Website design By BotEap.comThe International Broad Cost of Living Index rankings are reported as of April 2010 using New York as the base city. The indices are calculated using the prices of specific quantities of the same goods and services in each location, based on expatriate spending patterns in 13 broad categories (Basket Groups).

Website design By BotEap.comThe cost of living studied is the cost of maintaining an expatriate standard of living. When comparing the cost of living between different locations, the goal is to calculate the difference in cost of living and express it as a cost of living index by dividing the cost of living in Location A by the cost of living in Location B.

Website design By BotEap.comThe cost of living index reports the difference in cost of living between the 2 locations for the same items purchased. For example, an index of 140 means that the location is 40% more expensive than the comparison location. This would mean that a person moving between the two locations would need to earn 40% more to have the same standard of living as they do today.

Website design By BotEap.comTokyo is, in general, the most expensive place in the world for expats. Tokyo is also the most expensive place in the world for accommodation, while it is the fourth most expensive place in the world for groceries. Brasilia has risen 9 places since October 12, 2009 to be the third most expensive place in the world to live for expats. Sydney has rocketed up the rankings to 10th place having been ranked 15th in January this year. Dubai has dropped a further 8 places after dropping 9 places in the previous quarter to drop out of the top 10 and is now in 26th place, but interestingly enough it is still the most expensive place for restaurants, dining out and hotel costs.

Website design By BotEap.comThe fastest riser is Ashgabat in Turkmenistan, which has risen 94 places from 257 to 163. The relative cost of living for expats in Gibraltar has also increased considerably, rising 94 places to 92. South Africa has seen a significant increase in cost overall living conditions due mainly to the strengthening of the Rand. Cape Town has risen 53 places to rank 193.

Website design By BotEap.comAlcohol and tobacco is most expensive in South Tarawa in Kiribati, followed by Moroni in the Comoros and Oslo in Norway. Clothes are most expensive in Manama, Bahrain, followed by Moscow, Russia. Education is more expensive in Caracas, Venezuela and Brasilia in Brazil. Groceries are more expensive in Kiribati. Oslo, Norway is the most expensive for transportation.

Website design By BotEap.comThe full list of the overall international cost of living ranking for January 2010, along with the ranking from the previous quarter and the change in ranking is as follows:

Website design By BotEap.comApril 2010 Ranking Country, City (January 2010 Ranking)[Change in Rank]

Website design By BotEap.com1 Japan, Tokyo (1) [0]

Website design By BotEap.com2 Switzerland, Geneva (2) [0]

Website design By BotEap.com3 Brazil, Brasilia (3) [0]

Website design By BotEap.com4 Switzerland, Zurich (4) [0]

Website design By BotEap.com5 Norway, Oslo (6) [-1]

Website design By BotEap.com6 Denmark, Copenhagen (7) [-1]

Website design By BotEap.com7 Venezuela, Caracas (8) [-1]

Website design By BotEap.com8 China, Hong Kong (5) [3]

Website design By BotEap.com9 Liechtenstein, Vaduz (9) [0]

Website design By BotEap.com10 Australia, Sydney (15) [-5]

Website design By BotEap.com11 Central African Republic, Bangui (10) [1]

Website design By BotEap.com12 Kiribati, South Tarawa (24) [-12]

Website design By BotEap.com13 New Caledonia, Noumea (13) [0]

Website design By BotEap.com14 Greenland, Nuuk (14) [0]

Website design By BotEap.com15 Germany, Munich (16) [-1]

Website design By BotEap.com16 France, Paris (17) [-1]

Website design By BotEap.com17 Solomon Islands, Honiara (20) [-3]

Website design By BotEap.com18 Cameroon, Douala (12) [6]

Website design By BotEap.com19 Bermuda, Hamilton (25) [-6]

Website design By BotEap.com20 Monaco, Monaco (23) [-3]

Website design By BotEap.com21 San Marino, San Marino (22) [-1]

