Cost of Living Index by Country 2020

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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 122.4 50.3 87.9 120.3 123.0 119.5
Norway 101.4 36.2 70.2 91.1 109.3 88.4
Iceland 100.5 47.0 74.9 86.9 113.7 79.4
Japan 83.3 26.0 55.9 81.8 48.9 87.3
Denmark 83.0 31.9 58.6 61.7 100.8 100.9
Bahamas 82.5 36.4 60.4 62.7 83.7 54.2
Luxembourg 81.9 54.9 69.0 69.1 89.8 103.9
Israel 81.2 31.3 57.3 66.3 88.6 78.1
Singapore 81.1 63.3 72.6 66.8 59.0 89.0
South Korea 78.2 22.9 51.7 91.3 44.9 85.2
Hong Kong 77.2 79.6 78.3 75.9 54.4 65.3
Barbados 76.0 19.7 49.1 65.2 68.1 51.1
Ireland 75.9 43.9 60.6 58.4 81.2 80.9
France 74.1 25.4 50.8 67.9 72.5 80.4
Netherlands 73.7 35.2 55.3 55.9 80.5 90.7
Australia 73.5 34.9 55.0 67.2 70.3 107.3
New Zealand 72.5 32.1 53.2 64.7 68.8 92.7
Belgium 71.8 25.4 49.6 58.7 80.1 86.3
Seychelles 71.6 32.3 52.8 64.6 84.9 21.7
United States 71.1 40.3 56.4 66.6 70.7 109.5
Austria 70.4 26.8 49.5 61.7 68.1 82.4
Finland 70.3 26.2 49.2 56.5 76.8 99.9
Sweden 69.8 25.9 48.8 60.5 72.3 101.7
Canada 67.6 30.7 50.0 63.7 63.5 95.1
Puerto Rico 67.5 19.3 44.5 65.8 58.7 79.4
Malta 67.5 31.0 50.0 54.9 75.9 46.3
United Kingdom 67.3 29.8 49.4 51.3 74.1 91.7
Italy 67.3 21.2 45.2 55.4 72.3 65.6
Germany 65.3 27.1 47.0 49.2 61.6 102.4
Macao 64.8 44.0 54.9 62.0 43.4 80.9
Qatar 64.0 47.4 56.1 53.6 66.8 111.7
United Arab Emirates 62.0 41.1 52.0 47.6 61.3 91.6
Taiwan 61.4 16.4 39.9 71.5 28.5 65.7
Lebanon 60.5 24.5 43.3 43.9 58.2 44.5
Bahrain 58.9 30.9 45.6 48.1 54.5 57.9
Cyprus 57.9 20.5 40.0 44.2 63.1 57.4
Jamaica 57.8 15.2 37.5 59.0 38.1 32.4
Greece 55.7 11.7 34.6 41.6 53.7 43.7
Zimbabwe 55.3 11.0 34.1 50.8 40.8 26.0
Palestine 54.5 8.8 32.7 46.7 38.9 46.9
Ethiopia 54.4 20.9 38.4 36.3 19.4 8.3
Panama 54.2 24.8 40.1 53.0 47.3 34.2
Costa Rica 54.0 15.5 35.6 49.6 43.5 42.6
Spain 53.8 21.8 38.5 42.4 52.1 72.0
Trinidad And Tobago 53.7 17.3 36.3 49.4 49.8 45.7
Jordan 53.7 11.5 33.5 43.3 47.1 34.9
Slovenia 53.4 17.1 36.0 43.8 45.4 66.3
Mauritius 53.0 12.0 33.4 48.9 44.0 30.9
Uruguay 51.0 14.4 33.5 40.1 47.4 37.5
Estonia 50.9 15.4 33.9 36.6 52.9 71.3
Kuwait 50.4 31.2 41.2 34.7 47.1 85.6
Thailand 49.8 17.1 34.1 49.2 24.9 35.5
Croatia 49.7 13.5 32.4 39.9 42.4 50.4
Portugal 49.5 21.8 36.3 38.1 42.5 49.4
Oman 49.3 18.0 34.3 43.5 44.3 81.0
Belize 49.2 9.7 30.3 41.9 37.0 57.5
Saudi Arabia 48.3 11.4 30.7 37.9 33.5 100.0
Latvia 47.9 12.3 30.9 34.9 42.9 52.5
Cambodia 47.5 14.9 31.9 44.6 25.2 11.3
Fiji 47.5 18.5 33.6 52.7 35.9 33.2
Czech Republic 46.1 19.6 33.4 38.1 34.1 62.8
El Salvador 45.6 13.5 30.2 43.7 34.8 24.7
Brunei 44.7 23.1 34.4 37.1 38.1 87.0
Nicaragua 44.6 7.6 26.9 41.7 31.4 23.9
