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Rank Country Cost of Living Index Rent Index Cost of Living Plus Rent Index Groceries Index Restaurant Price Index Local Purchasing Power Index Bermuda 147.77 85.70 117.54 146.63 152.52 78.17 Switzerland 125.69 51.20 89.41 124.93 118.55 114.83 Norway 96.80 32.61 65.54 89.55 96.81 83.40 Iceland 90.19 38.54 65.04 80.91 97.17 74.78 Japan 86.22 26.18 56.98 86.84 48.07 78.88 Denmark 85.02 33.10 59.74 65.85 95.71 101.27 Luxembourg 84.38 55.11 70.13 74.03 86.29 99.86 Bahamas 84.25 37.04 61.26 64.89 83.29 53.12 Israel 82.52 29.96 56.93 68.65 86.25 73.94 Singapore 81.13 61.27 71.46 69.20 58.00 82.61 Barbados 79.92 20.16 50.82 67.50 68.34 49.24 Ireland 78.07 41.63 60.33 61.63 76.61 74.58 Hong Kong 77.90 75.26 76.62 77.47 54.70 67.02 France 76.34 25.85 51.75 72.34 69.07 76.21 South Korea 75.93 21.91 49.63 91.35 40.47 81.67 Australia 75.89 34.18 55.58 70.62 68.88 103.38 Netherlands 74.63 35.59 55.62 57.81 76.09 86.76 Seychelles 74.41 30.11 52.83 74.36 75.47 19.77 Belgium 73.59 24.40 49.63 61.73 75.62 80.12 Finland 72.71 25.89 49.91 59.61 77.75 93.94 United States 72.47 40.07 56.69 69.68 68.29 108.29 Sweden 72.31 25.86 49.69 63.62 71.03 94.04 New Zealand 71.83 31.74 52.31 66.29 63.05 87.22 Austria 71.78 26.32 49.64 63.63 66.24 79.38 Macao 70.18 42.47 56.69 67.30 48.91 73.01 Puerto Rico 70.02 18.89 45.12 71.53 57.74 71.16 Malta 69.26 30.40 50.34 57.97 71.82 44.65 Italy 68.95 21.40 45.79 58.29 68.80 61.80 Qatar 67.54 46.01 57.05 59.20 63.91 99.82 Germany 66.34 26.99 47.18 50.29 60.53 97.41 Canada 66.18 29.28 48.21 63.40 59.60 83.22 Libya 66.06 14.88 41.14 76.25 37.60 38.39 United Kingdom 65.67 28.31 47.48 51.15 68.45 86.98 Lebanon 64.26 23.18 44.25 50.70 54.77 35.28 United Arab Emirates 62.98 40.03 51.81 49.26 59.17 86.06 Taiwan 61.95 16.87 40.00 74.50 26.03 61.36 Cyprus 59.93 20.50 40.73 47.04 61.84 56.80 Bahrain 58.36 29.46 44.29 47.99 50.37 56.17 Greece 57.50 11.89 35.29 43.67 52.42 40.75 Trinidad And Tobago 56.66 16.88 37.29 54.08 52.55 41.39 Croatia 56.31 13.71 35.56 50.60 45.51 43.25 Spain 55.27 21.69 38.91 44.89 51.68 67.73 Slovenia 55.17 17.47 36.81 46.42 44.15 60.61 Panama 55.02 23.60 39.72 55.67 46.43 33.79 Palestine 54.96 9.29 32.72 48.51 37.26 40.94 Ethiopia 54.86 15.43 35.66 38.08 20.18 9.13 Jamaica 54.36 15.26 35.32 56.28 34.82 35.55 Costa Rica 54.20 15.40 35.31 51.18 43.39 36.43 Zimbabwe 54.06 10.31 32.75 48.47 39.36 22.59 Jordan 53.40 10.63 32.57 43.07 43.82 34.70 Belize 53.08 11.67 32.91 46.98 35.49 47.93 Estonia 52.93 14.59 34.26 39.67 52.38 66.08 Mauritius 51.75 11.10 31.96 52.09 36.99 28.79 Kuwait 49.86 29.84 40.11 35.07 43.54 79.31 Fiji 49.65 17.79 34.13 55.32 37.11 31.49 Portugal 49.52 20.78 35.52 38.97 39.26 47.10 Oman 49.42 16.78 33.52 44.85 41.08 87.30 Latvia 49.18 12.66 31.40 37.15 40.35 49.49 Saudi Arabia 49.15 11.61 30.87 39.36 31.42 93.84 Thailand 48.97 16.29 33.06 49.38 23.64 33.02 Suriname 47.95 9.36 29.16 48.53 44.21 18.52 Cambodia 47.91 14.39 31.59 47.04 22.51 11.66 Brunei 47.49 21.90 35.03 44.48 34.08 75.32 Slovakia 46.80 15.68 31.65 40.70 34.52 53.39 Uruguay 46.66 13.04 30.29 36.95 43.13 33.77 Chile 45.43 13.66 29.96 37.78 