Asia: Cost of Living Index by Country 2020 Mid-Year

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Country
Cost of Living Index
Rent Index
Cost of Living Plus Rent Index
Groceries Index
Restaurant Price Index
Local Purchasing Power Index
Japan 86.2 26.2 57.0 86.8 48.1 78.9
Israel 82.5 30.0 56.9 68.6 86.3 73.9
Singapore 81.1 61.3 71.5 69.2 58.0 82.6
Hong Kong 77.9 75.3 76.6 77.5 54.7 67.0
South Korea 75.9 21.9 49.6 91.3 40.5 81.7
Macao 70.2 42.5 56.7 67.3 48.9 73.0
Qatar 67.5 46.0 57.1 59.2 63.9 99.8
Lebanon 64.3 23.2 44.3 50.7 54.8 35.3
United Arab Emirates 63.0 40.0 51.8 49.3 59.2 86.1
Taiwan 61.9 16.9 40.0 74.5 26.0 61.4
Cyprus 59.9 20.5 40.7 47.0 61.8 56.8
Bahrain 58.4 29.5 44.3 48.0 50.4 56.2
Palestine 55.0 9.3 32.7 48.5 37.3 40.9
Jordan 53.4 10.6 32.6 43.1 43.8 34.7
Kuwait 49.9 29.8 40.1 35.1 43.5 79.3
Oman 49.4 16.8 33.5 44.9 41.1 87.3
Saudi Arabia 49.1 11.6 30.9 39.4 31.4 93.8
Thailand 49.0 16.3 33.1 49.4 23.6 33.0
Cambodia 47.9 14.4 31.6 47.0 22.5 11.7
Brunei 47.5 21.9 35.0 44.5 34.1 75.3
China 39.5 15.2 27.7 41.3 25.9 60.4
Philippines 39.3 10.1 25.1 36.0 20.6 21.4
Iraq 38.5 10.8 25.0 32.4 30.2 41.5
Iran 38.5 16.3 27.7 32.4 24.7 21.9
Myanmar 38.5 26.7 32.7 39.4 20.7 10.3
Vietnam 38.1 13.5 26.1 37.7 19.1 27.0
Malaysia 38.1 10.0 24.4 38.2 20.6 59.1
Indonesia 36.9 10.0 23.8 37.6 17.7 22.2
Mongolia 34.0 11.0 22.8 33.6 22.4 28.4
Armenia 33.7 10.8 22.6 26.3 27.9 26.1
Bangladesh 33.4 5.0 19.6 30.6 19.4 27.6
Sri Lanka 32.9 8.8 21.2 37.3 17.1 21.4
Turkey 32.4 6.7 19.9 27.7 20.7 38.0
Azerbaijan 31.1 9.1 20.4 25.1 29.6 27.2
Kazakhstan 31.0 9.5 20.5 25.8 27.2 38.3
Georgia 29.7 10.3 20.3 25.3 26.1 24.8
Nepal 28.2 4.7 16.7 25.0 19.2 20.2
Uzbekistan 27.4 7.6 17.7 22.9 21.2 22.2
Syria 27.0 5.8 16.7 24.4 23.2 9.5
Afghanistan 26.7 4.0 15.7 19.0 18.5 28.2
Kyrgyzstan 24.7 7.8 16.5 21.8 21.0 23.6
India 24.1 5.5 15.1 24.6 16.4 50.5
Pakistan 21.0 4.3 12.9 18.2 16.3 28.4