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Interactive MapIntroductionCost of Living Comparison by CountryCost of Living by CountryAfghanistanAlbaniaAlgeriaAndorraAngolaAntigua and BarbudaArgentinaArmeniaAustraliaAustriaAzerbaijanBahrainBangladeshBarbadosBelarusBelgiumBelizeBeninBhutanBoliviaBosnia and HerzegovinaBotswanaBrazilBruneiBulgariaBurkina FasoBurundiCambodiaCameroonCanadaCayman IslandsCentral African RepublicChadChileColombiaComorosCosta RicaCroatiaCubaCyprusCzech RepublicDemocratic Republic of the CongoDenmarkDjiboutiDominicaDominican RepublicEast TimorEcuadorEgyptEl SalvadorEquatorial GuineaEritreaEstoniaEswatiniEthiopiaFijiFinlandFranceGabonGeorgiaGermanyGhanaGreeceGrenadaGuatemalaGuineaGuinea-BissauGuyanaHaitiHondurasHungaryIcelandIndiaIndonesiaIranIraqIrelandIsraelItalyIvory CoastJamaicaJapanJordanKazakhstanKenyaKuwaitKyrgyzstanLaosLatviaLebanonLesothoLiberiaLibyaLiechtensteinLithuaniaLuxembourgMadagascarMalawiMalaysiaMaldivesMaliMaltaMarshall IslandsMauritaniaMauritiusMexicoMoldovaMonacoMongoliaMontenegroMoroccoMozambiqueMyanmarNamibiaNauruNepalNetherlandsNew ZealandNicaraguaNigerNigeriaNorth KoreaNorwayOmanPakistanPalauPalestinePanamaPapua New GuineaParaguayPeople's Republic of ChinaPeruPhilippinesPolandPortugalQatarRepublic of MacedoniaRepublic of the CongoRomaniaRussiaRwandaSaint Kitts and NevisSaint LuciaSaint Vincent and the GrenadinesSan MarinoSão Tomé and PríncipeSaudi ArabiaSenegalSerbiaSeychellesSierra LeoneSingaporeSlovakiaSloveniaSolomon IslandsSomaliaSouth AfricaSouth KoreaSouth SudanSpainSri LankaSudanSurinameSwedenSwitzerlandSyriaTaiwanTajikistanTanzaniaThailandThe BahamasThe GambiaTogoTrinidad and TobagoTunisiaTurkeyTurkmenistanUgandaUkraineUnited Arab EmiratesUnited KingdomUnited States of AmericaUruguayUzbekistanVanuatuVenezuelaVietnamYemenZambiaZimbabwe

Introduction

The cost of living in the world can vary greatly from country to country. Certain countries, such as those in Western Europe, tend to have a much higher cost of living than those from developing nations. For example, the average rent for a two-bedroom apartment in London is more than double that of an equivalent apartment in India or Pakistan. Even within countries, there can be vast differences between different regions and cities.

Some of the most expensive places to live are Tokyo, New York City, and San Francisco. On the other end of the spectrum are places like Quito, Ecuador; Chiang Mai, Thailand; and Bucharest, Romania; which all offer low costs of living relative to other places on earth.

The differences can be attributed to factors such as real estate prices, salaries and wages, food and transportation costs, taxes, inflation rates and currency exchange rates. In addition to these factors, there may also be cultural or lifestyle preferences that contribute to how expensive a place is perceived by people from different parts of the world.