42.90 35.55 Czech Republic 45.05 18.37 32.06 38.53 30.86 59.28 El Salvador 44.96 12.77 29.29 43.82 33.10 22.56 Lithuania 44.85 13.44 29.56 34.97 40.64 55.57 Guatemala 44.23 15.18 30.08 38.84 32.28 34.35 Cuba 43.85 4.30 24.59 38.63 32.13 2.05 Nicaragua 43.70 7.93 26.28 40.60 29.26 19.67 Honduras 42.73 10.69 27.13 34.94 28.22 30.08 Dominican Republic 41.76 10.05 26.32 35.41 35.10 22.69 Ecuador 40.62 11.68 26.53 35.68 27.67 32.70 Hungary 40.09 12.68 26.74 31.60 31.09 46.30 Mozambique 39.98 17.04 28.81 30.71 30.10 15.17 China 39.51 15.20 27.67 41.31 25.88 60.44 Poland 39.46 15.77 27.93 30.72 32.44 52.30 Philippines 39.25 10.12 25.07 36.04 20.64 21.38 Botswana 39.13 9.75 24.82 34.01 39.11 66.79 Cameroon 38.95 7.06 23.42 38.49 22.18 16.60 Montenegro 38.68 10.60 25.01 29.74 30.35 37.54 Ghana 38.52 20.93 29.95 38.15 26.54 16.02 Iraq 38.49 10.84 25.03 32.36 30.21 41.54 Somalia 38.48 5.22 22.28 45.94 25.75 28.91 Iran 38.47 16.34 27.69 32.43 24.70 21.88 Myanmar 38.47 26.72 32.75 39.35 20.68 10.33 Bulgaria 38.39 9.50 24.32 32.32 29.33 44.11 Vietnam 38.12 13.48 26.12 37.65 19.06 26.98 Namibia 38.12 12.52 25.65 31.83 36.63 58.12 Malaysia 38.09 10.00 24.41 38.22 20.57 59.12 Kenya 37.75 9.34 23.92 34.00 31.23 28.98 Peru 37.64 12.33 25.32 34.29 23.29 30.66 South Africa 37.52 14.52 26.32 30.14 33.18 73.52 Serbia 36.98 9.07 23.39 27.31 28.14 36.04 Albania 36.96 7.94 22.83 29.79 25.93 28.12 Indonesia 36.86 10.02 23.79 37.60 17.74 22.19 Tanzania 36.85 13.21 25.34 32.44 24.07 13.89 Bosnia And Herzegovina 36.57 6.59 21.97 29.15 24.05 41.58 Romania 36.23 9.89 23.40 30.56 30.37 46.70 Rwanda 36.21 14.64 25.71 29.74 30.74 20.54 Bolivia 36.02 10.78 23.73 31.07 24.83 39.30 Morocco 34.44 8.53 21.82 30.14 24.24 33.44 Mongolia 33.97 10.97 22.77 33.60 22.37 28.38 Armenia 33.71 10.81 22.56 26.32 27.86 26.09 Russia 33.66 9.64 21.96 27.36 31.12 35.96 Moldova 33.52 8.37 21.27 25.98 28.74 25.39 Bangladesh 33.41 5.04 19.59 30.64 19.42 27.59 North Macedonia 32.96 6.30 19.98 26.77 22.46 33.30 Sri Lanka 32.93 8.76 21.16 37.32 17.15 21.42 Belarus 32.63 9.27 21.25 27.79 32.71 33.70 Turkey 32.44 6.71 19.91 27.74 20.72 38.04 Argentina 31.18 7.29 19.55 25.17 26.91 43.38 Azerbaijan 31.14 9.10 20.41 25.10 29.65 27.19 Kazakhstan 31.01 9.52 20.55 25.85 27.20 38.26 Brazil 30.99 7.91 19.75 23.58 22.03 30.36 Uganda 30.96 8.79 20.17 26.19 22.42 14.73 Mexico 30.93 10.37 20.91 28.93 25.46 38.17 Paraguay 30.34 9.37 20.13 24.80 23.25 30.93 Ukraine 30.05 9.06 19.83 24.40 23.80 30.90 Nigeria 29.76 27.24 28.53 30.39 17.66 11.10 Georgia 29.71 10.35 20.28 25.32 26.13 24.77 Egypt 29.55 5.53 17.85 25.54 23.52 21.09 Colombia 29.02 9.02 19.28 23.97 20.38 27.92 Algeria 28.88 5.01 17.25 29.20 14.98 26.90 Kosovo (Disputed Territory) 28.42 8.50 18.72 26.62 19.46 43.32 Nepal 28.17 4.69 16.73 24.98 19.16 20.17 Tunisia 27.93 5.49 17.00 26.92 14.51 30.24 Uzbekistan 27.37 7.59 17.74 22.87 21.25 22.25 Syria 27.04 5.77 16.68 24.42 23.21 9.48 Afghanistan 26.71 3.99 15.65 18.99 18.48 28.19 Kyrgyzstan 24.70 7.78 16.46 21.76 20.96 23.56 India 24.12 5.50 15.05 24.57 16.38 50.55 Pakistan 21.00 4.28 12.86 18.21 16.25 28.39

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