Worldwide Cost of Living is a bi-annual Economist Intelligence Unit survey that compares more than 400 individual prices across 160 products and services.
They include food, drink, clothing, household supplies and personal care items, home rents, transport, utility bills, private schools, domestic help and recreational costs.
The survey allows for city to city comparisons, but for the purpose of this report all cities are compared to a base city of New York, which has an index set at 100.
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Zurich
Country: Switzerland
Worldwide Cost of Living Index: 170 (New York=100)
Rank: 1
Rank movement: 4
Tokyo
Country: Japan
Worldwide Cost of Living Index: 166 (New York=100)
Rank: 2
Rank movement: -1
Geneva
Country: Switzerland
Worldwide Cost of Living Index: 157 (New York=100)
Rank: 3
Rank movement: 6
Osaka Kobe
Country: Japan
Worldwide Cost of Living Index: 157 (New York=100)
Rank: 3
Rank movement: -1
Oslo
Country: Norway
Worldwide Cost of Living Index: 156 (New York=100)
Rank: 5
Rank movement: -2
Paris
Country: France
Worldwide Cost of Living Index: 150 (New York=100)
Rank: 6
Rank movement: -2
Sydney
Country: Australia
Worldwide Cost of Living Index: 147 (New York=100)
Rank: 7
Rank movement: -1
Melbourne
Country: Australia
Worldwide Cost of Living Index: 145 (New York=100)
Rank: 8
Rank movement: 0
Singapore
Country: Singapore
Worldwide Cost of Living Index: 142 (New York=100)
Rank: 9
Rank movement: -3
Frankfurt
Country: Germany
Worldwide Cost of Living Index: 137 (New York=100)
Rank: 10
Rank movement: -1
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New Delhi
Country: India
Worldwide Cost of Living Index: 56 (New York=100)
Rank: 128
Rank movement: 0
Mumbai
Country: India
Worldwide Cost of Living Index: 52 (New York=100)
Rank: 130
Rank movement: 0
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Muscat
Country: Oman
Worldwide Cost of Living Index: 63 (New York=100)
Rank: 120
Rank movement: -10
Dhaka
Country: Bangladesh
Worldwide Cost of Living Index: 61 (New York=100)
Rank: 123
Rank movement: -3
Algiers
Country: Algeria
Worldwide Cost of Living Index: 59 (New York=100)
Rank: 124
Rank movement: 2
Kathmandu
Country: Nepal
Worldwide Cost of Living Index: 58 (New York=100)
Rank: 125
Rank movement: 2
Panama City
Country: Panama
Worldwide Cost of Living Index: 58 (New York=100)
Rank: 125
Rank movement: -4
Jeddah
Country: Saudi Arabia
Worldwide Cost of Living Index: 57 (New York=100)
Rank: 127
Rank movement: -6
Teheran
Country: Iran
Worldwide Cost of Living Index: 54 (New York=100)
Rank: 129
Rank movement: 0
Karachi
Country: Pakistan
Worldwide Cost of Living Index: 46 (New York=100)
Rank: 131
Rank movement: 0
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