
 Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal
$1.2
$1.3
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt
$1.55
$0.95
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb
$0.6
$0.58
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$0.73
$1.34
🥚 Eggs, x12
$2.09
$1.7
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$12.1
$7.68
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$5.04
$3.78
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$7.29
$6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$6.48
$0.67
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$0.99
$1.5
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$5.52
$1.59
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$1.36
$1.8
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$1.02
$0.44
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$0.89
$0.81
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt
$0.34
$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz
$1.21
$0.83
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle
$10.9
$4.46
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz
$1.7
$0.8
🚬 Cigarette pack
$6.51
$2.05
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week
$6.67
$3.57
🧴 Hair Shampoo
$1.68
$2.95
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls
$3.61
$1.33
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube
$0.74
$1.34
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month
$11.6
$20.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person
$3.02
$3.82
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit
$8.89
$11.2
💇 Haircut, simple
$3.59
$4.07
👖 Brand Jeans
$25.7
$52.2
👟 Brand Sneakers
$55.1
$89.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month
$26.1
$285
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year
$469
$4503

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Cost of Living in Popular cities

In Sri Lanka

City Cost of living Population
Colombo
$582
753K
Trincomalee
$523
99.1K
Beruwala
$507
165K
Galle
$345
93.1K
Kandy
$409
120K
Gampaha
$465
191K
Negombo
$406
142K
Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte
$462
116K
Anuradhapura
$533
63.2K
Matara
$469
68.2K

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