Asia: Cost of Living Index by Country 2019 Mid-Year

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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
Japan 85.5 28.1 58.1 84.7 50.1 97.6
Singapore 80.2 62.0 71.5 68.3 55.4 88.8
Israel 79.5 31.5 56.6 64.9 88.7 86.0
Hong Kong 79.2 79.7 79.5 79.4 55.6 66.8
South Korea 75.2 20.9 49.2 87.2 43.3 99.1
United Arab Emirates 63.6 45.0 54.7 50.7 62.2 100.5
Qatar 62.2 51.2 56.9 52.6 63.9 119.3
Lebanon 59.7 26.2 43.7 44.1 58.1 50.7
Taiwan 58.8 15.5 38.1 67.9 26.9 74.2
Cyprus 58.4 20.7 40.4 45.0 63.1 67.3
Bahrain 58.4 31.2 45.4 49.5 52.5 63.8
Jordan 55.4 11.9 34.6 43.5 49.7 37.3
Palestine 53.0 9.2 32.1 46.0 38.4 52.8
Kuwait 50.3 33.0 42.0 36.7 48.0 98.3
Thailand 49.9 17.1 34.2 50.1 24.8 39.9
Saudi Arabia 48.7 11.5 30.9 38.0 34.2 110.9
Oman 48.5 19.4 34.6 40.9 47.1 83.1
Myanmar 48.1 23.0 36.1 52.6 22.2 12.7
Cambodia 47.8 15.1 32.2 43.9 25.4 11.8
Brunei 44.3 23.3 34.3 37.7 35.1 94.3
Iran 41.4 14.3 28.4 40.1 25.5 25.9
China 40.5 17.2 29.4 41.0 29.7 63.9
Iraq 39.8 11.1 26.1 32.7 33.9 46.4
Malaysia 39.5 10.7 25.7 38.6 23.0 70.4
Vietnam 38.2 13.3 26.3 37.0 20.0 30.2
Philippines 37.0 8.7 23.4 33.2 20.9 27.2
Indonesia 36.9 9.0 23.5 37.5 18.2 31.0
Turkey 35.7 7.3 22.1 30.9 25.2 44.4
Mongolia 34.4 9.7 22.6 32.1 23.3 29.8
Sri Lanka 33.0 6.8 20.5 36.4 19.3 25.6
Armenia 32.7 10.6 22.1 25.4 31.0 30.4
Bangladesh 32.6 5.2 19.5 29.8 19.8 37.2
Nepal 30.7 5.0 18.4 26.5 20.3 24.2
Kazakhstan 30.1 9.5 20.2 23.6 29.9 38.7
Azerbaijan 29.8 9.2 19.9 23.3 31.4 28.5
Kyrgyzstan 28.1 9.0 19.0 25.5 22.3 25.3
Georgia 27.8 9.3 18.9 22.0 26.0 30.2
Uzbekistan 25.8 7.8 17.2 22.0 19.3 25.8
Syria 25.3 5.4 15.8 22.8 20.8 12.4
India 25.1 6.0 16.0 25.2 17.5 61.7
Afghanistan 24.5 4.3 14.8 18.8 17.1 28.9
Pakistan 18.6 4.0 11.6 16.5 13.8 36.1