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Cost of living index > Most expensive countries in the world by cost of living

2025 - Most Expensive Countries In The World By Cost Of Living

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Top 50 Most expensive countries in the world to live in 2025

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Rent to salary ratio

Rent/Salary
🏅 1
🇸🇬   Singapore
82.53
0.89
0.53
🥈 2
🇭🇰   Hong Kong
73.47
0.91
0.47
🥉 3
🇨🇭   Switzerland
70.46
1.45
0.28
4
🇱🇮   Liechtenstein
63.57
1.49
0.25
5
🇮🇪   Ireland
60.26
0.84
0.50
6
🇱🇺   Luxembourg
59.70
1.30
0.36
7
🇮🇸   Iceland
59.26
1.22
0.32
8
🇺🇸   United States
58.96
1.31
0.37
9
🇳🇱   Netherlands
55.71
1.01
0.41
10
🇬🇧   United Kingdom
54.21
0.91
0.46
11
🇦🇺   Australia
53.54
1.10
0.34
12
🇮🇱   Israel
51.55
0.93
0.42
13
🇳🇴   Norway
49.92
1.06
0.31
14
🇨🇦   Canada
49.10
0.94
0.49
15
🇩🇰   Denmark
47.03
1.27
0.27
16
🇦🇪   United Arab Emirates
46.07
1.30
0.39
17
🇦🇹   Austria
46.04
0.93
0.42
18
🇧🇪   Belgium
45.50
0.97
0.36
19
🇳🇿   New Zealand
44.93
1.13
0.31
20
🇩🇪   Germany
42.91
1.10
0.35
21
🇶🇦   Qatar
42.68
1.77
0.23
22
🇹🇲   Turkmenistan
41.64
0.26
1.05
23
🇦🇩   Andorra
41.30
1.06
0.36
24
🇫🇮   Finland
40.91
1.07
0.28
25
🇫🇷   France
40.77
1.03
0.34
26
🇲🇹   Malta
40.09
0.66
0.59
27
🇸🇪   Sweden
38.46
1.13
0.29
28
🇨🇿   Czechia
38.35
0.54
0.86
29
🇨🇾   Cyprus
36.62
0.65
0.56
30
🇮🇹   Italy
36.50
0.78
0.45
31
🇪🇸   Spain
35.72
0.84
0.46
32
🇵🇹   Portugal
35.34
0.54
0.71
33
🇸🇮   Slovenia
35.30
0.64
0.58
34
🇪🇪   Estonia
35.21
0.65
0.50
35
🇬🇷   Greece
33.79
0.50
0.65
36
🇨🇷   Costa Rica
33.27
0.56
0.71
37
🇸🇰   Slovakia
32.66
0.54
0.75
38
🇵🇱   Poland
31.54
0.65
0.59
39
🇭🇷   Croatia
31.16
0.54
0.68
40
🇱🇻   Latvia
30.31
0.53
0.60
41
🇰🇼   Kuwait
29.59
2.01
0.23
42
🇱🇹   Lithuania
29.13
0.68
0.44
43
🇰🇷   South Korea
27.88
1.23
0.26
44
🇲🇪   Montenegro
27.78
0.47
0.69
45
🇯🇵   Japan
26.84
1.30
0.28
46
🇸🇦   Saudi Arabia
26.53
1.31
0.22
47
🇦🇲   Armenia
25.09
0.44
0.90
48
🇭🇺   Hungary
25.07
0.60
0.49
49
🇦🇱   Albania
24.97
0.31
1.02
50
🇿🇦   South Africa
23.97
0.89
0.41

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