Cost of Living by Country
168 countries ranked from most affordable to most expensive, index relative to New York City = 100.
| Rank | Country | Cost index | Median salary |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Afghanistan | 8 | $1,500/yr |
| 2 | Burundi | 8 | $2,000/yr |
| 3 | Syria | 8 | $1,800/yr |
| 4 | Yemen | 8 | $2,000/yr |
| 5 | Burkina Faso | 10 | $3,000/yr |
| 6 | Eritrea | 10 | $2,000/yr |
| 7 | Ethiopia | 10 | $3,500/yr |
| 8 | Guinea-Bissau | 10 | $2,500/yr |
| 9 | Madagascar | 10 | $2,800/yr |
| 10 | Malawi | 10 | $2,500/yr |
| 11 | Niger | 10 | $2,800/yr |
| 12 | Sudan | 10 | $2,500/yr |
| 13 | Somalia | 10 | $2,000/yr |
| 14 | Chad | 10 | $2,800/yr |
| 15 | Pakistan | 11 | $5,276/yr |
| 16 | Benin | 11 | $3,500/yr |
| 17 | Cuba | 11 | $3,914/yr |
| 18 | Gambia | 11 | $3,000/yr |
| 19 | Guinea | 11 | $3,000/yr |
| 20 | Mali | 11 | $3,000/yr |
| 21 | Myanmar | 11 | $4,000/yr |
| 22 | Mozambique | 11 | $3,500/yr |
| 23 | Nepal | 11 | $4,500/yr |
| 24 | Sierra Leone | 11 | $3,000/yr |
| 25 | South Sudan | 11 | $2,000/yr |
| 26 | Togo | 11 | $3,500/yr |
| 27 | Tanzania | 11 | $4,500/yr |
| 28 | Uganda | 11 | $4,000/yr |
| 29 | Bangladesh | 13 | $4,893/yr |
| 30 | Bolivia | 13 | $6,850/yr |
| 31 | DR Congo | 13 | $3,500/yr |
| 32 | Cameroon | 13 | $4,500/yr |
| 33 | Ghana | 13 | $5,382/yr |
| 34 | Guatemala | 13 | $7,828/yr |
| 35 | Haiti | 13 | $3,000/yr |
| 36 | Laos | 13 | $4,500/yr |
| 37 | Liberia | 13 | $3,500/yr |
| 38 | Lesotho | 13 | $4,000/yr |
| 39 | Mauritania | 13 | $3,800/yr |
| 40 | Nicaragua | 13 | $6,000/yr |
| 41 | Rwanda | 13 | $4,000/yr |
| 42 | Senegal | 13 | $4,500/yr |
| 43 | Eswatini | 13 | $4,500/yr |
| 44 | Timor-Leste | 13 | $4,000/yr |
| 45 | Uzbekistan | 13 | $5,000/yr |
| 46 | Zambia | 13 | $4,000/yr |
| 47 | Zimbabwe | 13 | $3,500/yr |
| 48 | Egypt | 13 | $4,893/yr |
| 49 | Nigeria | 14 | $5,755/yr |
| 50 | Bhutan | 14 | $5,500/yr |
| 51 | Republic of the Congo | 14 | $4,500/yr |
| 52 | Ivory Coast | 14 | $5,000/yr |
| 53 | Algeria | 14 | $6,500/yr |
| 54 | Honduras | 14 | $7,000/yr |
| 55 | Sri Lanka | 14 | $6,000/yr |
| 56 | Moldova | 14 | $7,000/yr |
| 57 | Paraguay | 14 | $8,000/yr |
| 58 | Tunisia | 14 | $6,500/yr |
| 59 | Venezuela | 14 | $4,893/yr |
| 60 | Morocco | 15 | $7,674/yr |
| 61 | Albania | 16 | $8,000/yr |
| 62 | Armenia | 16 | $7,500/yr |
| 63 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 16 | $9,000/yr |
| 64 | Djibouti | 16 | $4,500/yr |
| 65 | Cambodia | 16 | $5,000/yr |
| 66 | Libya | 16 | $6,000/yr |
| 67 | North Macedonia | 16 | $8,500/yr |
| 68 | Mongolia | 16 | $7,000/yr |
| 69 | Suriname | 16 | $7,000/yr |
| 70 | El Salvador | 16 | $8,000/yr |
| 71 | Ukraine | 16 | $8,807/yr |
| 72 | Indonesia | 17 | $8,006/yr |
| 73 | India | 17 | $8,625/yr |
| 74 | Peru | 17 | $8,633/yr |
| 75 | Vietnam | 17 | $6,714/yr |
| 76 | Philippines | 17 | $7,674/yr |
| 77 | Angola | 18 | $5,000/yr |
| 78 | Botswana | 18 | $9,000/yr |
| 79 | Ecuador | 18 | $8,807/yr |
| 80 | Georgia | 18 | $8,000/yr |
| 81 | Guyana | 18 | $9,000/yr |
| 82 | Iraq | 18 | $7,000/yr |
| 83 | Iran | 18 | $6,000/yr |
| 84 | Jamaica | 18 | $8,807/yr |