Slovakia 44.5 16.1 30.9 37.5 33.8 56.9
Lithuania 44.3 13.6 29.6 33.6 42.7 57.8
Dominican Republic 44.1 10.6 28.1 35.9 38.3 24.0
Chile 43.6 13.4 29.2 36.4 41.6 42.5
Cuba 43.5 4.8 25.0 37.4 30.9 2.2
Suriname 43.1 7.8 26.2 45.8 35.0 22.4
Namibia 43.1 16.1 30.2 36.8 39.2 55.6
South Africa 42.9 16.6 30.3 33.3 40.6 73.6
Guatemala 42.7 15.3 29.6 37.4 33.0 39.8
Honduras 42.2 10.6 27.1 33.3 30.5 30.3
Myanmar 42.1 23.8 33.3 44.7 19.0 10.2
Ecuador 41.0 12.0 27.1 35.5 30.7 36.1
Hungary 40.9 14.0 28.0 30.8 34.5 47.6
Brazil 40.2 10.6 26.1 29.2 30.8 32.8
Kenya 40.2 10.7 26.1 35.4 35.1 27.3
China 40.0 16.4 28.7 40.4 29.2 60.9
Poland 40.0 15.7 28.4 30.6 33.4 59.6
Russia 39.2 11.4 25.9 31.1 39.6 38.9
Botswana 39.1 11.1 25.7 31.7 40.0 58.1
Malaysia 39.1 11.0 25.7 37.6 22.9 64.5
Iraq 39.0 11.3 25.8 31.8 32.7 42.4
Iran 39.0 14.5 27.3 35.5 25.1 22.7
Somalia 38.7 4.8 22.5 45.9 27.0 33.2
Peru 38.7 12.8 26.3 33.8 24.7 34.0
Vietnam 38.3 13.6 26.5 37.1 19.6 28.1
Montenegro 38.2 10.4 24.9 28.6 33.2 39.8
Ghana 37.6 19.4 28.9 37.2 26.6 14.7
Philippines 37.6 9.0 23.9 33.5 20.8 23.5
Indonesia 37.3 10.6 24.5 37.4 18.3 25.1
Bulgaria 36.7 9.6 23.8 30.1 29.1 49.4
Albania 36.4 8.5 23.1 28.4 26.8 29.6
Bosnia And Herzegovina 36.0 6.7 22.0 28.1 25.1 41.8
Mexico 35.7 11.5 24.1 32.4 32.1 41.8
Serbia 35.7 9.1 23.0 25.5 28.6 36.7
Romania 35.3 10.0 23.2 29.0 30.5 48.9
Tanzania 35.3 14.0 25.1 29.7 22.6 17.6
Belarus 34.7 10.5 23.1 28.1 38.9 37.0
Turkey 34.7 6.8 21.3 29.8 24.2 40.8
Bolivia 34.6 10.9 23.3 28.1 25.1 39.3
Morocco 34.3 8.9 22.2 30.1 24.5 35.2
Moldova 33.7 8.4 21.6 26.0 27.8 27.6
Rwanda 33.3 11.9 23.1 26.8 29.2 19.3
Ukraine 33.2 10.5 22.3 26.0 26.4 31.8
Argentina 33.0 8.3 21.2 25.8 30.5 47.2
Armenia 32.8 10.9 22.4 25.6 30.4 28.0
Bangladesh 32.3 5.0 19.2 29.7 19.2 33.2
Zambia 31.7 7.4 20.1 26.9 22.1 54.1
Sri Lanka 31.6 7.7 20.2 35.1 18.8 24.5
North Macedonia 31.6 6.5 19.6 24.9 23.3 37.2
Paraguay 31.1 9.7 20.8 25.0 25.0 32.6
Nigeria 31.0 23.6 27.5 31.1 17.7 13.5
Colombia 30.7 9.6 20.6 25.1 22.4 31.1
Kazakhstan 30.6 9.8 20.7 24.3 29.9 38.4
Uganda 30.2 10.2 20.6 25.3 22.1 20.5
Algeria 30.1 5.3 18.3 30.7 15.9 28.7
Azerbaijan 29.9 9.5 20.1 23.7 30.4 30.2
Egypt 29.5 5.5 18.0 25.5 23.5 22.4
Nepal 29.0 4.8 17.4 24.9 20.4 21.9
Georgia 28.5 9.8 19.5 23.1 26.7 24.9
Kosovo (Disputed Territory) 28.5 8.5 18.9 26.5 21.0 48.9
Venezuela 27.2 6.8 17.4 28.3 24.4 2.6
Tunisia 27.0 5.5 16.7 25.3 14.9 34.5
Kyrgyzstan 27.0 9.2 18.5 23.4 21.4 25.0
Uzbekistan 26.0 7.5 17.2 21.6 20.2 24.3
Syria 25.3 5.7 15.9 22.4 21.4 11.5
India 24.6 5.7 15.5 24.5 17.2 54.3
Afghanistan 24.2 4.0 14.6 17.7 17.4 28.2
Pakistan 22.0 4.6 13.7 19.1 16.8 30.6