Cost of Living Comparison by Country

#CountryCost of Living
1Monaco$3,585
2Cayman Islands$2,888
3Switzerland$2,507
4Singapore$2,420
5Liechtenstein$2,118
6United States of America$2,112
7Iceland$2,054
8Luxembourg$2,050
9Ireland$1,974
10Australia$1,947
11Norway$1,892
12Qatar$1,891
13Vanuatu$1,886
14Canada$1,832
15The Bahamas$1,809
16United Kingdom$1,804
17Israel$1,748
18Netherlands$1,680
19New Zealand$1,669
20Denmark$1,665
21United Arab Emirates$1,660
22Solomon Islands$1,577
23North Korea$1,554
24Antigua and Barbuda$1,546
25Austria$1,467
26Finland$1,423
27Sweden$1,398
28Seychelles$1,387
29France$1,363
30Germany$1,325
31Belgium$1,324
32Kuwait$1,312
33Malta$1,275
34Marshall Islands$1,271
35Barbados$1,262
36Lebanon$1,254
37Italy$1,221
38Cyprus$1,213
39Maldives$1,188
40Saint Kitts and Nevis$1,184
41Bahrain$1,171
42Japan$1,171
43Palau$1,162
44Turkmenistan$1,159
45Spain$1,141
46Angola$1,129
47Oman$1,126
48Andorra$1,104
49Uruguay$1,090
50Cuba$1,078
51Brunei$1,066
52South Korea$1,062
53Slovenia$1,059
54Mozambique$1,042
55Saint Lucia$1,042
56Panama$1,040
57Saudi Arabia$1,020
58Estonia$1,019
59San Marino$1,018
60Grenada$1,012
61Nigeria$1,008
62Czech Republic$1,007
63Democratic Republic of the Congo$1,001
64Zambia$1,000
65Dominica$992
66Taiwan$981
67Portugal$977
68Trinidad and Tobago$977
69Senegal$969
70Guinea$933
71Greece$919
72Palestine$916
73Slovakia$913
74Guatemala$910
75Croatia$896
76Laos$894
77Costa Rica$893
78Niger$885
79Armenia$884
80Jamaica$875
81Equatorial Guinea$871
82Russia$868
83Saint Vincent and the Grenadines$863
84Latvia$860
85Lithuania$859
86El Salvador$853
87South Africa$852
88Ivory Coast$845
89Belize$840
90Chile$840
91Guyana$838
92Jordan$835
93Zimbabwe$831
94Myanmar$822
95Namibia$819
96Poland$814
97Georgia$812
98Somalia$797
99Cambodia$796
100São Tomé and Príncipe$795
101Dominican Republic$791
102Honduras$771
103Venezuela$762
104People's Republic of China$758
105Ecuador$750
106Sierra Leone$748
107Tanzania$743
108Thailand$742
109Mauritania$739
110Ethiopia$732
111Eswatini$728
112Fiji$725
113Iran$723
114Mexico$713
115Hungary$712
116Bolivia$703
117Iraq$688
118Suriname$679
119Burkina Faso$677
120Peru$672
121Serbia$667
122Rwanda$664
123Brazil$661
124Sudan$657
125Montenegro$655
126Romania$650
127Benin$645
128Bulgaria$639
129Mauritius$629
130Guinea-Bissau$628
131Madagascar$628
132Nicaragua$625
133Nauru$624
134Vietnam$622
135Kenya$608
136Botswana$607
137Gabon$606
138Togo$594
139Albania$592
140Lesotho$589
141Philippines$587
142Morocco$586
143Belarus$581
144Ghana$581
145Argentina$576
146Malaysia$574
147Uganda$574
148Indonesia$564
149Cameroon$560
150Paraguay$555
151Malawi$553
152Republic of the Congo$550
153Colombia$548
154Djibouti$548
155Bosnia and Herzegovina$546
156Mongolia$546
157Mali$536
158Yemen$535
159Uzbekistan$525
160Papua New Guinea$524
161Azerbaijan$522
162Liberia$522
163Chad$518
164Eritrea$516
165Central African Republic$515
166Haiti$515
167Republic of Macedonia$512
168Burundi$508
169South Sudan$505
170Comoros$504
171East Timor$503
172Syria$503
173Moldova$501
174Bhutan$498
175Tajikistan$491
176Kazakhstan$475
177Ukraine$458
178Bangladesh$448
179Kyrgyzstan$441
180Turkey$428
181The Gambia$425
182Egypt$418
183India$416
184Tunisia$416
185Libya$398
186Afghanistan$397
187Algeria$391
188Nepal$385
189Sri Lanka$316
190Pakistan$294

Cost of Living by Country

Afghanistan

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#186

Albania

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#139

Algeria

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#187

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$1,104

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#48

Andorra follows closely in forty-eighth place with a cost of living of $1,104.

