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Scale:
- 62: Tunisia (cheapest)
- 100: Czech Republic
- 276: Cayman Islands (most expensive)
Cost of Living Ranking by Country
| Ranking | Country | Price Index |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Cayman Islands | 276 |
| 2nd | Hong Kong | 232 |
| 3rd | Iceland | 226 |
| 4th | Switzerland | 224 |
| 5th | Bahamas | 214 |
| 6th | Norway | 207 |
| 7th | Zimbabwe | 201 |
| 8th | Singapore | 197 |
| 9th | Ireland | 196 |
| 10th | Denmark | 195 |
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| 98th | India | 70 |
| 99th | Georgia | 69 |
| 100th | Paraguay | 68 |
| 101st | Kazakhstan | 67 |
| 102nd | Argentina | 64 |
| 103rd | Kosovo | 63 |
| 104th | Tunisia | 62 |
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 Saudi Arabia is 41% cheaper than in Israel
- Cost of living in Japan is about the same as in United Kingdom
- Cost of living in Russia is 45% cheaper than in Netherlands
- Cost of living in Taiwan is 26% cheaper than in Finland
- Cost of living in Ukraine is 9% more expensive than in Macedonia
- Cost of living in Sweden is 54% more expensive than in Chile
- Cost of living in Cyprus is 8% cheaper than in Italy
- Cost of living in Cyprus is 5% cheaper than in Kuwait
- Cost of living in Netherlands is 143% more expensive than in India
- Cost of living in France is about the same as in Australia