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Comparing the Cost of Living Around the World
Comparing The Cost of Living Around the World
The amount of money that’s needed to pay for day-to-day expenses like housing and food varies greatly from city to city. And some cities, like New York City, are known as especially expensive places to live.
So how do everyday expenses in New York City truly compare in costs to places like Beirut, Lebanon, or Bangalore, India?
This graphic by Victor Dépré (hypntic.data) uses 2022 data from Numbeo to compare the cost of living and purchasing power in 578 different cities around the world, using New York City as a benchmark for comparison.
The Cost of Living Index
Though New York City is widely recognized as one of the most expensive cities in the world, according to Numbeo—the world’s largest database of user-contributed data on cities and countries—there are a number of cities that are actually more expensive than the Big Apple.
Here’s a look at the comparative cost of living in 578 cities. For context, if a city has a cost of living index of 121, that means day-to-day expenses in it are 21% higher than New York’s, on average:
City | Country | Cost of Living Index |
---|---|---|
Hamilton | Bermuda | 149.0 |
Zurich | Switzerland | 131.2 |
Basel | Switzerland | 130.9 |
Zug | Switzerland | 128.1 |
Lugano | Switzerland | 124.0 |
Lausanne | Switzerland | 122.0 |
Beirut | Lebanon | 120.5 |
Bern | Switzerland | 118.2 |
Geneva | Switzerland | 114.1 |
Stavanger | Norway | 104.6 |
Honolulu, HI | United States | 103.7 |
Oslo | Norway | 102.3 |
Bergen | Norway | 100.4 |
New York, NY | United States | 100.0 |
Trondheim | Norway | 99.4 |
Tromso | Norway | 99.0 |
Reykjavik | Iceland | 97.6 |
Saint Helier | Jersey | 96.5 |
Santa Barbara, CA | United States | 95.0 |
Tel Aviv-Yafo | Israel | 94.5 |
Berkeley, CA | United States | 94.4 |
San Francisco, CA | United States | 93.9 |
Oakland, CA | United States | 92.9 |
Anchorage, AK | United States | 91.2 |
Santa Clara, CA | United States | 89.4 |
Petah Tikva | Israel | 88.9 |
Beersheba | Israel | 88.8 |
Seattle, WA | United States | 88.5 |
Copenhagen | Denmark | 88.3 |
Arhus | Denmark | 88.2 |
Haifa | Israel | 87.4 |
Jerusalem | Israel | 86.3 |
Nassau | Bahamas | 86.0 |
London | United Kingdom | 85.6 |
Tokyo | Japan | 85.6 |
Boston, MA | United States | 85.5 |
Nice | France | 84.6 |
Paris | France | 84.4 |
Queens, NY | United States | 84.0 |
Singapore | Singapore | 84.0 |
Washington, DC | United States | 83.7 |
Sydney | Australia | 83.2 |
Luxembourg | Luxembourg | 83.0 |
Espoo | Finland | 82.5 |
Aalborg | Denmark | 82.4 |
Pittsburgh, PA | United States | 82.4 |
Darwin | Australia | 82.1 |
Amsterdam | Netherlands | 80.8 |
Jersey City, NJ | United States | 80.8 |
Hong Kong | Hong Kong | 80.7 |
Breda | Netherlands | 80.6 |
Nanaimo, BC | Canada | 80.3 |
Auckland | New Zealand | 80.2 |
Haarlem | Netherlands | 79.8 |
Utrecht | Netherlands | 79.8 |
Brighton | United Kingdom | 79.6 |
Brisbane | Australia | 79.4 |
Philadelphia, PA | United States | 79.2 |
Los Angeles, CA | United States | 79.2 |
Minneapolis, MN | United States | 79.1 |
Turku | Finland | 79.1 |
Dublin | Ireland | 79.1 |
Stockholm | Sweden | 78.9 |
Birmingham, AL | United States | 78.8 |
Seoul | South Korea | 78.7 |
Eindhoven | Netherlands | 78.2 |
Odense | Denmark | 78.2 |
Miami, FL | United States | 78.0 |
Groningen | Netherlands | 77.9 |
Sacramento, CA | United States | 77.9 |
Nijmegen | Netherlands | 77.8 |
Munich | Germany | 77.5 |
Galway | Ireland | 77.4 |
St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador | Canada | 77.4 |
Innsbruck | Austria | 77.3 |
Perth | Australia | 77.3 |
Charleston, SC | United States | 77.3 |
Asheville, NC | United States | 77.3 |
Lyon | France | 77.2 |
Leiden | Netherlands | 77.2 |
Helsinki | Finland | 77.2 |
Chicago, IL | United States | 77.1 |
Fort Lauderdale, FL | United States | 76.9 |
Portland, OR | United States | 76.8 |
Melbourne | Australia | 76.8 |
Osaka | Japan | 76.7 |
Wellington | New Zealand | 76.7 |
Victoria | Canada | 76.7 |
Vancouver | Canada | 76.6 |
Atlanta, GA | United States | 76.6 |
Adelaide | Australia | 76.6 |
Lund | Sweden | 76.6 |
Toulouse | France | 76.6 |
Guelph | Canada | 76.4 |
Rotterdam | Netherlands | 76.2 |
Saint Paul, MN | United States | 76.2 |
Cork | Ireland | 76.2 |
Guildford | United Kingdom | 76.0 |
Plano, TX | United States | 75.9 |
Canberra | Australia | 75.9 |
Tampa, FL | United States | 75.8 |
Gold Coast | Australia | 75.8 |
Oxford | United Kingdom | 75.7 |
Nagoya | Japan | 75.6 |
Lincoln | United Kingdom | 75.6 |
York | United Kingdom | 75.5 |
San Diego, CA | United States | 75.5 |
Cleveland, OH | United States | 75.4 |
Omaha, NE | United States | 75.3 |
Leuven | Belgium | 75.3 |
Reading | United Kingdom | 75.3 |
Hamilton | New Zealand | 75.2 |
Denver, CO | United States | 75.2 |
Uppsala | Sweden | 75.1 |
Newcastle | Australia | 75.0 |
Halifax | Canada | 74.9 |
Milan | Italy | 74.8 |
Sliema | Malta | 74.8 |
Graz | Austria | 74.6 |
Brussels | Belgium | 74.4 |
Buffalo, NY | United States | 74.3 |
Toronto | Canada | 74.3 |
Colorado Springs, CO | United States | 74.3 |
Fremont, CA | United States | 74.1 |
Limerick | Ireland | 74.1 |
Salem, OR | United States | 74.0 |
The Hague (Den Haag) | Netherlands | 73.9 |
Hobart | Australia | 73.9 |
Christchurch | New Zealand | 73.9 |
Malmo | Sweden | 73.8 |
San Jose, CA | United States | 73.7 |
Nashville, TN | United States | 73.6 |
