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Cost of Living by Country: Compare Global Living Expenses

Top 5 Most Expensive Countries to Live In

Switzerland

98.4

Iceland

83.4

Bahamas

81.4

Singapore

79.1

Hong Kong

73.6

Rank	Country	Cost of Living Index	Rent Index	Cost of Living Plus Rent Index	Groceries Index	Restaurant Price Index	Local Purchasing Power Index
1	Switzerland	98.4	45.2	74.8	103.1	98.4	159.7
2	Us Virgin Islands	98.4	46.4	75.4	106.3	90.5	72.3
3	Iceland	83.4	43.7	65.9	90.3	94.7	123.5
4	Bahamas	81.4	46.9	66.1	79.1	94.5	58.4
5	Singapore	79.1	67	73.7	70.8	53.5	93.8
6	Hong Kong (China)	73.6	55.7	65.7	75.9	49.7	101
7	Barbados	70	20.1	47.9	78.1	70.3	45.9
8	Norway	69	24.8	49.4	71.9	74.6	119.5
9	Papua New Guinea	67.4	36.6	53.7	51.9	37.9	14
10	Denmark	66.9	25.7	48.6	61	80.8	133.6
11	Guernsey	66.1	45.7	57.1	70.5	65.9	136.6
12	Israel	65.2	27.1	48.3	61.2	74.5	110
13	United States	64.9	40.9	54.3	71.7	69.3	146.2
14	Luxembourg	64.8	42.2	54.8	65.3	72.8	177.1
15	Australia	60.9	29.8	47.1	67.9	59.2	135.4
16	Austria	60.7	22	43.6	62.2	59.7	107.1
17	Netherlands	60.5	32.1	47.9	56.8	67.7	129.9
18	Ireland	59.8	39	50.6	56.9	65.8	108.9
19	United Kingdom	59.2	30	46.3	54.8	65.3	119.9
20	Canada	58.7	30.3	46.1	65.3	59.9	109.1
21	Finland	58.7	19.1	41.1	59.4	64.7	124.5
22	Puerto Rico	58.7	19.9	41.5	63.1	53.4	111
23	Germany	58.4	22.4	42.4	56.7	57.5	127.1
24	France	58	19.4	41	63.6	56.1	110
25	Macao (China)	56.8	29.4	44.6	68.2	40.4	103.8
26	Belgium	56.5	19.3	40.1	54.6	67.1	116.1
27	South Korea	56.5	15.1	38.2	74.5	32.8	105
28	New Zealand	55.3	23.4	41.2	62.2	53.8	130.5
29	Sweden	54.2	19.1	38.7	55.5	56	130.3
30	United Arab Emirates	54.1	39.7	47.8	42.4	59.9	128.3
31	Italy	51	17.7	36.3	53.5	53	85.1
32	Jamaica	50.3	17.7	35.9	59.6	42.8	36.4
33	Costa Rica	50.1	18.5	36.1	56.2	47.8	50.9
34	Cyprus	49.5	24	38.2	47	52.7	80.4
35	Estonia	49.4	14.1	33.8	45.1	54	84.2
36	Trinidad And Tobago	48.9	13.7	33.3	54.1	45.2	46.1
37	Yemen	48.4	5.9	29.6	61.5	33.9	20
38	Bahrain	48.3	20.4	36	46.2	47.6	117.5
39	Malta	48	23.3	37.1	48.1	55.1	75.3
40	Qatar	47.5	34.4	41.7	42.2	46.4	177.9
41	Greece	46.5	11.8	31.1	44.4	51.1	59.5
42	Uruguay	46.3	12.5	31.3	46.5	49.5	54.1
43	Slovenia	46.2	18.9	34.1	45.8	43.9	83.6
44	Japan	45.6	14.1	31.6	54.5	29.4	119.8
45	Maldives	45.3	22	35	50.5	34.1	51.9
46	Brunei	44.4	15.2	31.5	64.6	29.5	117.6
47	Taiwan	44.4	13.1	30.5	58	25.5	101.2
48	Lithuania	44	14.4	30.9	40.1	49.1	79.8
49	Panama	43.9	22.5	34.4	49.6	41.9	46.3
50	Spain	43.5	21.2	33.6	43	46.1	98.1
51	Latvia	43.4	10	28.6	40.6	43.2	75.8
52	Croatia	43.2	14.5	30.5	40.9	46.8	78.8
53	Ethiopia	43.2	15.7	31	46.5	22.8	13.3
54	Czech Republic	42.6	17.6	31.5	41	35.3	88.5
55	Slovakia	42.1	14.1	29.7	43.1	35.7	74
56	Saudi Arabia	41.9	11.5	28.4	40.2	33.9	146.1
57	Belize	41.4	11.6	28.2	46.7	34.7	69.9
58	Portugal	41.2	22.2	32.8	40.5	38.4	59.7
59	Cuba	40.8	11.6	27.9	41.1	26.6	2.5
60	Kuwait	40.4	21.9	32.2	33.7	40.8	174
61	Albania	39.9	11.7	27.4	40.4	38.2	42.7
62	Oman	39.8	12	27.5	38.9	38.4	150.3
63	Armenia	39.6	17.6	29.9	34.5	42.3	37.6
64	Botswana	39.5	5.6	24.5	28.1	24.9	63.5
65	Palestine	39.5	7.8	25.5	41	32.8	48.9
66	Mozambique	38.9	13.2	27.5	33.6	37.1	25.3
