Economist Intelligence Unit: Worldwide Cost of Living Report 2017

Singapore is the most expensive city in the world according to the Worldwide Cost of Living Survey 2017. In fact, Asia is now home to 5 out of the top 6 cities in the survey as Asian cities rise up the rankings.

This special report contains a full ranking of the 133 cities found in the March 2017 edition of The EIU's Worldwide Cost of Living survey. The cities are ranked on their relative expensiveness, based on a survey which compares more than 400 individual prices across 160 products and services. In addition to the ranking table, the report looks at the key trends affecting the cost of living in different cities across the world.

2017 Rankings

The five most expensive cities in the world

				WCOL index
		City	Country	(New York=100)
1		Singapore	Singapore	120
2		Hong Kong	Hong Kong	114
3	↓ 1	Zurich	Switzerland	113
4	↑ 7	Tokyo	Japan	110
5	↑ 9	Osaka	Japan	109

The five cheapest cities in the world

				WCOL index
		City	Country	(New York=100)
1	↑ 6	Almaty	Kazakhstan	38
2	↑ 16	Lagos	Nigeria	39
3	↓ 1	Bangalore	India	42
4	↑ 3	Karachi	Pakistan	44
5		Algiers	Algeria	45