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30 most expensive cities in the world

Last updated on: December 19, 2011 08:31 IST

Image: Japan's Mt Fuji, covered with snow, is seen through Shinjuku skyscrapers in Tokyo.
Photographs: Reuters

The last 12 months have seen considerable increases in the cost of food, oil and other commodities in many parts of the world.

Within Asia, some of the biggest increases seen in the local prices of items in ECA's basket of goods and services have been witnessed in Bangladesh (15 per cent), Vietnam (14.2 per cent) and India (13.3 per cent).

On average, prices have risen by just over eight per cent in Asia.

Here we take a look at 30 most expensive cities in the world based on ECA's data.

Note: ECA International's cost of living indices are calculated based upon surveys carried out annually in March and September using a basket of day-to-day goods and services.

The data refers to year-on-year movements between ECA's September 2011 and 2010 surveys.

City: Tokyo

Country: Japan

Global Ranking (2010): 1

Global Ranking (2011): 1

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30 most expensive cities in the world

Image: People ice skate on the rink on Karl Johann Street in Oslo.
Photographs: Reuters

City: Oslo

Country: Norway

Global Ranking (2010): 6

Global Ranking (2011): 2

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30 most expensive cities in the world

Image: A wakeboarder performs on Lake Leman on a hot autumn day in Geneva.
Photographs: Reuters

City: Geneva

Country: Switzerland

Global Ranking (2010): 8

Global Ranking (2011): 3

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30 most expensive cities in the world

Image: An aerial view of the 2005 World Exposition's Nagakute area in Nagoya.
Photographs: Reuters

City: Nagoya

Country: Japan

Global Ranking (2010): 3

Global Ranking (2011): 4

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30 most expensive cities in the world

Image: People walk on Zurich's main shopping street Bahnhofstrasse.
Photographs: Reuters

City: Zurich

Country: Switzerland

Global Ranking (2010): 7

Global Ranking (2011): 5

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30 most expensive cities in the world

Image: Trainers perform with four white dolphins during a show at Yokohama Hakkeijima Sea Paradise, south of Tokyo.
Photographs: Reuters

City: Yokohama

Country: Japan

Global Ranking (2010): 4

Global Ranking (2011): 6

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30 most expensive cities in the world

Image: A volunteer sets up candles during Swiss national day in Berne.
Photographs: Reuters

City: Bern

Country: Switzerland

Global Ranking (2010): 10

Global Ranking (2011): 7

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30 most expensive cities in the world

Image: Norway's Queen Sonja (facing camera) celebrates her birthday while wearing a paper crown made by a child during a garden party with children in Stavanger, southwest Norway.
Photographs: Reuters

City: Stavanger

Country: Norway

Global Ranking (2010): 9

Global Ranking (2011): 8

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30 most expensive cities in the world

Image: People sit in a ferry boat crossing the Rhine River in the northern Swiss city of Basel.
Photographs: Reuters

City: Basel

Country: Switzerland

Global Ranking (2010): 11

Global Ranking (2011): 9

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30 most expensive cities in the world

Image: A cityscape view of the western Japanese port city of Kobe.
Photographs: Reuters

City: Kobe

Country: Japan

Global Ranking (2010): 5

Global Ranking (2011): 10

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Tags: , Japan

30 most expensive cities in the world

Image: Office blocks under construction stand behind the Angolan central bank building in the capital Luanda.
Photographs: Reuters

City: Luanda

Country: Angola

Global Ranking (2010): 2

Global Ranking (2011): 11

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30 most expensive cities in the world

Image: Boats are seen anchored at the 17th century Nyhavn district, home to many shops and restaurants in Copenhagen.
Photographs: Reuters

City: Copenhagen

Country: Denmark

Global Ranking (2010): 12

Global Ranking (2011): 12

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Tags: , Denmark

30 most expensive cities in the world

Image: People have a drink at 360, a three-tiered rooftop bar, in Caracas.
Photographs: Reuters

