Asia: Cost of Living Index by Country 2018 Mid-Year

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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
1	Singapore	80.4	60.4	70.9	66.8	59.4	99.2
2	Japan	79.9	26.7	54.7	76.3	47.2	108.4
3	South Korea	76.6	23.6	51.5	86.9	45.3	107.7
4	Israel	74.9	30.6	53.9	59.2	83.9	98.1
5	Hong Kong	74.7	78.3	76.4	74.9	54.0	76.5
6	Maldives	66.4	31.2	49.7	69.0	37.3	28.9
7	Qatar	62.6	55.8	59.4	51.3	60.1	142.7
8	Taiwan	59.7	17.2	39.6	66.4	27.0	102.1
9	Lebanon	57.2	28.5	43.6	40.5	57.3	58.9
10	Bahrain	56.1	29.3	43.4	49.5	52.4	80.6
11	Cyprus	55.0	17.2	37.1	42.0	61.4	83.8
12	United Arab Emirates	54.6	47.6	51.3	40.9	52.5	142.3
13	Kuwait	53.2	34.5	44.4	40.2	47.7	105.4
14	Jordan	52.5	11.2	33.0	40.8	51.2	46.4
15	Palestine	50.3	8.5	30.5	42.8	38.6	61.4
16	Oman	47.2	20.7	34.7	40.9	44.7	93.4
17	Saudi Arabia	46.6	11.8	30.1	37.5	31.3	130.4
18	Thailand	44.6	17.1	31.6	45.7	23.1	44.0
19	Cambodia	44.4	13.4	29.7	42.0	22.2	13.9
20	Iraq	40.9	12.1	27.3	33.2	35.6	48.0
21	Malaysia	40.7	11.7	27.0	40.4	22.2	76.3
22	China	40.3	17.6	29.6	39.5	29.1	74.2
23	Vietnam	36.9	13.6	25.9	35.0	19.1	35.6
24	Indonesia	36.2	8.8	23.2	36.6	17.9	35.0
25	Turkey	35.5	8.7	22.8	29.1	25.8	53.2
26	Sri Lanka	33.9	8.8	22.0	35.1	19.9	28.9
27	Armenia	32.9	9.4	21.8	25.4	33.0	32.7
28	Philippines	32.8	7.4	20.8	29.8	19.1	31.8
29	Kazakhstan	32.3	10.7	22.0	24.6	33.3	39.1
30	Iran	30.9	15.0	23.4	26.1	25.4	44.3
31	Bangladesh	30.2	5.3	18.4	26.6	19.9	41.7
32	Georgia	30.1	9.6	20.4	23.9	28.5	37.4
33	Nepal	29.6	4.3	17.6	24.4	18.2	28.0
34	Azerbaijan	29.0	9.0	19.5	24.0	30.8	34.0
35	India	23.8	6.5	15.6	22.6	17.1	77.7
36	Pakistan	22.2	5.1	14.1	19.3	16.5	41.6

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