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$1,129

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#46

Angola takes the forty-sixth spot with a cost of living of $1,129.

Antigua and Barbuda

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$1,546

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#24

Antigua and Barbuda rank twenty-fourth with a cost of living of $1,546.

Argentina

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#145

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Ranked in the World

#79

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$1,947

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#10

Australia rounds out the top ten with a cost of living of $1,947.

Austria

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$1,467

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#25

Austria follows closely in twenty-fifth place with a cost of living of $1,467.

Azerbaijan

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#161

Bahrain

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$1,171

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#41

Bahrain ranks forty-first with a cost of living of $1,171.

Bangladesh

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#178

Barbados

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$1,262

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#35

Barbados follows closely in thirty-fifth place with a cost of living of $1,262.

Belarus

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#143

Belgium

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$1,324

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#31

Belgium ranks thirty-first with a cost of living of $1,324.

Belize

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Ranked in the World

#89

Benin

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Ranked in the World

#127

Bhutan

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Ranked in the World

#174

Bolivia

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Ranked in the World

#116

Bosnia and Herzegovina

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Ranked in the World

#155

Botswana

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Ranked in the World

#136

Brazil

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#123

Brunei

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$1,066

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#51

Bulgaria

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Ranked in the World

#128

Burkina Faso

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Ranked in the World

#119

Burundi

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Ranked in the World

#168

Cambodia

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Ranked in the World

#99

Cameroon

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Ranked in the World

#149

Canada

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$1,832

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#14

Canada ranks fourteenth with a cost of living of $1,832.

Cayman Islands

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$2,888

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#2

The Cayman Islands ranks second with a cost of living of $2,888.

Central African Republic

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Ranked in the World

#165

Chad

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Ranked in the World

#163

Chile

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Ranked in the World

#90

Colombia

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Ranked in the World

#153

Comoros

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Ranked in the World

#170

Costa Rica

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Ranked in the World

#77

Croatia

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Ranked in the World

#75

Cuba

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$1,078

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#50

Cuba rounds out the top fifty with a cost of living of $1,078.

Cyprus

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$1,213

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#38

Cyprus follows closely in thirty-eighth place with a cost of living of $1,213.

Czech Republic

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$1,007

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#62

Democratic Republic of the Congo

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$1,001

Ranked in the World

#63

Denmark

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$1,665

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#20

Denmark rounds out the top twenty with a cost of living of $1,665.

Djibouti

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Ranked in the World

#154

Dominica

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Ranked in the World

#65

Dominican Republic

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Ranked in the World

#101

East Timor

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Ranked in the World

#171

Ecuador

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Ranked in the World

#105

Egypt

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Ranked in the World

#182

El Salvador

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Ranked in the World

#86

Equatorial Guinea

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Ranked in the World

#81

Eritrea

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Ranked in the World

#164

Estonia

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$1,019

Ranked in the World

#58

Eswatini

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Ranked in the World

#111

Ethiopia

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Ranked in the World

#110

Fiji

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Ranked in the World

#112

Finland

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$1,423

Ranked in the World

#26

Finland takes the twenty-sixth spot with a cost of living of $1,423.

France

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$1,363

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#29

France takes the twenty-ninth spot with a cost of living of $1,363.

Gabon

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Ranked in the World

#137

Georgia

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Ranked in the World

#97

Germany

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$1,325

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#30

Germany rounds out the top thirty with a cost of living of $1,325.

