Asia: Cost of Living Index by Country 2023

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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
Singapore 85.9 85.3 85.6 74.0 58.4 95.6
Israel 76.4 30.4 54.4 63.8 85.0 80.5
Hong Kong (China) 75.7 66.3 71.2 79.5 53.6 67.7
South Korea 70.4 17.5 45.0 87.5 37.6 85.5
Macao (China) 68.8 34.9 52.5 74.4 48.2 80.2
Lebanon 65.8 19.2 43.5 65.3 48.0 22.7
Japan 64.6 20.8 43.6 66.5 37.9 100.4
United Arab Emirates 60.3 34.0 47.6 46.6 56.6 123.4
Qatar 59.5 50.0 54.9 47.7 58.3 123.6
Yemen 58.8 7.9 34.4 66.6 31.2 18.6
Cyprus 55.9 27.4 42.2 45.0 55.0 54.8
Brunei 55.2 17.9 37.3 64.5 33.8 60.7
Maldives 55.0 27.0 41.6 49.8 34.6 33.9
Taiwan (China) 54.2 15.3 35.5 63.3 27.9 71.3
Bahrain 52.7 25.4 39.6 40.9 47.3 81.7
Palestine 50.7 9.6 31.0 43.7 37.5 39.8
Saudi Arabia 50.6 12.0 32.1 41.7 38.0 101.9
Oman 47.8 15.8 32.5 42.6 40.1 108.2
Kuwait 46.8 27.1 37.4 32.9 42.2 96.7
Jordan 46.8 8.8 28.6 38.7 40.6 38.0
Cambodia 44.5 13.8 29.8 43.9 26.2 15.5
Armenia 40.8 23.5 32.5 34.3 36.1 25.5
Thailand 40.7 13.3 27.6 42.0 21.0 33.2
China 39.2 18.8 29.4 41.0 27.0 62.3
Georgia 38.9 19.3 29.5 33.9 36.7 25.9
Vietnam 35.7 11.2 24.0 35.9 18.1 31.5
Iran 35.2 14.6 25.3 26.2 24.6 21.1
Malaysia 35.0 9.8 22.9 36.7 20.5 65.7
Philippines 34.0 9.8 22.4 33.4 20.9 22.4
Myanmar 32.9 20.0 26.7 33.8 18.4 29.7
Iraq 31.4 9.2 20.8 26.6 25.1 44.5
Mongolia 31.2 8.3 20.2 31.2 25.5 24.3
Indonesia 31.2 8.3 20.2 33.1 16.0 27.5
Azerbaijan 28.9 7.5 18.7 25.4 26.9 32.0
Kazakhstan 28.1 11.5 20.2 25.0 26.4 38.1
Turkey 28.1 7.2 18.1 23.2 18.3 31.0
Uzbekistan 27.0 10.7 19.2 25.4 22.9 24.8
Bangladesh 26.6 3.2 15.4 25.2 16.6 26.9
Syria 26.1 4.5 15.7 23.7 19.0 5.5
Kyrgyzstan 25.9 9.3 18.0 24.7 23.5 25.5
Sri Lanka 25.3 5.4 15.8 31.0 12.0 16.0
Nepal 24.8 3.7 14.7 22.8 17.3 21.8
India 22.4 5.5 14.3 23.3 15.7 64.6
Pakistan 18.0 3.4 11.0 15.4 13.7 24.4