Worldwide Cost of Living Survey 2006 – city rankings

Moscow has replaced Tokyo as the world's most expensive city, according to the latest Cost of Living Survey from Mercer Human Resource Consulting, the global leader for HR and related financial advice. Seoul is in second place, climbing three places since last year. Tokyo moves down two positions in the rankings to take third place, followed by Hong Kong. Asuncion in Paraguay remains the least expensive city in the survey.

http://www.mercerhr.com/pressrelease/details.jhtml/dynamic/idContent/1142150

Posted: Thu Jun 29, 2006 8:32 pm Post subject: Post Rating: 0

What I dont believe Seoul is now more expensive than Tokyo Blink

Well thats a list where its not necessariliy good to be at the top Roll Eyes

Posted: Fri Jun 30, 2006 2:51 am Post subject: Post Rating: 0

Here's the longer tables for cost of living and quality of life in 2006:

COST OF LIVING
March 2006 / March 2005 / City / Country / March 2006 / March 2005
1 4 MOSCOW Russia 123.9 119
2 5 SEOUL South Korea 121.7 115.4
3 1 TOKYO Japan 119.1 134.7
4 9 HONG KONG Hong Kong 116.3 109.5
5 3 LONDON United Kingdom 110.6 120.3
6 2 OSAKA Japan 108.3 121.8
7 6 GENEVA Switzerland 103 113.5
8 8 COPENHAGEN Denmark 101.1 110
9 7 ZURICH Switzerland 100.8 112.1
10 10 OSLO Norway 100 105.3
10 13 NEW YORK CITY United States 100 100
12 15 ST.PETERSBURG Russia 99.7 99.5
13 11 MILAN Italy 96.9 104.9
14 19 BEIJING China 94.9 95.6
15 22 ISTANBUL Turkey 93.1 93.8
15 12 PARIS France 93.1 102.2
17 34 SINGAPORE Singapore 92 88
18 13 DUBLIN Ireland 91.8 100
19 20 SYDNEY Australia 91.3 95.2
20 30 SHANGHAI China 91.2 90.4
21 17 ROME Italy 89.8 97.3
21 54 KIEV Ukraine 89.8 84.5
21 16 VIENNA Austria 89.8 97.8
24 39 TEL AVIV Israel 89.7 87.6
25 20 HELSINKI Finland 87.8 95.2
25 73 DUBAI United Arab Emirates 87.8 77.8
27 22 DOUALA Cameroon 87.6 93.8
28 29 TAIPEI Taiwan 86.8 90.6
29 44 LOS ANGELES United States 86.7 86.7
30 64 ABU DHABI United Arab Emirates 86 81
31 96 LAGOS Nigeria 85.5 72.8
32 52 BEIRUT Lebanon 85.4 84.6
32 50 HANOI Vietnam 85.4 84.9
34 119 SAO PAULO Brazil 85 66.6
34 50 SAN FRANCISCO United States 85 84.9
36 18 STOCKHOLM Sweden 84.8 96.8
37 56 HO CHI MINH CITY Vietnam 84.2 83.8
38 52 CHICAGO United States 84.1 84.6
39 57 MIAMI United States 83.9 83.3
40 124 RIO DE JANEIRO Brazil 83.5 65.4
41 123 LUSAKA Zambia 83.4 65.6
41 24 AMSTERDAM Netherlands 83.4 93.3
43 45 WHITE PLAINS United States 83.2 86.6
44 63 SHENZHEN China 82.9 81.3
45 26 ABIDJAN Cote d’Ivoire 82.8 93
45 36 DAKAR Senegal 82.8 87.9
47 82 TORONTO Canada 82.6 76.2
48 71 JAKARTA Indonesia 82.4 78.9
48 31 BRATISLAVA Slovak Republic 82.4 89.9
50 28 PRAGUE Czech Republic 82.1 90.8

