What essential need can you buy with your $20?
@cacay1 (84220)
Cagayan De Oro, Philippines
February 13, 2025 12:02am CST
This amount in PH peso is equivalent to 1,200. This amount could buy essential things at home. Ten years ago, $20 could buy one sack of white rice ( 56 kilos) and then after six years, $20 could buy only 30 kilos of white rice. This year, $20 can only buy 7 kilos of white rice 
. There is a huge difference . It is no longer funny. I pity people whose income is below poverty line. Rice is a staple food in the Philippines and this makes us gain energy . We need carbo from rice because of the extreme temperature in the Philippines especially during summer when when the heat is sweltering. If buy other other essential things, like fish, for example, $20 could only buy 4 kilos of fish, for chicken meat, $20 could buy only 3 kilos, beef 2 kilos, How could ordinary people survive? Crimes may soar and monkey businesses may happen.
. There is a huge difference . It is no longer funny. I pity people whose income is below poverty line. Rice is a staple food in the Philippines and this makes us gain energy . We need carbo from rice because of the extreme temperature in the Philippines especially during summer when when the heat is sweltering. If buy other other essential things, like fish, for example, $20 could only buy 4 kilos of fish, for chicken meat, $20 could buy only 3 kilos, beef 2 kilos, How could ordinary people survive? Crimes may soar and monkey businesses may happen.8 people like this
7 responses
@youless (112742)
• Guangzhou, China
13 Feb
Wow! It seems the price is too high in your country. I think here normally $20 can buy about 14kg of white rice, at least 5 packages of eggs (each package is 30 eggs), 30 kgs of flour, 1.5 kg of beef etc. It is hard to say about fish as there are many kinds of fish. Chicken are not expensive and I think it's no problem to buy 4 kg of chicken.
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@lilacskies (4537)
• United States
13 Feb
Bread, a dozen eggs, a pack of strawberries, a gallon of milk easily becomes $20.
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@cacay1 (84220)
• Cagayan De Oro, Philippines
13 Feb
@lilacskies good for you you can buy many things from your $20. Gallons of milk here are so expensive like crazy.
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@cacay1 (84220)
• Cagayan De Oro, Philippines
14 Feb
@lilacskies 
that's impressive.
that's impressive.1 person likes this
@marguicha (225020)
• Chile
13 Feb
With US $20 I can buy the ingredients for around 5 to 7 days if I don´t buy any luxury. A kilo of rice (not the best) can be bought for a bit over $3. And I can buy a whole chicken for around $10. Pasta will be another $2. And the veggies are getting more expensive each day.
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@marguicha (225020)
• Chile
14 Feb
@cacay1 I don´t know much about Australia. I live in South America.
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@cacay1 (84220)
• Cagayan De Oro, Philippines
14 Feb
@marguicha ay sorry.My bad .
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@cacay1 (84220)
• Cagayan De Oro, Philippines
14 Feb
@marguicha, it seems the prices of commodities in Australia are also expensive.
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they better supply us variety of vegetables, fruits, nuts and beans 
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@snowy22315 (185388)
• United States
13 Feb
For 20 dollars here I could buy half a tank of gas or 4 boxes of cereal, a haircut, maybe a few pounds of beef, a gourmet pizza, or a cheap pair of shoes. Everything costs a lot these days.
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@cacay1 (84220)
• Cagayan De Oro, Philippines
14 Feb
@snowy22315 wow, very good of you You can buy buy many things from your $20
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