Topic: How Much Does Food Cost in Your Country? - page 3. (Read 1330 times)

Many people have presented here how food prices are from different countries, and after most of the members' posts it seems that everyone is disappointed with the food prices in their country, so it is clear that food shortages and food price hikes are a big problem worldwide. There is enough reason for the increase in the price of food, the business syndicate knows that whether people buy anything else or not they have to buy food because if they don't buy food they can't survive. From this kind of thinking various syndicates increase the price of certain products in every country. As a result of increasing the price of food we may buy less food but we do not stop buying food, this opportunity is exploited by various business syndicates. If everyone was asked the same question three to four years ago, maybe not everyone would have expressed so much dissatisfaction with the cost of their food, but as per the current situation, it is normal for the general public to express dissatisfaction with the cost of food.

I live in Indonesia and stay in a relatively small city and the monthly cost including rent maybe around $152 and the food may be around $3 a day. But if you like buy food outside and buy some coffe maybe around $10 a day

Living costs in Türkiye are quite expensive, especially in big cities. Turkey may be the country with the most flammable inflation in the world, even if it is no longer in the top 10. The minimum wage in our country is 450 dollars. Yes, it may not seem bad, but it can be said that it is impossible to cover food and shelter costs with just the minimum wage in big cities. If you live in a big city, at least two people in the household need to work, and as I said, most of them go to basic needs. Someone has written the prices of individual items above, so I will not write them again. It is said that the minimum wage will be increased in the coming months, I think the minimum wage price in dollars may even increase.

Do you mean they get 50$-70$ monthly with no free day every week? I just know this, as far as I know I never found this in my area. I think it is too severe, 50$-70$ monthly doesn't deserve for the payment of full week jobs. 

I think there is no standard prices of food or drinks. It is just the average price for common foods or drinks. However, food $1.5 and drinks $0.5 are still quite affordable. But I assume it is not in the big city, it should more expensive for the prices of common foods or drinks in a big city.

In terms of US dollars, the standard price of a meal in my country is around $1.5 for food and $0.5 for drinks, but the price can vary depending on which city you are in, because in our country, each region has different food costs.

While salaries in my country are also different in each city, where I live, the average salary for people here is around $200 / month and it also depends on which company they work for and what position they have.

I welcome your saving, good to hear that you can save something even by spending from your earnings. But currently, the savings from the income share for the people of Bangladesh has become very difficult. The price of Bangladeshi food has increased so much that it has gone beyond the reach of the common man. Compared to other countries, the price of daily necessities in Bangladesh is very high. At present the expenditure is much higher than the income of the people of Bangladesh. Food prices in Bangladesh are high compared to other countries due to looting of MP ministers of ruling party and failure of Prime Minister of Bangladesh to break the syndicate of syndicate traders.

Yes, that's right, food prices in each region depend on the minimum income of that region. In Indonesia, food prices are quite cheap because the basic price of food ingredients is also cheap. This is because the average income is small. so the ratio between income and expenditure is balanced. I can't imagine what it would be like if the price of food here was the same as in America while the income earned was quite small, it would make it difficult for someone to survive. so everything has been arranged according to its respective measurements. Here, sometimes you can be full with just 10-20 thousand rupiah.

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Is it for one person? The meal seems affordable for everyone. But I believe it varies from place to place. Is it the cost in a restaurant or does it cost when someone ready it at home?

I want to share my meal cost in my country. If we cook everything at home, a standard meal costs around $1.5 per person. But if I buy the same food from a standard restaurant, the same meal costs around $3.5-$5. That includes Rice, water, beef, fish and some sauce and salad.

The living cost depends on in which city you are in. It starts from $20 up to $500. Standard houses in the capital city cost around $300.

I had to spend about $10. or it could be $2 to $3 for one meal. This may sound expensive to some people but for me it is quite economical. Usually on Sundays I spend more pampering myself. but my income is not always stable, I even have to save money at certain times.

it's the scale where you buy it. I even only spend $3 every day on food. if you are a wealthy person it might cost up to $20 for a day to eat. but I'm sure my country is cheaper compared to several other countries even though the income is not as much as other countries or developed countries.

if formed in USD. it's at least around $1 here, the total for 3 meals could be $3 or more. yeah for me this is also quite wasteful. I even sometimes still ask for food because economic conditions are very minimal. between working hours and income still does not match here. Meanwhile, office work has very high standards. I learned to save as much as possible.

The price of one portion of food certainly varies depending on the order and the place that provides it. Luxurious place, definitely luxurious prices. But, normally for one lunch at my place, if it's standard, around $2 is complete, 4 healthy, 5 perfect. However, there is also morning rice, the price of which is only $0.3 and this is sought after by everyone. .

and some in area, there is lower salary than that,lets say people work for small business man, they will pay you about 50-70$ in a month and the worse is no free day in a week, that mean we should work 7day/week.