Website design By BotEap.com22 Italy, Milan (21) [1]

Website design By BotEap.com23 Vanuatu, Port Vila (28) [-5]

Website design By BotEap.com24 Chad, N’Djamena (11) [13]

Website design By BotEap.com25 Papua New Guinea, Port Moresby (27) [-2]

Website design By BotEap.com26 United Arab Emirates, Dubai (18) [8]

Website design By BotEap.com27 Germany, Frankfurt (29) [-2]

Website design By BotEap.com28 Republic of Korea, Seoul (26) [2]

Website design By BotEap.com29 Gabon, Libreville (33) [-4]

Website design By BotEap.com30 United Kingdom, London (37) [-7]

Website design By BotEap.com31 Austria, Vienna (30) [1]

Website design By BotEap.com32 Finland, Helsinki (31) [1]

Website design By BotEap.com33 Italy, Rome (35) [-2]

Website design By BotEap.com34 Germany, Cologne (36) [-2]

Website design By BotEap.com35 Russia, Moscow (38) [-3]

Website design By BotEap.com36 Croatia, Zagreb (32) [4]

Website design By BotEap.com37 Australia, Melbourne (43) [-6]

Website design By BotEap.com38 Australia, Canberra (44) [-6]

Website design By BotEap.com39 Ireland, Dublin (39) [0]

Website design By BotEap.com40 Comoros, Moroni (42) [-2]

Website design By BotEap.com41 Qatar, Doha (34) [7]

Website design By BotEap.com42 Angola, Luanda (19) [23]

Website design By BotEap.com43 Isle of Man, Douglas (52) [-9]

Website design By BotEap.com44 Belgium, Brussels (45) [-1]

Website design By BotEap.com45 Netherlands, Amsterdam (50) [-5]

Website design By BotEap.com46 Australia, Perth (59) [-13]

Website design By BotEap.com47 Micronesia, Palikir (49) [-2]

Website design By BotEap.com48 Mali, Bamako (40) [8]

Website design By BotEap.com49 Germany, Hamburg (47) [2]

Website design By BotEap.com50 Germany, Bonn (48) [2]

Website design By BotEap.com51 Slovakia, Bratislava (53) [-2]

Website design By BotEap.com52 Cameroon, Yaoundé (46) [6]

Website design By BotEap.com53 Taiwan, Taipei (41) [12]

Website design By BotEap.com54 Guernsey, St Peter Port (61) [-7]

Website design By BotEap.com55 Spain, Madrid (62) [-7]

Website design By BotEap.com56 Congo, Brazzaville (214) [-158]

Website design By BotEap.com57 Canada, Toronto (60) [-3]

Website design By BotEap.com58 Iceland, Reykjavik (64) [-6]

Website design By BotEap.com59 Togo, Lome (51) [8]

Website design By BotEap.com60 Singapore, Singapore (65) [-5]

Website design By BotEap.com61 Turkey, Ankara (56) [5]

Website design By BotEap.com62 Germany, Berlin (66) [-4]

Website design By BotEap.com63 USA, New York NY (54) [9]

Website design By BotEap.com64 Nigeria, Lagos (58) [6]

Website design By BotEap.com65 Bahamas, Nassau (55) [10]

Website design By BotEap.com66 Bahrain, Manama (57) [9]

Website design By BotEap.com67 Tuvalu, Funafuti (72) [-5]

Website design By BotEap.com68 Jersey, St Helier (74) [-6]

Website design By BotEap.com69 United States, Boston Mass (67) [2]

Website design By BotEap.com70 Vatican City, Vatican City (73) [-3]

Website design By BotEap.com71 Spain, Barcelona (76) [-5]

Website design By BotEap.com72 US, San Jose California (70) [2]

Website design By BotEap.com73 Nauru, Yaren (75) [-2]

Website design By BotEap.com74 United Arab Emirates, Abu Dhabi (71) [3]

