Asia: Cost of Living Index by Country 2025

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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
Singapore 79.1 67.0 73.7 70.8 53.5 93.8
Hong Kong (China) 73.6 55.7 65.7 75.9 49.7 101.0
Israel 65.2 27.1 48.3 61.2 74.5 110.0
Macao (China) 56.8 29.4 44.6 68.2 40.4 103.8
South Korea 56.5 15.1 38.2 74.5 32.8 105.0
United Arab Emirates 54.1 39.7 47.8 42.4 59.9 128.3
Cyprus 49.5 24.0 38.2 47.0 52.7 80.4
Yemen 48.4 5.9 29.6 61.5 33.9 20.0
Bahrain 48.3 20.4 36.0 46.2 47.6 117.5
Qatar 47.5 34.4 41.7 42.2 46.4 177.9
Japan 45.6 14.1 31.6 54.5 29.4 119.8
Maldives 45.3 22.0 35.0 50.5 34.1 51.9
Brunei 44.4 15.2 31.5 64.6 29.5 117.6
Taiwan 44.4 13.1 30.5 58.0 25.5 101.2
Saudi Arabia 41.9 11.5 28.4 40.2 33.9 146.1
Kuwait 40.4 21.9 32.2 33.7 40.8 174.0
Oman 39.8 12.0 27.5 38.9 38.4 150.3
Armenia 39.6 17.6 29.9 34.5 42.3 37.6
Palestine 39.5 7.8 25.5 41.0 32.8 48.9
Lebanon 38.8 13.6 27.7 31.2 40.9 35.1
Jordan 37.2 7.7 24.1 35.3 37.2 51.7
Turkey 34.7 12.8 25.0 35.6 34.1 51.2
Cambodia 33.9 9.4 23.0 40.9 24.4 26.7
Thailand 33.7 11.9 24.1 40.5 21.4 46.0
Sri Lanka 33.5 6.3 21.5 49.9 23.3 18.2
China 30.7 11.6 22.2 34.2 21.8 77.9
Mongolia 30.6 14.3 23.4 38.6 24.2 30.8
Georgia 30.4 12.8 22.6 31.2 33.5 39.6
Malaysia 29.7 8.1 20.1 37.3 22.1 83.8
Azerbaijan 29.5 9.0 20.4 28.3 33.1 41.4
Philippines 28.8 6.9 19.1 34.3 19.0 37.3
Iraq 26.9 7.3 18.2 27.9 22.9 54.5
Vietnam 26.6 9.2 18.9 32.1 16.8 42.3
Kazakhstan 26.6 10.5 19.4 27.4 28.0 50.8
Kyrgyzstan 25.4 10.8 18.9 28.0 21.4 35.6
Indonesia 24.6 7.7 17.1 32.5 15.2 33.9
Uzbekistan 24.2 12.0 18.8 26.6 20.8 44.5
Iran 23.6 8.5 16.9 20.8 16.9 28.4
Syria 23.3 3.5 14.5 24.5 17.8 5.4
Nepal 23.0 3.0 14.1 24.0 18.7 29.0
Bangladesh 20.9 2.4 12.7 25.2 15.4 35.6
Afghanistan 19.9 2.0 12.0 17.3 14.3 35.0
India 19.5 5.0 13.1 22.5 16.6 82.2
Pakistan 17.8 2.9 11.2 17.2 15.0 30.5