Enschede | Netherlands | 73.6 |
Olympia, WA | United States | 73.6 |
Maastricht | Netherlands | 73.6 |
Baltimore, MD | United States | 73.6 |
New Orleans, LA | United States | 73.6 |
Linz | Austria | 73.6 |
Calgary | Canada | 73.4 |
Edinburgh | United Kingdom | 73.2 |
Ottawa | Canada | 73.2 |
Milton Keynes | United Kingdom | 73.1 |
Manchester | United Kingdom | 73.1 |
Mississauga | Canada | 73.1 |
Cambridge | United Kingdom | 73.1 |
Gothenburg | Sweden | 73.0 |
Edmonton | Canada | 72.9 |
Parma | Italy | 72.8 |
Genoa | Italy | 72.8 |
Frankfurt | Germany | 72.8 |
Fort Collins, CO | United States | 72.8 |
Grenoble | France | 72.7 |
Bergamo | Italy | 72.6 |
Derby | United Kingdom | 72.6 |
Iowa City, IA | United States | 72.5 |
Delft | Netherlands | 72.5 |
Syracuse, NY | United States | 72.5 |
Everett, WA | United States | 72.4 |
Saskatoon | Canada | 72.3 |
Heidelberg | Germany | 72.1 |
Markham | Canada | 72.1 |
Hamburg | Germany | 72.0 |
Red Deer | Canada | 71.7 |
Surrey | Canada | 71.7 |
Trieste | Italy | 71.7 |
Rochester, NY | United States | 71.6 |
Milwaukee, WI | United States | 71.6 |
Albany, NY | United States | 71.5 |
Liverpool | United Kingdom | 71.4 |
Nottingham | United Kingdom | 71.3 |
Antwerp | Belgium | 71.3 |
Bristol | United Kingdom | 71.3 |
Tampere | Finland | 71.2 |
Portsmouth | United Kingdom | 71.2 |
Bonn | Germany | 71.1 |
Marseille | France | 71.1 |
Rome | Italy | 71.0 |
Tauranga | New Zealand | 70.9 |
Florence | Italy | 70.8 |
Plymouth | United Kingdom | 70.7 |
Detroit, MI | United States | 70.7 |
Reno, NV | United States | 70.7 |
Oulu | Finland | 70.6 |
Montreal | Canada | 70.6 |
Salzburg | Austria | 70.5 |
London | Canada | 70.5 |
Brampton | Canada | 70.4 |
Fort Worth, TX | United States | 70.4 |
Durham, NC | United States | 70.4 |
Winnipeg | Canada | 70.3 |
Ann Arbor, MI | United States | 70.3 |
Greensboro, NC | United States | 70.3 |
San Juan | Puerto Rico | 70.1 |
Charlotte, NC | United States | 70.1 |
Norwich | United Kingdom | 70.1 |
Gent | Belgium | 70.0 |
Exeter | United Kingdom | 69.9 |
Dortmund | Germany | 69.9 |
Long Beach, CA | United States | 69.9 |
Bologna | Italy | 69.8 |
North Vancouver | Canada | 69.8 |
Kelowna | Canada | 69.7 |
Columbus, OH | United States | 69.7 |
Brescia | Italy | 69.6 |
Eugene, OR | United States | 69.6 |
Macao | Macao | 69.6 |
Cologne | Germany | 69.6 |
Jacksonville, FL | United States | 69.5 |
Regina | Canada | 69.4 |
Phoenix, AZ | United States | 69.4 |
Des Moines, IA | United States | 69.3 |
Quebec City | Canada | 69.0 |
Fresno, CA | United States | 69.0 |
Berlin | Germany | 68.9 |
Cardiff | United Kingdom | 68.9 |
Windsor | Canada | 68.9 |
Glasgow | United Kingdom | 68.8 |
Kitchener | Canada | 68.7 |
Vancouver, WA | United States | 68.6 |
Kingston | Canada | 68.6 |
Augsburg | Germany | 68.5 |
Stuttgart | Germany | 68.4 |
Vienna | Austria | 68.4 |
Mannheim | Germany | 68.4 |
Las Vegas, NV | United States | 68.3 |
Boise, ID | United States | 68.3 |
Dusseldorf | Germany | 68.3 |
Raleigh, NC | United States | 68.2 |
Pisa | Italy | 68.2 |
Spokane, WA | United States | 68.1 |
Orlando, FL | United States | 68.1 |
Dayton, OH | United States | 68.0 |
Verona | Italy | 68.0 |
Dallas, TX | United States | 67.9 |
Richmond, VA | United States | 67.8 |
Louisville, KY | United States | 67.7 |
Southampton | United Kingdom | 67.6 |
Leeds | United Kingdom | 67.6 |
Treviso | Italy | 67.5 |
Madison, WI | United States | 67.3 |
Birmingham | United Kingdom | 67.3 |
Indianapolis, IN | United States | 67.1 |
Hanover | Germany | 67.0 |
Nuremberg | Germany | 67.0 |
Hamilton | Canada | 67.0 |
Coventry | United Kingdom | 66.9 |
Newcastle upon Tyne | United Kingdom | 66.9 |
Saint Louis, MO | United States | 66.8 |
Ulm | Germany | 66.7 |
Stoke-on-Trent | United Kingdom | 66.6 |
Austin, TX | United States | 66.5 |
Dundee | United Kingdom | 66.5 |
Saarbrucken | Germany | 66.3 |
Kansas City, MO | United States | 66.1 |
Cagliari | Italy | 66.1 |
Karlsruhe | Germany | 65.9 |
Sheffield | United Kingdom | 65.9 |
Taipei | Taiwan | 65.8 |
Belfast | United Kingdom | 65.7 |
Chattanooga, TN | United States | 65.7 |
Darmstadt | Germany | 65.5 |
Limassol | Cyprus | 65.3 |
Turin | Italy | 65.2 |
St.Catharines | Canada | 65.2 |
Best | Netherlands | 65.1 |
Toledo, OH | United States | 65.0 |
Salt Lake City, UT | United States | 65.0 |
Oklahoma City, OK | United States | 64.9 |
Padova | Italy | 64.9 |
Leicester | United Kingdom | 64.9 |
Freiburg im Breisgau | Germany | 64.7 |
Erlangen | Germany | 64.5 |
Nicosia | Cyprus | 64.5 |
Cincinnati, OH | United States | 64.4 |
Tucson, AZ | United States | 64.3 |
Dubai | United Arab Emirates | 64.3 |
Houston, TX | United States | 63.9 |
Bilbao | Spain | 63.8 |
Bournemouth | United Kingdom | 63.7 |
Mesa, AZ | United States | 63.7 |
Essen | Germany | 63.6 |
Albuquerque, NM | United States | 63.4 |
Aberdeen | United Kingdom | 63.4 |
Lexington, KY | United States | 62.9 |
Doha | Qatar | 62.9 |
Leipzig | Germany | 62.8 |
San Antonio, TX | United States | 62.6 |
Bari | Italy | 62.6 |
Dresden | Germany | 62.5 |
Tulsa, OK | United States | 62.4 |
Naples | Italy | 62.4 |
Memphis, TN | United States | 62.3 |
Bremen | Germany | 62.2 |
Akron, OH | United States | 62.2 |
Kingston upon Hull | United Kingdom | 62.1 |
Aachen | Germany | 61.8 |
Kaohsiung | Taiwan | 61.4 |
Regensburg | Germany | 61.4 |
Barcelona | Spain | 61.2 |
Little Rock, AR | United States | 59.3 |
Port of Spain | Trinidad And Tobago | 59.2 |
Madrid | Spain | 59.0 |
Palma de Mallorca | Spain | 59.0 |