Website design By BotEap.com75 Senegal, Dakar (80) [-5]

Website design By BotEap.com76 Canada, Vancouver (78) [-2]

Website design By BotEap.com77 USA, San Francisco California (68) [9]

Website design By BotEap.com78 Luxembourg, Luxembourg (79) [-1]

Website design By BotEap.com79 Czech Republic, Prague (69) [10]

Website design By BotEap.com80 Hungary, Budapest (83) [-3]

Website design By BotEap.com81 United Kingdom, Glasgow (89) [-8]

Website design By BotEap.com82 Estonia, Tallinn (82) [0]

Website design By BotEap.com83 Palau, Melekeok (81) [2]

Website design By BotEap.com84 Falkland Islands, Stanley (93) [-9]

Website design By BotEap.com85 Sweden, Stockholm (84) [1]

Website design By BotEap.com86 Australia, Brisbane (102) [-16]

Website design By BotEap.com87 Portugal, Lisbon (91) [-4]

Website design By BotEap.com88 Canada, Calgary (95) [-7]

Website design By BotEap.com89 Guinea-Bissau, Bissau (85) [4]

Website design By BotEap.com90 Burkina Faso, Ouagadougou (96) [-6]

Website design By BotEap.com91 Colombia, Bogota (77) [14]

Website design By BotEap.com92 Gibraltar, Gibraltar (186) [-94]

Website design By BotEap.com93 Malta, Veletta (90) [3]

Website design By BotEap.com94 US, Anchorage Ak (94) [0]

Website design By BotEap.com95 Djibouti, Djibouti (86) [9]

Website design By BotEap.com96 Ivory Coast, Abidjan (97) [-1]

Website design By BotEap.com97 United Kingdom, Birmingham (108) [-11]

Website design By BotEap.com98 New Zealand, Auckland (113) [-15]

Website design By BotEap.com99 Azerbaijan, Baku (99) [0]

Website design By BotEap.com100 Haiti, Port-au-Prince (92) [8]

Website design By BotEap.com101 US, Philadelphia Pennsylvania (103) [-2]

Website design By BotEap.com102 US, Los Angeles California (101) [1]

Website design By BotEap.com103 Andorra, Andorra la Vella (109) [-6]

Website design By BotEap.com104 Benin, Cotonou (104) [0]

Website design By BotEap.com105 UK, Leeds (117) [-12]

Website design By BotEap.com106 Greece, Athens (115) [-9]

Website design By BotEap.com107 USA, Washington DC (112) [-5]

Website design By BotEap.com108 Trinidad and Tobago, Port of Spain (100) [8]

Website design By BotEap.com109 Samoa, Apia (107) [2]

Website design By BotEap.com110 China, Beijing (121) [-11]

Website design By BotEap.com111 Sudan, Khartoum (130) [-19]

Website design By BotEap.com112 Cayman Islands, George Town (111) [1]

Website design By BotEap.com113 Serbia, Belgrade (106) [7]

Website design By BotEap.com114 Montenegro, Podgorica (128) [-14]

Website design By BotEap.com115 Canada, Montreal (120) [-5]

Website design By BotEap.com116 Lebanon, Beirut (105) [11]

Website design By BotEap.com117 Cape Verde, Praia (118) [-1]

Website design By BotEap.com118 Saint Helena, Jamestown (125) [-7]

Website design By BotEap.com119 USA, Baltimore Maryland (116) [3]

Website design By BotEap.com120 India, Mumbai (122) [-2]

Website design By BotEap.com121 Sao Tome and Principe, Sao Tome (87) [34]

Website design By BotEap.com122 Seychelles, Win (88) [34]

Website design By BotEap.com123 USA, San Diego California (119) [4]

Website design By BotEap.com124 Barbados, Bridgetown (129) [-5]

Website design By BotEap.com125 Marshall Islands, Majuro (131) [-6]

Website design By BotEap.com126 Israel, Jerusalem (110) [16]

