Cost of Living Index by Country 2012

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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
Norway 151.3 55.5 116.8 142.4 150.2 92.6
Switzerland 141.3 58.5 111.5 130.5 123.1 127.5
Japan 134.2 54.2 105.4 118.0 84.3 79.9
Monaco 128.2 173.1 144.3 89.8 138.1 62.3
Australia 123.0 58.8 99.9 113.7 109.0 109.5
Denmark 116.5 41.3 89.4 94.1 130.7 102.0
Belgium 108.7 35.0 82.2 86.0 107.5 90.4
Ireland 107.8 38.1 82.7 97.1 106.1 89.6
Netherlands 104.5 41.2 81.7 69.6 104.4 95.2
Iceland 103.6 32.7 78.1 97.7 92.2 78.6
Sweden 101.9 29.4 75.8 85.3 101.5 100.7
New Zealand 101.7 31.7 76.5 95.6 86.5 85.4
United Kingdom 100.1 37.9 77.7 83.7 94.1 88.3
Finland 99.7 36.5 76.9 82.3 96.9 98.1
Bahrain 99.5 37.5 77.2 150.5 86.9 52.8
France 98.2 35.9 75.8 83.0 94.9 92.7
Canada 98.0 38.3 76.6 93.8 83.2 108.2
Kuwait 96.2 30.8 72.7 73.5 137.4 70.0
Singapore 96.1 90.7 94.1 82.8 65.1 93.3
Israel 95.5 32.1 72.6 77.3 89.5 75.0
Austria 94.8 34.3 73.1 85.1 76.6 98.3
Italy 94.8 34.3 73.0 76.0 95.4 68.6
Saudi Arabia 93.4 18.0 66.3 135.5 39.6 82.1
Greece 93.1 18.9 66.4 69.8 91.2 48.3
Cyprus 89.5 22.4 65.4 74.6 92.2 77.0
Germany 88.6 28.9 67.1 72.1 76.2 114.4
Lebanon 86.1 37.0 68.4 45.3 69.6 24.4
Hong Kong 84.4 97.0 88.9 80.5 69.0 84.3
Qatar 84.3 63.5 76.8 81.6 72.9 153.6
Puerto Rico 84.3 28.1 64.1 81.8 64.6 78.2
Brazil 83.7 25.6 62.8 57.8 57.0 32.8
Malta 83.2 19.5 60.2 70.8 69.1 91.7
United States 83.1 37.4 66.6 77.6 68.7 116.5
Uruguay 83.0 25.3 62.2 66.0 68.8 29.4
United Arab Emirates 82.0 66.9 76.5 66.2 80.5 125.9
Spain 80.2 27.3 61.2 59.0 74.8 88.0
South Africa 75.6 25.4 57.5 59.7 56.3 92.5
Slovenia 74.3 25.7 56.8 64.7 58.0 57.9
Morocco 71.9 26.6 55.6 61.4 41.7 16.7
Azerbaijan 71.2 41.0 60.4 53.2 68.2 26.4
Kazakhstan 70.8 31.8 56.8 49.6 54.7 24.5
Portugal 70.8 23.0 53.6 56.2 52.2 56.0
South Korea 68.6 27.8 53.9 70.7 48.2 108.6
Costa Rica 68.4 23.0 52.1 67.0 52.9 46.3
Latvia 67.8 14.3 48.5 51.3 63.6 35.0
Croatia 67.5 13.9 48.2 56.0 52.4 50.1
Chile 67.4 19.8 50.3 54.2 54.3 47.1
Estonia 66.9 15.1 48.3 51.3 58.7 47.8
Turkey 65.3 15.5 47.4 47.3 48.2 52.6
Russia 64.8 23.8 50.1 49.7 67.5 43.9
Argentina 63.1 19.2 47.3 52.4 54.4 41.7
Taiwan 62.9 18.7 47.0 75.3 35.6 74.9
Armenia 62.8 19.6 47.2 38.4 53.2 20.7
Montenegro 62.2 17.2 46.0 49.1 55.9 38.9
Lithuania 62.1 14.8 45.1 53.0 41.8 33.6
Czech Republic 61.4 21.3 47.0 49.0 40.9 61.9
Jordan 60.4 13.3 43.5 54.9 48.2 37.0
Colombia 60.0 16.6 44.4 50.2 38.8 29.3
Hungary 59.7 12.7 42.7 44.6 43.6 36.8
Slovakia 59.3 23.0 46.2 49.2 40.0 49.2
Georgia 56.1 15.3 41.4 40.9 49.1 29.4
Peru 55.1 15.7 40.9 41.9 36.2 36.0
Mexico 55.1 14.0 40.3 48.5 43.2 59.0
Malaysia 54.9 12.8 39.7 53.7 31.1 74.1
Iran 54.8 25.2 44.2 53.9 42.2 46.2
Tunisia 54.5 9.9 38.4 45.7 40.4 32.4
Panama 54.0 25.3 43.7 48.9 37.7 40.9
Mongolia 53.9 24.0 43.1 57.9 37.8 22.6
Indonesia 51.4 17.2 39.1 57.9 30.1 18.3
Ukraine 51.1 14.9 38.1 38.4 46.1 25.6
Bulgaria 50.9 12.3 37.0 42.0 33.0 33.8
Ecuador 50.8 12.4 37.0 46.6 29.0 26.0
Bosnia And Herzegovina 50.8 8.4 35.5 41.1 39.6 44.4
Serbia 50.5 11.9 36.6 36.5 40.3 31.3
Syria 50.2 12.8 36.8 37.7 33.1 23.6
Thailand 50.2 17.6 38.4 65.5 27.4 32.0
Poland 49.7 16.9 37.9 39.4 38.4 59.2
Egypt 49.6 16.0 37.5 43.4 44.8 28.2
China 48.8 19.7 38.3 53.7 33.6 30.3
Nicaragua 48.3 10.7 34.8 47.5 34.6 42.6
Romania 47.9 12.2 35.0 39.8 35.3 34.3
Moldova 47.8 12.3 35.0 38.6 40.3 27.6
Belarus 45.6 10.6 33.0 33.8 52.8 23.6
Nepal 44.3 4.9 30.1 36.1 30.2 24.5
Philippines 43.6 11.0 31.9 43.1 23.8 29.0
Vietnam 42.9 33.0 39.3 45.3 26.7 28.0
North Macedonia 42.8 9.5 30.8 33.6 31.6 35.2
Algeria 40.6 8.3 29.0 43.6 25.6 27.5
Pakistan 36.2 6.8 25.6 31.5 29.1 28.3
India 33.4 8.4 24.4 33.8 21.1 60.1