Athens | Greece | 59.0 |
Wichita, KS | United States | 58.9 |
Patras | Greece | 58.7 |
Thessaloniki | Greece | 58.4 |
Palermo | Italy | 58.0 |
Abu Dhabi | United Arab Emirates | 57.9 |
Larnaca | Cyprus | 57.4 |
Catania | Italy | 57.4 |
Male | Maldives | 57.3 |
Ljubljana | Slovenia | 57.2 |
Heraklion | Greece | 57.1 |
El Paso, TX | United States | 55.9 |
Havana | Cuba | 55.9 |
Tallinn | Estonia | 55.8 |
Zaragoza (Saragossa) | Spain | 54.8 |
Panama City | Panama | 54.5 |
Manama | Bahrain | 54.3 |
Shanghai | China | 53.9 |
Riyadh | Saudi Arabia | 53.9 |
Tartu | Estonia | 53.8 |
Vigo | Spain | 53.4 |
Seville (Sevilla) | Spain | 53.3 |
Valencia | Spain | 53.0 |
Paphos | Cyprus | 52.9 |
Makati | Philippines | 52.7 |
Ajman | United Arab Emirates | 52.6 |
Jeddah (Jiddah) | Saudi Arabia | 52.6 |
Malaga | Spain | 52.5 |
Amman | Jordan | 52.2 |
Granada | Spain | 52.0 |
Montevideo | Uruguay | 52.0 |
Prague | Czech Republic | 51.8 |
Murcia | Spain | 51.7 |
Lisbon | Portugal | 51.7 |
Maribor | Slovenia | 51.6 |
Split | Croatia | 51.6 |
Kingston | Jamaica | 51.6 |
Riga | Latvia | 51.5 |
Alicante | Spain | 51.5 |
Muscat | Oman | 51.2 |
Shenzhen | China | 51.1 |
Santa Cruz de Tenerife | Spain | 50.9 |
Dakar | Senegal | 50.9 |
Cascais | Portugal | 50.9 |
Las Palmas de Gran Canaria | Spain | 50.5 |
Addis Ababa | Ethiopia | 50.5 |
Bangkok | Thailand | 50.4 |
Rijeka | Croatia | 50.1 |
Phnom Penh | Cambodia | 50.1 |
Zagreb | Croatia | 49.9 |
Beijing | China | 49.5 |
Bratislava | Slovakia | 49.4 |
Porto | Portugal | 49.4 |
Brno | Czech Republic | 49.3 |
Hangzhou | China | 49.2 |
Paramaribo | Suriname | 49.2 |
Funchal | Portugal | 49.2 |
Sharjah | United Arab Emirates | 49.0 |
Ad Dammam | Saudi Arabia | 48.5 |
Olomouc | Czech Republic | 48.2 |
Kosice | Slovakia | 48.2 |
Kuwait City | Kuwait | 48.0 |
San Jose | Costa Rica | 47.7 |
Coimbra | Portugal | 47.4 |
Abidjan | Ivory Coast | 47.1 |
Braga | Portugal | 47.0 |
Vilnius | Lithuania | 46.9 |
Ostrava | Czech Republic | 46.5 |
Aveiro | Portugal | 46.5 |
Budapest | Hungary | 46.1 |
Suzhou | China | 45.9 |
Harare | Zimbabwe | 45.7 |
Leiria | Portugal | 45.7 |
Santiago | Chile | 45.6 |
San Salvador | El Salvador | 45.3 |
Caracas | Venezuela | 45.3 |
Johannesburg | South Africa | 44.9 |
Kaunas | Lithuania | 44.7 |
Santo Domingo | Dominican Republic | 44.7 |
Guatemala City | Guatemala | 44.6 |
Phuket | Thailand | 44.3 |
Warsaw | Poland | 43.9 |
Chengdu | China | 43.8 |
Osijek | Croatia | 43.6 |
Quezon City | Philippines | 43.3 |
Gdynia | Poland | 42.9 |
Bali | Indonesia | 42.9 |
Pretoria | South Africa | 42.8 |
Gaborone | Botswana | 42.7 |
Nanjing | China | 42.3 |
Sofia | Bulgaria | 42.2 |
Chiang Mai | Thailand | 42.2 |
Moscow | Russia | 42.2 |
Pattaya | Thailand | 42.1 |
Gdansk | Poland | 41.3 |
Krakow (Cracow) | Poland | 41.3 |
Wroclaw | Poland | 41.1 |
Guangzhou | China | 41.1 |
Cape Town | South Africa | 41.0 |
Jakarta | Indonesia | 40.9 |
Pecs | Hungary | 40.8 |
Manila | Philippines | 40.8 |
Poznan | Poland | 40.7 |
Quito | Ecuador | 40.5 |
Durban | South Africa | 40.3 |
Katowice | Poland | 40.3 |
Cluj-Napoca | Romania | 40.2 |
Bucharest | Romania | 40.1 |
Szeged | Hungary | 40.1 |
Belgrade | Serbia | 40.1 |
Debrecen | Hungary | 40.0 |
Petaling Jaya | Malaysia | 40.0 |
Marrakech | Morocco | 39.9 |
Podgorica | Montenegro | 39.3 |
Szczecin | Poland | 39.3 |
Kota Kinabalu | Malaysia | 39.3 |
Kuala Lumpur | Malaysia | 39.3 |
Varna | Bulgaria | 39.1 |
Suva | Fiji | 39.0 |
Cebu | Philippines | 39.0 |
Ho Chi Minh City | Vietnam | 39.0 |
Cancun | Mexico | 38.9 |
Accra | Ghana | 38.7 |
Tirana | Albania | 38.7 |
Guayaquil | Ecuador | 38.6 |
Monterrey | Mexico | 38.5 |
Plovdiv | Bulgaria | 38.4 |
Sarajevo | Bosnia And Herzegovina | 38.4 |
Lublin | Poland | 38.0 |
Erbil (Irbil) | Iraq | 38.0 |
Santa Cruz | Bolivia | 38.0 |
Isfahan (Esfahan) | Iran | 38.0 |
Lodz | Poland | 37.9 |
Saint Petersburg | Russia | 37.8 |
Banja Luka | Bosnia And Herzegovina | 37.6 |
Penang | Malaysia | 37.6 |
La Paz | Bolivia | 37.5 |
Sao Paulo | Brazil | 37.5 |
Novi Sad | Serbia | 37.4 |
Mexico City | Mexico | 37.4 |
Lagos | Nigeria | 37.3 |
Constanta | Romania | 37.3 |
Iasi | Romania | 37.1 |
Hanoi | Vietnam | 36.9 |
Tangier | Morocco | 36.9 |
Brasilia | Brazil | 36.8 |
Burgas | Bulgaria | 36.8 |
Baguio | Philippines | 36.7 |
Rio de Janeiro | Brazil | 36.7 |
Brasov | Romania | 36.6 |
Casablanca | Morocco | 36.6 |
Damascus | Syria | 36.4 |
Sibiu | Romania | 36.2 |
Timisoara | Romania | 36.2 |
Kampala | Uganda | 36.0 |
Nairobi | Kenya | 35.9 |
Merida | Mexico | 35.7 |
Rabat | Morocco | 35.7 |
Qingdao, Shandong | China | 35.5 |
Queretaro | Mexico | 35.4 |
Bandung | Indonesia | 35.4 |
Oradea | Romania | 35.4 |
Buenos Aires | Argentina | 35.3 |
Dhaka | Bangladesh | 35.1 |
Skopje | North Macedonia | 34.9 |
Ulaanbaatar | Mongolia | 34.9 |
Craiova | Romania | 34.9 |
Agadir | Morocco | 34.8 |
Baghdad | Iraq | 34.8 |
Surabaya | Indonesia | 34.7 |
Lima | Peru | 34.6 |
Arad | Romania | 34.5 |
Florianopolis | Brazil | 34.4 |
Cuenca | Ecuador | 34.2 |
Kiev (Kyiv) | Ukraine | 34.1 |
Gurgaon | India | 34.1 |
Guadalajara | Mexico | 34.1 |
Kazan | Russia | 34.0 |
Yerevan | Armenia | 34.0 |
Dar es Salaam | Tanzania | 34.0 |
Nizhny Novgorod | Russia | 33.9 |
Colombo | Sri Lanka | 33.6 |
Lusaka | Zambia | 33.6 |
Nis | Serbia | 33.4 |
Yekaterinburg | Russia | 33.2 |
Minsk | Belarus | 32.8 |
Krasnodar | Russia | 32.7 |
Mashhad | Iran | 32.5 |
Belo Horizonte | Brazil | 32.5 |
Cairo | Egypt | 32.4 |
Porto Alegre | Brazil | 32.3 |
