The new cost of living survey of 2019 is out and according to the list Hong\nKong is the world\u2019s most expensive city for expats to live in, for the second\nconsecutive year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to the Mercer survey, the city that made to the second position is\nTokyo, Japan, followed by Singapore, Seoul in South Korea, Zurich in\nSwitzerland, Shanghai in China, Ashgabat in Turkmenistan, Beijing in China, New\nYork in USA and Shenzhen in China.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Four out of the top 10 cities are from China. While many cities from Europe\ndid feature on the list, the top 10 were dominated by Asian cities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
8 of the top 10 cities in the list are from Asia, up from 6 entries in 2018.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Metro cities of India like Delhi, Mumbai, Bengaluru, Kolkata and Chennai too\nfeatured on the list. While Mumbai is India\u2019s costliest city; coming in at\nnumber 67, New Delhi came in at the 118th position, Bengaluru at 179, Kolkata\nat 189 and Chennai came in at 154th spot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Mumbai fell down 12 positions and Delhi too lost 15 spots compared to last\nyear’s list, which means amenities have become more affordable in the citites\ncomparitively.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The least expensive city in the world for expats is Tunis in Tunisia and it\nwas preceded by Uzbekistan\u2019s capital Tashkent and Karachi in Pakistan,\naccording to the survey.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The city which made the biggest jump, however, is Ashgabat, Turkmenistan\u2019s\ncapital, which leapt 36 spots to seventh place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Read the full list here:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
1 Hong Kong, Hong Kong (SAR)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
2 Tokyo, Japan<\/p>\n\n\n\n
3 Singapore, Singapore<\/p>\n\n\n\n
4 Seoul, South Korea<\/p>\n\n\n\n
5 Zurich, Switzerland<\/p>\n\n\n\n
6 Shanghai, China<\/p>\n\n\n\n
7 Ashgabat, Turkmenistan<\/p>\n\n\n\n
8 Beijing, China<\/p>\n\n\n\n
9 New York City, U.S.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
10 Shenzhen, China<\/p>\n\n\n\n
11 N’Djamena, Chad<\/p>\n\n\n\n
12 Bern, Switzerland<\/p>\n\n\n\n
13 Geneva, Switzerland<\/p>\n\n\n\n
14 Victoria, Seychelles<\/p>\n\n\n\n
15 Tel Aviv, Israel<\/p>\n\n\n\n
16 San Francisco, U.S.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
17 Guangzhou, China<\/p>\n\n\n\n
18 Los Angeles, U.S.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
19 Osaka, Japan<\/p>\n\n\n\n
20 Copenhagen, Denmark<\/p>\n\n\n\n
21 Dubai, U.A.E<\/p>\n\n\n\n
22 Kinshasa, Dem. Rep. of the Congo<\/p>\n\n\n\n
23 London, U.K.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
24 Libreville, Gabon<\/p>\n\n\n\n
25 Lagos, Nigeria<\/p>\n\n\n\n
26 Luanda, Angola<\/p>\n\n\n\n
27 Moscow, Russia<\/p>\n\n\n\n
27 Nanjing, China<\/p>\n\n\n\n
29 Noumea, New Caledonia<\/p>\n\n\n\n
30 Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire<\/p>\n\n\n\n
30 Chengdu, China<\/p>\n\n\n\n
32 Tianjin, China<\/p>\n\n\n\n
33 Abu Dhabi, U.A.E<\/p>\n\n\n\n
33 Nagoya, Japan<\/p>\n\n\n\n
35 Taipei, Taiwan<\/p>\n\n\n\n
35 Riyadh, Saudi Arabia<\/p>\n\n\n\n
37 Chicago, U.S.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
38 Honolulu, U.S.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
39 Brazzaville, Congo<\/p>\n\n\n\n
40 Bangkok, Thailand<\/p>\n\n\n\n
41 Qingdao, China<\/p>\n\n\n\n
