Asia: Cost of Living Index by Country 2026
Chart: Cost of Living Index
Rank |
Country | Cost of Living Index |
Rent Index |
Cost of Living Plus Rent Index |
Groceries Index |
Restaurant Price Index |
Local Purchasing Power Index |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singapore | 87.7 | 73.1 | 81.2 | 77.3 | 55.5 | 105.5 | |
| Israel | 79.7 | 31.2 | 58.0 | 74.0 | 89.9 | 119.6 | |
| Hong Kong (China) | 75.2 | 63.1 | 69.8 | 75.1 | 51.1 | 91.6 | |
| South Korea | 61.6 | 16.1 | 41.3 | 77.5 | 35.8 | 111.5 | |
| Macao (China) | 60.5 | 28.5 | 46.3 | 67.5 | 44.3 | 85.4 | |
| Cyprus | 58.8 | 26.9 | 44.6 | 54.5 | 60.9 | 87.7 | |
| United Arab Emirates | 55.2 | 39.6 | 48.2 | 44.4 | 56.5 | 126.4 | |
| Yemen | 53.1 | 5.9 | 32.0 | 64.7 | 38.2 | 18.2 | |
| Qatar | 50.4 | 40.0 | 45.8 | 41.6 | 55.4 | 153.1 | |
| Taiwan | 49.7 | 14.2 | 33.9 | 64.6 | 27.4 | 98.9 | |
| Maldives | 48.9 | 24.6 | 38.1 | 52.7 | 42.9 | 46.2 | |
| Brunei | 48.2 | 15.5 | 33.6 | 66.1 | 33.3 | 134.4 | |
| Palestine | 48.1 | 9.6 | 30.9 | 49.8 | 38.8 | 49.0 | |
| Bahrain | 47.6 | 21.4 | 35.9 | 45.2 | 47.0 | 119.3 | |
| Japan | 47.5 | 14.7 | 32.8 | 56.8 | 30.3 | 118.3 | |
| Saudi Arabia | 43.9 | 13.5 | 30.4 | 41.2 | 34.5 | 132.8 | |
| Oman | 43.6 | 13.2 | 30.0 | 42.4 | 41.8 | 152.7 | |
| Kuwait | 42.5 | 22.0 | 33.3 | 35.8 | 43.4 | 176.6 | |
| Lebanon | 41.7 | 14.3 | 29.5 | 34.4 | 44.2 | 37.4 | |
| Armenia | 40.9 | 15.2 | 29.5 | 36.1 | 40.3 | 41.4 | |
| Jordan | 39.4 | 7.9 | 25.3 | 36.3 | 40.7 | 54.3 | |
| Turkey | 39.2 | 13.3 | 27.6 | 39.1 | 37.1 | 72.8 | |
| Thailand | 38.0 | 13.9 | 27.2 | 44.4 | 25.0 | 45.5 | |
| Myanmar | 38.0 | 11.1 | 26.0 | 38.2 | 16.3 | 19.8 | |
| Cambodia | 34.8 | 10.0 | 23.7 | 41.6 | 25.4 | 22.7 | |
| Malaysia | 34.0 | 9.2 | 22.9 | 42.0 | 25.2 | 80.1 | |
| Sri Lanka | 33.9 | 7.2 | 22.0 | 48.1 | 24.3 | 19.0 | |
| Georgia | 33.1 | 12.7 | 24.0 | 32.3 | 36.2 | 43.0 | |
| Mongolia | 31.4 | 17.3 | 25.1 | 35.5 | 24.7 | 43.0 | |
| Azerbaijan | 30.7 | 9.7 | 21.3 | 29.2 | 35.3 | 40.3 | |
| China | 30.5 | 10.4 | 21.5 | 34.7 | 21.0 | 94.0 | |
| Philippines | 30.1 | 7.8 | 20.2 | 35.4 | 19.7 | 33.9 | |
| Kazakhstan | 29.8 | 10.9 | 21.4 | 30.0 | 31.2 | 55.3 | |
| Iraq | 28.4 | 7.3 | 19.0 | 28.1 | 25.5 | 58.0 | |
| Tajikistan | 27.9 | 9.7 | 19.8 | 35.2 | 20.0 | 39.5 | |
| Uzbekistan | 27.3 | 12.2 | 20.6 | 30.1 | 23.0 | 47.8 | |
| Kyrgyzstan | 27.3 | 12.0 | 20.4 | 27.6 | 23.6 | 40.6 | |
| Vietnam | 26.4 | 9.9 | 19.1 | 31.8 | 15.6 | 42.5 | |
| Indonesia | 26.1 | 9.1 | 18.5 | 33.6 | 15.3 | 29.3 | |
| Syria | 25.0 | 5.1 | 16.1 | 27.1 | 20.1 | 6.2 | |
| Iran | 22.8 | 8.0 | 16.2 | 20.7 | 16.2 | 30.3 | |
| Bangladesh | 22.8 | 2.6 | 13.8 | 26.8 | 17.5 | 34.6 | |
| Nepal | 22.6 | 2.9 | 13.8 | 23.2 | 17.4 | 29.4 | |
| Afghanistan | 21.1 | 2.3 | 12.7 | 18.2 | 15.1 | 40.6 | |
| Pakistan | 19.6 | 3.4 | 12.4 | 18.2 | 17.2 | 29.5 | |
| India | 18.9 | 4.3 | 12.4 | 21.6 | 15.6 | 76.4 |
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