Yeah, that's crazy with the onion cartel, and don't forget about the chili as well. All of these can be done actions if the government is serious about terminating all of those who are causing the high prices. Well, about these campaigns and politics, we always get the same promises as what they're trying to say. All of those are promises and maybe a few of them get really kept and made. I understand what you feel mate because we're on the same page and having the same thoughts with all of these circus' that's always played in front of us.

Yeah, one won't be enough so get at least one full time and one part time or any other extra source of income or business. If you're married, it's not enough that only a man should work but if he gets a high paying job, you'll live like a king in here. But also depending on the area.

It's hard to explain if the calculation is one meal for one person. In my country the average cost of food for a family is around 4-5 USD a day, and a family usually consists of 4-5 people. Regarding monthly income I estimate it to be between 100-150 USD. Compared to other countries monthly income in my country may be relatively low, but the cost of living in my country is much lower than many countries.

@terrific - yes it's a typo  .

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True mate, it's really getting harder in our country, known a lot of people barely surviving in the current situation that we have right now. Remember the onion price? Lol, it also skyrocket because of some manipulation by some groups or cartel.

Now it's rice, our staple food, just imagine that it's more than $1 per kilo. So regardless of who is going to be the sitting President of the Philippines, we will experience this kind of issue. But when they are campaigning, you will hear a lot of promises, oh well they are all broken right now. And then they have the nerve to make a lot of noises of this so called Team Unity.

Anyhow, let's go back on the topic and sorry for the rant. Obviously, our regular jobs is not enough and we need to fine another ways to have another sources of income this day not just in my country as the price of everything is increasing.

We come from the same country, but because Indonesia has a very large area, there are many price differences there. I come from the most populous island in Indonesia, you probably know that.

In the district where I live, food prices still tend to be cheaper than in urban areas, I live in a rural area. I only need about $0.6 for a plate of rice, vegetables, and chicken. Drinks cost about $0.25 for iced tea

For minimum wages issued by local governments, they set a floor of $155. But in practice most people will earn a monthly salary of around $75 to $250 each month. But the dominant figure is $100. I think it's a small amount but most of us can get food from the garden because many have rice fields and grow rice

This is the hard situation in our country, the minimum wage is around $11 while the cost of our staple food which is rice is about $1 per kilo. However, for some markets, it's going down because there is more supply that's coming into the market. But can you imagine that it's just for the rice, you already have 10% of your daily minimum wage. Reduce the cost coming from transportation and we can't just eat with rice alone, there's also the water, the shelter and let alone you're renting because you come from a province and work in the metro. If we're going to look at the whole situation, it's really tough and one source of income isn't enough. Man, I am supporting whoever is in the administration and as much as I don't want to complain but, it seems that the government is all for the show.  

This information is lacking some protein and I will like to add some to it.

When there is high cost in buying food from a particular region, it's not because there economy is bad, it could be because the standard way of living there is expensive. In Nigeria here, there are state where you can eat comfortably with $5 which you are going to enjoy so much but when you take such amount to slme places like Lagos and Abuja, you might be able to use it to buy yoghurt and a bottle of water. Even there are places that you hardly see real price been sold there because everyone are cheating each other trying to make a living through extortion, don't even try to rent houses in such kind of environment, it will be deadly.

People like fast food not because they hate naturally cooked meal, it's because they don't have the means and cooking it will take a lot of time. Some people don't have enough time to even sleep, it's now cooking meal that is going to be their priority? They will rather go for the one that is pretty fast, edible and face their work than spend half of the day slicing onions, blending pepper and bleaching oil just to make a food that you can get sharply without dropping a sweat.

Maybe some of us are too spoiled and have become so dependent on the solutions provided by the government, that we forget to look for our own solutions when faced with these problems. What I mean is quite simple, when we are faced with the problem of food scarcity, we can try to grow it ourselves in our yard as a small-scale food supply in the short term. Even though the government has a responsibility to ensure its people, when the people themselves do not try to find a solution then waiting for the government is also not enough.

For example, when Covid-19 occurred and if people could use empty land to grow some of their food needs then they could avoid this problem a little and at least their family's needs would be met. The price percentage will be determined by the amount of supply and when goods become scarcer the price will rise, that is why there is a need for ways that can be used by individuals and the government to reduce prices so that they fall back to normal.

This is a good policy when food in the country is unstable and experiencing shortages and usually cooperation regarding imports has taken place before the shortage occurs. However, imports and exports often experience problems when the government is not serious about handling them, especially if these two things are done when the price of goods is increasing due to shortages. Government policy can influence food scarcity to become more stable and if the concept is import and export, perhaps the consideration must be carried out carefully and with full consideration, so as not to cause problems in the future when prices return to normal.