Website design By BotEap.com127 Lithuania, Vilnius (126) [1]

Website design By BotEap.com128 Australia, Adelaide (145) [-17]

Website design By BotEap.com129 Poland, Warsaw (136) [-7]

Website design By BotEap.com130 Saudi Arabia, Riyadh (124) [6]

Website design By BotEap.com131 Zambia, Lusaka (123) [8]

Website design By BotEap.com132 Indonesia, Jakarta (127) [5]

Website design By BotEap.com133 US, Seattle Wash (133) [0]

Website design By BotEap.com134 Kuwait, Kuwait City (140) [-6]

Website design By BotEap.com135 Chile, Santiago (172) [-37]

Website design By BotEap.com136 China, Shanghai (173) [-37]

Website design By BotEap.com137 Martinique, Fort de France (139) [-2]

Website design By BotEap.com138 Niger, Niamey (135) [3]

Website design By BotEap.com139 US, Miami Florida (134) [5]

Website design By BotEap.com140 US, Portland Ore (138) [2]

Website design By BotEap.com141 USA, Chicago Ill (143) [-2]

Website design By BotEap.com142 Kazakhstan, Almaty (137) [5]

Website design By BotEap.com143 Canada, Ottawa (151) [-8]

Website design By BotEap.com144 Mauritius, Port Louis (144) [0]

Website design By BotEap.com145 Guinea, Conakry (114) [31]

Website design By BotEap.com146 India, New Delhi (153) [-7]

Website design By BotEap.com147 Latvia, Riga (148) [-1]

Website design By BotEap.com148 Puerto Rico, San Juan (146) [2]

Website design By BotEap.com149 Jordan, Amman (142) [7]

Website design By BotEap.com150 India, Madras (159) [-9]

Website design By BotEap.com151 Tanzania, Dar es Salaam (132) [19]

Website design By BotEap.com152 Cyprus, Nicosia (163) [-11]

Website design By BotEap.com153 Republic of Georgia, Tbilisi (147) [6]

Website design By BotEap.com154 Guam, Hagatna (152) [2]

Website design By BotEap.com155 Slovenia, Ljubljana (162) [-7]

Website design By BotEap.com156 Malawi, Lilongwe (158) [-2]

Website design By BotEap.com157 Ukraine, Kyiv (160) [-3]

Website design By BotEap.com158 Uruguay, Montevideo (176) [-18]

Website design By BotEap.com159 Grenada, Saint George (161) [-2]

Website design By BotEap.com160 Jamaica, Kingston (149) [11]

Website design By BotEap.com161 Botswana, Gaborone (150) [11]

Website design By BotEap.com162 India, Calcutta (166) [-4]

Website design By BotEap.com163 Turkmenistan, Ashgabat (257) [-94]

Website design By BotEap.com164 India, Hyderabad (171) [-7]

Website design By BotEap.com165 Liberia, Monrovia (154) [11]

Website design By BotEap.com166 Rwanda, Kigali (156) [10]

Website design By BotEap.com167 Maldives, Male (155) [12]

Website design By BotEap.com168 USA, Jacksonville Florida (164) [4]

Website design By BotEap.com169 United States, Cleveland Ohio (169) [0]

Website design By BotEap.com170 Moldova, Chisinau (167) [3]

Website design By BotEap.com171 Equatorial Guinea, Malabo (174) [-3]

Website design By BotEap.com172 USA, Tampa Florida (168) [4]

Website design By BotEap.com173 United States, Dallas Texas (165) [8]

Website design By BotEap.com174 USA, Atlanta Georgia (170) [4]

Website design By BotEap.com175 United States, Phoenix Arizona (177) [-2]

Website design By BotEap.com176 Fiji, Suva (192) [-16]

Website design By BotEap.com177 Sierra Leone, Freetown (141) [36]

Website design By BotEap.com178 US, Milwaukee, Wisconsin (181) [-3]