QUALITY OF LIFE 2006
Rank 2006 / Rank 2005 / City / Country / Index 2006 / Index 2005
1 1 ZURICH Switzerland 108.2 108.0
2 2 GENEVA Switzerland 108.1 107.9
3 3 VANCOUVER Canada 107.7 107.4
4 3 VIENNA Austria 107.5 107.4
5 8 AUCKLAND New Zealand 107.3 106.5
6 5 DUSSELDORF Germany 107.2 107.0
7 6 FRANKFURT Germany 107.0 106.8
8 7 MUNICH Germany 106.8 106.7
9 9 BERN Switzerland 106.5 106.4
9 9 SYDNEY Australia 106.5 106.4
11 11 COPENHAGEN Denmark 106.2 106.2
12 14 WELLINGTON New Zealand 105.8 105.0
13 12 AMSTERDAM Netherlands 105.7 105.7
14 13 BRUSSELS Belgium 105.6 105.6
15 16 TORONTO Canada 105.4 104.9
16 16 BERLIN Germany 105.1 104.9
17 14 MELBOURNE Australia 105.0 105.0
18 18 LUXEMBOURG Luxembourg 104.8 104.8
18 21 OTTAWA Canada 104.8 104.3
20 19 STOCKHOLM Sweden 104.7 104.7
21 20 PERTH Australia 104.5 104.5
22 22 MONTREAL Canada 104.3 104.0
23 22 NURNBERG Germany 104.1 104.0
24 22 DUBLIN Ireland 103.8 104.0
25 25 CALGARY Canada 103.6 103.3
26 25 HAMBURG Germany 103.4 103.3
27 25 HONOLULU, HI United States 103.3 103.3
28 28 SAN FRANCISCO, CA United States 103.2 103.2
29 29 ADELAIDE Australia 103.1 103.1
29 29 HELSINKI Finland 103.1 103.1
31 31 BRISBANE Australia 102.8 103.0
31 32 OSLO Norway 102.8 102.8
33 33 PARIS France 102.7 102.7
34 35 SINGAPORE Singapore 102.5 102.0
35 34 TOKYO Japan 102.3 102.3
36 36 BOSTON, MA United States 101.9 101.9
37 37 LYON France 101.6 101.6
37 37 YOKOHAMA Japan 101.6 101.6
39 39 LONDON United Kingdom 101.2 101.2
40 40 KOBE Japan 101.0 101.0
41 41 WASHINGTON, DC United States 100.4 100.4
41 52 CHICAGO, IL United States 100.4 99.3
43 42 PORTLAND, OR United States 100.3 100.3
44 43 BARCELONA Spain 100.2 100.2
45 44 MADRID Spain 100.1 100.1
46 45 NEW YORK CITY, NY United States 100.0 100.0
47 46 SEATTLE, WA United States 99.9 99.9
48 47 LEXINGTON, KY United States 99.8 99.8
49 48 PITTSBURGH, PA United States 99.7 99.7
49 48 WINSTON SALEM, NC United States 99.7 99.7
51 50 OSAKA Japan 99.6 99.6
51 51 MILAN Italy 99.6 99.4

Worldwide Quality of Living Survey 2006
(Base City: New York, USA ( =100))

Posted: Fri Jun 30, 2006 3:15 am Post subject: Post Rating: 0

seoul may be on the top, but japan put two cities in the top ten. it's still frekkin' expensive to live there.

hey, how's that HAWAII as the highest ranking US city. (but switzerland must be great to live in. going to have to visit there one day.)

Posted: Fri Jun 30, 2006 3:21 am Post subject: Post Rating: 0

Posted: Fri Jun 30, 2006 5:32 am Post subject: Post Rating: 0

Nice information, but i was wondering what is the rank for Malaysia capital city Kuala Lumpur doesn't see the city in the list Unsure

Posted: Sun Jul 02, 2006 1:31 am Post subject: Post Rating: 0

Posted: Sun Jul 02, 2006 1:59 am Post subject: Post Rating: 0

interesting. seems like switzerland is the place to live.

Posted: Wed Jul 05, 2006 5:11 am Post subject: Post Rating: 0

Posted: Wed Jul 05, 2006 7:09 am Post subject: Post Rating: 0

EDIT:
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