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Scale:
- 62: Kosovo (cheapest)
- 100: Czech Republic
- 271: Cayman Islands (most expensive)
Cost of Living Ranking by Country
| Ranking | Country | Price Index |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Cayman Islands | 271 |
| 2nd | Hong Kong | 236 |
| 3rd | Switzerland | 230 |
| 4th | Iceland | 228 |
| 5th | Bahamas | 215 |
| 6th | Norway | 211 |
| 7th | Zimbabwe | 200 |
| 8th | Ireland | 197 |
| 9th | Denmark | 195 |
| 10th | Singapore | 194 |
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| 98th | India | 71 |
| 99th | Azerbaijan | 70 |
| 100th | Kazakhstan | 69 |
| 101st | Tunisia | 65 |
| 102nd | Georgia | 64 |
| 103rd | Argentina | 63 |
| 104th | Kosovo | 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 Norway is 133% more expensive than in Ecuador
- Cost of living in Mauritius is 27% more expensive than in Belarus
- Cost of living in Macedonia is 55% cheaper than in United Kingdom
- Cost of living in Cyprus is about the same as in Kuwait
- Cost of living in Pakistan is 53% cheaper than in Iran
- Cost of living in Mexico is 25% cheaper than in Greece
- Cost of living in Indonesia is about the same as in Hungary
- Cost of living in Bahrain is 55% more expensive than in Indonesia
- Cost of living in El Salvador is 32% more expensive than in Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Cost of living in Italy is 33% more expensive than in Brazil