Compare cost of living in 199 countries worldwide. Index calibrated to New York City = 100. How we calculate this
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| Country | CoL Index | Category |
|---|---|---|
| 🇪🇹 Ethiopia | 18 | Very cheap |
| 🇹🇿 Tanzania | 22 | Very cheap |
| 🇪🇬 Egypt | 22 | Very cheap |
| 🇳🇬 Nigeria | 25 | Very cheap |
| 🇹🇳 Tunisia | 27 | Very cheap |
| 🇬🇭 Ghana | 27 | Very cheap |
| 🇰🇪 Kenya | 28 | Very cheap |
| 🇲🇦 Morocco | 31 | Very cheap |
| 🇩🇿 Algeria | 34 | Very cheap |
| 🇪🇷 Eritrea | 38 | Affordable |
| 🇬🇲 Gambia | 38 | Affordable |
| 🇳🇪 Niger | 38 | Affordable |
| 🇺🇬 Uganda | 38 | Affordable |
| 🇱🇸 Lesotho | 38 | Affordable |
| 🇿🇦 South Africa | 39 | Affordable |
| 🇬🇼 Guinea-Bissau | 39 | Affordable |
| 🇲🇱 Mali | 39 | Affordable |
| 🇧🇫 Burkina Faso | 39 | Affordable |
| 🇲🇬 Madagascar | 39 | Affordable |
| 🇸🇿 Eswatini | 40 | Affordable |
| 🇬🇳 Guinea | 40 | Affordable |
| 🇲🇼 Malawi | 40 | Affordable |
| 🇧🇯 Benin | 40 | Affordable |
| 🇧🇮 Burundi | 40 | Affordable |
| 🇨🇲 Cameroon | 40 | Affordable |
| 🇿🇲 Zambia | 40 | Affordable |
| 🇱🇾 Libya | 40 | Affordable |
| 🇸🇱 Sierra Leone | 40 | Affordable |
| 🇸🇴 Somalia | 40 | Affordable |
| 🇹🇬 Togo | 40 | Affordable |
| 🇲🇿 Mozambique | 40 | Affordable |
| 🇰🇲 Comoros | 41 | Affordable |
| 🇧🇼 Botswana | 41 | Affordable |
| 🇸🇩 Sudan | 41 | Affordable |
| 🇷🇼 Rwanda | 41 | Affordable |
| 🇹🇩 Chad | 42 | Affordable |
| 🇲🇷 Mauritania | 42 | Affordable |
| 🇸🇸 South Sudan | 42 | Affordable |
| 🇸🇳 Senegal | 42 | Affordable |
| 🇳🇦 Namibia | 42 | Affordable |
| 🇸🇹 São Tomé and Príncipe | 42 | Affordable |
| 🇨🇬 Congo | 43 | Affordable |
| 🇨🇮 Côte d'Ivoire | 43 | Affordable |
| 🇨🇫 Central African Republic | 43 | Affordable |
| 🇱🇷 Liberia | 43 | Affordable |
| 🇨🇻 Cape Verde | 44 | Affordable |
| 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe | 44 | Affordable |
| 🇬🇶 Equatorial Guinea | 45 | Affordable |
| 🇬🇦 Gabon | 45 | Affordable |
| 🇦🇴 Angola | 45 | Affordable |
| 🇲🇺 Mauritius | 45 | Affordable |
| 🇨🇩 Democratic Republic of the Congo | 47 | Affordable |
| 🇩🇯 Djibouti | 48 | Affordable |
| 🇸🇨 Seychelles | 58 | Moderate |
| Country | CoL Index | Category |
|---|---|---|
| 🇵🇰 Pakistan | 19 | Very cheap |
| 🇧🇩 Bangladesh | 21 | Very cheap |
| 🇮🇳 India | 22 | Very cheap |
| 🇲🇲 Myanmar | 22 | Very cheap |
| 🇳🇵 Nepal | 22 | Very cheap |
| 🇺🇿 Uzbekistan | 23 | Very cheap |
| 🇰🇭 Cambodia | 25 | Very cheap |
| 🇮🇩 Indonesia | 26 | Very cheap |
| 🇱🇦 Laos | 26 | Very cheap |
| 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka | 26 | Very cheap |