| 85 | Namibia | 18 | $9,000/yr |
| 86 | Samoa | 18 | $8,000/yr |
| 87 | Colombia | 18 | $8,948/yr |
| 88 | Kenya | 19 | $6,850/yr |
| 89 | Bulgaria | 19 | $12,000/yr |
| 90 | Belarus | 19 | $9,000/yr |
| 91 | Dominican Republic | 19 | $9,785/yr |
| 92 | Papua New Guinea | 19 | $8,000/yr |
| 93 | Serbia | 19 | $12,000/yr |
| 94 | Turkey | 19 | $10,551/yr |
| 95 | Argentina | 20 | $8,477/yr |
| 96 | Brazil | 20 | $11,543/yr |
| 97 | Mexico | 20 | $12,592/yr |
| 98 | Azerbaijan | 21 | $9,000/yr |
| 99 | Belize | 21 | $9,000/yr |
| 100 | Fiji | 21 | $10,000/yr |
| 101 | Gabon | 21 | $9,000/yr |
| 102 | Equatorial Guinea | 21 | $8,000/yr |
| 103 | Kazakhstan | 21 | $10,000/yr |
| 104 | Montenegro | 21 | $12,000/yr |
| 105 | Romania | 21 | $14,678/yr |
| 106 | South Africa | 21 | $11,303/yr |
| 107 | Thailand | 22 | $9,592/yr |
| 108 | Malaysia | 23 | $13,429/yr |
| 109 | Costa Rica | 24 | $14,678/yr |
| 110 | Hungary | 24 | $17,613/yr |
| 111 | Jordan | 24 | $10,000/yr |
| 112 | Panama | 24 | $15,656/yr |
| 113 | Slovakia | 24 | $18,000/yr |
| 114 | Lithuania | 25 | $20,000/yr |
| 115 | Latvia | 25 | $19,000/yr |
| 116 | Uruguay | 25 | $16,000/yr |
| 117 | Chile | 26 | $15,347/yr |
| 118 | Brunei | 27 | $26,000/yr |
| 119 | Croatia | 27 | $20,000/yr |
| 120 | Lebanon | 27 | $9,000/yr |
| 121 | Trinidad and Tobago | 27 | $16,000/yr |
| 122 | Poland | 27 | $18,838/yr |
| 123 | Russia | 28 | $13,429/yr |
| 124 | Greece | 28 | $17,613/yr |
| 125 | Estonia | 29 | $24,000/yr |
| 126 | Oman | 29 | $24,000/yr |
| 127 | Slovenia | 29 | $26,000/yr |
| 128 | Czechia | 30 | $21,103/yr |
| 129 | China | 31 | $18,387/yr |
| 130 | Portugal | 31 | $21,103/yr |
| 131 | Saudi Arabia | 32 | $27,398/yr |
| 132 | Maldives | 32 | $12,000/yr |
| 133 | Cyprus | 33 | $26,000/yr |
| 134 | Bahrain | 35 | $28,000/yr |
| 135 | Malta | 35 | $26,000/yr |
| 136 | Spain | 36 | $25,741/yr |
| 137 | Barbados | 37 | $22,000/yr |
| 138 | Kuwait | 37 | $32,000/yr |
| 139 | Taiwan | 37 | $26,000/yr |
| 140 | South Korea | 42 | $34,532/yr |
| 141 | Qatar | 45 | $40,000/yr |
| 142 | Austria | 45 | $38,369/yr |
| 143 | Finland | 45 | $40,287/yr |
| 144 | Japan | 45 | $34,724/yr |
| 145 | Italy | 46 | $29,115/yr |
| 146 | Belgium | 46 | $40,287/yr |
| 147 | Andorra | 48 | $36,000/yr |
| 148 | Bahamas | 48 | $30,000/yr |
| 149 | Sweden | 48 | $40,287/yr |
| 150 | Germany | 48 | $38,987/yr |
| 151 | United Arab Emirates | 50 | $38,369/yr |
| 152 | France | 51 | $36,486/yr |
| 153 | New Zealand | 52 | $44,124/yr |
| 154 | Canada | 53 | $43,264/yr |
| 155 | Denmark | 55 | $46,042/yr |
| 156 | Netherlands | 57 | $42,607/yr |
| 157 | Norway | 59 | $53,716/yr |
| 158 | United Kingdom | 60 | $39,224/yr |
| 159 | Israel | 61 | $42,206/yr |
| 160 | United States | 65 | $60,655/yr |
| 161 | Australia | 66 | $53,421/yr |
| 162 | Iceland | 66 | $58,000/yr |
| 163 | Ireland | 69 | $46,042/yr |
| 164 | Luxembourg | 72 | $64,000/yr |
| 165 | Singapore | 74 | $52,000/yr |
| 166 | Hong Kong | 80 | $46,000/yr |
| 167 | Switzerland | 86 | $86,652/yr |
| 168 | Monaco | 103 | $90,000/yr |
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