2016 COST OF LIVING

Mercer Cost of Living Survey – Worldwide Rankings 2016

(The Mercer international basket, including rental accommodation costs)
Rank as of March
2015 2016 City Country
2 1 HONG KONG Hong Kong
1 2 LUANDA Angola
3 3 ZURICH Switzerland
4 4 SINGAPORE Singapore
11 5 TOKYO Japan
13 6 KINSHASA Dem. Rep. of the Congo
6 7 SHANGHAI China
5 8 GENEVA Switzerland
10 9 NDJAMENA Chad
7 10 BEIJING China
16 11 NEW YORK CITY United States
14 12 SHENZHEN China
9 13 BERN Switzerland
20 13 LAGOS Nigeria
8 15 SEOUL South Korea
17 16 VICTORIA Seychelles
12 17 LONDON United Kingdom
15 18 GUANGZHOU China
18 19 TEL AVIV Israel
35 20 ABUJA Nigeria
23 21 DUBAI United Arab Emirates
32 22 OSAKA Japan
42 23 BRAZZAVILLE Congo
24 24 COPENHAGEN Denmark
33 25 ABU DHABI United Arab Emirates
37 26 SAN FRANCISCO United States
36 27 LOS ANGELES United States
30 28 LIBREVILLE Gabon
26 29 NANJING China
27 30 TIANJIN China
21 31 SHENYANG China
39 32 NOUMEA New Caledonia

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24 33 QINGDAO China
29 34 CHENGDU China
42 34 CHICAGO United States
22 36 CONAKRY Guinea
52 37 HONOLULU United States
50 38 WASHINGTON United States
28 39 YANGON Myanmar
55 40 DJIBOUTI Djibouti
19 41 BUENOS AIRES Argentina
31 42 SYDNEY Australia
41 43 TAIPEI Taiwan
46 44 PARIS France
56 45 MIAMI United States
63 45 DHAKA Bangladesh
49 47 DUBLIN Ireland
62 47 ACCRA Ghana
64 47 BOSTON United States
44 50 BEIRUT Lebanon
53 50 MILAN Italy
54 50 AMMAN Jordan
60 50 YAOUNDE Cameroon
56 54 VIENNA Austria
80 54 NAGOYA Japan
58 56 ABIDJAN Côte d'Ivoire
71 57 RIYADH Saudi Arabia
59 58 ROME Italy
38 59 OSLO Norway
76 60 PORT OF SPAIN Trinidad & Tobago
71 61 WHITE PLAINS United States
77 62 DALLAS United States
62 BANGUI Central African Republic
67 64 HELSINKI Finland
69 64 AMSTERDAM Netherlands
127 66 ASHKHABAD Turkmenistan
50 67 MOSCOW Russia
89 67 SAN JUAN Puerto Rico
48 69 PERTH Australia
78 70 DOUALA Cameroon
47 71 MELBOURNE Australia
88 71 MORRISTOWN United States
91 71 MANAMA Bahrain
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45 74 BANGKOK Thailand
92 75 HOUSTON United States
99 76 DOHA Qatar
87 77 MUNICH Germany
103 78 ATLANTA United States
83 79 DAKAR Senegal
75 80 MANILA Philippines
104 81 PANAMA CITY Panama
74 82 MUMBAI India
106 83 SEATTLE United States
106 84 STOCKHOLM Sweden
82 85 ABERDEEN United Kingdom
94 86 LUXEMBOURG Luxembourg
102 86 BRUSSELS Belgium
79 88 BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN Brunei
90 88 HO CHI MINH CITY Vietnam
98 88 FRANKFURT Germany
115 91 MINNEAPOLIS United States
120 91 CAIRO Egypt
99 93 JAKARTA Indonesia
110 94 SAN JOSE COSTA RICA Costa Rica
117 94 MUSCAT Oman
66 96 BRISBANE Australia
80 96 BIRMINGHAM United Kingdom
61 98 AUCKLAND New Zealand
65 98 CANBERRA Australia
106 100 BERLIN Germany
99 101 ISTANBUL Turkey
71 102 ADELAIDE Australia
117 103 KUWAIT CITY Kuwait
122 103 DETROIT United States
115 105 MADRID Spain
86 106 HANOI Vietnam
114 107 DUSSELDORF Germany
70 108 SANTIAGO Chile
130 108 ST. LOUIS United States
124 110 BARCELONA Spain
133 110 CLEVELAND United States
130 112 PITTSBURGH United States
124 113 HAMBURG Germany
111 114 RIGA Latvia
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120 115 BAMAKO Mali