Ghana

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#144

Greece

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Ranked in the World

#71

Grenada

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$1,012

Ranked in the World

#60

Guatemala

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Ranked in the World

#74

Guinea

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Ranked in the World

#70

Guinea-Bissau

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Ranked in the World

#130

Guyana

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Ranked in the World

#91

Haiti

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Ranked in the World

#166

Honduras

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Ranked in the World

#102

Hungary

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Ranked in the World

#115

Iceland

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$2,054

Ranked in the World

#7

Iceland ranks seventh with a cost of living of $2,054.

India

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Ranked in the World

#183

Indonesia

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Ranked in the World

#148

Iran

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Ranked in the World

#113

Iraq

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Ranked in the World

#117

Ireland

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$1,974

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#9

Ireland takes the ninth spot with a cost of living of $1,974.

Israel

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$1,748

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#17

Israel ranks seventeenth with a cost of living of $1,748.

Italy

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$1,221

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#37

Italy ranks thirty-seventh with a cost of living of $1,221.

Ivory Coast

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Ranked in the World

#88

Jamaica

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#80

Japan

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$1,171

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#42

Japan follows closely in forty-second place with a cost of living of $1,171.

Jordan

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Ranked in the World

#92

Kazakhstan

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Ranked in the World

#176

Kenya

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#135

Kuwait

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$1,312

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#32

Kuwait follows closely in thirty-second place with a cost of living of $1,312.

Kyrgyzstan

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Ranked in the World

#179

Laos

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Ranked in the World

#76

Latvia

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#84

Lebanon

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$1,254

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#36

Lebanon takes the thirty-sixth spot with a cost of living of $1,254.

Lesotho

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#140

Liberia

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#162

Libya

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#185

Liechtenstein

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$2,118

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#5

Liechtenstein takes the fifth spot with a cost of living of $2,118.

Lithuania

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Ranked in the World

#85

Luxembourg

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$2,050

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#8

Luxembourg follows closely in eighth place with a cost of living of $2,050.

Madagascar

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Ranked in the World

#131

Malawi

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Ranked in the World

#151

Malaysia

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Ranked in the World

#146

Maldives

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$1,188

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#39

The Maldives take the thirty-ninth spot with a cost of living of $1,188.

Mali

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#157

Malta

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$1,275

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#33

Malta takes the thirty-third spot with a cost of living of $1,275.

Marshall Islands

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$1,271

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#34

The Marshall Islands rank thirty-fourth with a cost of living of $1,271.

Mauritania

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Ranked in the World

#109

Mauritius

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Ranked in the World

#129

Mexico

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Ranked in the World

#114

Moldova

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Ranked in the World

#173

Monaco

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$3,585

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#1

Monaco has the highest cost of living at $3,585.

Mongolia

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Ranked in the World

#156

Montenegro

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Ranked in the World

#125

Morocco

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Ranked in the World

#142

Mozambique

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$1,042

Ranked in the World

#54

Myanmar

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Ranked in the World

#94

Namibia

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Ranked in the World

#95

Nauru

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Ranked in the World

#133

Nepal

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Ranked in the World

#188

Netherlands

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$1,680

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#18

Netherlands follows closely in eighteenth place with a cost of living of $1,680.

New Zealand

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$1,669

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#19

New Zealand takes the nineteenth spot with a cost of living of $1,669.

Nicaragua

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Ranked in the World

#132

Niger

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#78

Nigeria

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$1,008

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#61

North Korea

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$1,554

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#23

North Korea takes the twenty-third spot with a cost of living of $1,554.

Norway

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$1,892

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#11

Norway ranks eleventh with a cost of living of $1,892.

Oman

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$1,126

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#47

Oman ranks forty-seventh with a cost of living of $1,126.

Pakistan

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#190

Palau

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$1,162

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#43

Palau takes the forty-third spot with a cost of living of $1,162.

