Cost of Living Index by Country 2026

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Cost of Living Index
Rent Index
Cost of Living Plus Rent Index
Groceries Index
Restaurant Price Index
Local Purchasing Power Index
Bermuda 135.8 108.2 123.5 143.4 147.5 101.3
Cayman Islands 115.6 76.1 97.9 124.0 101.5 149.6
Us Virgin Islands 111.3 46.8 82.5 127.4 94.8 89.8
Switzerland 110.7 51.5 84.3 109.7 111.3 170.6
Solomon Islands 102.3 19.5 65.4 64.8 46.0 12.6
Bahamas 98.8 50.2 77.1 100.9 109.0 57.1
Iceland 97.2 49.5 75.9 104.5 104.9 113.7
Jersey 88.7 52.4 72.5 79.0 102.3 103.4
Singapore 87.7 73.1 81.2 77.3 55.5 105.5
Norway 83.7 29.2 59.4 85.4 88.6 124.7
Israel 79.7 31.2 58.0 74.0 89.9 119.6
Denmark 78.9 28.9 56.6 72.7 93.7 146.6
Luxembourg 78.0 49.3 65.2 77.7 83.3 160.5
Grenada 76.4 15.8 49.4 68.9 53.5 34.6
Hong Kong (China) 75.2 63.1 69.8 75.1 51.1 91.6
Isle Of Man 74.7 32.0 55.7 65.3 91.8 116.6
Guernsey 73.4 55.3 65.3 77.9 71.2 132.8
Netherlands 73.4 38.7 57.9 66.9 81.6 131.9
Austria 71.3 25.1 50.7 72.6 71.5 120.0
Ireland 70.6 43.8 58.7 68.8 76.6 114.4
Gibraltar 70.3 56.0 63.9 60.8 78.7 86.1
Finland 69.0 21.9 48.0 68.7 74.1 129.4
United States 68.8 40.7 56.3 74.0 72.8 146.0
Germany 68.7 24.6 49.0 64.9 66.9 138.3
Belgium 68.6 23.8 48.6 66.4 80.7 124.2
Sweden 68.0 22.6 47.8 68.4 70.8 133.5
Australia 67.9 33.7 52.7 76.5 65.6 137.3
United Kingdom 67.8 32.1 51.9 62.8 72.9 122.6
France 67.7 22.3 47.5 73.2 66.2 118.5
Seychelles 64.5 27.6 48.0 74.8 66.2 34.3
Canada 63.0 31.5 48.9 69.6 64.1 119.4
Puerto Rico 62.6 21.7 44.3 67.3 56.4 115.9
South Korea 61.6 16.1 41.3 77.5 35.8 111.5
Italy 61.4 20.5 43.1 62.7 64.7 89.2
Macao (China) 60.5 28.5 46.3 67.5 44.3 85.4
New Zealand 60.3 26.2 45.0 65.4 59.3 123.8
Estonia 59.7 16.7 40.5 54.1 64.9 88.3
Cyprus 58.8 26.9 44.6 54.5 60.9 87.7
Malta 56.8 28.2 44.1 55.9 64.1 81.1
Uruguay 55.6 14.7 37.3 55.1 59.6 55.1
United Arab Emirates 55.2 39.6 48.2 44.4 56.5 126.4
Andorra 55.1 32.8 45.2 51.4 56.1 126.1
Jamaica 54.5 19.2 38.7 63.5 46.8 35.4
Slovenia 54.1 20.6 39.1 52.4 51.3 87.5
Greece 54.0 13.7 36.0 51.0 59.2 64.1
Yemen 53.1 5.9 32.0 64.7 38.2 18.2