Kigali | Rwanda | 32.3 |
Novosibirsk | Russia | 32.3 |
Rostov-na-donu | Russia | 32.1 |
Odessa (Odesa) | Ukraine | 31.9 |
Chisinau | Moldova | 31.8 |
Curitiba | Brazil | 31.8 |
Baku | Azerbaijan | 31.6 |
Tehran | Iran | 31.5 |
Istanbul | Turkey | 31.1 |
Tbilisi | Georgia | 31.0 |
Yogyakarta | Indonesia | 30.8 |
Asuncion | Paraguay | 30.6 |
Kharkiv | Ukraine | 30.5 |
Astana (Nur-Sultan) | Kazakhstan | 30.3 |
Chandigarh | India | 30.3 |
Almaty | Kazakhstan | 30.2 |
Tunis | Tunisia | 29.9 |
Kathmandu | Nepal | 29.9 |
Algiers | Algeria | 29.8 |
Lviv | Ukraine | 29.7 |
Tashkent | Uzbekistan | 29.4 |
Mumbai | India | 29.3 |
Dnipro | Ukraine | 29.3 |
Noida | India | 29.2 |
Medellin | Colombia | 28.8 |
Alexandria | Egypt | 28.4 |
Barranquilla | Colombia | 28.4 |
Navi Mumbai | India | 28.4 |
Izmir | Turkey | 28.4 |
Delhi | India | 28.2 |
Bangalore | India | 28.2 |
Bogota | Colombia | 27.9 |
Goa | India | 27.7 |
Pune | India | 27.6 |
Ghaziabad | India | 27.6 |
Thane | India | 27.5 |
Ranchi | India | 27.3 |
Ankara | Turkey | 27.2 |
Hyderabad | India | 26.6 |
Faridabad | India | 26.6 |
Bishkek | Kyrgyzstan | 26.6 |
Pristina | Kosovo (Disputed Territory) | 26.2 |
Chennai | India | 26.1 |
Ahmedabad | India | 26.0 |
Kolkata | India | 26.0 |
Cali | Colombia | 25.8 |
Guwahati | India | 25.6 |
Lucknow (Lakhnau) | India | 25.4 |
Madurai | India | 25.4 |
Surat | India | 25.3 |
Vadodara | India | 25.3 |
Vijayawada | India | 25.0 |
Ludhiana | India | 24.9 |
Cyberjaya, Selangor | Malaysia | 24.9 |
Raipur | India | 24.8 |
Dehradun | India | 24.8 |
Nashik | India | 24.6 |
Indore | India | 24.5 |
Rajkot | India | 24.5 |
Nagpur | India | 24.4 |
Ernakulam | India | 24.0 |
Visakhapatnam | India | 24.0 |
Jaipur | India | 24.0 |
Patna | India | 24.0 |
Mangalore | India | 23.7 |
Bucaramanga | Colombia | 23.7 |
Coimbatore | India | 23.5 |
Bhopal | India | 23.4 |
Bhubaneswar | India | 23.3 |
Mysore | India | 23.2 |
Kochi | India | 22.9 |
Agra | India | 22.8 |
Jammu | India | 22.0 |
Thiruvananthapuram | India | 21.8 |
Kozhikode (Calicut) | India | 21.6 |
Lahore | Pakistan | 21.5 |
Islamabad | Pakistan | 21.5 |
Kabul | Afghanistan | 21.4 |
Thrissur | India | 21.3 |
Kanpur | India | 20.8 |
Karachi | Pakistan | 20.8 |
Rawalpindi | Pakistan | 20.5 |
Multan | Pakistan | 18.7 |
Peshawar | Pakistan | 18.6 |
Bermuda’s capital city Hamilton ranks first on the list, with a cost of living that’s nearly 50% higher than New York’s.
Why is Hamilton so expensive? One reason is that nearly everything needs to be imported onto the tiny British archipelago—things like gas, groceries, and clothes—so it’s likely that prices in the territory are steep as a result.
Second on the list is Zurich, Switzerland, where expenses are roughly 30% higher than New York City. Food and beverages are particularly expensive in the region—according to the dataset, groceries are 58% more expensive than groceries in NYC, and restaurant prices are 55% higher.
However, it’s worth noting that while Zurich ranks high on the cost of living index, the city’s purchasing power is also strong, which we will dive into in the next section.
The Local Purchasing Power Index
Purchasing power is a metric that’s used to gauge the number of goods and services someone on an average salary can buy in that specific city.
Taking a look again at Zurich, consumers in the city have about 30% more purchasing power than New York City residents on average, despite having higher costs.
City | Country | Local Purchasing Power Index |
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Houston, TX | United States | 173.0 |
Dallas, TX | United States | 170.7 |
Ann Arbor, MI | United States | 160.0 |
Austin, TX | United States | 158.2 |
Fremont, CA | United States | 157.4 |
San Jose, CA | United States | 157.4 |
Jersey City, NJ | United States | 155.9 |
Santa Clara, CA | United States | 155.4 |
Columbus, OH | United States | 151.3 |
Seattle, WA | United States | 145.4 |
Charlotte, NC | United States | 144.9 |
Jacksonville, FL | United States | 144.3 |
Raleigh, NC | United States | 144.1 |
Zug | Switzerland | 143.4 |
Salt Lake City, UT | United States | 140.6 |
San Antonio, TX | United States | 137.7 |
Colorado Springs, CO | United States | 137.6 |
Baltimore, MD | United States | 136.1 |
Phoenix, AZ | United States | 135.9 |
Chicago, IL | United States | 135.3 |
San Francisco, CA | United States | 133.2 |
Madison, WI | United States | 132.1 |
Tulsa, OK | United States | 132.1 |
Erlangen | Germany | 131.8 |
Little Rock, AR | United States | 131.1 |
Richmond, VA | United States | 130.9 |
Atlanta, GA | United States | 130.7 |
Denver, CO | United States | 130.0 |
Zurich | Switzerland | 129.8 |
Albany, NY | United States | 129.8 |
Cyberjaya, Selangor | Malaysia | 128.5 |
Oklahoma City, OK | United States | 128.0 |
San Diego, CA | United States | 127.9 |
Kansas City, MO | United States | 127.2 |
Lausanne | Switzerland | 127.0 |
Los Angeles, CA | United States | 126.1 |
Vancouver, WA | United States | 126.1 |
Cleveland, OH | United States | 125.3 |
Cincinnati, OH | United States | 125.2 |
Las Vegas, NV | United States | 124.8 |
Buffalo, NY | United States | 124.4 |
Red Deer | Canada | 123.9 |
Orlando, FL | United States | 123.3 |
Hamilton | New Zealand | 123.2 |
Saint Louis, MO | United States | 123.2 |
Albuquerque, NM | United States | 122.4 |
Washington, DC | United States | 121.8 |
Indianapolis, IN | United States | 121.5 |
Charleston, SC | United States | 121.3 |
Geneva | Switzerland | 120.6 |
