The countries whose families have the most eye-watering food bills have been revealed. The research by MoveHub shows that Uganda is the most expensive place in the world to do a weekly shop (just over 275 percent of a weekly wage), based upon the local cost of grocery staples, compared with local wages. Ethiopia and Kenya complete the top three, with 257 percent and 215 percent respectively going to food costs, calculated using data from Numbeo.
The cheapest country in the world for groceries is Qatar, where a food shop only makes up 2.62 percent of a wage, followed by Macao (3.66 percent) and Kuwait (4.38 percent).
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