Czech Republic 53.0 20.7 38.6 50.5 43.1 91.4
Costa Rica 52.9 20.3 38.3 59.2 47.5 49.5
Croatia 52.4 18.0 37.1 48.9 55.3 86.5
Latvia 52.3 11.9 34.3 47.5 54.6 77.7
Trinidad And Tobago 52.0 14.4 35.2 55.3 47.4 48.6
Spain 51.6 23.2 39.0 50.6 55.1 104.4
Lithuania 51.2 15.6 35.3 46.3 56.3 87.6
Guyana 50.4 24.8 39.0 62.6 53.8 52.1
Qatar 50.4 40.0 45.8 41.6 55.4 153.1
Democratic Republic of the Congo 50.2 32.8 42.4 48.0 66.1 26.3
Taiwan 49.7 14.2 33.9 64.6 27.4 98.9
Slovakia 49.6 17.3 35.2 50.0 43.3 78.1
Maldives 48.9 24.6 38.1 52.7 42.9 46.2
Portugal 48.8 25.2 38.3 46.9 45.6 66.4
Senegal 48.5 19.3 35.5 45.0 42.9 22.2
Brunei 48.2 15.5 33.6 66.1 33.3 134.4
Palestine 48.1 9.6 30.9 49.8 38.8 49.0
Bahrain 47.6 21.4 35.9 45.2 47.0 119.3
Papua New Guinea 47.5 29.0 39.2 54.1 34.9 20.2
Japan 47.5 14.7 32.8 56.8 30.3 118.3
Poland 47.3 18.4 34.4 41.1 48.1 97.1
Hungary 46.9 14.1 32.3 45.4 44.7 78.4
Belize 46.9 13.6 32.0 52.6 39.3 67.6
Cape Verde 46.3 8.8 29.6 57.2 35.6 21.3
Albania 45.8 14.1 31.7 46.2 43.5 45.6
Panama 45.5 23.2 35.6 51.3 42.9 44.2
Ivory Coast 44.8 21.8 34.5 41.3 39.1 12.7
Saudi Arabia 43.9 13.5 30.4 41.2 34.5 132.8
Oman 43.6 13.2 30.0 42.4 41.8 152.7
Montenegro 42.7 16.6 31.0 40.5 44.8 65.1
Serbia 42.6 13.1 29.5 39.1 42.2 63.2
Mexico 42.6 17.8 31.5 46.6 43.6 48.4
Kuwait 42.5 22.0 33.3 35.8 43.4 176.6
Angola 42.3 24.8 34.5 39.2 35.0 200.8
Suriname 42.3 10.7 28.2 51.5 39.9 19.3
Cuba 41.8 11.4 28.3 41.2 26.3 2.4
Ethiopia 41.8 18.3 31.3 44.5 22.9 12.5
Lebanon 41.7 14.3 29.5 34.4 44.2 37.4
Bulgaria 41.6 11.1 28.0 42.6 42.6 84.1
Argentina 41.3 12.1 28.3 41.1 47.9 47.5
Armenia 40.9 15.2 29.5 36.1 40.3 41.4
Cameroon 40.7 19.1 31.1 37.8 45.5 10.5
Romania 40.6 12.0 27.8 39.0 43.5 76.8
Guatemala 40.4 16.0 29.5 45.1 38.8 37.8
El Salvador 39.6 16.6 29.4 42.5 34.4 32.1
Jordan 39.4 7.9 25.3 36.3 40.7 54.3
Turkey 39.2 13.3 27.6 39.1 37.1 72.8
Chile 39.0 11.6 26.8 42.1 39.7 52.8
Bosnia And Herzegovina 38.7 8.1 25.0 39.0 32.1 66.9
Mauritius 38.3 10.9 26.1 41.1 32.5 55.1
Dominican Republic 38.2 14.0 27.4 38.9 35.9 38.6
Thailand 38.0 13.9 27.2 44.4 25.0 45.5
Myanmar 38.0 11.1 26.0 38.2 16.3 19.8
Venezuela 37.7 7.1 24.0 42.2 40.7 17.4
