Taiwan vs Ukraine - Cost of Living Comparison

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Taiwan Ukraine
🚶 Cost of living one person
$1024
$626
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family
$2690
$1518
🏠 One person rent
$411
$293
🏘️ Family rent
$708
$484
🍽️ Food expenses
$401
$226
🚐 Transport expenses
$98.7
$42.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax
$1514
$447
💸 GDP per capita
$34430
$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
83
50
🏙️ Population
23.3M
37.9M

The average cost of living in Taiwan ($1024) is 64% more expensive than in Ukraine ($626). Taiwan ranked 97th vs 164th 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 0.7 months in Ukraine. Ranked 30th and 95th 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
$4.76
$7.25
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2
$32.7
$26.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's
$5.21
$5.49
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz
$2.03
$1.23
 Cappuccino
$2.95
$1.32
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz
$1.04
$0.75
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2
$488
$324
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2
$304
$205
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2
$1176
$639
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2
$802
$381
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.
$53.4
$57.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.
$82.3
$88.9
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited
$22.6
$6.28
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years
2.39%
17.76%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2
$8898
$1433
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2
$6023
$834
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket
$0.7
$0.35
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport
$32.8
$13.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi
$9.64
$5.04
 Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal
$0.97
$1.32
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt
$3.21
$1.08
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb
$1.72
$0.64
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$2.91
$1.24
🥚 Eggs, x12
$2.72
$1.66
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$16.4
$8.26
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$8.89
$4.27
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$19.6
$7.11
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$4.54
$1.01
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$2.56
$1.56
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$2.76
$1.72
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$3.41
$2.11
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$3.05
$0.65
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$2.12
$0.52
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt
$0.7
$0.36
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz
$1.79
$0.79
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle
$12.5
$4.84
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz
$1.64
$0.81
🚬 Cigarette pack
$4.23
$2.73
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week
$10.6
$3.49
🧴 Hair Shampoo
$6.85
$2.32
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls
$1.85
$0.89
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube
$2.55
$1.15
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month
$37.3
$25.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person
$10.2
$4.45
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit
$47.2
$9.91
💇 Haircut, simple
$13.8
$4.2
👖 Brand Jeans
$75
$56
👟 Brand Sneakers
$86.6
$79.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month
$530
$291
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year
$17202
$5486

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In Taiwan

City Cost of living Population
New Taipei
$1108
4.05M
Taichung
$957
2.87M
Taipei
$1257
2.44M
Kaohsiung
$999
2.72M
Taoyuan
$941
2.35M
Tainan
$910
1.85M
Hsinchu
$937
455K
Keelung
$997
360K
Chiayi
$910
261K
Zhubei
$882
221K
Changhua
$888
221K
Kinmen
$903
140K
Douliu
$889
109K
Miaoli
$709
86K
Taitung
$841
103K
Nantou
$879
96.5K
Yilan
$796
94.7K

In Ukraine

City Cost of living Population
Kyiv
$882
2.95M
Kharkiv
$499
1.42M
Dnipro
$748
969K
Odesa
$635
1.01M
Donetsk
$528
902K
Lviv
$761
717K
Zaporizhia
$485
710K
Kryvyi Rih
$492
604K
Mykolaiv
$534
470K
Luhansk
$761
418K
Vinnytsia
$584
370K
Makiivka
$549
343K
Chernihiv
$500
287K
Cherkasy
$476
270K
Poltava
$490
283K
Mariupol
$529
250K
Chernivtsi
$574
265K
Horlivka
$639
257K
Khmelnytskyi
$546
274K
Sumy
$516
266K
Kamianske
$637
227K
Ivano-Frankivsk
$487
238K
Kherson
$414
279K
Zhytomyr
$562
262K
Rivne
$405
245K
Kremenchuk
$465
215K
Bila Tserkva
$487
209K
Kropyvnytskyi
$599
220K
Ternopil
$464
225K
Lutsk
$554
216K