| 🇻🇳 Vietnam | 26 | Very cheap |
| 🇵🇭 Philippines | 30 | Very cheap |
| 🇦🇫 Afghanistan | 32 | Very cheap |
| 🇹🇷 Turkey | 33 | Very cheap |
| 🇬🇪 Georgia | 33 | Very cheap |
| 🇹🇯 Tajikistan | 34 | Very cheap |
| 🇰🇿 Kazakhstan | 35 | Very cheap |
| 🇲🇾 Malaysia | 35 | Very cheap |
| 🇰🇵 North Korea | 35 | Affordable |
| 🇮🇷 Iran | 36 | Affordable |
| 🇰🇬 Kyrgyzstan | 36 | Affordable |
| 🇮🇶 Iraq | 38 | Affordable |
| 🇹🇲 Turkmenistan | 38 | Affordable |
| 🇾🇪 Yemen | 38 | Affordable |
| 🇹🇭 Thailand | 38 | Affordable |
| 🇨🇳 China | 38 | Affordable |
| 🇦🇿 Azerbaijan | 39 | Affordable |
| 🇲🇳 Mongolia | 42 | Affordable |
| 🇧🇹 Bhutan | 42 | Affordable |
| 🇸🇾 Syria | 42 | Affordable |
| 🇹🇱 Timor-Leste | 42 | Affordable |
| 🇦🇲 Armenia | 42 | Affordable |
| 🇹🇼 Taiwan | 47 | Affordable |
| 🇯🇵 Japan | 48 | Affordable |
| 🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia | 49 | Affordable |
| 🇯🇴 Jordan | 50 | Affordable |
| 🇵🇸 Palestine | 52 | Affordable |
| 🇱🇧 Lebanon | 53 | Affordable |
| 🇰🇷 South Korea | 55 | Affordable |
| 🇴🇲 Oman | 55 | Moderate |
| 🇧🇳 Brunei | 56 | Moderate |
| 🇰🇼 Kuwait | 58 | Moderate |
| 🇲🇻 Maldives | 60 | Moderate |
| 🇦🇪 UAE | 63 | Moderate |
| 🇧🇭 Bahrain | 66 | Moderate |
| 🇶🇦 Qatar | 71 | Moderate |
| 🇸🇬 Singapore | 79 | Expensive |
| 🇲🇴 Macau | 84 | Expensive |
| 🇭🇰 Hong Kong | 85 | Expensive |
| 🇮🇱 Israel | 89 | Expensive |
| Country | CoL Index | Category |
|---|---|---|
| 🇺🇦 Ukraine | 25 | Very cheap |
| 🇧🇬 Bulgaria | 32 | Very cheap |
| 🇧🇾 Belarus | 34 | Very cheap |
| 🇷🇸 Serbia | 36 | Affordable |
| 🇷🇴 Romania | 37 | Affordable |
| 🇽🇰 Kosovo | 38 | Affordable |
| 🇲🇩 Moldova | 38 | Affordable |
| 🇷🇺 Russia | 39 | Affordable |
| 🇲🇰 North Macedonia | 39 | Affordable |
| 🇦🇱 Albania | 40 | Affordable |
| 🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina | 41 | Affordable |
| 🇭🇺 Hungary | 43 | Affordable |
| 🇲🇪 Montenegro | 44 | Affordable |
| 🇨🇿 Czech Republic | 45 | Affordable |
| 🇬🇷 Greece | 45 | Affordable |
| 🇸🇰 Slovakia | 47 | Affordable |
| 🇵🇱 Poland | 47 | Affordable |
| 🇵🇹 Portugal | 49 | Affordable |
| 🇱🇹 Lithuania | 51 | Affordable |
| 🇪🇸 Spain | 52 | Affordable |
| 🇭🇷 Croatia | 52 | Affordable |
| 🇱🇻 Latvia | 53 | Affordable |
| 🇪🇪 Estonia | 58 | Moderate |
| 🇸🇮 Slovenia | 59 | Moderate |
| 🇮🇹 Italy | 61 | Moderate |
| 🇫🇷 France | 68 | Moderate |
| 🇲🇹 Malta | 68 | Moderate |
| 🇦🇩 Andorra | 68 | Moderate |
| 🇨🇾 Cyprus | 68 | Moderate |
| 🇩🇪 Germany | 69 | Moderate |
| 🇸🇲 San Marino | 70 | Moderate |
