Purchasing Power Index by City2021

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Rank	City	Purchasing Power Index
	Adelaide, Australia	100.2
	Canberra, Australia	94.9
	Wellington, New Zealand	96.5
	Raleigh, NC, United States	124.4
	Zurich, Switzerland	117.9
	The Hague (Den Haag), Netherlands	92.7
	Madison, WI, United States	113.2
	Columbus, OH, United States	122.0
	Austin, TX, United States	129.6
	Brisbane, Australia	96.9
	Eindhoven, Netherlands	85.3
	Victoria, Canada	87.6
	Charlotte, NC, United States	120.0
	Vienna, Austria	87.4
	Geneva, Switzerland	109.7
	Richmond, VA, United States	106.3
	San Diego, CA, United States	112.7
	Perth, Australia	99.4
	Bergen, Norway	86.5
	Copenhagen, Denmark	85.0
	Luxembourg, Luxembourg	100.5
	Buffalo, NY, United States	94.9
	Dallas, TX, United States	141.1
	Seattle, WA, United States	121.2
	Reykjavik, Iceland	69.8
	Quebec City, Canada	92.3
	Kansas City, MO, United States	113.6
	Calgary, Canada	113.2
	Sydney, Australia	96.3
	Helsinki, Finland	82.9
	Edinburgh, United Kingdom	78.3
	Muscat, Oman	90.3
	Munich, Germany	90.7
	Portland, OR, United States	100.7
	San Jose, CA, United States	131.3
	Vancouver, Canada	92.5
	Melbourne, Australia	101.5
	Reno, NV, United States	116.2
	Belfast, United Kingdom	84.2
	Ottawa, Canada	87.4
	Dusseldorf, Germany	89.8
	Liverpool, United Kingdom	82.2
	Tampa, FL, United States	104.1
	Frankfurt, Germany	103.2
	Saint Louis, MO, United States	120.3
	Glasgow, United Kingdom	92.4
	Cincinnati, OH, United States	111.1
	Nashville, TN, United States	112.5
	Utrecht, Netherlands	74.6
	Indianapolis, IN, United States	120.2
	Valencia, Spain	69.2
	Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates	91.1
	Jacksonville, FL, United States	110.9
	Gothenburg, Sweden	84.6
	Cambridge, United Kingdom	73.9
	San Antonio, TX, United States	104.4
	Tallinn, Estonia	60.1
	Tucson, AZ, United States	94.9
	Minneapolis, MN, United States	111.9
	Kelowna, Canada	86.4
	Spokane, WA, United States	89.0
	Boston, MA, United States	99.4
	Graz, Austria	74.2
	Sacramento, CA, United States	102.0
	Rotterdam, Netherlands	82.2
	Amsterdam, Netherlands	79.1
	Albuquerque, NM, United States	104.1
	Cork, Ireland	72.4
	Halifax, Canada	80.5
	Leeds, United Kingdom	89.3
	Edmonton, Canada	101.8
	Pittsburgh, PA, United States	100.3
	Vilnius, Lithuania	58.9
	Stuttgart, Germany	94.8
	Ljubljana, Slovenia	55.3
	Orlando, FL, United States	96.7
	Auckland, New Zealand	81.7
	Denver, CO, United States	117.4
	Anchorage, AK, United States	107.7
	Oslo, Norway	82.7
	Houston, TX, United States	135.8
	Salt Lake City, UT, United States	126.0
	Hamburg, Germany	81.9
	Atlanta, GA, United States	120.4
	Washington, DC, United States	112.5
	Mangalore, India	54.7
	Kaunas, Lithuania	55.7
	Mississauga, Canada	85.3
	Berlin, Germany	88.2
	Oakland, CA, United States	92.3
	Cologne, Germany	88.4
	Timisoara, Romania	62.7
	Montreal, Canada	85.1
	San Francisco, CA, United States	127.0
	Brno, Czech Republic	60.1
	Zagreb, Croatia	49.6
	Bursa, Turkey	33.5
	Cleveland, OH, United States	79.0
	Prague, Czech Republic	60.0
	Honolulu, HI, United States	76.4
	Tokyo, Japan	76.4
	Stockholm, Sweden	80.8
	Bristol, United Kingdom	72.9
	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	84.0
	Porto, Portugal	39.8
	Doha, Qatar	89.0
	Baltimore, MD, United States	102.7
	Lisbon, Portugal	46.9
	Phoenix, AZ, United States	115.9
	Cluj-Napoca, Romania	50.4
	Antwerp, Belgium	78.5
	Miami, FL, United States	84.1
	Regina, Canada	96.0
	Toronto, Canada	85.2
	Lyon, France	73.0
	Las Vegas, NV, United States	109.9
