Cost of Living Index by Country 2018 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
Switzerland 120.0 51.0 87.3 115.0 122.6 130.1
Iceland 112.6 54.0 84.9 99.6 125.9 93.2
Norway 104.1 40.5 74.0 91.0 115.4 109.7
Luxembourg 86.4 58.9 73.4 70.9 99.5 109.8
Denmark 82.7 33.5 59.4 61.8 97.8 118.8
Singapore 80.4 60.4 70.9 66.8 59.4 99.2
Japan 79.9 26.7 54.7 76.3 47.2 108.4
Ireland 77.1 47.6 63.1 57.9 84.8 95.4
South Korea 76.6 23.6 51.5 86.9 45.3 107.7
Netherlands 75.9 34.9 56.5 57.6 85.4 108.3
Israel 74.9 30.6 53.9 59.2 83.9 98.1
France 74.8 26.9 52.1 65.5 75.2 99.7
Hong Kong 74.7 78.3 76.4 74.9 54.0 76.5
Belgium 74.4 26.5 51.7 60.4 85.9 99.3
Australia 73.9 37.6 56.7 66.2 73.1 128.6
Finland 72.7 27.0 51.1 57.1 77.9 120.0
New Zealand 72.4 32.0 53.3 62.5 69.6 101.9
Austria 72.3 27.2 50.9 63.8 69.7 103.8
Sweden 70.4 26.4 49.6 59.3 75.2 120.9
Italy 69.7 22.0 47.1 56.4 77.7 86.8
United States 69.0 38.5 54.5 65.1 67.6 129.4
Germany 67.9 27.7 48.9 51.9 65.4 123.3
United Kingdom 67.2 31.0 50.0 51.4 75.6 112.9
Maldives 66.4 31.2 49.7 69.0 37.3 28.9
Canada 64.5 29.6 48.0 59.4 61.5 116.0
Puerto Rico 64.2 18.1 42.4 59.8 57.7 101.1
Malta 63.6 28.9 47.2 49.5 68.9 64.9
Qatar 62.6 55.8 59.4 51.3 60.1 142.7
Taiwan 59.7 17.2 39.6 66.4 27.0 102.1
Uruguay 58.6 17.5 39.2 44.9 59.1 44.1
Greece 57.6 11.3 35.7 43.0 56.6 53.2
Lebanon 57.2 28.5 43.6 40.5 57.3 58.9
Bahrain 56.1 29.3 43.4 49.5 52.4 80.6
Spain 55.4 21.9 39.5 42.8 55.6 90.4
Jamaica 55.4 14.2 35.9 50.3 37.4 36.1
Cyprus 55.0 17.2 37.1 42.0 61.4 83.8
United Arab Emirates 54.6 47.6 51.3 40.9 52.5 142.3
Ghana 54.0 33.4 44.2 45.6 33.7 19.6
Kuwait 53.2 34.5 44.4 40.2 47.7 105.4
Slovenia 52.9 15.1 35.0 42.0 45.1 81.3
Costa Rica 52.9 17.3 36.1 48.6 44.9 52.5
Jordan 52.5 11.2 33.0 40.8 51.2 46.4
Trinidad And Tobago 52.4 17.8 36.0 47.9 46.9 57.5
Fiji 52.1 26.1 39.8 53.3 37.5 34.7
Estonia 51.6 15.8 34.7 36.8 49.6 77.4
Portugal 50.6 20.8 36.5 38.9 43.2 60.0
Panama 50.5 26.1 39.0 46.3 46.0 43.5
Palestine 50.3 8.5 30.5 42.8 38.6 61.4
Mauritius 50.2 12.7 32.5 42.3 40.7 43.4
Croatia 50.1 11.4 31.7 39.3 40.3 62.2
Belize 50.0 9.9 31.0 43.3 34.2 91.0
Latvia 49.4 12.4 31.9 35.8 43.7 55.7
Chile 48.2 15.8 32.9 39.6 46.3 54.5
Zimbabwe 47.6 11.6 30.6 38.8 38.7 27.8
Oman 47.2 20.7 34.7 40.9 44.7 93.4
Lithuania 46.9 14.1 31.4 34.5 45.2 60.6
Saudi Arabia 46.6 11.8 30.1 37.5 31.3 130.4