42 Washington, U.S.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
43 Dublin, Ireland<\/p>\n\n\n\n
44 Miami, U.S.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
45 Milan, Italy<\/p>\n\n\n\n
45 Shenyang, China<\/p>\n\n\n\n
47 Paris, France<\/p>\n\n\n\n
47 Dhaka, Bangladesh<\/p>\n\n\n\n
49 Boston, U.S.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
50 Sydney, Australia<\/p>\n\n\n\n
51 Vienna, Austria<\/p>\n\n\n\n
52 Yaounde, Cameroon<\/p>\n\n\n\n
53 Beirut, Lebanon<\/p>\n\n\n\n
54 Bangui, Central African Republic<\/p>\n\n\n\n
55 Rome, Italy<\/p>\n\n\n\n
56 White Plains, U.S.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
57 Manama, Bahrain<\/p>\n\n\n\n
58 Amsterdam, Netherlands<\/p>\n\n\n\n
59 Djibouti, Djibouti<\/p>\n\n\n\n
59 Houston, U.S.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
61 Oslo, Norway<\/p>\n\n\n\n
62 Dallas, U.S.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
63 Accra, Ghana<\/p>\n\n\n\n
64 Seattle, U.S.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
65 Helsinki, Finland<\/p>\n\n\n\n
66 Douala, Cameroon<\/p>\n\n\n\n
67 Mumbai, India<\/p>\n\n\n\n
67 Munich, Germany<\/p>\n\n\n\n
69 Atlanta, U.S.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
70 Montevideo, Uruguay<\/p>\n\n\n\n
70 Morristown, U.S.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
72 Dakar, Senegal<\/p>\n\n\n\n
72 San Juan, Puerto Rico<\/p>\n\n\n\n
74 Frankfurt, Germany<\/p>\n\n\n\n
75 St. Petersburg, Russia<\/p>\n\n\n\n
75 Amman, Jordan<\/p>\n\n\n\n
77 Brussels, Belgium<\/p>\n\n\n\n
78 Minneapolis, U.S.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
79 Melbourne, Australia<\/p>\n\n\n\n
79 Santiago, Chile<\/p>\n\n\n\n
81 Berlin, Germany<\/p>\n\n\n\n
82 Madrid, Spain<\/p>\n\n\n\n
83 Port Of Spain, Trinidad & Tobago<\/p>\n\n\n\n
84 Luxembourg, Luxembourg<\/p>\n\n\n\n
85 Abuja, Nigeria<\/p>\n\n\n\n
86 Sao Paulo, Brazil<\/p>\n\n\n\n
87 Perth, Australia<\/p>\n\n\n\n
88 Conakry, Guinea<\/p>\n\n\n\n
89 Auckland, New Zealand<\/p>\n\n\n\n
90 Detroit, U.S.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
91 Barcelona, Spain<\/p>\n\n\n\n
92 Dusseldorf, Germany<\/p>\n\n\n\n
93 Panama City, Panama<\/p>\n\n\n\n
94 St. Louis, U.S.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
95 Lisbon, Portugal<\/p>\n\n\n\n
96 Canberra, Australia<\/p>\n\n\n\n
97 Prague, Czech Republic<\/p>\n\n\n\n
97 Nairobi, Kenya<\/p>\n\n\n\n
97 Pittsburgh, U.S.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
100 Hamburg, Germany<\/p>\n\n\n\n
100 Jeddah, Saudi Arabia<\/p>\n\n\n\n
102 Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei<\/p>\n\n\n\n
103 Brisbane, Australia<\/p>\n\n\n\n
103 Muscat, Oman<\/p>\n\n\n\n
105 Jakarta, Indonesia<\/p>\n\n\n\n
106 Cleveland, U.S.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
107 Portland, U.S.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
108 Phnom Penh, Cambodia<\/p>\n\n\n\n
109 Adelaide, Australia<\/p>\n\n\n\n
109 Manila, Philippines<\/p>\n\n\n\n
111 Riga, Latvia<\/p>\n\n\n\n
112 Vancouver, Canada<\/p>\n\n\n\n
112 Hanoi, Vietnam<\/p>\n\n\n\n
114 Wellington, New Zealand<\/p>\n\n\n\n
115 Toronto, Canada<\/p>\n\n\n\n
115 Doha, Qatar<\/p>\n\n\n\n
117 Yangon, Myanmar<\/p>\n\n\n\n
118 New Delhi, India<\/p>\n\n\n\n
119 Kuwait City, Kuwait<\/p>\n\n\n\n
120 Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam<\/p>\n\n\n\n
121 Rio De Janeiro, Brazil<\/p>\n\n\n\n
121 Lima, Peru<\/p>\n\n\n\n
123 Lyon, France<\/p>\n\n\n\n
124 Bamako, Mali<\/p>\n\n\n\n
125 Pointe A Pitre, Guadeloupe<\/p>\n\n\n\n
126 Stuttgart, Germany<\/p>\n\n\n\n
127 Stockholm, Sweden<\/p>\n\n\n\n
128 Cotonou, Benin<\/p>\n\n\n\n
128 Athens, Greece<\/p>\n\n\n\n
