Taiwan vs Ukraine - Cost of Living Comparison

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Taiwan Ukraine
🚶 Cost of living one person
$1027
$619
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family
$2710
$1515
🏠 One person rent
$411
$288
🏘️ Family rent
$710
$481
🍽️ Food expenses
$404
$225
🚐 Transport expenses
$98.7
$43.4
💳 Monthly salary after tax
$1572
$465
💸 GDP per capita
$39490
$5389
😃 Human freedom index
8.72
5.87
❤️ Life expectancy
79.1
73.4
👮 Corruption perceptions index
68
36
🌐 English speaking %
30%
51%
🎓 Higher education
90
62
😀 Quality of life
84
50
🏙️ Population
23.3M
37.9M

The average cost of living in Taiwan ($1027) is 66% more expensive than in Ukraine ($619). Taiwan ranked 97th 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 1.5 months in Taiwan compared to 0.8 months in Ukraine. Ranked 28th and 96th best countries to live in the world.

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Prices in Taiwan vs Ukraine

We calculate prices for Taiwan and Ukraine as a population-weighted mean of 17 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.

Taiwan Ukraine
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu
$4.63
$7.22
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2
$32.5
$25.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's
$5.19
$5.37
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz
$1.97
$1.21
 Cappuccino
$2.93
$1.31
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz
$1.03
$0.77
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2
$473
$321
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2
$302
$201
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2
$1156
$627
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2
$808
$376
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.
$54.2
$56
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.
$83.2
$86.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited
$23.1
$6.11
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years
2.45%
18.35%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2
$8482
$1402
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2
$5554
$823
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket
$0.7
$0.34
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport
$32.6
$13.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi
$9.44
$5.04
 Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal
$0.99
$1.37
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt
$3.14
$1.09
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb
$1.78
$0.65
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$2.75
$1.22
🥚 Eggs, x12
$2.51
$1.76
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$18.8
$8.13
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$9.34
$4.28
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$19.1
$7.22
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$4.54
$1.01
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$2.55
$1.53
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$2.9
$1.67
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$3.46
$2.22
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$3
$0.64
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$2.13
$0.49
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt
$0.72
$0.36
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz
$1.8
$0.78
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle
$12.8
$4.88
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz
$1.58
$0.79
🚬 Cigarette pack
$4.23
$2.75
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week
$10.6
$3.38
🧴 Hair Shampoo
$6.85
$2.25
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls
$1.85
$0.86
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube
$2.54
$1.12
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month
$38
$25.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person
$10.7
$4.34
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit
$47.2
$9.42
💇 Haircut, simple
$13.8
$4.13
👖 Brand Jeans
$67.6
$55
👟 Brand Sneakers
$87.7
$78.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month
$526
$295
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year
$18492
$6277

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In Taiwan

City Cost of living Population
New Taipei
$1123
4.04M
Taipei
$1248
2.43M
Kaohsiung
$971
2.71M
Taichung
$942
2.87M
Taoyuan
$989
2.36M
Tainan
$938
1.85M
Hsinchu
$921
456K
Keelung
$979
359K
Chiayi
$904
262K
Zhubei
$889
221K
Changhua
$874
220K
Kinmen
$892
138K
Miaoli
$687
85.5K
Douliu
$884
109K
Taitung
$844
102K
Yilan
$792
94.3K
Nantou
$868
96K

In Ukraine

City Cost of living Population
Kyiv
$853
2.95M
Kharkiv
$501
1.42M
Dnipro
$749
969K
Odesa
$641
1.01M
Donetsk
$525
902K
Zaporizhia
$471
710K
Lviv
$800
717K
Kryvyi Rih
$454
604K
Luhansk
$790
418K
Mykolaiv
$529
470K
Makiivka
$534
339K
Vinnytsia
$572
370K
Mariupol
$518
250K
Chernivtsi
$579
265K
Poltava
$475
283K
Chernihiv
$479
287K
Horlivka
$621
240K
Cherkasy
$448
270K
Kremenchuk
$490
215K
Kamianske
$628
227K
Ternopil
$458
225K
Khmelnytskyi
$541
274K
Sumy
$518
266K
Rivne
$397
245K
Zhytomyr
$591
262K
Ivano-Frankivsk
$498
238K
Kherson
$409
279K
Bila Tserkva
$464
209K
Kropyvnytskyi
$577
220K
Lutsk
$543
216K