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You are looking at cost of living rankings by country for 2012. These indexes are updated yearly. You can access all indexes for years since 2009.
Country
Consumer Price Index
Rent Index
Consumer Price Plus Rent Index
Groceries Index
Restaurant Price Index
Local Purchasing Power Index
Norway
151.34
55.50
116.85
142.37
150.23
92.62
Switzerland
141.31
58.51
111.51
130.55
123.11
127.45
Japan
134.23
54.22
105.43
117.97
84.28
79.94
Monaco
128.15
173.08
144.32
89.80
138.14
62.30
Australia
122.96
58.85
99.88
113.72
108.95
109.50
Denmark
116.52
41.31
89.45
94.09
130.69
101.98
Belgium
108.68
35.02
82.17
86.01
107.48
90.44
Ireland
107.77
38.12
82.70
97.13
106.06
89.60
Netherlands
104.50
41.15
81.70
69.58
104.36
95.17
Iceland
103.60
32.71
78.09
97.74
92.19
78.56
Sweden
101.86
29.36
75.76
85.33
101.50
100.70
New Zealand
101.65
31.75
76.49
95.60
86.50
85.36
United Kingdom
100.13
37.85
77.72
83.74
94.07
88.35
Finland
99.69
36.47
76.94
82.32
96.90
98.14
Bahrain
99.52
37.54
77.21
150.55
86.92
52.77
France
98.19
35.91
75.77
82.96
94.92
92.68
Canada
98.04
38.35
76.56
93.84
83.16
108.18
Kuwait
96.24
30.78
72.68
73.52
137.45
69.98
Singapore
96.08
90.69
94.14
82.76
65.10
93.29
Israel
95.45
32.05
72.63
77.35
89.45
75.01
Austria
94.84
34.34
73.07
85.06
76.59
98.31
Italy
94.82
34.30
73.04
75.97
95.38
68.59
Saudi Arabia
93.42
18.02
66.29
135.45
39.60
82.11
Greece
93.09
18.90
66.39
69.83
91.17
48.31
Cyprus
89.54
22.36
65.36
74.60
92.18
77.04
Germany
88.55
28.94
67.10
72.15
76.20
114.37
Lebanon
86.11
37.05
68.45
45.30
69.63
24.37
Hong Kong
84.40
96.98
88.92
80.47
69.05
84.27
Qatar
84.28
63.50
76.80
81.63
72.85
153.59
Puerto Rico
84.27
28.14
64.07
81.85
64.57
78.17
Brazil
83.71
25.62
62.80
57.83
56.97
32.80
Malta
83.17
19.49
60.25
70.81
69.07
91.73
United States
83.06
37.42
66.64
77.65
68.74
116.48
Uruguay
82.95
25.34
62.22
65.96
68.83
29.37
United Arab Emirates
81.96
66.92
76.55
66.19
80.50
125.87
Spain
80.24
27.30
61.19
59.01
74.83
88.01
South Africa
75.64
25.36
57.54
59.67
56.27
92.47
Slovenia
74.34
25.73
56.85
64.70
58.04
57.92
Morocco
71.89
26.60
55.59
61.43
41.65
16.68
Azerbaijan
71.24
41.03
60.37
53.20
68.17
26.38
Kazakhstan
70.84
31.80
56.79
49.59
54.65
24.48
Portugal
70.76
23.00
53.57
56.17
52.24
56.05
South Korea
68.62
27.84
53.94
70.68
48.17
108.62
Costa Rica
68.43
22.96
52.06
66.98
52.91
46.29
Latvia
67.76
14.27
48.51
51.28
63.62
35.04
Croatia
67.54
13.94
48.25
56.05
52.42
50.14
Chile
67.39
19.79
50.26
54.24
54.31
47.11
Estonia
66.91
15.10
48.27
51.28
58.73
47.77
Turkey
65.26
15.51
47.35
47.31
48.21
52.57
Russia
64.85
23.81
50.07
49.67
67.55
43.86
Argentina
63.13
19.21
47.32
52.40
54.37
41.71
Taiwan
62.89
18.71
46.99
75.33
35.63
74.85
Armenia
62.75
19.62
47.23
38.38
53.15
20.71
Montenegro
62.24
17.23
46.04
49.11
55.87
38.86
Lithuania
62.11
14.80
45.08
53.02
41.79
33.60
Czech Republic
61.44
21.28
46.98
49.01
40.89
61.95
Jordan
60.44
13.35
43.49
54.93
48.15
37.02
Colombia
59.99
16.59
44.37
50.17
38.82
29.28
Hungary
59.65
12.67
42.74
44.64
43.56
36.81
Slovakia
59.31
23.01
46.25
49.21
40.00
49.19
Georgia
56.07
15.34
41.41
40.93
49.09
29.38
Peru
55.10
15.68
40.91
41.93
36.23
36.05
Mexico
55.06
13.98
40.27
48.45
43.19
58.98
Malaysia
54.90
12.80
39.75
53.65
31.12
74.06
Iran
54.84
25.17
44.16
53.92
42.19
46.20
Tunisia
54.48
9.85
38.42
45.71
40.36
32.39
Panama
54.02
25.34
43.70
48.86
37.67
40.91
Mongolia
53.86
24.01
43.12
57.94
37.81
22.57
Indonesia
51.42
17.21
39.11
57.94
30.08
18.33
Ukraine
51.10
14.95
38.09
38.39
46.13
25.60
Bulgaria
50.92
12.32
37.03
42.02
32.96
33.76
Ecuador
50.85
12.36
37.00
46.59
29.04
25.96
Bosnia And Herzegovina
50.75
8.44
35.53
41.08
39.56
44.37
Serbia
50.55
11.90
36.64
36.47
40.26
31.33
Syria
50.24
12.77
36.75
37.66
33.11
23.64
Thailand
50.16
17.59
38.44
65.47
27.35
32.03
Poland
49.74
16.89
37.91
39.45
38.43
59.23
Egypt
49.65
15.98
37.53
43.42
44.75
28.16
China
48.82
19.67
38.33
53.68
33.62
30.26
Nicaragua
48.31
10.71
34.78
47.52
34.60
42.64
Romania
47.91
12.15
35.04
39.81
35.28
34.29
Moldova
47.81
12.35
35.05
38.59
40.27
27.56
Belarus
45.59
10.62
33.01
33.84
52.82
23.59
Nepal
44.28
4.90
30.11
36.11
30.19
24.53
Philippines
43.62
10.98
31.87
43.13
23.83
28.99
Vietnam
42.90
33.02
39.35
45.31
26.66
28.05
Macedonia
42.80
9.46
30.80
33.64
31.65
35.20
Algeria
40.64
8.32
29.01
43.59
25.57
27.54
Pakistan
36.17
6.79
25.60
31.52
29.13
28.27
India
33.39
8.36
24.38
33.82
21.10
60.11
Note: these rankings are updated yearly during a cut day scheduled every year in Q1. Due to daily currency exchange
fluctuations and new inputs, current indexes do change on a daily basisThis page is showing yearly indexes on a cut day.
There are no guarantees which countries will be included in the index each year, however, we'll try every year to include
at least the following countries :
Argentina, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Costa Rica,
Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, Estonia, Finland, France,
Germany, Greece, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Iran, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Latvia, Lebanon,
Lithuania, Macedonia, Malaysia, Mexico, Mongolia, Morocco, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Pakistan,
Panama, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Romania, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Serbia, Singapore,
Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Syria, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey,
Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay, Venezuela, Vietnam
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