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Cheapest Countries for Food & Basic Groceries 2026

Compare grocery staples and basic food prices across 229 countries: milk, bread, eggs, meat, vegetables, water and everyday essentials.

#	Country	Score
1	Tajikistan	98.9
2	Afghanistan	98.5
3	Turkmenistan	98.5
4	Kyrgyzstan	97.9
5	Ethiopia	97.2
6	Myanmar	97.1
7	Korea DPR	97.1
8	Somalia	96.2
9	Yemen	95.9
10	Libya	95.3
11	India	94.4
12	Niger	93.9
13	Bhutan	93.9
14	Sudan	93.5
15	Uganda	93.5
16	Burundi	93.1
17	Madagascar	92.7
18	Central African Republic	92.4
19	Paraguay	92.4
20	Mongolia	91.9
21	Nepal	91.6
22	Malawi	91.5
23	Western Sahara	91.3
24	Iran	91.2
25	Bangladesh	91.1
26	Chad	91.1
27	Syria	90.9
28	Eritrea	90.9
29	Pakistan	90.7
30	Tanzania	90.5
31	Rwanda	90.3
32	Cambodia	90.1
33	Laos	89.8
34	Mali	88.7
35	Nicaragua	88.2
36	Guinea-Bissau	88
37	Burkina Faso	88
38	Gambia	87.2
39	Egypt	86.5
40	Guatemala	86
41	Zanzibar	85.7
42	Guinea	85.5
43	Togo	85.4
44	Mauritania	85.1
45	Lesotho	85
46	Sierra Leone	84.5
47	Honduras	84.3
48	Congo DR	84.2
49	Tunisia	83.6
50	South Sudan	83.4
51	Ivory Coast	83.1
52	Ghana	82.6
53	Zambia	82.5
54	Comoros	82
55	Swaziland	81.6
56	Senegal	81.4
57	El Salvador	81.2
58	Benin	81.2
59	Algeria	80.9
60	Kenya	80.9
61	Cameroon	80.6
62	Palestine	78.7
63	Mozambique	78.6
64	Liberia	77.6
65	Congo	77.4
66	Botswana	76.9
67	Uzbekistan	76.1
68	Brunei	75.7
69	Timor-Leste	75.4
70	Iraq	74.9
71	Guyana	74.5
72	Morocco	74.2
73	Sri Lanka	74.1
74	São Tomé and Príncipe	73.6
75	Suriname	73.1
76	Azerbaijan	73
77	Equatorial Guinea	72.7
78	Ukraine	70.6
79	Cape Verde	70.6
80	Kazakhstan	70.1
81	Jordan	69.9
82	Vietnam	69.9
83	Belarus	69.2
84	Namibia	68.9
85	Nigeria	68.8
86	Turkey	68.4
87	Haiti	68.2
88	Indonesia	68
89	Gabon	67.8
90	Solomon Islands	66.4
91	Kiribati	66
92	Bolivia	65.7
93	Moldova	65.6
94	Trinidad and Tobago	64.6
95	Belize	64.5
96	Samoa	64.2
97	Kosovo	64.1
98	Angola	64
99	Vanuatu	63.4
100	China	62.7
101	Kuwait	62.6
102	Fiji	62.5
103	Djibouti	62
104	Georgia	61.7
105	Marshall Islands	61.4
106	North Macedonia	61.2
107	Ecuador	61.1
108	Dominica	60.5
109	Grenada	60.5
110	Brazil	60.5
111	Mauritius	59.8
112	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	59.7
113	Zimbabwe	59.5
114	Micronesia	59.1
115	Tonga	59
116	Malaysia	58.9
117	Saint Lucia	57.8
118	Lebanon	57.6
119	South Africa	57.5
120	Russia	57.3
121	Serbia	57.3
122	Jamaica	57
123	Papua New Guinea	56.6
124	Armenia	56.3
125	Thailand	55.9
126	Colombia	55.2
127	Tuvalu	55.1
128	Bahrain	54.4
129	Saint Kitts and Nevis	54.4
130	Philippines	53.2
131	Andorra	53.1
132	Antigua and Barbuda	52.8
133	Bosnia and Herzegovina	52.6
134	Oman	52.4
135	Saudi Arabia	52.1
136	Peru	52.1
137	Nauru	51.9
138	Gibraltar	51.8
139	Qatar	51.3
140	Romania	51.2
141	United Arab Emirates	51
142	San Marino	50.7
143	Montenegro	50.4
144	Montserrat	49.9
145	Dominican Republic	49.5
146	Palau	49
147	Poland	49
148	Lithuania	48.4
149	Albania	45.9
150	Chile	45.7
151	Guadeloupe	45.3
152	Bulgaria	44
153	Mayotte	43.9
154	Estonia	43.4
155	Hungary	43
156	Latvia	42.3
157	Argentina	42.3
158	Maldives	42
159	Portugal	41.7
160	Cuba	41.2
161	Martinique	41.1
162	Barbados	41.1
163	Japan	40
164	Spain	39.9
165	Croatia	39.9
166	Seychelles	39.8
167	Réunion	39.5
168	Czech Republic	39.3
169	Curacao	39.2
170	Macau	39
171	Sint Maarten	38.3
172	Greece	38
173	Slovakia	37.9
174	Aruba	37.9
175	Venezuela	36.8
176	French Guiana	36.5
177	Malta	34.1
178	Slovenia	33.5
179	Cook Islands	33.4
180	Saint-Martin	33
181	Mexico	32.3
182	Anguilla	31.4
183	Panama	31.2
184	United Kingdom	31.1
185	Turks and Caicos Islands	30.4
186	Cyprus	29
187	Uruguay	28.1
188	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	27.3
189	Northern Mariana Islands	27.2
190	Germany	27.2
191	Guam	27.2
192	American Samoa	27.1
193	Bahamas	26.8
194	Niue	26.1
195	British Virgin Islands	26
196	New Caledonia	26
197	Italy	25.4
198	France	24.9
199	Chinese Taipei	24.8
200	U.S. Virgin Islands	24.7
201	Belgium	24.6
202	New Zealand	23.7
203	Iceland	23.4
204	Korea Republic	23.1
205	Finland	22.6
206	Netherlands	22.6
207	Ireland	21.9
208	Wallis and Futuna	21.6
209	Monaco	21.1
210	Hong Kong	20
211	Singapore	19.9
212	Faroe Islands	19.8
213	Tahiti	18.5
214	United States	18.4
215	Canada	18.2
216	Australia	18
217	Sweden	17.3
218	Liechtenstein	17.1
219	Austria	16.9
220	Cayman Islands	15.4
221	Costa Rica	15.2
222	Puerto Rico	14.4
223	Luxembourg	14.3
224	Israel	12.9
225	Denmark	12
226	Bermuda	11.7
227	Greenland	6.9
228	Switzerland	6.4
229	Norway	5.6