City: Caracas

Country: Venezuela

Global Ranking (2010): 16

Global Ranking (2011): 13

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Tags: , Venezuela

30 most expensive cities in the world

Image: Cafe in the square of the Three Blacksmiths, Helsinki.
Photographs: Reuters

City: Helsinki

Country: Finland

Global Ranking (2010): 15

Global Ranking (2011): 14

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Tags: , Finland , Helsinki

30 most expensive cities in the world

Image: A surfer gets some air on Manly Beach in Sydney.
Photographs: Reuters

City: Sydney

Country: Australia

Global Ranking (2010): 25

Global Ranking (2011): 15

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Tags: , Sydney , Australia

30 most expensive cities in the world

Image: A view of the Moscow River.
Photographs: Reuters

City: Moscow

Country: Russia

Global Ranking (2010): 14

Global Ranking (2011): 16

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Tags: , Russia , Moscow

30 most expensive cities in the world

Image: Aerial view of the National Museum of Australia in Canberra.
Photographs: Reuters

City: Canberra

Country: Australia

Global Ranking (2010): 23

Global Ranking (2011): 17

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30 most expensive cities in the world

Image: A view of Libreville.
Photographs: Reuters

City: Libreville

Country: Gabon

Global Ranking (2010): 17

Global Ranking (2011): 18

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30 most expensive cities in the world

Image: Pedestrians walk down the main shopping street in Stockholm's Gamla Stan or Old Town district.
Photographs: Reuters

City: Stockholm

Country: Sweden

Global Ranking (2010): 27

Global Ranking (2011): 19

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30 most expensive cities in the world

Image: A view of Paris.
Photographs: Reuters

City: Paris

Country: France

Global Ranking (2010): 24

Global Ranking (2011): 20

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30 most expensive cities in the world

Image: A woman reads a book beside a bronze statue in front of Sejong Centre for the Performing Arts in central Seoul.
Photographs: Reuters

City: Seoul

Country: South Korea

Global Ranking (2010): 22

Global Ranking (2011): 21

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Image: Rio de Janeiro.
Photographs: Reuters

City: Rio de Janeiro

Country: Brazil

Global Ranking (2010): 19

Global Ranking (2011): 22

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Image: Shoppers are seen at an outdoor shopping mall in Melbourne.
Photographs: Reuters

City: Melbourne

Country: Australia

Global Ranking (2010): 33

Global Ranking (2011): 23

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30 most expensive cities in the world

Image: Twin locomotives pull the outback Australian train known as the Ghan.
Photographs: Reuters

City: Adelaide

Country: Australia

Global Ranking (2010): 44

Global Ranking (2011): 24

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Image: A market in Perth.
Photographs: Reuters

City: Perth

Country: Australia

Global Ranking (2010): 35

Global Ranking (2011): 25

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30 most expensive cities in the world

Image: Longboard surfers walk into the water at Surfer's Paradise, 60 kilometres southeast of Brisbane.
Photographs: Reuters

City: Brisbane

Country: Australia

Global Ranking (2010): 36

Global Ranking (2011): 26

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Tags: , Australia

30 most expensive cities in the world

Image: A tourist dives in a cage partially immersed in a crocodile pen in Crocosaurus Cove in Darwin.
Photographs: Reuters

City: Darwin

Country: Australia

Global Ranking (2010): 49

Global Ranking (2011): 27

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30 most expensive cities in the world

Image: A view of Port Moresby.
Photographs: Reuters

City: Port Moresby

Country: Papua New Guinea

Global Ranking (2010): 85

Global Ranking (2011): 28

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30 most expensive cities in the world

Image: Revellers parade for Unidos de Vila Maria samba school during Carnival in Sao Paulo.
Photographs: Reuters

City: Sao Paulo

Country: Brazil

Global Ranking (2010): 26

Global Ranking (2011): 29

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30 most expensive cities in the world

Image: A view of Kinshasa.
Photographs: Reuters

City: Kinshasa

Country: Democratic Republic of Congo

Global Ranking (2010): 13

Global Ranking (2011): 30