Expatistan's press room

Organizations using Expatistan's data, mentions in the press and media, press releases, and useful resources for journalists.

Market research and Analysis using Expatistan as data source

	The Random Walk - Mapping the World's Prices 2013 [PDF] - Deutsche Bank Markets Research Expatistan was used as the primary source of data to create Deutsche Bank's Analysis on World Prices in 2013.
	Cost of Living Tool - Lloyds TSB \| International Data from Expatistan was used as an additional source to enhance a tool created by Lloyds TSB International.

Newspapers, magazines, blogs and other media

	The Most Expensive Places To Live In The World - Business Insider Data from Expatistan was used to validate and support the rankings provided by ECA International's cost of living survey.
	Fancy a bargain-basement holiday? You asked for it! - MSN News Expatistan was used as a primary source for this article in MSN News.
	Expatistan Compares Cost of Living Between Two Cities - Lifehacker Early review of the site in the influential Lifehacker site.
	Brasilia, Montevideo y Bogotá, las capitales más caras de la región - El Tiempo (Colombian Daily) Article comparing living costs in different capitals based exclusively in Expatistan's data.
	Cost of Living Tool - news.com.au Article comparing cost of living in Australia and elsewhere using Expatistan's data as source.
	Website helps compare the cost of expat living - The National Article about Expatistan in the online and printed version of The National, the first English-language publication in Abu Dhabi.
	Cómo operan los mercados clave en la producción de pollo a nivel mundial [PDF] - El Mercurio, May 29th 2011. Expatistan was used as a primary source for an article in the biggest and oldest daily newspaper in Chile.
	In the land of Expats [PDF] - Agenda Beijing - Issue June 2011 - pages 28-29 Interview with Gerardo Robledillo (Expatistan's founder) for the leading expat print maganize in Beijing.
	Expatistan, cost of living website [Audio] - The Buenos Aires Podcast Radio interview with Gerardo Robledillo (Expatistan's founder) for a bilingual podcast in Argentina.
	Los Beverly Rolos - Dinero.com Expatistan used as supportive evidence for Mercer's and The Economist's "Big Mac Index" claims and rankings.
	Interview with Expatistan: Cost of Living Figures Worldwide - Career by choice Interview with Gerardo Robledillo (Expatistan's founder).
	Costo de Vida - Plug TV program - Sept 20th 2011 Review of Expatistan.com in Plug, technology program aired weekly on Proyecto 40 (Mexican cable and satelite TV).

Quick facts about Expatistan

Launched in January 2010. Created and maintained by a single developer.
Collaborative database of prices (crowdsourced, like Wikipedia). The website users enter the prices for their own cities.
Uses Prague as anchor value (Prague = 100)
629,000 prices entered in 1,494 different cities by 160,500 users coming from 150 different countries.
Compiles prices for 49 various products divided into 6 categories (Food, Housing, Clothes, Transportation, Personal Care, and Entertainment).
Compiles a real-time cost-of-living index that ranks all the cities which our statistical model considers accurate and reliable. The index includes 105 at the moment. Comparisons and data for all the 1,494 cities covered in Expatistan are accesible in the application, if not in the index.
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