104 116 NAIROBI Kenya
135 117 PORTLAND United States
142 118 PHNOM PENH Cambodia
83 119 MONTEVIDEO Uruguay
109 119 GLASGOW United Kingdom
151 121 JEDDAH Saudi Arabia
111 122 POINTE A PITRE Guadeloupe
83 123 WELLINGTON New Zealand
133 124 COTONOU Benin
142 124 PRAGUE Czech Rep.
149 126 GUATEMALA CITY Guatemala
154 127 QUITO Ecuador
40 128 SAO PAULO Brazil
139 129 STUTTGART Germany
132 130 NEW DELHI India
140 130 CASABLANCA Morocco
144 132 LOME Togo
147 132 LYON France
127 134 BELFAST United Kingdom
145 134 LISBON Portugal
137 136 BRATISLAVA Slovakia
136 137 ATHENS Greece
162 137 TASHKENT Uzbekistan
97 139 KIGALI Rwanda
129 139 COLOMBO Sri Lanka
122 141 LIMA Peru
119 142 VANCOUVER Canada
126 143 TORONTO Canada
162 143 ADDIS ABABA Ethiopia
96 145 PORT AU PRINCE Haiti
153 146 OUAGADOUGOU Burkina Faso
157 147 WINSTON SALEM United States
165 148 SANTO DOMINGO Dominican Rep.
155 149 NIAMEY Niger
155 150 TALLINN Estonia
113 151 KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia
152 152 ST.PETERSBURG Russia
160 152 KINGSTON Jamaica
161 154 LJUBLJANA Slovenia
140 155 MONTREAL Canada
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67 156 RIO DE JANEIRO Brazil

168 157 HARARE Zimbabwe
157 158 CHENNAI India
167 159 ZAGREB Croatia
169 160 NURNBERG Germany
177 160 SAN SALVADOR El Salvador
146 162 CALGARY Canada
159 162 LIMASSOL Cyprus
93 164 MAPUTO Mozambique
170 165 BUDAPEST Hungary
172 165 LEIPZIG Germany
171 167 VILNIUS Lithuania
175 168 RABAT Morocco
137 169 MEXICO CITY Mexico
170 HAVANA Cuba
162 171 OTTAWA Canada
33 172 BAKU Azerbaijan
178 172 BUCHAREST Romania
179 174 DAR ES SALAAM Tanzania
174 175 PORT LOUIS Mauritius
184 176 KIEV Ukraine
175 177 WARSAW Poland
173 178 NOUAKCHOTT Mauritania
202 179 BANJUL Gambia
183 180 BANGALORE India
188 180 ISLAMABAD Pakistan
187 182 SOFIA Bulgaria
165 183 ASUNCION Paraguay
195 184 LA PAZ Bolivia
181 185 ALGIERS Algeria
193 186 TIRANA Albania
184 187 KAMPALA Uganda
190 188 TEGUCIGALPA Honduras
192 189 YEREVAN Armenia
148 190 BOGOTA Colombia
150 190 BRASILIA Brazil
199 192 MANAGUA Nicaragua
196 193 BELGRADE Serbia
193 194 KOLKATA India
196 195 SARAJEVO Bosnia and Herzegovina
94 196 ALMATY Kazakhstan
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182 197 MONTERREY Mexico

198 198 TBILISI Georgia
203 199 SKOPJE Macedonia
180 200 LUSAKA Zambia
188 201 GABORONE Botswana
205 201 KARACHI Pakistan
204 203 TUNIS Tunisia
200 204 MINSK Belarus
191 205 JOHANNESBURG South Africa
186 206 BLANTYRE Malawi
207 207 BISHKEK Kyrgyzstan
200 208 CAPE TOWN South Africa
206 209 WINDHOEK Namibia
Source: Mercer’s 2016 Cost of Living Survey

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