International Cost of Living Index Ranking 2019

Tokyo is the costliest city on the planet in which to live.

Tokyo is the most costly city worldwide in which to live out of 282 worldwide areas surveyed as of 1 July 2010. While Tokyo is reasonably low-cost for items such as alcohol & cigarette (rated 173), it is one of the most expensive for grocery stores and also health care, and 2nd just to Hong Kong for home accommodation costs.

While Tokyo has constantly been reasonably expensive, this pattern has been reinforced again just recently, as a result of the Japanese Yen which has gained in worth by around 18% against the USA Dollar in the previous two years.

 

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As the most costly city worldwide, Tokyo has a total Cost of Living Reports index of 153.2 (New York = 100), while Dubai (ranked 131 worldwide) has a cost of living index of 82.15. Therefore Tokyo's cost of living is 86% higher than Dubai.

That means that an expatriate earning USD$ 5,000 monthly in Dubai would certainly require to gain USD$ 9,300 monthly in Tokyo to allow them to have the same buying power and as a result a comparable standard of living as they had in Dubai.

The cost of living for an expatriate impacted by both the accessibility and also rates, of goods as well as solutions agent of an expatriate way of life, neighborhood inflation, and also the currency exchange rate between the residence and the host country. As a result, the cost of living has a substantial impact on an expatriate's income plan.

Hong Kong is the 2nd most expensive city in the globe for migrants to live. Hong Kong is the second most expensive city in the globe for medical care and is the most expensive city in the globe for household holiday accommodation which typically consists of 30% of an expatriate's costs.

The cost of living index for Hong Kong omitting health care as well as household relevant costs is significantly lower than it's the overall cost of living index of 127.87 (New York = 100).

Hong Kong is fairly cheap for recreation & culture (ranked 236 in the world), education (rated 244 on the planet), as well as furniture & appliances (ranked 263 on the planet).

Geneva is the third most costly city in the world, with a cost of living index of 124.49 (New York = 100), mainly as an outcome of being fairly pricey in most of the basket groups with the exemptions being alcohol & cigarette (placed 194 on the planet), education and learning (placed 167 in the world),as well as interaction (ranked 108 worldwide), yet likewise as a result of the 16% conditioning of the Swiss Franc versus the Euro over the past two years.

 

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Brasilia is the fourth most expensive city on the planet. The Brazilian Real has strengthened by 11% versus the USA Dollar in the previous year, although it is still weaker than it was two years earlier.

Brasilia placed in the leading 60 most costly cities in the world for every of the 13 basket groups.

Oslo is the 5th most expensive city in the world with a cost of living index of 122.05 (New York = 100). Oslo is the most costly city in the world for transportation, and the second most expensive city for alcohol & cigarette.