Cost of Living Index by Country 2019 Mid-Year

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Cost of Living Index
Rent Index
Cost of Living Plus Rent Index
Groceries Index
Restaurant Price Index
Local Purchasing Power Index
Cayman Islands 141.6 74.4 109.5 157.9 105.0 137.9
Bermuda 138.2 87.6 114.0 124.9 150.4 79.9
Switzerland 122.7 50.2 88.0 121.3 124.0 127.8
Norway 104.5 37.3 72.3 93.9 115.6 98.0
Us Virgin Islands 97.2 48.2 73.8 87.4 90.7 54.6
Iceland 97.2 45.1 72.3 84.6 111.5 92.0
Bahamas 86.0 35.4 61.8 68.8 87.2 56.2
Japan 85.5 28.1 58.1 84.7 50.1 97.6
Luxembourg 84.7 55.4 70.7 71.6 92.9 107.9
Denmark 83.9 33.7 59.9 64.0 100.6 110.7
Barbados 80.3 20.0 51.5 72.8 72.6 57.0
Singapore 80.2 62.0 71.5 68.3 55.4 88.8
Israel 79.5 31.5 56.6 64.9 88.7 86.0
Hong Kong 79.2 79.7 79.5 79.4 55.6 66.8
Ireland 76.3 43.9 60.8 58.8 84.1 90.8
Netherlands 75.2 35.3 56.1 58.1 82.9 98.0
South Korea 75.2 20.9 49.2 87.2 43.3 99.1
France 74.6 26.1 51.4 67.4 75.1 87.7
Australia 73.4 35.3 55.2 67.4 72.2 118.1
Belgium 73.1 26.0 50.6 60.5 82.5 93.2
New Zealand 73.0 31.4 53.1 65.1 69.9 97.6
Seychelles 72.8 32.8 53.6 65.5 87.4 21.5
Finland 72.2 26.3 50.2 58.2 79.4 108.8
Austria 72.1 27.8 51.0 64.8 71.8 89.9
United States 70.9 40.5 56.4 67.1 70.8 119.1
Sweden 70.1 25.6 48.9 61.2 72.1 112.7
Italy 69.0 21.6 46.3 57.4 74.7 73.4
Canada 68.2 30.3 50.0 65.0 63.3 105.0
Puerto Rico 66.8 18.5 43.7 65.8 54.6 93.0
Germany 66.6 27.0 47.7 51.2 63.4 112.0
Malta 65.4 30.1 48.6 51.1 73.5 55.3
United Kingdom 65.3 28.7 47.8 50.4 72.5 100.5
United Arab Emirates 63.6 45.0 54.7 50.7 62.2 100.5
Qatar 62.2 51.2 56.9 52.6 63.9 119.3
Libya 61.3 15.1 39.2 72.8 38.1 56.0
Lebanon 59.7 26.2 43.7 44.1 58.1 50.7
Taiwan 58.8 15.5 38.1 67.9 26.9 74.2
Cyprus 58.4 20.7 40.4 45.0 63.1 67.3
Bahrain 58.4 31.2 45.4 49.5 52.5 63.8
Greece 56.7 11.5 35.1 42.8 55.4 48.5
Jamaica 56.4 14.8 36.5 55.8 39.9 35.4
Ethiopia 55.5 26.3 41.6 35.8 20.3 9.5
Jordan 55.4 11.9 34.6 43.5 49.7 37.3
Costa Rica 55.1 16.2 36.5 49.7 45.7 46.0
Uruguay 54.9 15.5 36.0 43.1 53.6 39.8
Spain 54.7 21.5 38.9 43.2 53.7 79.8
Zimbabwe 54.7 11.5 34.1 49.9 39.6 28.7
Trinidad And Tobago 54.2 16.5 36.2 49.9 48.9 52.8
Slovenia 54.2 15.8 35.8 44.5 45.6 68.2
Palestine 53.0 9.2 32.1 46.0 38.4 52.8
Panama 53.0 24.4 39.3 50.3 47.4 39.0
Mauritius 51.6 11.3 32.3 46.1 40.3 36.8
Estonia 51.0 15.6 34.1 36.2 53.1 76.8
Portugal 50.8 21.8 36.9 39.9 43.9 53.6
Kuwait 50.3 33.0 42.0 36.7 48.0 98.3
Croatia 50.0 12.7 32.2 40.5 42.1 57.2
Thailand 49.9 17.1 34.2 50.1 24.8 39.9
Fiji 49.7 19.8 35.4 54.9 36.7 33.1
Latvia 49.6 12.0 31.6 35.7 47.7 56.6
Chile 49.2 15.5 33.1 41.3 46.8 51.4
Belize 49.1 10.6 30.7 40.6 39.5 71.2
Saudi Arabia 48.7 11.5 30.9 38.0 34.2 110.9
Oman 48.5 19.4 34.6 40.9 47.1 83.1
Myanmar 48.1 23.0 36.1 52.6 22.2 12.7
