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This international cost of living calculator allows by city and by country comparison worldwide: 9294 cities and 197 countries around the globe.

The cost of living is calculated based on prices for rent, food, transport, and other living expenses for each city, which form a consumer basket assuming a moderate lifestyle and average consumption.

In the list of the best places to live, in addition to prices and salaries, we take into account 13 other indicators.

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Cost of living by country

197 countries ranked from the most expensive to the cheapest ones

Rank Country Cost of living
1 Monaco
$6538
2 Cayman Islands
$3374
3 Singapore
$3000
4 Switzerland
$2896
5 Iceland
$2518
6 Ireland
$2438
7 United States
$2433
8 Liechtenstein
$2315
9 Bahamas
$2295
10 Australia
$2293
11 Luxembourg
$2200
12 United Kingdom
$2183
13 Vanuatu
$2066
14 Canada
$2042
15 New Zealand
$1950
16 Netherlands
$1945
17 Norway
$1924
18 Denmark
$1923
19 United Arab Emirates
$1906
20 Qatar
$1870
21 Israel
$1838
22 Austria
$1743
23 Turkmenistan
$1668
24 Seychelles
$1608
25 Andorra
$1600
26 North Korea
$1592
27 Germany
$1581
28 Sweden
$1578
29 France
$1542
30 Belgium
$1540
31 Finland
$1537
32 Cyprus
$1531
33 Malta
$1504
34 Solomon Islands
$1425
35 Kuwait
$1423
36 Italy
$1423
37 Curacao
$1385
38 Spain
$1383
39 Barbados
$1352
40 Cuba
$1347
41 Bahrain
$1334
42 Marshall Islands
$1316
43 Slovenia
$1299
44 Portugal
$1286
45 Maldives
$1263
46 Saudi Arabia
$1244
47 San Marino
$1228
48 Laos
$1228
49 Saint Kitts and Nevis
$1212
50 Estonia
$1204
51 Uruguay
$1202
52 Czech Republic
$1199
53 Panama
$1198
54 Trinidad and Tobago
$1171
55 Palau
$1162
56 Costa Rica
$1156
57 Greece
$1146
58 Slovakia
$1142
59 Croatia
$1140
60 Poland
$1137
61 Saint Lucia
$1123
62 South Korea
$1118
63 Senegal
$1118
64 Equatorial Guinea
$1114
65 Lithuania
$1107
66 Oman
$1098
67 Japan
$1097
68 Lebanon
$1097
69 Antigua and Barbuda
$1075
70 Jamaica
$1072
71 Latvia
$1069
72 Grenada
$1069
73 Armenia
$1067
74 Brunei
$1060
75 Mozambique
$1053
76 Ivory Coast
$1045
77 El Salvador
$1033
78 Saint Vincent
$1007
79 Guinea
$1006
80 Niger
$997
81 Mexico
$982
82 Serbia
$977
83 Tonga
$975
84 Taiwan
$972
85 Montenegro
$972
86 Georgia
$968
87 Sudan
$946
88 DR Congo
$941
89 Chile
$936
90 Zambia
$935
91 Palestine
$931
92 Hungary
$929
93 Guyana
$928
94 Vatican
$916
95 Dominica
$900
96 Belize
$899
97 Suriname
$894
98 Guatemala
$886
99 Angola
$878
100 Ethiopia
$876
101 Sao Tome and Principe
$866
102 Zimbabwe
$862
103 Jordan
$854
104 Honduras
$846
105 Cameroon
$833
106 Romania
$821
107 South Africa
$815
108 Ecuador
$815
109 Somalia
$811
110 Guinea-Bissau
$798
111 Albania
$795
112 Mongolia
$792
113 Dominican Republic
$792
114 Thailand
$790
115 Namibia
$776
116 Fiji
$775
117 Bulgaria
$773
118 Mauritius
$772
119 Moldova
$770
120 Peru
$765
121 Venezuela
$764
122 Myanmar
$759
123 Brazil
$754
124 Iraq
$754
125 Cambodia
$753
126 Nauru
$744
127 Colombia
$735
128 Burkina Faso
$734
129 Sierra Leone
$732
130 Kazakhstan
$725
131 Turkey
$724
132 Benin
$717
133 Cape Verde
$708
134 Nicaragua
$699
135 Azerbaijan
$696
136 Gabon
$690
137 Bolivia
$683
138 China
$679
139 North Macedonia
$671
140 Togo
$667
141 Tanzania
$662
142 Bosnia and Herzegovina
$656
143 Russia
$652
144 Tajikistan
$649
145 Rwanda
$649
146 Paraguay
$632
147 Morocco
$630
148 Iran
$630
149 Uganda
$624
150 Uzbekistan
$623
151 Mauritania
$617
152 Philippines
$614
153 Vietnam
$611
154 Botswana
$610
155 Samoa
$594
156 Kyrgyzstan
$593
157 Comoros
$586
158 Kenya
$586
159 Malaysia
$582
160 Tuvalu
$575
161 Indonesia
$567
162 Ukraine
$564
163 Argentina
$563
164 Congo
$554
165 Djibouti
$547
166 Madagascar
$535
167 Papua New Guinea
$534
168 Lesotho
$530
169 Afghanistan
$524
170 Gambia
$521
171 Belarus
$517
172 East Timor
$513
173 Haiti
$511
174 Mali
$509
175 Sri Lanka
$509
176 Yemen
$505
177 Egypt
$503
178 Liberia
$499
179 Eswatini
$498
180 Chad
$495
181 Eritrea
$493
182 Kiribati
$491
183 South Sudan
$489
184 Syria
$486
185 Central African Republic
$486
186 Burundi
$481
187 Ghana
$478
188 Algeria
$472
189 Bhutan
$455
190 Tunisia
$452
191 India
$441
192 Bangladesh
$423
193 Libya
$422
194 Nepal
$392
195 Malawi
$361
196 Pakistan
$357
197 Nigeria
$355

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