Cost of living rankings by country for 2010

The following Indexes are relative to New York City. Which means that for New York City, each index should be 100(%). If another city has, for example, rent index of 120, it means rents in average in that city are 20% more expensive than in New York City. If the city has rent index of 70, that means in the average in that city rents are 30% less expensive than in New York City.

Consumer Price Excl. Rent Index (CPI) is relative indicator of consumer goods price, including groceries, restaurants, transportation and utilities. CPI Index doesn't include accomodation expenses such as rent or mortgage. If city has CPI index of 120, it means Numbeo estimates it is 20% more expensive than New York (excluding rent).

Rent Index is estimation of prices of renting apartments in the city compared to New York City. If Rent index is 80, Numbeo estimates that price for renting in that city is 80% of price in New York.

Groceries Index is an estimation of grocery prices in the city compared to New York City. To calculate this section, Numbeo uses"Markets" section of each city.

Restaurants Index is a comparison of prices of meals and drinks in restaurants and bars compared to NYC.

Consumer Price Plus Rent Index is an estimation of consumer goods prices including rent in the city comparing to New York City.

Local Purchasing Power shows relative purchasing power in buying goods and services in a given city for the average wage in that city. If domestic purchasing power is 40, this means that inhabitans of that city with the average salary can afford to buy 60% less typical goods and services than New York City residents with an average salary.

Country	Consumer Price Index	Rent Index	Consumer Price Plus Rent Index	Groceries Index	Restaurant Price Index	Local Purchasing Power Index
Venezuela	58.93	46.95	53.58	26.93	65.16	36.23
United States	88.46	49.62	71.10	85.02	71.13	114.80
United Kingdom	107.40	65.20	88.54	94.40	96.91	87.63
United Arab Emirates	83.77	91.00	87.00	64.17	108.52	70.10
Ukraine	31.37	22.99	27.62	23.70	36.16	39.99
Turkey	56.87	23.66	42.03	53.66	39.92	62.17
Thailand	36.56	21.56	29.86	51.31	28.24	30.76
Switzerland	121.42	92.37	108.44	132.22	117.70	137.93
Sweden	104.15	32.38	72.08	98.09	89.62	113.44
Spain	91.28	45.85	70.98	67.37	82.18	52.14
South Korea	88.60	42.14	67.84	124.03	79.40	85.25
South Africa	59.44	35.32	48.66	50.89	43.29	57.81
Slovenia	75.99	45.12	62.19	63.69	62.55	54.44
Singapore	65.94	71.85	68.58	100.33	56.41	76.79
Serbia	62.38	24.26	45.34	49.33	60.55	35.21
Russia	59.02	52.24	55.99	39.59	64.08	36.33
Romania	45.70	27.45	37.55	41.38	41.19	24.32
Portugal	84.67	32.51	61.36	49.12	64.80	48.52
Poland	52.62	30.67	42.81	42.56	44.95	52.20
Paraguay	53.59	11.22	34.65	40.51	31.92	19.46
Pakistan	32.38	9.67	22.23	35.28	30.87	37.36
Norway	161.30	71.58	121.20	169.83	162.61	69.06
Netherlands	123.64	61.66	95.94	78.44	114.49	68.55
Montenegro	61.13	11.80	39.08	53.83	59.19	29.73
Mexico	49.69	22.93	37.73	45.96	41.02	51.43
Malaysia	37.55	13.87	26.97	50.96	31.39	61.73
Lithuania	50.06	28.70	40.51	57.37	36.29	43.27
Latvia	68.18	31.83	51.93	37.36	50.86	38.35
Jordan	65.64	26.39	48.10	88.21	65.15	22.11
Japan	86.70	55.18	72.61	100.55	66.87	97.83
Italy	115.41	63.70	92.30	94.49	113.34	50.98
Israel	89.70	55.42	74.38	93.59	78.23	51.37
Ireland	119.76	71.10	98.02	148.01	118.07	99.42
Iran	53.87	70.18	61.16	59.65	31.19	38.03
Indonesia	38.56	21.16	30.78	45.64	35.16	20.40
India	28.71	9.58	20.16	30.99	23.86	43.55
Hungary	64.42	21.12	45.07	53.27	47.98	32.47
Hong Kong	64.71	58.47	61.92	93.26	50.89	53.18
Greece	77.01	32.37	57.06	76.15	78.66	61.27
Germany	105.53	38.37	75.51	93.60	85.34	106.83
France	123.49	67.23	98.35	101.00	132.86	70.52
Finland	111.13	50.67	84.11	100.20	108.14	106.55
Ecuador	45.67	19.06	33.78	47.42	28.26	37.86
Denmark	138.91	83.47	114.13	116.60	159.09	74.09
Czech Republic	72.08	41.58	58.45	62.91	58.42	54.35
Cyprus	94.05	36.51	68.34	83.19	91.27	97.66
Croatia	80.66	33.70	59.68	75.38	63.58	45.89
Colombia	54.08	14.35	36.33	53.32	34.73	32.49
China	40.05	26.12	33.83	64.96	29.54	36.79
Chile	67.49	19.68	46.13	55.35	41.57	53.34
Canada	85.99	52.05	70.82	96.05	64.73	96.05
Bulgaria	59.82	24.90	44.21	51.32	48.06	31.49
Brazil	73.83	31.34	54.84	54.69	48.47	59.25
Bosnia And Herzegovina	51.19	7.86	31.83	53.60	38.84	31.29
Bolivia	38.01	19.41	29.70	26.40	32.87	43.06
Belgium	120.00	71.15	98.17	109.41	110.93	88.32
Belarus	43.04	27.94	36.29	43.72	44.55	12.82
Bahrain	55.00	73.46	63.25	68.32	68.45	56.04
Austria	107.28	59.60	85.97	96.41	87.46	89.59
Australia	100.49	52.74	79.15	101.90	82.16	114.38
Argentina	53.21	21.18	38.90	34.51	48.02	40.60
Albania	60.48	13.20	39.35	51.28	52.31	27.41

Reference:http://www.numbeo.com/cost-of-living/rankings_by_country.jsp