Cost of Living Index by Country
Scale:
- 64: Ukraine (cheapest)
- 100: Czech Republic
- 289: Bermuda (most expensive)
Cost of Living Ranking by Country
| Rank | Country | Price Index |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Bermuda | 289 |
| 2nd | Cayman Islands | 249 |
| 3rd | Hong Kong | 233 |
| 4th | Switzerland | 231 |
| 5th | Iceland | 222 |
| 6th | Norway | 216 |
| 7th | Ireland | 199 |
| 8th | Singapore | 197 |
| 9th | Qatar | 192 |
| 10th | Denmark | 191 |
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| 103rd | Georgia | 73 |
| 104th | Egypt | 72 |
| 105th | Kazakhstan | 70 |
| 106th | Argentina | 68 |
| 107th | Tunisia | 67 |
| 108th | Armenia | 66 |
| 109th | Ukraine | 64 |
See the full Cost of Living Ranking by Country
Price Index:
To calculate each country's Price Index value, we start by assigning a value of 100 to a
central reference country (that happens to be the Czech Republic).
Once the reference point has been established, the Price Index value of every other country in the
database is calculated by comparing their cost of living to the cost of living in the Czech Republic.
Therefore, if a country has a Price Index of 134, that means that living there is 34% more expensive than living in the Czech Republic.
Other Country Comparisons
- Cost of living in Denmark is 145% more expensive than in Azerbaijan
- Cost of living in Sweden is about the same as in Japan
- Cost of living in Macedonia is 23% cheaper than in Latvia
- Cost of living in Bahrain is 68% more expensive than in Nepal
- Cost of living in Romania is 53% cheaper than in Japan
- Cost of living in Malta is 44% cheaper than in Hong Kong
- Cost of living in Ukraine is about the same as in Armenia
- Cost of living in Serbia is 12% cheaper than in Paraguay
- Cost of living in Zimbabwe is 8% cheaper than in Japan
- Cost of living in Egypt is 12% cheaper than in Algeria