Website design By BotEap.com179 United States, Denver Colorado (175) [4]

Website design By BotEap.com180 Ghana, Accra (98) [82]

Website design By BotEap.com181 South Africa, Johannesburg (217) [-36]

Website design By BotEap.com182 USA, Charlotte NC (182) [0]

Website design By BotEap.com183 Macedonia, Skopje (183) [0]

Website design By BotEap.com184 USA, Detroit Michigan (195) [-11]

Website design By BotEap.com185 United States, Pittsburgh Penn (185) [0]

Website design By BotEap.com186 East Timor, Dili (178) [8]

Website design By BotEap.com187 Democratic Republic of Korea, Pyongyang (205) [-18]

Website design By BotEap.com188 Romania, Bucharest (179) [9]

Website design By BotEap.com189 Somalia, Mogadishu (194) [-5]

Website design By BotEap.com190 Mexico City, Mexico City (193) [-3]

Website design By BotEap.com191 US, Austin, Texas (196) [-5]

Website design By BotEap.com192 Algeria, Algiers (180) [12]

Website design By BotEap.com193 South Africa, Cape Town (246) [-53]

Website design By BotEap.com194 USA, Columbus Ohio (198) [-4]

Website design By BotEap.com195 Gambia, Banjul (184) [11]

Website design By BotEap.com196 Honduras, Tegucigalpa (189) [7]

Website design By BotEap.com197 India, Bengaluru (209) [-12]

Website design By BotEap.com198 Philippines, Manila (190) [8]

Website design By BotEap.com199 Antigua and Barbuda, St. John’s (187) [12]

Website design By BotEap.com200 Bulgaria, Sofia (211) [-11]

Website design By BotEap.com201 Afghanistan, Kabul (191) [10]

Website design By BotEap.com202 Syria, Damascus (203) [-1]

Website design By BotEap.com203 Kosovo, Pristina (206) [-3]

Website design By BotEap.com204 Morocco, Rabat (197) [7]

Website design By BotEap.com205 US, Fort Worth Texas (200) [5]

Website design By BotEap.com206 USA, Las Vegas Nevada (204) [2]

Website design By BotEap.com207 Mozambique, Maputo (157) [50]

Website design By BotEap.com208 Burma, Rangoon (218) [-10]

Website design By BotEap.com209 Iran, Tehran (188) [21]

Website design By BotEap.com210 South Africa, Pretoria (233) [-23]

Website design By BotEap.com211 Saint Kitts and Nevis, Basseterre (201) [10]

Website design By BotEap.com212 Kenya, Nairobi (210) [2]

Website design By BotEap.com213 United States, San Antonio Texas (216) [-3]

Website design By BotEap.com214 Belarus, Minsk (244) [-30]

Website design By BotEap.com215 Brunei, Bandar Seri Begawan (208) [7]

Website design By BotEap.com216 Egypt, Cairo (230) [-14]

Website design By BotEap.com217 Cuba, Havana (202) [15]

Website design By BotEap.com218 Namibia, Windhoek (199) [19]

Website design By BotEap.com219 South Africa, Durban (252) [-33]

Website design By BotEap.com220 Peru, Lima (207) [13]

Website design By BotEap.com221 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Kingstown (212) [9]

Website design By BotEap.com222 United States, Houston Texas (213) [9]

Website design By BotEap.com223 Guyana, Georgetown (221) [2]

Website design By BotEap.com224 Thailand, Bangkok (215) [9]

Website design By BotEap.com225 US, Indianapolis Ind (219) [6]

Website design By BotEap.com226 Vietnam, Hanoi (222) [4]

Website design By BotEap.com227 Dominica, Roseau (226) [1]

Website design By BotEap.com228 Guatemala, Guatemala City (245) [-17]

Website design By BotEap.com229 Albania, Tirana (223) [6]

Website design By BotEap.com230 Ethiopia, Addis Ababa (231) [-1]