67	Poland	38.9	16.1	28.8	34.7	39.5	91.4
68	Ivory Coast	38.8	14.5	28	34.6	32.2	13.3
69	Lebanon	38.8	13.6	27.7	31.2	40.9	35.1
70	Somalia	38.7	3.5	23.1	30.7	23.3	27.7
71	El Salvador	37.9	15.6	28	42.8	32.4	33.8
72	Jordan	37.2	7.7	24.1	35.3	37.2	51.7
73	Guatemala	36.8	12.6	26.1	41.7	34.8	38.6
74	Hungary	36.6	11.1	25.3	35.4	36.2	70.7
75	Montenegro	36.3	14.9	26.8	34.7	37.7	56.8
76	Cameroon	36.2	17.2	27.8	34.7	42.2	9.7
77	Serbia	35.9	12.2	25.4	34.1	35.5	57.6
78	Venezuela	35.9	5.8	22.6	39.5	39.9	15.8
79	Argentina	35.7	9.9	24.3	37	39.8	41.1
80	Mauritius	35.6	9.7	24.1	39.1	29.9	49.4
81	Bulgaria	35.4	10.1	24.2	36.7	36.7	74.4
82	Chile	35.1	10.6	24.3	38.1	36.8	51
83	Turkey	34.7	12.8	25	35.6	34.1	51.2
84	Zimbabwe	34.7	8.5	23.1	33.9	33.2	29.6
85	Honduras	34.6	10.2	23.8	39	31.5	42.5
86	Rwanda	34.6	8.2	22.9	23.8	21.2	20.7
87	Mexico	34.5	14.1	25.4	38.2	36	46.9
88	Dominican Republic	34.3	9.8	23.5	36.2	33.3	31.4
89	Romania	34	9.6	23.2	33.9	35.7	73.1
90	Cambodia	33.9	9.4	23	40.9	24.4	26.7
91	Zambia	33.8	9.8	23.1	29	22.1	23
92	Thailand	33.7	11.9	24.1	40.5	21.4	46
93	Sri Lanka	33.5	6.3	21.5	49.9	23.3	18.2
94	Fiji	32	15.6	24.8	40.8	30.4	56.9
95	Tanzania	31.8	8.8	21.6	27.1	22	22.1
96	Bosnia And Herzegovina	31.6	6.1	20.3	32.9	24.1	63.3
97	Moldova	30.8	12.6	22.7	29.5	27.2	46.3
98	China	30.7	11.6	22.2	34.2	21.8	77.9
99	Ghana	30.6	12.1	22.4	33.3	30.1	16.7
100	Mongolia	30.6	14.3	23.4	38.6	24.2	30.8
101	Georgia	30.4	12.8	22.6	31.2	33.5	39.6
102	North Macedonia	30.3	6.8	19.9	30.2	24.7	59.7
103	Ecuador	30	8	20.3	33.2	27.1	45.6
104	South Africa	30	11.1	21.6	27.5	29.3	111.2
105	Malaysia	29.7	8.1	20.1	37.3	22.1	83.8
106	Azerbaijan	29.5	9	20.4	28.3	33.1	41.4
107	Peru	29.4	9.2	20.5	32.4	25.3	38.2
108	Namibia	29.3	11.4	21.4	31.3	28.9	62.2
109	Philippines	28.8	6.9	19.1	34.3	19	37.3
110	Kenya	28.2	7.6	19.1	30.2	25	35.1
111	Morocco	27.2	7.1	18.3	28.8	22.2	41.7
112	Iraq	26.9	7.3	18.2	27.9	22.9	54.5
113	Kazakhstan	26.6	10.5	19.4	27.4	28	50.8
114	Vietnam	26.6	9.2	18.9	32.1	16.8	42.3
115	Nigeria	26.4	21.8	24.4	31.8	21.6	10.6
116	Colombia	26	8.1	18.1	27.7	22.9	36
117	Uganda	26	8.5	18.2	28.3	24.7	16.4
118	Kosovo (Disputed Territory)	25.7	6.7	17.3	27.1	20.9	52.9
119	Brazil	25.6	7.2	17.4	25.9	22.5	42.3
120	Tunisia	25.5	4.6	16.3	31	16.1	34.7
121	Kyrgyzstan	25.4	10.8	18.9	28	21.4	35.6
122	Bolivia	25.2	8.3	17.7	25.9	22.4	43.9
123	Belarus	25	8.7	17.8	24.7	27.5	54.7
124	Indonesia	24.6	7.7	17.1	32.5	15.2	33.9
125	Ukraine	24.6	7.8	17.1	25.2	21.9	46.3
126	Algeria	24.5	3.4	15.2	33.2	14.5	34.5
127	Uzbekistan	24.2	12	18.8	26.6	20.8	44.5
128	Iran	23.6	8.5	16.9	20.8	16.9	28.4
129	Syria	23.3	3.5	14.5	24.5	17.8	5.4
130	Nepal	23	3	14.1	24	18.7	29
131	Paraguay	23	8.6	16.6	22.7	19.8	41
132	Russia	22.3	7.5	15.8	21.8	21.8	56.2
133	Bangladesh	20.9	2.4	12.7	25.2	15.4	35.6
134	Madagascar	20.7	4.5	13.5	21.6	14.3	15
135	Afghanistan	19.9	2	12	17.3	14.3	35
136	India	19.5	5	13.1	22.5	16.6	82.2
137	Egypt	19	3.5	12.2	19.7	18.2	21.1
138	Libya	18.6	3.9	12.1	22.8	13.9	51.6
139	Pakistan	17.8	2.9	11.2	17.2	15	30.5

Top 5 Most Cheapest Countries For Living

Pakistan

17.8

Libya

18.6

Egypt

19.0

India

19.5

Afghanistan

19.9

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