Countries by cost of living index

Did you know relocating from one of the world's most expensive cities to a mid-range country can effectively double your purchasing power overnight? Cost of living shapes quality of life as powerfully as income itself.

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Cost of living by country
Rank	Country	Index
1	Bermuda	123.5
2	Cayman Islands	97.9
3	Switzerland	84.3
4	Virgin Islands (U.S.)	82.5
5	Singapore	81.2
6	Bahamas	77.1
7	Iceland	75.9
8	Jersey	72.5
9	Hong Kong	69.8
10	Solomon Islands	65.4
11	Guernsey	65.3
12	Luxembourg	65.2
13	Gibraltar	63.9
14	Norway	59.4
15	Ireland	58.7
16	Israel	58
17	Netherlands, Kingdom of the	57.9
18	Denmark	56.6
19	United States of America	56.3
20	Isle of Man	55.7
21	Australia	52.7
22	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	51.9
23	Austria	50.7
24	Grenada	49.4
25	Germany	49
26	Canada	48.9
27	Belgium	48.6
28	United Arab Emirates	48.2
29	Finland	48
30	Seychelles	48
31	Sweden	47.8
32	France	47.5
33	Macao	46.3
34	Qatar	45.8
35	Andorra	45.2
36	New Zealand	45
37	Cyprus	44.6
38	Puerto Rico	44.3
39	Malta	44.1
40	Italy	43.1
41	Congo, Democratic Republic of the	42.4
42	Korea, Republic of	41.3
43	Estonia	40.5
44	Papua New Guinea	39.2
45	Slovenia	39.1
46	Spain	39
47	Guyana	39
48	Jamaica	38.7
49	Czechia	38.6
50	Costa Rica	38.3
51	Portugal	38.3
52	Maldives	38.1
53	Uruguay	37.3
54	Croatia	37.1
55	Greece	36
56	Bahrain	35.9
57	Panama	35.6
58	Senegal	35.5
59	Lithuania	35.3
60	Trinidad and Tobago	35.2
61	Slovakia	35.2
62	Côte d'Ivoire	34.5
63	Angola	34.5
64	Poland	34.4
65	Latvia	34.3
66	Taiwan	33.9
67	Brunei Darussalam	33.6
68	Kuwait	33.3
69	Japan	32.8
70	Hungary	32.3
71	Yemen	32
72	Belize	32
73	Albania	31.7
74	Mexico	31.5
75	Ethiopia	31.3
76	Cameroon	31.1
77	Montenegro	31
78	Palestine	30.9
79	Saudi Arabia	30.4
80	Oman	30
81	Cabo Verde	29.6
82	Serbia	29.5
83	Lebanon	29.5
84	Armenia	29.5
85	Guatemala	29.5
86	El Salvador	29.4
87	Cuba	28.3
88	Argentina	28.3
89	Suriname	28.2
90	Bulgaria	28
91	Romania	27.8
92	Türkiye	27.6
93	Dominican Republic	27.4
94	Thailand	27.2
95	Chile	26.8
96	Fiji	26.7
97	South Africa	26.4
98	Namibia	26.4
99	Moldova, Republic of	26.4
100	Mauritius	26.1
101	Myanmar	26
102	Mozambique	25.9
103	Honduras	25.7
104	Russian Federation	25.7
105	Nigeria	25.5
106	Jordan	25.3
107	Mongolia	25.1
108	Bosnia and Herzegovina	25
109	Zimbabwe	24.2
110	Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of	24
111	Georgia	24
112	Cambodia	23.7
113	Ghana	23.7
114	Peru	23.6
115	North Macedonia	23.2
116	Malaysia	22.9
117	Nicaragua	22.5
118	Colombia	22.4
119	Sri Lanka	22
120	Zambia	22
121	Belarus	21.5
122	China	21.5
123	Kazakhstan	21.4
124	Azerbaijan	21.3
125	Morocco	21.1
126	Botswana	21
127	Ecuador	21
128	Uzbekistan	20.6
129	Brazil	20.5
130	Kyrgyzstan	20.4
131	Paraguay	20.3
132	Philippines	20.2
133	Tajikistan	19.8
134	Uganda	19.6
135	Kosovo	19.5
136	Kenya	19.5
137	Rwanda	19.4
138	Ukraine	19.2
139	Viet Nam	19.1
140	Iraq	19
141	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	19
142	Tanzania, United Republic of	18.8
143	Tunisia	18.5
144	Indonesia	18.5
145	Algeria	17.1
146	Iran, Islamic Republic of	16.2
147	Syrian Arab Republic	16.1
148	Madagascar	15.8
149	Bangladesh	13.8
150	Nepal	13.8
151	Egypt	13.8
152	Afghanistan	12.7
153	Pakistan	12.4
154	India	12.4
155	Libya	12.3

Countries by cost of living index

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