Cost of Living Index by Country 2016

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Country	Cost of Living Index	Rent Index	Cost of Living Plus Rent Index	Groceries Index	Restaurant Price Index	Local Purchasing Power Index
Bermuda	133.68	120.12	127.17	131.95	121.27	118.54
Switzerland	123.10	55.14	90.44	123.86	119.14	178.74
Bahamas	107.54	38.21	74.22	107.12	88.43	58.96
Norway	99.80	37.04	69.64	93.27	110.77	125.75
Iceland	96.45	35.45	67.13	91.40	98.82	93.98
Denmark	84.88	30.83	58.90	69.20	97.88	142.14
Singapore	83.67	73.88	78.97	75.83	53.75	110.50
Luxembourg	82.01	48.87	66.08	69.16	90.33	154.40
Kuwait	81.62	38.26	60.78	96.13	46.01	113.60
Hong Kong	81.48	82.57	82.00	88.80	50.73	102.32
Japan	81.25	29.75	56.50	86.90	47.45	117.55
United Kingdom	81.03	36.29	59.53	68.48	86.68	120.00
Australia	78.45	40.95	60.43	74.68	74.85	147.25
New Zealand	78.17	29.71	54.88	72.06	75.37	115.47
Ireland	78.03	37.87	58.73	66.59	82.30	125.66
Israel	75.75	26.78	52.21	65.71	77.27	115.54
Sweden	75.70	25.21	51.44	67.89	79.18	128.22
Belgium	75.44	31.42	54.28	67.15	82.87	106.69
France	75.30	26.22	51.72	69.62	73.48	118.51
Finland	75.25	26.98	52.05	66.59	76.85	132.93
United States	74.08	38.39	56.93	75.69	69.13	139.17
South Korea	73.18	34.41	54.55	86.23	41.18	120.64
Netherlands	72.12	31.76	52.72	56.11	80.73	129.34
Qatar	69.99	74.50	72.16	59.46	69.32	141.86
Italy	68.77	21.49	46.05	58.64	75.27	105.67
Puerto Rico	66.73	19.70	44.13	65.94	58.71	108.26
Austria	66.59	26.15	47.16	61.71	62.64	120.46
United Arab Emirates	66.09	68.25	67.13	57.23	59.85	136.43
Germany	65.54	24.01	45.58	53.12	60.68	147.61
Canada	64.82	26.83	46.56	65.04	60.04	134.81
Argentina	64.09	18.07	41.97	52.51	64.19	74.92
Macao	64.06	43.47	54.17	55.85	46.43	99.42
Ghana	63.44	53.34	58.59	59.32	51.88	18.44
Lebanon	63.08	35.05	49.61	48.75	59.70	66.57
Malta	61.36	20.23	41.59	51.89	66.63	82.77
Venezuela	60.02	11.51	36.71	73.70	47.09	14.27
Belize	59.42	11.88	36.57	51.20	38.11	146.27
Costa Rica	57.76	16.15	37.76	56.87	46.54	67.59
Cyprus	56.99	13.10	35.90	48.00	59.72	93.84
Spain	56.11	18.86	38.21	46.02	56.99	105.31
Taiwan	55.84	14.71	36.07	64.60	25.14	106.38
Jamaica	55.70	12.56	34.97	54.12	38.73	48.83
Trinidad And Tobago	55.67	22.45	39.71	53.80	48.58	68.21
Uruguay	55.63	15.81	36.49	48.14	52.75	50.59
Zimbabwe	54.51	14.59	35.32	46.00	45.37	36.42
Greece	54.40	9.51	32.82	44.75	55.07	79.27
Oman	53.12	24.73	39.48	47.08	43.86	148.16
Jordan	53.08	12.04	33.35	43.75	52.38	50.89
Palestine	52.88	9.19	31.88	49.77	38.04	53.54
Panama	52.57	30.53	41.98	55.25	40.41	48.09
Slovenia	52.19	14.71	34.18	42.78	42.78	89.76
Brunei	51.93	20.20	36.68	50.61	33.04	94.30
Myanmar	51.57	20.19	36.49	49.64	28.36	33.35
Dominican Republic	51.38	12.07	32.49	48.00	39.33	36.44
Iraq	50.56	17.40	34.63	42.06	45.93	57.22
Portugal	49.83	15.28	33.23	40.58	41.56	75.47
Tanzania	49.51	25.71	38.07	42.76	35.74	53.86
Estonia	48.94	13.50	31.91	38.50	44.13	77.42