128 Casablanca, Morocco<\/p>\n\n\n\n
131 Bratislava, Slovakia<\/p>\n\n\n\n
131 San Jose, Costa Rica<\/p>\n\n\n\n
133 Buenos Aires, Argentina<\/p>\n\n\n\n
133 Havana, Cuba<\/p>\n\n\n\n
135 Birmingham, U.K.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
136 Guatemala City, Guatemala<\/p>\n\n\n\n
137 Aberdeen, U.K.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
138 Winston Salem, U.S.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
139 Montreal, Canada<\/p>\n\n\n\n
140 Tallinn, Estonia<\/p>\n\n\n\n
141 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia<\/p>\n\n\n\n
142 Ljubljana, Slovenia<\/p>\n\n\n\n
143 Zagreb, Croatia<\/p>\n\n\n\n
144 Mexico City, Mexico<\/p>\n\n\n\n
145 Lome, Togo<\/p>\n\n\n\n
145 Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso<\/p>\n\n\n\n
145 Glasgow, U.K.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
148 Quito, Ecuador<\/p>\n\n\n\n
149 Niamey, Niger<\/p>\n\n\n\n
150 Kiev, Ukraine<\/p>\n\n\n\n
151 Nuremberg, Germany<\/p>\n\n\n\n
152 Vilnius, Lithuania<\/p>\n\n\n\n
153 Calgary, Canada<\/p>\n\n\n\n
154 Chennai, India<\/p>\n\n\n\n
154 Istanbul, Turkey<\/p>\n\n\n\n
156 Leipzig, Germany<\/p>\n\n\n\n
157 Kingston, Jamaica<\/p>\n\n\n\n
158 Belfast, U.K.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
159 Maputo, Mozambique<\/p>\n\n\n\n
160 Rabat, Morocco<\/p>\n\n\n\n
161 Limassol, Cyprus<\/p>\n\n\n\n
161 Ottawa, Canada<\/p>\n\n\n\n
161 Port Louis, Mauritius<\/p>\n\n\n\n
164 Budapest, Hungary<\/p>\n\n\n\n
165 Port Au Prince, Haiti<\/p>\n\n\n\n
166 Tirana, Albania<\/p>\n\n\n\n
166 San Salvador, El Salvador<\/p>\n\n\n\n
166 Cairo, Egypt<\/p>\n\n\n\n
169 Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic<\/p>\n\n\n\n
170 Bogota, Colombia<\/p>\n\n\n\n
171 Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania<\/p>\n\n\n\n
171 Addis Ababa, Ethiopia<\/p>\n\n\n\n
173 Warsaw, Poland<\/p>\n\n\n\n
174 Brasilia, Brazil<\/p>\n\n\n\n
175 Kigali, Rwanda<\/p>\n\n\n\n
176 Bucharest, Romania<\/p>\n\n\n\n
177 Sofia, Bulgaria<\/p>\n\n\n\n
178 Baku, Azerbaijan<\/p>\n\n\n\n
179 Bengaluru, India<\/p>\n\n\n\n
180 Cape Town, South Africa<\/p>\n\n\n\n
181 Belgrade, Serbia<\/p>\n\n\n\n
182 Colombo, Sri Lanka<\/p>\n\n\n\n
183 Kampala, Uganda<\/p>\n\n\n\n
184 Algiers, Algeria<\/p>\n\n\n\n
185 Johannesburg, South Africa<\/p>\n\n\n\n
186 Asuncion, Paraguay<\/p>\n\n\n\n
187 Monterrey, Mexico<\/p>\n\n\n\n
188 Harare, Zimbabwe<\/p>\n\n\n\n
189 Kolkata, India<\/p>\n\n\n\n
189 Gaborone, Botswana<\/p>\n\n\n\n
191 Almaty, Kazakhstan<\/p>\n\n\n\n
192 Nouakchott, Mauritania<\/p>\n\n\n\n
193 Blantyre, Malawi<\/p>\n\n\n\n
194 Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina<\/p>\n\n\n\n
195 La Paz, Bolivia<\/p>\n\n\n\n
196 Lusaka, Zambia<\/p>\n\n\n\n
197 Yerevan, Armenia<\/p>\n\n\n\n
198 Minsk, Belarus<\/p>\n\n\n\n
199 Tegucigalpa, Honduras<\/p>\n\n\n\n
200 Managua, Nicaragua<\/p>\n\n\n\n
201 Skopje, Macedonia<\/p>\n\n\n\n
202 Tbilisi, Georgia<\/p>\n\n\n\n
203 Islamabad, Pakistan<\/p>\n\n\n\n
204 Windhoek, Namibia<\/p>\n\n\n\n
204 Banjul, Gambia<\/p>\n\n\n\n
206 Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan<\/p>\n\n\n\n
207 Karachi, Pakistan<\/p>\n\n\n\n
208 Tashkent, Uzbekistan<\/p>\n\n\n\n
209 Tunis, Tunisia<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The rankings are calculated by looking at 209 cities around the world and\nmeasuring the cost of more than 200 items in each location.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This includes housing, transport, food, clothing, household goods and\nentertainment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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