Cost of Living Index by Country 2019

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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
Switzerland 121.2 50.2 87.1 120.8 123.1 129.7
Iceland 101.9 48.3 76.1 92.1 111.8 91.8
Norway 101.0 37.3 70.4 92.7 111.5 103.6
Bahamas 92.4 33.5 64.1 77.0 99.9 57.0
Luxembourg 86.1 55.6 71.5 75.1 96.1 106.3
Japan 83.3 28.0 56.7 83.6 48.8 103.1
Denmark 81.4 32.9 58.1 63.6 95.1 114.4
Hong Kong 78.1 76.8 77.5 80.3 56.1 69.3
South Korea 76.9 22.2 50.7 89.7 44.8 103.4
Ireland 75.3 41.8 59.2 59.1 82.6 95.1
France 74.9 26.2 51.5 68.3 75.4 91.6
Netherlands 74.8 34.7 55.6 58.8 83.5 102.5
Israel 74.3 29.4 52.7 61.9 80.8 92.5
Belgium 73.0 25.8 50.3 60.9 83.4 95.1
Finland 72.8 26.1 50.4 60.0 77.9 112.3
New Zealand 72.6 31.6 52.9 65.7 68.8 101.1
Australia 72.1 35.5 54.5 66.9 70.7 122.9
Austria 71.8 27.6 50.6 65.6 70.1 96.7
Sweden 71.6 26.0 49.7 63.5 75.0 111.4
United States 69.9 39.0 55.1 67.4 69.3 122.0
Singapore 69.8 53.1 61.8 57.5 46.7 103.8
Italy 69.2 21.7 46.4 58.3 75.7 77.5
Germany 67.6 26.8 48.0 54.3 63.6 116.2
United Kingdom 65.3 28.6 47.7 51.9 72.4 105.7
Canada 65.0 28.3 47.4 62.4 61.8 109.4
Puerto Rico 63.8 18.0 41.8 61.7 54.8 98.4
Malta 63.3 28.7 46.7 51.2 67.3 59.7
Taiwan 59.8 23.4 42.3 69.6 26.9 56.4
Qatar 59.1 46.6 53.1 47.7 61.9 138.3
Jamaica 58.8 14.7 37.6 58.8 42.3 34.7
Lebanon 58.1 26.9 43.1 43.3 56.8 54.0
Uruguay 57.3 16.2 37.6 45.1 56.3 47.8
Bahrain 56.7 29.6 43.7 51.2 52.2 74.6
Greece 56.7 10.8 34.6 43.7 54.8 49.6
United Arab Emirates 56.2 41.0 48.9 43.2 53.9 119.6
Cyprus 55.6 20.2 38.6 44.3 59.8 75.3
Jordan 55.0 11.9 34.3 44.4 52.3 41.7
Spain 54.7 20.7 38.4 44.0 54.1 83.8
Slovenia 52.5 15.4 34.7 43.3 43.8 75.4
Mauritius 52.4 11.5 32.8 47.9 39.1 39.8
Myanmar 52.4 24.7 39.1 54.8 20.2 14.0
Trinidad And Tobago 52.1 17.1 35.3 50.0 46.0 57.0
Zimbabwe 51.6 11.7 32.4 45.7 36.8 27.7
Kuwait 51.5 32.9 42.6 39.9 47.3 102.0
Panama 51.4 24.6 38.6 48.2 47.1 41.3
Ghana 51.1 31.6 41.7 44.8 31.7 18.7
Estonia 51.0 15.4 33.9 37.1 51.2 76.0
Fiji 50.9 22.7 37.4 57.6 36.5 35.4
Costa Rica 50.9 15.5 33.9 47.9 42.6 47.1
Portugal 50.4 21.1 36.3 40.2 43.1 55.2
Palestine 50.2 9.0 30.4 43.9 37.3 57.2
Belize 49.4 8.8 29.9 42.9 36.7 70.8
Latvia 49.2 12.0 31.4 36.7 45.5 55.2
Croatia 49.2 11.6 31.1 40.3 40.4 60.3
Chile 47.7 15.2 32.1 40.5 45.1 54.1
Saudi Arabia 47.6 11.4 30.2 39.1 30.9 118.6
Thailand 47.5 17.7 33.2 50.0 24.6 40.9
