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The list of countries by price level shows countries by their price level index. The data has been collected by the World Bank's International Comparison Program since the 1970s and has been available for almost all World Bank member states and some other territories since 1990. The Global price level, as reported by the World Bank, is a way to ...
The list has been created based on the Worldwide Cost of Living data set. The data set comprises 400 individual prices of 160 products and services across 130 cities in 90 countries. Data set was created covering a wide range of products including food and beverage to household supplies, personal care items to clothing.
The U.S. is already one of the world’s 11 most expensive countries to live, according to Numbeo's Cost of Living Plus Rent Index (COLPRI) 5 Countries With The Highest And Lowest Cost Of Living ...
According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), consumer prices rose 3.2 percent from February 2023 to February 2024, with the cost of food specifically increasing 2.2 percent.
Even New York City prices seem reasonable by comparison.
This is a list of countries by household final consumption expenditure per capita, that is, the market value of all goods and services, including durable products (such as cars, washing machines, and home computers), purchased by households during one year, divided by the country's average (or mid-year) population for the same year.
The Scandinavian country of Norway is about 10% more expensive to live in than the U.S. Groceries are only a few percent higher, though, and average apartment rent is relatively low at $447 per month.
These are lists of the world's most expensive cities for expatriate employees (not residents), according to the Mercer, [1] ECA International [2] and Xpatulator.com [3] cost-of-living surveys. Other surveys from online collaborative indices, such as Numbeo, [4] Expatistan, [5] or Eardex [6] are not covered by this article.