Croatia	48.20	9.71	29.70	40.68	37.57	67.89
Bahrain	48.20	33.74	41.25	44.15	48.58	101.01
China	48.10	23.24	36.15	53.27	29.28	77.42
Mauritius	47.89	15.12	32.14	44.10	37.22	71.93
Honduras	47.85	9.62	29.48	44.28	33.53	70.66
Saudi Arabia	47.60	13.78	31.35	41.81	30.00	167.86
Cambodia	47.29	12.36	30.50	52.24	22.56	16.40
Nigeria	47.16	22.90	35.50	42.68	35.78	48.87
Latvia	47.14	12.67	30.57	36.25	40.45	61.46
Lithuania	45.56	12.45	29.65	37.32	35.42	61.25
Zambia	45.53	21.28	33.88	34.04	31.59	142.24
Turkey	45.07	10.45	28.43	39.89	31.89	64.12
Slovakia	45.00	14.98	30.57	40.59	31.81	68.80
Uzbekistan	44.67	12.55	29.23	40.76	29.35	31.11
Ecuador	44.32	12.12	28.84	43.40	27.95	47.64
Ethiopia	44.27	21.30	33.23	38.42	24.34	20.74
Guatemala	44.08	11.42	28.38	41.76	33.02	51.59
Chile	43.88	13.12	29.10	38.49	36.25	78.40
Fiji	43.82	15.49	30.20	49.54	34.12	42.37
El Salvador	42.56	9.76	26.79	38.38	28.83	43.15
Czech Republic	41.80	14.45	28.66	36.51	28.34	89.88
Hungary	41.29	10.54	26.51	33.18	30.75	56.30
Iran	41.12	16.38	29.23	38.60	35.05	47.73
Thailand	40.02	15.18	28.08	43.80	20.22	40.06
Kenya	39.84	12.66	26.78	37.86	29.11	31.07
Namibia	39.74	16.67	28.65	32.66	35.68	49.16
Libya	39.66	14.08	27.36	39.71	32.17	62.51
Vietnam	39.50	13.94	27.22	39.51	18.24	25.88
Montenegro	39.49	9.20	24.93	31.77	35.84	52.50
Belarus	39.45	13.25	26.86	32.44	49.30	39.16
Brazil	38.88	12.30	26.10	29.92	31.55	48.69
Poland	38.53	13.54	26.52	30.76	31.71	80.77
Russia	38.48	17.13	28.22	32.22	42.05	57.42
Peru	38.04	13.07	26.04	35.46	25.22	47.52
Botswana	37.65	8.49	23.64	31.46	29.96	76.27
Malaysia	37.47	11.06	24.78	37.54	19.85	96.34
Bolivia	37.44	10.02	24.27	30.58	24.42	53.95
Egypt	36.71	9.63	23.69	33.13	31.80	40.30
Bulgaria	36.36	8.45	22.95	30.90	29.89	59.19
Indonesia	36.33	9.86	23.61	40.90	18.41	35.51
Morocco	35.56	9.67	23.12	31.74	23.98	48.74
Bangladesh	35.50	5.30	20.99	32.58	21.26	44.48
Armenia	35.49	9.77	23.13	28.30	30.98	33.08
Mexico	35.01	9.88	22.93	33.71	28.19	76.51
Romania	34.80	8.63	22.22	28.79	29.17	61.90
South Africa	34.75	13.18	24.38	29.15	32.27	126.10
Philippines	34.73	6.72	21.27	34.56	18.59	42.86
Bosnia And Herzegovina	34.59	5.83	20.77	29.77	24.07	60.64
Sri Lanka	34.11	8.60	21.85	38.52	21.15	32.95
Albania	33.81	7.12	20.98	27.33	27.59	43.58
Serbia	33.56	6.69	20.65	25.77	25.64	49.62
Syria	31.75	8.02	20.35	29.84	23.68	25.83
North Macedonia	31.05	5.92	18.97	26.14	21.17	46.74
Tunisia	30.67	7.05	19.32	29.90	18.34	46.24
Colombia	29.25	9.46	19.74	24.72	20.86	45.99
Azerbaijan	28.93	11.08	20.35	24.16	28.41	41.07
Algeria	28.89	7.10	18.42	30.50	18.77	49.46
Georgia	28.71	10.64	20.02	24.61	26.90	30.88
Ukraine	28.56	9.47	19.39	22.43	22.75	29.66
Nepal	27.34	3.00	15.64	24.99	14.43	31.20
Kazakhstan	26.82	9.53	18.52	21.48	27.65	59.30
Pakistan	26.69	4.68	16.11	25.40	20.64	43.34
Moldova	25.70	7.12	16.77	20.38	18.64	32.04
India	24.14	6.37	15.60	24.92	15.31	89.65

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