Derby | United Kingdom | 119.8 |
Wichita, KS | United States | 119.2 |
Newcastle | Australia | 118.9 |
El Paso, TX | United States | 118.8 |
Anchorage, AK | United States | 118.6 |
Aachen | Germany | 116.5 |
Fresno, CA | United States | 116.4 |
Boston, MA | United States | 115.7 |
Nuremberg | Germany | 115.7 |
Philadelphia, PA | United States | 115.6 |
Pittsburgh, PA | United States | 115.5 |
Minneapolis, MN | United States | 114.7 |
Calgary | Canada | 114.2 |
Fort Worth, TX | United States | 112.6 |
Bern | Switzerland | 112.5 |
Spokane, WA | United States | 112.4 |
Lugano | Switzerland | 112.0 |
Oakland, CA | United States | 111.7 |
Basel | Switzerland | 111.5 |
Nashville, TN | United States | 111.5 |
Detroit, MI | United States | 110.1 |
North Vancouver | Canada | 110.1 |
Perth | Australia | 110.0 |
Long Beach, CA | United States | 110.0 |
Dusseldorf | Germany | 110.0 |
Memphis, TN | United States | 110.0 |
Louisville, KY | United States | 109.7 |
Edmonton | Canada | 109.5 |
Darwin | Australia | 109.4 |
Milwaukee, WI | United States | 109.2 |
Dresden | Germany | 109.1 |
Stuttgart | Germany | 109.0 |
Olympia, WA | United States | 108.8 |
Markham | Canada | 108.7 |
Coventry | United Kingdom | 108.7 |
Darmstadt | Germany | 108.5 |
Des Moines, IA | United States | 108.4 |
Portland, OR | United States | 108.1 |
Ulm | Germany | 107.4 |
Frankfurt | Germany | 106.9 |
Saint Paul, MN | United States | 106.6 |
Cardiff | United Kingdom | 106.2 |
Omaha, NE | United States | 106.0 |
Berlin | Germany | 105.9 |
Queens, NY | United States | 105.7 |
Dortmund | Germany | 105.6 |
Plano, TX | United States | 105.4 |
Canberra | Australia | 105.1 |
Lund | Sweden | 104.9 |
Durham, NC | United States | 104.8 |
Sydney | Australia | 104.5 |
Adelaide | Australia | 104.2 |
Oxford | United Kingdom | 104.0 |
Regina | Canada | 104.0 |
Brisbane | Australia | 103.8 |
Brampton | Canada | 103.5 |
Mesa, AZ | United States | 103.4 |
Regensburg | Germany | 103.3 |
Karlsruhe | Germany | 103.0 |
Akron, OH | United States | 102.9 |
Bangalore | India | 102.6 |
Lexington, KY | United States | 102.4 |
Melbourne | Australia | 102.2 |
Heidelberg | Germany | 102.2 |
Aberdeen | United Kingdom | 102.0 |
Everett, WA | United States | 101.8 |
Hobart | Australia | 101.6 |
Winnipeg | Canada | 101.6 |
Sacramento, CA | United States | 101.4 |
Fort Lauderdale, FL | United States | 101.3 |
Toronto | Canada | 101.3 |
Gold Coast | Australia | 101.2 |
Gothenburg | Sweden | 101.2 |
Hamburg | Germany | 101.1 |
Oulu | Finland | 101.1 |
Dubai | United Arab Emirates | 101.1 |
Aalborg | Denmark | 100.9 |
Reading | United Kingdom | 100.9 |
London | Canada | 100.4 |
Fort Collins, CO | United States | 100.3 |
Luxembourg | Luxembourg | 100.2 |
Rochester, NY | United States | 100.1 |
New York, NY | United States | 100.0 |
Mississauga | Canada | 99.7 |
Southampton | United Kingdom | 98.4 |
Tampa, FL | United States | 98.3 |
Surrey | Canada | 98.1 |
Stoke-on-Trent | United Kingdom | 97.9 |
Newcastle upon Tyne | United Kingdom | 97.7 |
Best | Netherlands | 97.2 |
Reno, NV | United States | 96.9 |
Turku | Finland | 96.8 |
Limerick | Ireland | 96.5 |
Glasgow | United Kingdom | 96.4 |
Bonn | Germany | 95.7 |
Hanover | Germany | 95.6 |
Arhus | Denmark | 95.5 |
Stockholm | Sweden | 95.4 |
Marseille | France | 95.3 |
Munich | Germany | 95.2 |
Mannheim | Germany | 95.1 |
Odense | Denmark | 94.8 |
Amsterdam | Netherlands | 94.5 |
Freiburg im Breisgau | Germany | 94.5 |
Ottawa | Canada | 94.3 |
Asheville, NC | United States | 94.2 |
Santa Barbara, CA | United States | 93.9 |
Exeter | United Kingdom | 93.9 |
Enschede | Netherlands | 93.8 |
Miami, FL | United States | 93.7 |
Ad Dammam | Saudi Arabia | 93.6 |
New Orleans, LA | United States | 92.9 |
Cambridge | United Kingdom | 92.9 |
Greensboro, NC | United States | 92.7 |
Riyadh | Saudi Arabia | 92.7 |
Leicester | United Kingdom | 92.6 |
Delft | Netherlands | 91.7 |
Chattanooga, TN | United States | 91.7 |
Nottingham | United Kingdom | 91.6 |
Belfast | United Kingdom | 91.6 |
Rotterdam | Netherlands | 91.4 |
Tampere | Finland | 91.4 |
Singapore | Singapore | 91.3 |
Manchester | United Kingdom | 91.3 |
Copenhagen | Denmark | 90.7 |
Toledo, OH | United States | 90.5 |
Espoo | Finland | 90.3 |
Antwerp | Belgium | 90.3 |
Christchurch | New Zealand | 90.2 |
Toulouse | France | 90.1 |
Liverpool | United Kingdom | 90.1 |
Montreal | Canada | 89.9 |
Doha | Qatar | 89.9 |
Tromso | Norway | 89.5 |
Honolulu, HI | United States | 89.2 |
Salem, OR | United States | 89.2 |
Victoria | Canada | 89.1 |
Cologne | Germany | 89.1 |
Sheffield | United Kingdom | 89.1 |
Lincoln | United Kingdom | 89.0 |
London | United Kingdom | 88.8 |
Tokyo | Japan | 88.6 |
The Hague (Den Haag) | Netherlands | 88.5 |
Leeds | United Kingdom | 88.5 |
Saskatoon | Canada | 88.2 |
Eugene, OR | United States | 88.2 |
Trondheim | Norway | 88.0 |
Edinburgh | United Kingdom | 88.0 |
Halifax | Canada | 87.9 |
Vancouver | Canada | 87.7 |
Pretoria | South Africa | 87.3 |
Quebec City | Canada | 87.2 |
Bergen | Norway | 87.0 |
Brussels | Belgium | 87.0 |
Eindhoven | Netherlands | 86.9 |
Kingston upon Hull | United Kingdom | 86.6 |
Nijmegen | Netherlands | 86.5 |
Maastricht | Netherlands | 86.5 |
Muscat | Oman | 86.5 |
Hamilton | Canada | 86.4 |
Stavanger | Norway | 85.9 |
Berkeley, CA | United States | 85.8 |
Wellington | New Zealand | 85.5 |
Saarbrucken | Germany | 85.4 |
Oslo | Norway | 85.2 |
Iowa City, IA | United States | 85.0 |
Portsmouth | United Kingdom | 85.0 |