Namibia 45.5 18.3 32.6 40.4 40.6 60.3
Slovakia 45.4 17.1 32.0 37.4 34.1 66.5
Cuba 45.4 8.9 28.1 31.1 25.8 2.2
Dominican Republic 45.1 10.2 28.6 35.0 41.8 28.8
Ethiopia 44.9 27.4 36.6 34.3 19.4 14.7
El Salvador 44.6 14.1 30.2 41.2 35.5 32.6
Thailand 44.6 17.1 31.6 45.7 23.1 44.0
Czech Republic 44.5 18.7 32.3 36.2 33.0 77.6
Nicaragua 44.5 10.0 28.1 43.4 31.1 27.4
Cambodia 44.4 13.4 29.7 42.0 22.2 13.9
Guatemala 43.4 14.5 29.7 37.9 35.0 40.4
Ecuador 42.4 11.9 28.0 37.4 29.6 41.2
South Africa 42.1 16.5 30.0 33.0 41.5 91.4
Honduras 41.7 10.6 27.0 32.0 32.0 37.6
Hungary 41.3 14.1 28.5 30.8 32.4 56.7
Iraq 40.9 12.1 27.3 33.2 35.6 48.0
Malaysia 40.7 11.7 27.0 40.4 22.2 76.3
Brazil 40.5 11.9 27.0 28.6 33.2 40.7
China 40.3 17.6 29.6 39.5 29.1 74.2
Montenegro 40.0 9.9 25.7 29.7 35.1 48.6
Tanzania 39.6 16.8 28.8 29.2 28.1 25.3
Poland 38.7 15.5 27.7 28.9 33.1 75.2
Peru 38.3 13.5 26.6 32.6 25.2 39.3
Kenya 38.3 9.9 24.8 33.7 31.6 33.7
Bulgaria 37.8 10.1 24.7 30.1 31.0 57.2
Vietnam 36.9 13.6 25.9 35.0 19.1 35.6
Russia 36.7 14.5 26.2 28.2 39.3 52.1
Romania 36.7 10.7 24.4 28.7 32.7 63.8
Argentina 36.4 10.5 24.2 27.4 36.6 61.5
Indonesia 36.2 8.8 23.2 36.6 17.9 35.0
Serbia 36.1 8.4 23.0 25.6 27.8 43.1
Bosnia And Herzegovina 36.0 6.7 22.1 28.1 24.5 52.1
Turkey 35.5 8.7 22.8 29.1 25.8 53.2
Albania 35.3 7.9 22.3 27.0 28.6 36.8
Sri Lanka 33.9 8.8 22.0 35.1 19.9 28.9
Morocco 33.6 10.0 22.4 28.4 24.0 45.5
Moldova 33.4 8.1 21.4 24.7 30.1 30.9
Bolivia 33.2 10.8 22.6 25.1 25.9 46.5
Armenia 32.9 9.4 21.8 25.4 33.0 32.7
Philippines 32.8 7.4 20.8 29.8 19.1 31.8
Colombia 32.6 10.0 21.9 25.3 24.7 38.0
Kazakhstan 32.3 10.7 22.0 24.6 33.3 39.1
Nigeria 32.2 25.7 29.2 29.5 19.4 18.6
Belarus 32.0 10.1 21.7 25.6 32.8 44.3
North Macedonia 31.5 6.6 19.7 24.3 23.0 41.6
Iran 30.9 15.0 23.4 26.1 25.4 44.3
Mexico 30.5 9.5 20.6 27.4 27.2 53.9
Bangladesh 30.2 5.3 18.4 26.6 19.9 41.7
Georgia 30.1 9.6 20.4 23.9 28.5 37.4
Algeria 29.8 5.5 18.3 30.1 16.5 35.8
Nepal 29.6 4.3 17.6 24.4 18.2 28.0
Azerbaijan 29.0 9.0 19.5 24.0 30.8 34.0
Uganda 29.0 7.8 18.9 24.1 20.9 25.3
Venezuela 27.6 7.0 17.9 28.0 23.2 4.3
Ukraine 27.1 9.7 18.9 20.4 20.6 34.3
Kosovo (Disputed Territory) 26.7 7.7 17.7 22.6 19.9 61.4
Egypt 24.7 4.7 15.2 21.0 20.6 25.3
Tunisia 24.5 5.5 15.5 21.9 14.9 38.9
India 23.8 6.5 15.6 22.6 17.1 77.7
Pakistan 22.2 5.1 14.1 19.3 16.5 41.6