South Africa 37.1 13.0 26.4 32.6 35.6 109.2
Mozambique 36.9 12.2 25.9 34.1 35.1 30.9
Honduras 36.6 12.1 25.7 39.8 34.1 41.3
Russia 36.5 12.3 25.7 35.7 35.4 61.6
Namibia 36.3 14.2 26.4 37.8 29.6 73.4
Zimbabwe 35.9 9.6 24.2 35.0 33.8 27.6
Moldova 35.8 14.7 26.4 33.6 32.5 54.1
North Macedonia 35.5 7.9 23.2 34.9 29.1 64.9
Cambodia 34.8 10.0 23.7 41.6 25.4 22.7
Fiji 34.3 17.2 26.7 43.3 32.5 59.9
Nicaragua 34.2 7.9 22.5 41.6 26.0 26.2
Malaysia 34.0 9.2 22.9 42.0 25.2 80.1
Ghana 33.9 10.9 23.7 37.0 35.2 18.1
Sri Lanka 33.9 7.2 22.0 48.1 24.3 19.0
Peru 33.5 11.3 23.6 37.7 28.3 48.5
Georgia 33.1 12.7 24.0 32.3 36.2 43.0
Botswana 32.6 6.6 21.0 31.7 30.2 78.8
Colombia 31.7 10.9 22.4 32.8 27.0 39.9
Morocco 31.4 8.3 21.1 33.0 25.0 45.6
Mongolia 31.4 17.3 25.1 35.5 24.7 43.0
Ecuador 30.9 8.7 21.0 33.8 27.0 48.4
Azerbaijan 30.7 9.7 21.3 29.2 35.3 40.3
Belarus 30.5 10.3 21.5 30.8 33.3 63.9
China 30.5 10.4 21.5 34.7 21.0 94.0
Brazil 30.1 8.5 20.5 30.0 26.0 46.1
Philippines 30.1 7.8 20.2 35.4 19.7 33.9
Zambia 29.9 12.2 22.0 30.7 23.1 24.7
Kazakhstan 29.8 10.9 21.4 30.0 31.2 55.3
Kosovo (Disputed Territory) 29.1 7.6 19.5 30.8 24.2 60.5
Tunisia 29.1 5.3 18.5 34.9 17.9 35.8
Kenya 28.9 7.8 19.5 30.4 25.9 35.9
Paraguay 28.5 10.2 20.3 27.9 26.4 49.3
Iraq 28.4 7.3 19.0 28.1 25.5 58.0
Ukraine 28.2 8.2 19.2 28.8 25.4 50.0
Algeria 28.0 3.5 17.1 37.2 16.5 36.3
Tajikistan 27.9 9.7 19.8 35.2 20.0 39.5
Nigeria 27.7 22.8 25.5 31.4 21.0 8.3
Uzbekistan 27.3 12.2 20.6 30.1 23.0 47.8
Bolivia 27.3 8.6 19.0 28.4 22.2 43.6
Kyrgyzstan 27.3 12.0 20.4 27.6 23.6 40.6
Uganda 27.0 10.5 19.6 29.1 25.1 19.6
Tanzania 26.6 9.0 18.8 26.6 21.3 26.8
Vietnam 26.4 9.9 19.1 31.8 15.6 42.5
Indonesia 26.1 9.1 18.5 33.6 15.3 29.3
Syria 25.0 5.1 16.1 27.1 20.1 6.2
Rwanda 25.0 12.4 19.4 23.5 21.9 26.7
Iran 22.8 8.0 16.2 20.7 16.2 30.3
Bangladesh 22.8 2.6 13.8 26.8 17.5 34.6
Nepal 22.6 2.9 13.8 23.2 17.4 29.4
Madagascar 22.5 7.4 15.8 23.8 15.4 13.7
Egypt 21.6 4.0 13.8 22.2 20.1 21.8
Afghanistan 21.1 2.3 12.7 18.2 15.1 40.6
Pakistan 19.6 3.4 12.4 18.2 17.2 29.5
India 18.9 4.3 12.4 21.6 15.6 76.4
Libya 18.3 4.9 12.3 22.8 12.4 51.1