Birmingham, AL | United States | 84.9 |
Malmo | Sweden | 84.9 |
Bristol | United Kingdom | 84.8 |
Cork | Ireland | 84.5 |
Tauranga | New Zealand | 84.4 |
Breda | Netherlands | 84.3 |
Plymouth | United Kingdom | 84.0 |
Uppsala | Sweden | 83.9 |
Tucson, AZ | United States | 83.7 |
Leuven | Belgium | 83.6 |
Helsinki | Finland | 83.5 |
Lyon | France | 82.7 |
Boise, ID | United States | 82.6 |
Dundee | United Kingdom | 82.4 |
Essen | Germany | 81.9 |
Dublin | Ireland | 81.8 |
Birmingham | United Kingdom | 81.8 |
Osaka | Japan | 81.6 |
Grenoble | France | 81.6 |
Granada | Spain | 81.6 |
Saint Helier | Jersey | 80.4 |
Paris | France | 80.2 |
Beersheba | Israel | 80.1 |
Augsburg | Germany | 79.9 |
Alicante | Spain | 79.9 |
Leipzig | Germany | 79.8 |
Norwich | United Kingdom | 79.7 |
Jerusalem | Israel | 79.6 |
Guelph | Canada | 79.6 |
Vienna | Austria | 79.6 |
Hamilton | Bermuda | 79.4 |
Auckland | New Zealand | 79.2 |
Dayton, OH | United States | 79.2 |
Graz | Austria | 79.0 |
Guildford | United Kingdom | 78.8 |
Navi Mumbai | India | 78.7 |
Murcia | Spain | 78.5 |
Linz | Austria | 78.4 |
Syracuse, NY | United States | 78.4 |
Groningen | Netherlands | 78.3 |
Utrecht | Netherlands | 77.9 |
Salzburg | Austria | 77.8 |
Haifa | Israel | 77.6 |
Kelowna | Canada | 77.5 |
Gent | Belgium | 77.4 |
Leiden | Netherlands | 77.2 |
Haarlem | Netherlands | 77.1 |
Bremen | Germany | 77.1 |
Bournemouth | United Kingdom | 76.5 |
Jeddah (Jiddah) | Saudi Arabia | 76.1 |
Cape Town | South Africa | 75.8 |
Kingston | Canada | 75.4 |
Abu Dhabi | United Arab Emirates | 75.2 |
Vigo | Spain | 75.0 |
Gurgaon | India | 74.9 |
Reykjavik | Iceland | 74.8 |
Brighton | United Kingdom | 74.8 |
Madrid | Spain | 74.8 |
Seoul | South Korea | 74.5 |
Qingdao, Shandong | China | 74.0 |
Milton Keynes | United Kingdom | 73.9 |
Kitchener | Canada | 73.9 |
Durban | South Africa | 73.9 |
Thiruvananthapuram | India | 73.7 |
York | United Kingdom | 73.5 |
Petah Tikva | Israel | 72.9 |
Nanjing | China | 72.9 |
Johannesburg | South Africa | 72.2 |
Prague | Czech Republic | 72.0 |
Galway | Ireland | 71.9 |
St.Catharines | Canada | 71.2 |
Seville (Sevilla) | Spain | 71.0 |
Barcelona | Spain | 70.8 |
Tel Aviv-Yafo | Israel | 70.2 |
Guangzhou | China | 70.1 |
Valencia | Spain | 70.0 |
Zaragoza (Saragossa) | Spain | 69.3 |
Brescia | Italy | 69.1 |
Shenzhen | China | 69.0 |
Kuwait City | Kuwait | 68.8 |
Innsbruck | Austria | 68.0 |
Maribor | Slovenia | 68.0 |
Macao | Macao | 67.3 |
Turin | Italy | 67.2 |
Krakow (Cracow) | Poland | 67.1 |
San Juan | Puerto Rico | 66.7 |
Padova | Italy | 66.6 |
Thane | India | 66.1 |
Warsaw | Poland | 66.0 |
Penang | Malaysia | 65.9 |
Malaga | Spain | 65.8 |
Hong Kong | Hong Kong | 65.7 |
Bilbao | Spain | 65.5 |
Ostrava | Czech Republic | 65.2 |
Brno | Czech Republic | 65.1 |
Bari | Italy | 65.0 |
Hangzhou | China | 65.0 |
Tallinn | Estonia | 64.9 |
Kaunas | Lithuania | 64.9 |
Gdansk | Poland | 64.4 |
Nice | France | 64.2 |
Katowice | Poland | 64.0 |
Kuala Lumpur | Malaysia | 64.0 |
Santa Cruz de Tenerife | Spain | 63.8 |
Bergamo | Italy | 63.3 |
Palma de Mallorca | Spain | 63.2 |
Raipur | India | 63.2 |
Verona | Italy | 63.1 |
Trieste | Italy | 63.0 |
St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador | Canada | 62.8 |
Manama | Bahrain | 62.6 |
Bratislava | Slovakia | 62.6 |
Noida | India | 62.6 |
Vilnius | Lithuania | 62.1 |
Treviso | Italy | 62.0 |
Olomouc | Czech Republic | 61.3 |
Paphos | Cyprus | 61.2 |
Petaling Jaya | Malaysia | 60.9 |
Parma | Italy | 60.7 |
Tartu | Estonia | 60.5 |
Delhi | India | 60.4 |
Nicosia | Cyprus | 60.3 |
Ljubljana | Slovenia | 60.2 |
Lublin | Poland | 60.2 |
Wroclaw | Poland | 59.9 |
Kochi | India | 59.5 |
Taipei | Taiwan | 59.3 |
Bologna | Italy | 58.9 |
Palermo | Italy | 58.9 |
Suzhou | China | 58.8 |
Jammu | India | 58.4 |
Poznan | Poland | 58.3 |
Windsor | Canada | 58.0 |
Lodz | Poland | 57.8 |
Yekaterinburg | Russia | 57.8 |
Cagliari | Italy | 57.7 |
Nanaimo, BC | Canada | 57.5 |
Nagoya | Japan | 57.4 |
Las Palmas de Gran Canaria | Spain | 56.7 |
Sharjah | United Arab Emirates | 56.7 |
Osijek | Croatia | 56.4 |
Naples | Italy | 56.2 |
Chengdu | China | 56.0 |
Limassol | Cyprus | 55.8 |
Kaohsiung | Taiwan | 55.5 |
Larnaca | Cyprus | 55.3 |
Sofia | Bulgaria | 55.3 |
Zagreb | Croatia | 55.1 |
Catania | Italy | 54.6 |
Ghaziabad | India | 54.6 |
Thrissur | India | 54.4 |
Timisoara | Romania | 54.3 |
Bhubaneswar | India | 54.2 |
Milan | Italy | 54.0 |
Pune | India | 53.7 |
Florence | Italy | 53.4 |
Bucharest | Romania | 53.2 |
Beijing | China | 53.1 |
Cluj-Napoca | Romania | 53.1 |
Shanghai | China | 53.0 |
Coimbra | Portugal | 53.0 |
Craiova | Romania | 52.9 |
Riga | Latvia | 52.8 |
Budapest | Hungary | 52.7 |
Pisa | Italy | 52.1 |
Genoa | Italy | 51.6 |
Jaipur | India | 51.5 |
Gaborone | Botswana | 51.4 |
Rome | Italy | 51.3 |
Kosice | Slovakia | 51.2 |
Hyderabad | India | 51.2 |
Szczecin | Poland | 51.1 |
Faridabad | India | 51.1 |
Queretaro | Mexico | 51.0 |
Arad | Romania | 51.0 |
Gdynia | Poland | 50.6 |
Kozhikode (Calicut) | India | 50.0 |
Debrecen | Hungary | 49.9 |
Leiria | Portugal | 49.7 |
Moscow | Russia | 49.6 |
Szeged | Hungary | 49.5 |
Oradea | Romania | 49.5 |
Ajman | United Arab Emirates | 48.3 |
Lisbon | Portugal | 48.3 |
Sibiu | Romania | 48.3 |
Kiev (Kyiv) | Ukraine | 48.2 |
Lucknow (Lakhnau) | India | 48.2 |
Sliema | Malta | 48.0 |
Mumbai | India | 48.0 |
Mangalore | India | 47.9 |
Pristina | Kosovo (Disputed Territory) | 47.5 |
Pecs | Hungary | 47.2 |
Nassau | Bahamas | 46.7 |