Cambodia 47.8 15.1 32.2 43.9 25.4 11.8
El Salvador 47.7 15.6 32.4 46.3 36.3 28.6
Dominican Republic 46.2 10.6 29.2 36.4 42.2 25.2
Nicaragua 45.9 8.9 28.2 43.7 31.6 24.4
Czech Republic 45.7 19.4 33.1 37.9 33.8 71.2
Lithuania 45.4 12.8 29.8 35.1 43.8 60.4
Mozambique 44.6 19.9 32.8 33.5 38.4 25.5
Slovakia 44.6 15.9 30.9 37.7 33.9 61.8
Brunei 44.3 23.3 34.3 37.7 35.1 94.3
Namibia 44.1 16.9 31.1 38.9 41.2 60.2
South Africa 43.7 17.2 31.1 34.4 41.8 81.3
Ghana 43.1 26.6 35.2 38.3 27.8 20.7
Guatemala 43.0 14.8 29.5 37.7 33.7 41.5
Brazil 42.6 10.9 27.5 30.7 34.2 36.3
Honduras 42.3 11.0 27.3 33.0 31.6 35.5
Ecuador 42.0 11.8 27.6 36.5 31.5 40.8
Cuba 41.7 6.3 24.8 36.3 29.7 2.7
Hungary 41.7 13.8 28.4 31.9 34.2 53.8
Iran 41.4 14.3 28.4 40.1 25.5 25.9
China 40.5 17.2 29.4 41.0 29.7 63.9
Iraq 39.8 11.1 26.1 32.7 33.9 46.4
Suriname 39.6 8.2 24.6 44.1 33.4 24.8
Malaysia 39.5 10.7 25.7 38.6 23.0 70.4
Poland 39.4 15.3 27.9 30.4 32.9 66.1
Botswana 39.4 11.4 26.0 33.3 42.6 67.6
Montenegro 39.4 10.3 25.5 30.0 34.2 42.2
Kenya 39.3 11.2 25.8 33.9 32.4 29.3
Peru 38.8 12.4 26.2 33.2 26.3 37.4
Argentina 38.7 10.4 25.2 31.3 36.4 52.0
Russia 38.6 12.0 25.9 30.8 39.3 43.7
Vietnam 38.2 13.3 26.3 37.0 20.0 30.2
Bulgaria 37.4 9.4 24.0 30.7 29.7 51.0
Philippines 37.0 8.7 23.4 33.2 20.9 27.2
Indonesia 36.9 9.0 23.5 37.5 18.2 31.0
Albania 36.6 8.6 23.2 28.5 28.7 32.2
Serbia 36.3 8.7 23.1 26.0 29.9 37.9
Bosnia And Herzegovina 36.2 6.6 22.0 28.7 24.8 46.5
Romania 36.1 10.2 23.7 29.5 31.7 54.2
Turkey 35.7 7.3 22.1 30.9 25.2 44.4
Zambia 35.5 11.0 23.8 29.1 25.6 69.4
Tanzania 35.1 14.7 25.4 29.0 24.4 20.6
Morocco 34.6 9.3 22.5 30.3 23.9 39.4
Mongolia 34.4 9.7 22.6 32.1 23.3 29.8
Mexico 34.3 10.9 23.1 31.4 31.0 47.0
Bolivia 34.1 10.6 22.9 26.8 26.6 44.7
Rwanda 34.0 9.7 22.4 27.3 28.5 21.1
Paraguay 33.3 9.8 22.1 26.9 27.5 35.2
Belarus 33.0 10.3 22.2 27.8 34.3 42.9
Sri Lanka 33.0 6.8 20.5 36.4 19.3 25.6
Armenia 32.7 10.6 22.1 25.4 31.0 30.4
Moldova 32.6 7.9 20.8 25.6 27.2 29.5
Bangladesh 32.6 5.2 19.5 29.8 19.8 37.2
North Macedonia 32.3 6.5 19.9 25.0 24.5 40.2
Nigeria 31.7 21.6 26.9 31.5 20.7 15.9
Uganda 31.7 10.0 21.3 26.4 24.2 22.5
Ukraine 30.9 10.3 21.1 24.1 24.0 33.1
Nepal 30.7 5.0 18.4 26.5 20.3 24.2
Algeria 30.5 5.5 18.6 31.3 16.5 32.0
Colombia 30.3 9.4 20.3 24.4 22.3 34.6
Kazakhstan 30.1 9.5 20.2 23.6 29.9 38.7
Azerbaijan 29.8 9.2 19.9 23.3 31.4 28.5
Egypt 29.1 5.3 17.7 25.1 24.2 23.3
Kyrgyzstan 28.1 9.0 19.0 25.5 22.3 25.3
Georgia 27.8 9.3 18.9 22.0 26.0 30.2
Kosovo (Disputed Territory) 27.4 8.7 18.5 24.6 21.1 54.1
Venezuela 27.2 6.9 17.5 29.6 22.3 2.8
Uzbekistan 25.8 7.8 17.2 22.0 19.3 25.8
Tunisia 25.4 5.2 15.7 23.5 14.0 37.6
Syria 25.3 5.4 15.8 22.8 20.8 12.4
India 25.1 6.0 16.0 25.2 17.5 61.7
Afghanistan 24.5 4.3 14.8 18.8 17.1 28.9
Pakistan 18.6 4.0 11.6 16.5 13.8 36.1