Asia: Cost of Living Index by Country 2025 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
Singapore 85.3 75.1 80.9 77.7 54.3 103.0
Hong Kong (China) 72.2 57.0 65.6 73.9 46.8 110.4
Israel 69.6 28.7 51.8 65.1 75.3 124.2
South Korea 62.4 17.7 42.9 80.7 35.0 119.6
Macao (China) 56.0 28.5 44.0 64.9 39.8 93.4
Cyprus 55.2 26.7 42.8 51.8 55.6 87.8
United Arab Emirates 53.4 42.5 48.7 42.9 52.7 125.8
Yemen 50.1 5.9 30.8 63.2 34.5 20.4
Taiwan 49.4 14.5 34.2 64.1 26.8 105.9
Japan 48.9 15.4 34.3 59.3 30.1 126.4
Qatar 46.9 37.1 42.7 40.3 45.5 169.9
Bahrain 46.1 21.1 35.2 43.8 43.8 125.0
Brunei 46.1 17.0 33.4 65.9 29.0 136.8
Maldives 46.0 23.1 36.1 49.3 36.7 58.1
Palestine 43.0 9.0 28.2 44.9 33.1 52.2
Saudi Arabia 41.5 11.9 28.6 39.5 31.8 151.7
Armenia 40.5 15.7 29.7 35.4 40.3 41.6
Lebanon 40.5 13.7 28.8 33.5 39.2 39.3
Kuwait 40.4 22.3 32.5 33.6 39.7 190.4
Oman 39.3 12.3 27.5 37.8 37.9 167.0
Turkey 38.2 14.6 27.9 38.2 34.7 58.8
Jordan 36.7 7.9 24.2 34.6 34.3 56.4
Thailand 35.3 12.9 25.6 41.5 22.0 51.9
Cambodia 33.0 9.1 22.6 40.0 22.6 30.3
Sri Lanka 32.5 6.3 21.1 48.5 22.4 20.6
Georgia 31.2 12.9 23.2 30.9 34.2 45.4
Malaysia 31.1 9.1 21.5 39.0 22.1 84.1
Mongolia 30.1 14.3 23.2 37.3 23.2 38.8
Philippines 29.5 7.3 19.8 34.9 18.5 40.5
China 29.4 10.6 21.2 33.5 19.9 88.1
Azerbaijan 29.3 9.6 20.7 27.8 32.6 44.1
Iraq 27.1 7.0 18.3 27.5 22.3 62.0
Kazakhstan 26.6 10.6 19.6 27.8 25.9 54.9
Tajikistan 26.2 8.7 18.6 31.5 21.5 25.7
Vietnam 25.9 9.5 18.8 30.8 15.3 46.0
Kyrgyzstan 25.6 11.4 19.4 27.1 20.6 42.2
Uzbekistan 24.9 12.2 19.4 27.3 20.3 47.8
Indonesia 24.6 8.4 17.6 32.4 14.4 33.3
Syria 23.8 3.5 15.0 25.6 18.0 6.4
Iran 22.7 7.7 16.2 19.9 15.1 32.0
Nepal 22.7 3.2 14.2 23.5 17.4 30.6
Bangladesh 21.2 2.4 13.0 25.6 15.3 38.9
Afghanistan 19.1 2.0 11.6 16.6 13.2 35.7
India 19.0 4.7 12.8 21.9 15.2 83.8
Pakistan 17.7 3.1 11.3 17.1 14.0 33.6