Funchal | Portugal | 46.5 |
Chandigarh | India | 46.5 |
Ernakulam | India | 46.5 |
Mysore | India | 46.5 |
Braga | Portugal | 46.3 |
Varna | Bulgaria | 46.3 |
Chennai | India | 46.3 |
Vadodara | India | 46.1 |
Bhopal | India | 45.8 |
Plovdiv | Bulgaria | 45.6 |
Constanta | Romania | 45.4 |
Porto | Portugal | 44.9 |
Rajkot | India | 44.8 |
Suva | Fiji | 44.7 |
Brasov | Romania | 44.7 |
Kolkata | India | 44.7 |
Iasi | Romania | 44.1 |
Aveiro | Portugal | 43.9 |
Sarajevo | Bosnia And Herzegovina | 43.7 |
Rijeka | Croatia | 43.6 |
Brasilia | Brazil | 43.5 |
Monterrey | Mexico | 43.0 |
San Jose | Costa Rica | 42.9 |
Novi Sad | Serbia | 42.7 |
Visakhapatnam | India | 42.7 |
Split | Croatia | 42.5 |
Nagpur | India | 42.5 |
Burgas | Bulgaria | 42.4 |
Surat | India | 42.0 |
Cascais | Portugal | 41.2 |
Astana (Nur-Sultan) | Kazakhstan | 41.0 |
Saint Petersburg | Russia | 40.8 |
Port of Spain | Trinidad And Tobago | 40.7 |
Coimbatore | India | 40.7 |
Nis | Serbia | 40.4 |
Dehradun | India | 40.4 |
Athens | Greece | 40.0 |
Indore | India | 40.0 |
Erbil (Irbil) | Iraq | 39.9 |
Guwahati | India | 39.6 |
Kota Kinabalu | Malaysia | 39.4 |
Ankara | Turkey | 39.1 |
Ahmedabad | India | 39.1 |
Baghdad | Iraq | 39.0 |
Kanpur | India | 38.8 |
Ranchi | India | 38.6 |
Novosibirsk | Russia | 38.4 |
Banja Luka | Bosnia And Herzegovina | 38.3 |
Lviv | Ukraine | 38.3 |
Cancun | Mexico | 38.2 |
Thessaloniki | Greece | 37.9 |
Lusaka | Zambia | 37.5 |
Patras | Greece | 37.4 |
Vijayawada | India | 37.2 |
Skopje | North Macedonia | 37.0 |
Rostov-na-donu | Russia | 36.9 |
Patna | India | 36.8 |
Mexico City | Mexico | 36.7 |
Krasnodar | Russia | 36.6 |
Goa | India | 36.3 |
Belgrade | Serbia | 36.1 |
Heraklion | Greece | 36.0 |
Podgorica | Montenegro | 36.0 |
Guadalajara | Mexico | 36.0 |
Ludhiana | India | 35.8 |
Nashik | India | 35.3 |
Izmir | Turkey | 35.2 |
Nizhny Novgorod | Russia | 35.0 |
Rabat | Morocco | 34.7 |
La Paz | Bolivia | 34.6 |
Chisinau | Moldova | 34.4 |
Casablanca | Morocco | 34.1 |
Kharkiv | Ukraine | 34.0 |
Almaty | Kazakhstan | 33.6 |
Merida | Mexico | 33.5 |
Kazan | Russia | 33.5 |
Tangier | Morocco | 33.2 |
Santa Cruz | Bolivia | 32.9 |
Medellin | Colombia | 32.8 |
Madurai | India | 32.8 |
Odessa (Odesa) | Ukraine | 32.7 |
Dnipro | Ukraine | 32.7 |
Panama City | Panama | 32.3 |
Curitiba | Brazil | 32.3 |
Santiago | Chile | 32.1 |
Guayaquil | Ecuador | 31.4 |
Agadir | Morocco | 31.4 |
Tirana | Albania | 31.2 |
Minsk | Belarus | 31.2 |
Porto Alegre | Brazil | 31.2 |
Cali | Colombia | 31.1 |
Ho Chi Minh City | Vietnam | 30.9 |
Montevideo | Uruguay | 30.8 |
Cuenca | Ecuador | 30.8 |
Hanoi | Vietnam | 30.7 |
Bucaramanga | Colombia | 30.4 |
Marrakech | Morocco | 30.0 |
Chiang Mai | Thailand | 29.9 |
Bangkok | Thailand | 29.8 |
Quito | Ecuador | 29.7 |
Yerevan | Armenia | 29.7 |
Amman | Jordan | 29.5 |
Tbilisi | Georgia | 29.5 |
Islamabad | Pakistan | 29.5 |
Florianopolis | Brazil | 29.3 |
Sao Paulo | Brazil | 29.2 |
Nairobi | Kenya | 29.2 |
Karachi | Pakistan | 29.2 |
Lima | Peru | 28.9 |
Istanbul | Turkey | 28.7 |
Male | Maldives | 28.5 |
Baku | Azerbaijan | 28.0 |
Agra | India | 27.9 |
Asuncion | Paraguay | 27.4 |
Phuket | Thailand | 27.3 |
Barranquilla | Colombia | 27.0 |
Buenos Aires | Argentina | 26.9 |
Kigali | Rwanda | 26.4 |
Kingston | Jamaica | 26.1 |
Bogota | Colombia | 26.1 |
Peshawar | Pakistan | 26.0 |
Jakarta | Indonesia | 25.3 |
Multan | Pakistan | 25.1 |
Ulaanbaatar | Mongolia | 25.0 |
Guatemala City | Guatemala | 24.4 |
Cairo | Egypt | 24.4 |
Lahore | Pakistan | 24.4 |
Tunis | Tunisia | 24.2 |
Dhaka | Bangladesh | 23.8 |
Surabaya | Indonesia | 23.6 |
Pattaya | Thailand | 23.3 |
Kathmandu | Nepal | 23.2 |
Dakar | Senegal | 23.1 |
Bishkek | Kyrgyzstan | 23.1 |
Rawalpindi | Pakistan | 22.9 |
Isfahan (Esfahan) | Iran | 22.8 |
Kabul | Afghanistan | 22.8 |
Mashhad | Iran | 22.7 |
Tashkent | Uzbekistan | 22.6 |
Santo Domingo | Dominican Republic | 22.2 |
Manila | Philippines | 22.2 |
San Salvador | El Salvador | 21.8 |
Bandung | Indonesia | 21.8 |
Algiers | Algeria | 21.8 |
Accra | Ghana | 21.1 |
Belo Horizonte | Brazil | 21.0 |
Makati | Philippines | 20.6 |
Alexandria | Egypt | 20.3 |
Quezon City | Philippines | 19.7 |
Rio de Janeiro | Brazil | 18.9 |
Baguio | Philippines | 18.7 |
Colombo | Sri Lanka | 18.6 |
Harare | Zimbabwe | 17.6 |
Cebu | Philippines | 17.6 |
Paramaribo | Suriname | 16.4 |
Caracas | Venezuela | 15.9 |
Beirut | Lebanon | 15.4 |
Phnom Penh | Cambodia | 14.8 |
Tehran | Iran | 14.6 |
Bali | Indonesia | 14.1 |
Dar es Salaam | Tanzania | 13.5 |
Yogyakarta | Indonesia | 12.2 |
Addis Ababa | Ethiopia | 9.8 |
Kampala | Uganda | 9.8 |
Lagos | Nigeria | 8.3 |
Abidjan | Ivory Coast | 6.3 |
Damascus | Syria | 5.0 |
Havana | Cuba | 1.6 |
In contrast, the average consumer in Hamilton, Bermuda has a relatively low purchasing power. Based on the average net salary in the city, consumers can afford about 30% less than people in New York City.
Inflation Continues to Drive Prices Up
Amidst rising inflation and increased prices for consumer goods, cost of living has become top of mind for many people around the world.
Since late 2021, the world has been experiencing a cost of living crisis, largely because of pent-up demand following the COVID-19 pandemic, coupled with supply chain issues and the Russia-Ukraine conflict.
But according to UBS Chief Economist Paul Donovan, we’ve likely seen the worst of it, and inflation is likely to decrease across the globe in the second half of the year.