| 🇧🇪 Belgium | 71 | Moderate |
| 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | 72 | Moderate |
| 🇳🇱 Netherlands | 72 | Moderate |
| 🇦🇹 Austria | 74 | Moderate |
| 🇮🇪 Ireland | 75 | Expensive |
| 🇦🇽 Åland Islands | 78 | Expensive |
| 🇫🇮 Finland | 84 | Expensive |
| 🇸🇪 Sweden | 89 | Expensive |
| 🇱🇺 Luxembourg | 95 | Very expensive |
| 🇩🇰 Denmark | 97 | Very expensive |
| 🇮🇸 Iceland | 100 | Very expensive |
| 🇳🇴 Norway | 107 | Very expensive |
| 🇱🇮 Liechtenstein | 115 | Very expensive |
| 🇨🇭 Switzerland | 122 | Very expensive |
| 🇲🇨 Monaco | 140 | Very expensive |
| Country | CoL Index | Category |
|---|---|---|
| 🇨🇺 Cuba | 29 | Very cheap |
| 🇬🇹 Guatemala | 35 | Very cheap |
| 🇩🇴 Dominican Republic | 39 | Affordable |
| 🇭🇳 Honduras | 42 | Affordable |
| 🇯🇲 Jamaica | 42 | Affordable |
| 🇲🇽 Mexico | 43 | Affordable |
| 🇳🇮 Nicaragua | 43 | Affordable |
| 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | 45 | Affordable |
| 🇸🇻 El Salvador | 46 | Affordable |
| 🇧🇿 Belize | 51 | Affordable |
| 🇭🇹 Haiti | 52 | Affordable |
| 🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago | 52 | Affordable |
| 🇵🇦 Panama | 54 | Affordable |
| 🇩🇲 Dominica | 55 | Moderate |
| 🇻🇨 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 56 | Moderate |
| 🇬🇩 Grenada | 58 | Moderate |
| 🇱🇨 Saint Lucia | 60 | Moderate |
| 🇰🇳 Saint Kitts and Nevis | 62 | Moderate |
| 🇦🇬 Antigua and Barbuda | 64 | Moderate |
| 🇨🇦 Canada | 66 | Moderate |
| 🇧🇧 Barbados | 68 | Moderate |
| 🇺🇸 United States | 72 | Moderate |
| 🇧🇸 Bahamas | 78 | Expensive |
| Country | CoL Index | Category |
|---|---|---|
| 🇰🇮 Kiribati | 48 | Affordable |
| 🇹🇻 Tuvalu | 50 | Affordable |
| 🇼🇸 Samoa | 50 | Affordable |
| 🇹🇴 Tonga | 52 | Affordable |
| 🇫🇲 Micronesia | 52 | Affordable |
| 🇫🇯 Fiji | 52 | Affordable |
| 🇵🇬 Papua New Guinea | 52 | Affordable |
| 🇸🇧 Solomon Islands | 54 | Affordable |
| 🇲🇭 Marshall Islands | 54 | Affordable |
| 🇻🇺 Vanuatu | 56 | Moderate |
| 🇳🇷 Nauru | 56 | Moderate |
| 🇵🇼 Palau | 58 | Moderate |
| 🇦🇺 Australia | 63 | Moderate |
| 🇳🇿 New Zealand | 68 | Moderate |
| Country | CoL Index | Category |
|---|---|---|
| 🇨🇴 Colombia | 32 | Very cheap |
| 🇵🇪 Peru | 33 | Very cheap |
| 🇦🇷 Argentina | 35 | Affordable |
| 🇪🇨 Ecuador | 36 | Affordable |
| 🇧🇴 Bolivia | 39 | Affordable |
| 🇧🇷 Brazil | 40 | Affordable |
| 🇵🇾 Paraguay | 40 | Affordable |
| 🇨🇱 Chile | 45 | Affordable |
| 🇻🇪 Venezuela | 45 | Affordable |
| 🇸🇷 Suriname | 48 | Affordable |
| 🇺🇾 Uruguay | 50 | Affordable |
| 🇬🇾 Guyana | 52 | Affordable |