Cambodia 46.8 14.4 31.3 44.2 24.4 12.5
Oman 46.2 19.9 33.6 40.0 44.4 88.5
El Salvador 46.1 14.2 30.8 45.6 35.5 30.1
Lithuania 45.9 12.9 30.1 35.4 43.9 60.3
Nicaragua 45.8 9.5 28.4 46.4 31.1 24.5
Czech Republic 45.1 18.3 32.2 38.1 33.2 71.3
Slovakia 45.0 16.1 31.1 38.5 33.6 63.2
Dominican Republic 44.9 10.2 28.3 35.7 42.4 26.0
Namibia 43.2 17.5 30.8 39.9 38.6 63.6
Brazil 42.8 11.5 27.7 31.3 34.8 37.4
South Africa 42.5 16.5 30.0 33.9 40.8 83.0
Honduras 42.1 10.8 27.1 33.6 31.5 35.2
Hungary 42.0 13.6 28.4 32.4 33.4 54.7
Ecuador 42.0 11.6 27.4 37.9 29.4 40.8
Guatemala 41.7 13.9 28.4 38.0 32.3 41.8
Cuba 40.5 8.1 24.9 34.3 28.3 2.5
Iraq 39.6 11.5 26.1 34.1 31.8 47.6
Montenegro 39.6 9.9 25.4 30.8 34.2 46.3
Malaysia 39.4 10.9 25.7 39.7 22.7 73.1
China 39.2 17.4 28.7 39.9 28.2 69.0
Poland 39.1 14.9 27.5 30.7 32.7 70.0
Kenya 38.2 10.0 24.7 33.2 31.2 32.5
Vietnam 37.7 13.1 25.9 37.9 18.9 33.3
Bulgaria 37.2 9.2 23.7 31.1 29.9 52.2
Peru 37.2 12.0 25.1 32.7 23.7 37.5
Romania 36.5 10.0 23.7 29.9 32.3 61.2
Indonesia 36.2 8.4 22.9 38.1 18.0 33.0
Albania 36.2 8.2 22.7 28.6 29.3 33.8
Iran 35.8 16.9 26.7 32.6 26.9 37.7
Bosnia And Herzegovina 35.7 6.3 21.6 28.8 23.8 49.2
Russia 35.5 12.7 24.5 29.2 37.0 45.4
Serbia 35.4 8.1 22.3 26.3 27.8 39.9
Turkey 35.2 7.2 21.8 30.4 23.7 45.3
Philippines 35.1 8.1 22.1 32.6 19.7 29.5
Tanzania 34.7 16.0 25.8 28.6 25.2 22.7
Bolivia 34.4 10.9 23.1 26.9 28.0 44.0
Morocco 34.0 9.5 22.2 29.9 23.9 41.4
Belarus 33.1 10.0 22.0 27.8 36.0 44.6
Argentina 33.1 9.5 21.8 26.3 32.5 55.0
Mexico 32.7 10.1 21.8 30.3 30.2 50.0
Armenia 32.5 9.9 21.7 25.8 32.5 33.1
Paraguay 32.3 9.4 21.3 26.0 25.8 35.6
Moldova 32.3 8.0 20.6 25.0 27.7 30.7
Bangladesh 31.8 5.4 19.2 29.5 19.0 39.8
North Macedonia 31.6 6.5 19.5 24.8 23.7 39.8
Nigeria 31.2 29.0 30.2 31.8 19.2 15.1
Algeria 30.6 5.5 18.5 32.0 16.4 32.9
Uganda 30.3 8.5 19.8 26.1 21.9 22.7
Sri Lanka 30.2 7.6 19.4 33.6 17.4 27.3
Colombia 30.1 9.2 20.1 24.3 22.5 34.7
Kazakhstan 29.8 9.8 20.2 23.8 29.8 38.8
Nepal 29.6 4.6 17.6 25.4 19.7 26.3
Azerbaijan 29.1 8.7 19.3 24.1 30.7 32.0
Georgia 28.8 8.5 19.1 23.4 27.1 33.2
Ukraine 27.9 9.5 19.1 22.5 22.1 32.7
Uzbekistan 27.1 8.3 18.1 23.9 21.1 25.1
Egypt 26.5 5.0 16.2 23.2 22.3 23.7
Kosovo (Disputed Territory) 26.2 8.1 17.5 23.2 19.6 61.8
Venezuela 25.7 5.9 16.2 27.6 22.0 3.7
India 24.2 5.8 15.4 24.2 17.2 66.9
Tunisia 23.7 5.0 14.7 22.3 13.3 38.0
Pakistan 20.4 4.5 12.8 18.2 15.4 38.6