This article was published as a part of Visual Capitalist's Creator Program, which features data-driven visuals from some of our favorite Creators around the world.
Science
Visualizing the Relationship Between Cancer and Lifespan
New research links mutation rates and lifespan. We visualize the data supporting this new framework for understanding cancer.

A Newfound Link Between Cancer and Aging?
A new study in 2022 reveals a thought-provoking relationship between how long animals live and how quickly their genetic codes mutate.
Cancer is a product of time and mutations, and so researchers investigated its onset and impact within 16 unique mammals. A new perspective on DNA mutation broadens our understanding of aging and cancer development—and how we might be able to control it.
Mutations, Aging, and Cancer: A Primer
Cancer is the uncontrolled growth of cells. It is not a pathogen that infects the body, but a normal body process gone wrong.
Cells divide and multiply in our bodies all the time. Sometimes, during DNA replication, tiny mistakes (called mutations) appear randomly within the genetic code. Our bodies have mechanisms to correct these errors, and for much of our youth we remain strong and healthy as a result of these corrective measures.
However, these protections weaken as we age. Developing cancer becomes more likely as mutations slip past our defenses and continue to multiply. The longer we live, the more mutations we carry, and the likelihood of them manifesting into cancer increases.
A Biological Conundrum
Since mutations can occur randomly, biologists expect larger lifeforms (those with more cells) to have greater chances of developing cancer than smaller lifeforms.
Strangely, no association exists.
It is one of biology’s biggest mysteries as to why massive creatures like whales or elephants rarely seem to experience cancer. This is called Peto’s Paradox. Even stranger: some smaller creatures, like the naked mole rat, are completely resistant to cancer.
This phenomenon motivates researchers to look into the genetics of naked mole rats and whales. And while we’ve discovered that special genetic bonuses (like extra tumor-suppressing genes) benefit these creatures, a pattern for cancer rates across all other species is still poorly understood.
Cancer May Be Closely Associated with Lifespan
Researchers at the Wellcome Sanger Institute report the first study to look at how mutation rates compare with animal lifespans.
Mutation rates are simply the speed at which species beget mutations. Mammals with shorter lifespans have average mutation rates that are very fast. A mouse undergoes nearly 800 mutations in each of its four short years on Earth. Mammals with longer lifespans have average mutation rates that are much slower. In humans (average lifespan of roughly 84 years), it comes to fewer than 50 mutations per year.
The study also compares the number of mutations at time of death with other traits, like body mass and lifespan. For example, a giraffe has roughly 40,000 times more cells than a mouse. Or a human lives 90 times longer than a mouse. What surprised researchers was that the number of mutations at time of death differed only by a factor of three.
Such small differentiation suggests there may be a total number of mutations a species can collect before it dies. Since the mammals reached this number at different speeds, finding ways to control the rate of mutations may help stall cancer development, set back aging, and prolong life.
The Future of Cancer Research
The findings in this study ignite new questions for understanding cancer.
Confirming that mutation rate and lifespan are strongly correlated needs comparison to lifeforms beyond mammals, like fishes, birds, and even plants.
It will also be necessary to understand what factors control mutation rates. The answer to this likely lies within the complexities of DNA. Geneticists and oncologists are continuing to investigate genetic curiosities like tumor-suppressing genes and how they might impact mutation rates.
Aging is likely to be a confluence of many issues, like epigenetic changes or telomere shortening, but if mutations are involved then there may be hopes of slowing genetic damage—or even reversing it.
While just a first step, linking mutation rates to lifespan is a reframing of our understanding of cancer development, and it may open doors to new strategies and therapies for treating cancer or taming the number of health-related concerns that come with aging.
Misc
Visualizing Which Countries Drink the Most Beer
Which countries drink the most beer? China ranks number one due to its sheer size, and the Czech Republic comes out on top, per capita.

Visualizing Which Countries Drink the Most Beer
Humans have been drinking beer for thousands of years—and since it’s still one of the most popular beverages worldwide, it seems we haven’t gotten sick of it yet. The latest available data shows that beer consumption exceeded 177 million kiloliters around the world in 2020.
Beer consumption occurs all over the world, but the amount varies greatly depending on the location. So, which countries drink the most beer?
This graphic uses data from Kirin Holdings to compare global beer consumption by country. Kirin is a Japanese company that has been tracking beer consumption around the world since 1975.
Which Countries Drink the Most Beer?
When it comes to total beer consumption, China ranks number one.
In 2020, the country’s consumption reached 36 million kiloliters—that’s enough beer to fill more than 14,000 Olympic-sized pools. The country accounts for a whopping one-fifth of total beer consumption worldwide. Archaeological evidence also suggests that China has a beer producing history that goes back thousands of years.
Here’s a look at the top 25 countries for beer consumption, and their global market share:
Ranking 2020 | Country | Total Consumption (thousand kl) | Global Market Share |
---|---|---|---|
1 | 🇨🇳 China | 36,088 | 20.30% |
2 | 🇺🇸 United States of America | 24,105 | 13.60% |
3 | 🇧🇷 Brazil | 13,847 | 7.80% |
4 | 🇷🇺 Russia | 8,646 | 4.90% |
5 | 🇲🇽 Mexico | 8,287 | 4.70% |
6 | 🇩🇪 Germany | 7,746 | 4.40% |
7 | 🇯🇵 Japan | 4,416 | 2.50% |
8 | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | 4,088 | 2.30% |
9 | 🇻🇳 Vietnam | 3,845 | 2.20% |
10 | 🇪🇸 Spain | 3,815 | 2.10% |
11 | 🇵🇱 Poland | 3,633 | 2.00% |
12 | 🇿🇦 South Africa | 3,284 | 1.90% |
13 | 🇨🇴 Colombia | 2,246 | 1.30% |
14 | 🇫🇷 France | 1,984 | 1.10% |
15 | 🇨🇦 Canada | 1,979 | 1.10% |
16 | 🇨🇿 Czech Republic | 1,946 | 1.10% |
17 | 🇰🇷 South Korea | 1,936 | 1.10% |
18 | 🇮🇹 Italy | 1,886 | 1.10% |
19 | 🇺🇦 Ukraine | 1,881 | 1.10% |
20 | 🇷🇴 Romania | 1,828 | 1.00% |
21 | 🇦🇺 Australia | 1,825 | 1.00% |
22 | 🇦🇷 Argentina | 1,797 | 1.00% |
23 | 🇮🇳 India | 1,686 | 0.90% |
24 | 🇹🇭 Thailand | 1,680 | 0.90% |
25 | 🇵🇭 Philippines | 1,462 | 0.80% |
Rest of the World | 31,563 | 17.78% |
China is the most populous country in the world, accounting for about 18% of the global population. Of course, a large population doesn’t necessarily translate to high beer consumption at the individual level. For instance, India, which has the second highest population in the world, ranks 23rd on the list for beer consumption, and only accounts for 1% of what foamy liquid gets guzzled down each year.
The U.S. comes second on the list, with more than 24 million kiloliters of beer consumed throughout the country in 2020. Americans don’t just drink a lot of beer—they brew a lot of beer, too. The U.S. is the second-largest beer producer worldwide (after China).
Beer Consumption Per Capita
Things look a bit different when you look at beer consumption per capita, rather than total beer consumption. The Czech Republic comes in first when it comes to beer consumption per capita.
In 2020, the average Czech drank more than 181 liters of beer.
The Czech Republic is well-known for inexpensive beer. Some travel sites even claim that, in certain parts of the country, beer can be cheaper than bottled water.
International Beer Day
While consumption levels vary across the world, beer is an integral part of many countries’ cultures. In fact, the beverage is so popular, that it’s been given its own day. International Beer Day is celebrated on the first Friday of every August in over 200 cities across the globe.
Cheers, and happy sipping!
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