Palestine

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#72

Panama

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$1,040

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#56

Papua New Guinea

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Ranked in the World

#160

Paraguay

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Ranked in the World

#150

People's Republic of China

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Ranked in the World

#104

Peru

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Ranked in the World

#120

Philippines

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Ranked in the World

#141

Poland

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Ranked in the World

#96

Portugal

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Ranked in the World

#67

Qatar

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$1,891

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#12

Qatar follows closely in twelfth place with a cost of living of $1,891.

Republic of Macedonia

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Ranked in the World

#167

Republic of the Congo

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Ranked in the World

#152

Romania

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Ranked in the World

#126

Russia

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Ranked in the World

#82

Rwanda

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Ranked in the World

#122

Saint Kitts and Nevis

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$1,184

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#40

Saint Kitts and Nevis round out the top forty with a cost of living of $1,184.

Saint Lucia

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$1,042

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#55

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

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#83

San Marino

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$1,018

Ranked in the World

#59

São Tomé and Príncipe

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Ranked in the World

#100

Saudi Arabia

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$1,020

Ranked in the World

#57

Senegal

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Ranked in the World

#69

Serbia

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#121

Seychelles

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$1,387

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#28

Seychelles follows closely in twenty-eighth place with a cost of living of $1,387.

Sierra Leone

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Ranked in the World

#106

Singapore

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$2,420

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#4

Singapore ranks fourth with a cost of living of $2,420.

Slovakia

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#73

Slovenia

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$1,059

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#53

Solomon Islands

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$1,577

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#22

The Solomon Islands follows closely in twenty-second place with a cost of living of $1,577.

Somalia

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Ranked in the World

#98

South Africa

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Ranked in the World

#87

South Korea

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$1,062

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#52

South Sudan

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Ranked in the World

#169

Spain

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$1,141

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#45

Spain follows closely in forty-fifth place with a cost of living of $1,141.

Sri Lanka

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Ranked in the World

#189

Sudan

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Ranked in the World

#124

Suriname

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Ranked in the World

#118

Sweden

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$1,398

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#27

Sweden ranks twenty-seventh with a cost of living of $1,398.

Switzerland

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$2,507

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#3

Switzerland has the third highest cost of living, with a cost of living of $2,507.

Syria

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Ranked in the World

#172

Taiwan

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Ranked in the World

#66

Tajikistan

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Ranked in the World

#175

Tanzania

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Ranked in the World

#107

Thailand

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Ranked in the World

#108

The Bahamas

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$1,809

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#15

The Bahamas follows closely in fifteenth place with a cost of living of $1,809.

The Gambia

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Ranked in the World

#181

Togo

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Ranked in the World

#138

Trinidad and Tobago

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Ranked in the World

#68

Tunisia

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Ranked in the World

#184

Turkey

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#180

Turkmenistan

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$1,159

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#44

Turkmenistan ranks forty-fourth with a cost of living of $1,159.

Uganda

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#147

Ukraine

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#177

United Arab Emirates

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$1,660

Ranked in the World

#21

The United Arab Emirates ranks twenty-first with a cost of living of $1,660.

United Kingdom

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$1,804

Ranked in the World

#16

The United Kingdom takes the sixteenth spot with a cost of living of $1,804.

United States of America

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$2,112

Ranked in the World

#6

The United States is sixth on the list with a cost of living of $2,112.

Uruguay

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$1,090

Ranked in the World

#49

Uruguay takes the forty-ninth spot with a cost of living of $1,090.

Uzbekistan

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Ranked in the World

#159

Vanuatu

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$1,886

Ranked in the World

#13

Vanuatu takes the thirteenth spot with a cost of living of $1,886.

Venezuela

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Ranked in the World

#103

Vietnam

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Ranked in the World

#134

Yemen

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Ranked in the World

#158

Zambia

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$1,000

Ranked in the World

#64

Zimbabwe

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Ranked in the World

#93

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