	Milwaukee, WI, United States	77.4
	Madrid, Spain	61.1
	Manchester, United Kingdom	87.5
	Chicago, IL, United States	106.3
	Bratislava, Slovakia	59.1
	Haifa, Israel	76.7
	Birmingham, United Kingdom	74.7
	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia	86.2
	Singapore, Singapore	83.6
	Brussels, Belgium	86.7
	Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel	63.9
	Winnipeg, Canada	92.7
	Riga, Latvia	46.7
	Cape Town, South Africa	67.0
	Hamilton, Canada	79.7
	Sharjah, United Arab Emirates	79.9
	Taipei, Taiwan	57.8
	Limassol, Cyprus	48.9
	Jeddah (Jiddah), Saudi Arabia	72.7
	Nizhny Novgorod, Russia	32.5
	Izmir, Turkey	35.5
	Philadelphia, PA, United States	85.0
	Genoa, Italy	52.5
	Bologna, Italy	54.5
	Brasilia, Brazil	48.9
	Islamabad, Pakistan	28.4
	Nicosia, Cyprus	57.0
	New York, NY, United States	100.0
	Dublin, Ireland	67.7
	Manama, Bahrain	49.1
	Novi Sad, Serbia	38.9
	Durban, South Africa	64.5
	Barcelona, Spain	56.5
	Curitiba, Brazil	27.4
	Varna, Bulgaria	41.4
	Thiruvananthapuram, India	65.1
	Ankara, Turkey	39.7
	Los Angeles, CA, United States	98.5
	Pretoria, South Africa	75.3
	Campinas, Brazil	36.0
	Iasi, Romania	43.1
	Warsaw, Poland	52.0
	Gdansk, Poland	42.4
	San Juan, Puerto Rico	72.9
	London, United Kingdom	80.1
	Chiang Mai, Thailand	33.7
	Wroclaw, Poland	45.3
	Poznan, Poland	41.6
	Turin, Italy	58.5
	Astana (Nur-Sultan), Kazakhstan	40.9
	Johannesburg, South Africa	71.2
	Lodz, Poland	45.2
	Budapest, Hungary	50.8
	Seoul, South Korea	69.9
	Sarajevo, Bosnia And Herzegovina	53.0
	Monterrey, Mexico	46.6
	Montevideo, Uruguay	32.0
	Lviv, Ukraine	29.3
	Sofia, Bulgaria	47.1
	Krakow (Cracow), Poland	46.9
	Coimbatore, India	36.4
	Athens, Greece	41.4
	Guadalajara, Mexico	36.9
	Detroit, MI, United States	72.6
	Paris, France	69.3
	Thessaloniki, Greece	34.6
	San Jose, Costa Rica	44.1
	Medellin, Colombia	27.6
	Milan, Italy	50.7
	Bucharest, Romania	48.4
	Yerevan, Armenia	27.1
	Pune, India	48.4
	Hyderabad, India	48.0
	Ahmedabad, India	36.0
	Bangalore, India	68.2
	Amman, Jordan	31.4
	Tbilisi, Georgia	27.2
	Istanbul, Turkey	33.5
	Belgrade, Serbia	36.0
	Quito, Ecuador	28.6
	Porto Alegre, Brazil	30.2
	Minsk, Belarus	33.3
	Kharkiv, Ukraine	29.9
	Kuwait City, Kuwait	65.3
	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	62.0
	Rome, Italy	49.4
	Odessa (Odesa), Ukraine	32.5
	Kiev (Kyiv), Ukraine	37.9
	Panama City, Panama	31.0
	Gurgaon, India	74.9
	Buenos Aires, Argentina	35.3
	Chennai, India	47.6
	Lahore, Pakistan	25.6
	Saint Petersburg, Russia	39.2
	Baku, Azerbaijan	26.6
	Moscow, Russia	46.5
	Santiago, Chile	33.2
	Belo Horizonte, Brazil	23.6
	Skopje, North Macedonia	32.8
	Hong Kong, Hong Kong (China)	62.4
	Guatemala City, Guatemala	25.4
	Dnipro, Ukraine	31.8
	Hanoi, Vietnam	29.7
	Noida, India	55.1
	Shenzhen, China	54.7
	Tirana, Albania	27.4
	Shanghai, China	55.9
	Kolkata, India	38.3
	Yekaterinburg, Russia	44.7
	Mexico City, Mexico	38.1
	Kathmandu, Nepal	20.6
	Novosibirsk, Russia	34.9
	Beirut, Lebanon	24.9
	Casablanca, Morocco	30.7
	Karachi, Pakistan	27.7
	Bogota, Colombia	22.7
	Almaty, Kazakhstan	34.6
	Sao Paulo, Brazil	32.9
	Bangkok, Thailand	29.6
	Lima, Peru	27.1
	Recife, Brazil	21.3
	Cairo, Egypt	21.9
	Colombo, Sri Lanka	20.0
	Caracas, Venezuela	15.6
	Mumbai, India	41.4
	Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam	26.6
	Beijing, China	56.4
	Nairobi, Kenya	25.4
	Delhi, India	42.0
	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	23.7
	Jakarta, Indonesia	23.9
	Dhaka, Bangladesh	23.1
	Lagos, Nigeria	9.8
	Tehran, Iran	15.5
	Manila, Philippines	18.0