How the Food and Basic Goods Score Is Calculated

The overall score is a weighted average across seven indicators. Nomadino calculates: food and basic goods score = vegetable basket × 0.25 + bread price per 500 grams × 0.18 + milk price per liter × 0.15 + egg price for 12 eggs × 0.15 + chicken fillet price per kilogram × 0.12 + beef round price per kilogram × 0.08 + supermarket water price per liter × 0.07.

Vegetable basket: 25%
Bread price per 500 grams: 18%
Milk price per liter: 15%
Egg price for 12 eggs: 15%
Chicken fillet price per kilogram: 12%
Beef round price per kilogram: 8%
Supermarket water price per liter: 7%

Nomadino uses normalized indicator scores on a 0 to 100 scale, where higher means lower prices for the respective staple item. The vegetable basket receives the highest weight because tomatoes, potatoes and onions are simple, widely used staples, and a country should not rank too highly because of one cheap individual product. Bread, milk and eggs are also weighted strongly because they are bought frequently in many households and describe everyday costs better than less common products.

Chicken fillet remains important as a broadly comparable protein source, but is weighted below the basic components. Beef counts for 8% because consumption patterns and prices are more culturally, religiously and structurally distorted. Supermarket water remains included at 7% so basic drink costs are visible, but it should not dominate the ranking because tap water and water or sewage utility costs are already assessed elsewhere. If an indicator is removed with the checkbox, Nomadino divides by the sum of the remaining weights, preserving the relative importance of the active indicators.