Website design By BotEap.com231 USA, St. Louis MO (224) [7]

Website design By BotEap.com232 USA, Memphis Tennessee (229) [3]

Website design By BotEap.com233 Lesotho, Maseru (220) [13]

Website design By BotEap.com234 Costa Rica, San Jose (235) [-1]

Website design By BotEap.com235 Madagascar, Antananarivo (227) [8]

Website design By BotEap.com236 United States, El Paso Texas (228) [8]

Website design By BotEap.com237 Armenia, Yerevan (225) [12]

Website design By BotEap.com238 Eritrea, Asmara (254) [-16]

Website design By BotEap.com239 Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kinshasa (63) [176]

Website design By BotEap.com240 Dominican Republic, Santo Domingo (232) [8]

Website design By BotEap.com241 Oman, Muscat (237) [4]

Website design By BotEap.com242 Mauritania, Nouakchott (234) [8]

Website design By BotEap.com243 Belize, Belmopan (236) [7]

Website design By BotEap.com244 Uganda, Kampala (242) [2]

Website design By BotEap.com245 Panama, Panama City (240) [5]

Website design By BotEap.com246 El Salvador, San Salvador (239) [7]

Website design By BotEap.com247 Nicaragua, Managua (238) [9]

Website design By BotEap.com248 Burundi, Bujumbura (241) [7]

Website design By BotEap.com249 China, Shenzhen (253) [-4]

Website design By BotEap.com250 China, Wuhan (260) [-10]

Website design By BotEap.com251 Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur (247) [4]

Website design By BotEap.com252 Laos, Vientiane (243) [9]

Website design By BotEap.com253 Bangladesh, Dhaka (248) [5]

Website design By BotEap.com254 China, Dalian (272) [-18]

Website design By BotEap.com255 Tunis, Tunis (250) [5]

Website design By BotEap.com256 Saint Lucia, Castries (249) [7]

Website design By BotEap.com257 China, Macau (255) [2]

Website design By BotEap.com258 Swaziland, Mbabane (251) [7]

Website design By BotEap.com259 Kyrgyzstan, Bishkek (274) [-15]

Website design By BotEap.com260 Bosnia and Herzegovina, Sarajevo (256) [4]

Website design By BotEap.com261 Uzbekistan, Tashkent (275) [-14]

Website design By BotEap.com262 Nepal, Kathmandu (263) [-1]

Website design By BotEap.com263 Mongolia, Ulaanbaatar (280) [-17]

Website design By BotEap.com264 Paraguay, Asuncion (268) [-4]

Website design By BotEap.com265 Tonga, Nuku’Alofa (264) [1]

Website design By BotEap.com266 Iraq, Baghdad (258) [8]

Website design By BotEap.com267 Suriname, Paramaribo (259) [8]

Website design By BotEap.com268 Libya, Tripoli (265) [3]

Website design By BotEap.com269 ​​Pakistan, Lahore (261) [8]

Website design By BotEap.com270 Bolivia, La Paz (262) [8]

Website design By BotEap.com271 Pakistan, Islamabad (266) [5]

Website design By BotEap.com272 China, Guangzhou (278) [-6]

Website design By BotEap.com273 Pakistan, Karachi (267) [6]

Website design By BotEap.com274 Ecuador, Quito (269) [5]

Website design By BotEap.com275 Cambodia, Phnom Penh (270) [5]

Website design By BotEap.com276 Sri Lanka, Colombo (271) [5]

Website design By BotEap.com277 Tajikistan, Dushanbe (273) [4]

Website design By BotEap.com278 Bhutan, Thimphu (276) [2]

Website design By BotEap.com279 Argentina, Buenos Aires (277) [2]

Website design By BotEap.com280 Yemen, Sana’a (279) [1]

Website design By BotEap.com281 China, Tianjin (281) [0]

Website design By BotEap.com282 Zimbabwe, Harare (282) [0]

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