Why-Thailand.com Cost of Living Advantages and Comparisons

Cost of Living in Thailand
In almost every component in a cost of living analysis, Bangkok, Thailand enjoys one of the best values for money. The cost of living in all other provincial cities is even lower.
Selected Costs of Living in Bangkok Sample of about a dozen items.

Finfacts Worldwide 2007 Cost of Living Survey
The survey, which covers 144 cities, measures the comparative cost of over 200 items in each location. These include housing, food, clothing, and household goods, together with transportation and entertainment. The data is used to assist multinational companies in determining compensation allowances for their expatriate workers. Published top 50, not all 144, in June 2007. Bangkok is ranked #92 with an index of 75. See previous surveys: 2006 Survey 2005 Survey 2004 Survey 2003 Survey
Rank 2007	Rank 2006	City	Country	Index 2007	Index 2006	Bangkok = 1.00
1	1	MOSCOW	Russia	134.4	123.9	1.79
2	5	LONDON	United Kingdom	126.3	110.6	1.68
3	2	SEOUL	South Korea	122.4	121.7	1.63
4	3	TOKYO	Japan	122.1	119.1	1.63
5	4	HONG KONG	Hong Kong	119.4	116.3	1.59
6	8	COPENHAGEN	Denmark	110.2	101.1	1.47
7	7	GENEVA	Switzerland	109.8	103.0	1.46
8	6	OSAKA	Japan	108.4	108.3	1.45
9	9	ZURICH	Switzerland	107.6	100.8	1.43
10	10	OSLO	Norway	105.8	100.0	1.41
11	13	MILAN	Italy	104.4	96.9	1.39
12	12	ST.PETERSBURG	Russia	103.0	99.7	1.37
13	15	PARIS	France	101.4	93.1	1.35
14	17	SINGAPORE	Singapore	100.4	92.0	1.34
15	10	NEW YORK CITY	United States	100.0	100.0	1.33
16	18	DUBLIN	Ireland	99.6	91.8	1.33
17	24	TEL AVIV	Israel	97.7	89.7	1.30
18	21	ROME	Italy	97.6	89.8	1.30
19	21	VIENNA	Austria	96.9	89.8	1.29
20	14	BEIJING	China	95.9	94.9	1.28
21	19	SYDNEY	Australia	94.9	91.3	1.27
22	25	HELSINKI	Finland	93.3	87.8	1.24
23	36	STOCKHOLM	Sweden	93.1	84.8	1.24
24	27	DOUALA	Cameroon	92.9	87.6	1.24
25	41	AMSTERDAM	Netherlands	92.2	83.4	1.23
26	20	SHANGHAI	China	92.1	91.2	1.23
26	53	MADRID	Spain	92.1	81.6	1.23
28	21	KIEV	Ukraine	91.4	89.8	1.22
29	59	ATHENS	Greece	90.6	81.1	1.21
30	52	ALMATY	Kazakhstan	89.6	81.9	1.19
31	48	BRATISLAVA	Slovak Republic	89.2	82.4	1.19
31	56	BARCELONA	Spain	89.2	81.2	1.19
33	45	DAKAR	Senegal	89.0	82.8	1.19
34	25	DUBAI	United Arab Emirates	88.8	87.8	1.18
35	45	ABIDJAN	Cote d’Ivoire	88.3	82.8	1.18
36	60	GLASGOW	United Kingdom	88.1	80.7	1.17
37	31	LAGOS	Nigeria	88.0	85.5	1.17
38	15	ISTANBUL	Turkey	87.7	93.1	1.17
39	65	MUNICH	Germany	87.6	80.2	1.17
40	61	FRANKFURT	Germany	87.4	80.5	1.17
41	69	BIRMINGHAM	United Kingdom	87.2	79.7	1.16
42	29	LOS ANGELES	United States	87.1	86.7	1.16
43	56	LUXEMBOURG	Luxembourg	87.0	81.2	1.16
44	70	BRUSSELS	Belgium	86.5	79.5	1.15
45	30	ABU DHABI	United Arab Emirates	85.9	86.0	1.15
45	62	DUSSELDORF	Germany	85.9	80.4	1.15
45	72	BERLIN	Germany	85.9	79.2	1.15
48	28	TAIPEI	Taiwan	85.8	86.8	1.14
49	50	PRAGUE	Czech Republic	85.6	82.1	1.14
50	51	ALGIERS	Algeria	85.1	82.0	1.13
52	68	MUMBAI	India	84.9	79.9	1.13
59	88	LISBON	Portugal	82.6	75.9	1.10
60	74	MELBOURNE	Australia	82.5	78.8	1.10
62	34	SAO PAULO	Brazil	82.0	85.0	1.09
63	93	Guatemala City	Guatemala	81.8	74.3	1.09
64	40	RIO DE JANEIRO	Brazil	81.6	83.5	1.09
68	81	MEXICO CITY	Mexico	81.0	77.2	1.08
73	48	JAKARTA	Indonesia	80.0	82.4	1.07
79	88	CASABLANCA	Morocco	79.0	75.9	1.05
82	47	TORONTO	Canada	78.8	82.6	1.05
84	86	ATLANTA	United States	78.7	76.3	1.05
88	114	KUALA LUMPUR	Malaysia	78.0	69.3	1.04
89	56	VANCOUVER	Canada	77.0	81.2	1.03
92	127	BANGKOK	Thailand	75.0	64.9	1.00
92	71	CALGARY	Canada	75.0	79.3	1.00
96	108	ADELAIDE	Australia	74.7	70.6	1.00
99	100	AUCKLAND	New Zealand	73.9	72.9	0.99
108	111	SOFIA	Bulgaria	72.5	69.7	0.97
109	90	OTTAWA	Canada	72.3	75.6	0.96
111	105	WELLINGTON	New Zealand	71.8	71.1	0.96
140	138	MONTEVIDEO	Uruguay	58.4	56.5	0.78
141	135	QUITO	Ecuador	56.3	57.4	0.75
142	140	KARACHI	Pakistan	56.1	56.1	0.75
144	144	ASUNCION	Paraguay	50.0	43.5	0.67
	32	BEIRUT	Lebanon		85.4
	32	HANOI	Vietnam		85.4
	34	SAN FRANCISCO	United States		85.0
	37	HO CHI MINH CITY	Vietnam		84.2
	38	CHICAGO	United States		84.1
	39	MIAMI	United States		83.9
	41	LUSAKA	Zambia		83.4
	43	WHITE PLAINS	United States		83.2
	44	SHENZHEN	China		82.9
	54	GUANGZHOU	China		81.5
	55	SAN JUAN	Puerto Rico		81.4
	62	AMMAN	Jordan		80.4
	62	WARSAW	Poland		80.4
	65	BUDAPEST	Hungary		80.2
	67	HONOLULU	United States		80.0
	73	NEW DELHI	India		79.0
	75	ACCRA	Ghana		78.6
	76	HOUSTON	United States		78.5
	77	HAMBURG	Germany		78.2
	78	KUWAIT CITY	Kuwait		78.0
	79	ZAGREB	Croatia		77.7
	80	MONTREAL	Canada		77.6
	81	RIGA	Latvia		77.2
	83	WASHINGTON	United States		77.0
	84	MORRISTOWN	United States		76.8
	84	BOSTON	United States		76.8
	87	MANAMA	Bahrain		76.1
	91	SANTIAGO	Chile		74.5
	91	LYON	France		74.5
	93	CAIRO	Egypt		74.3
	93	PERTH	Australia		74.3
	96	TALLINN	Estonia		73.7
	97	DENVER	United States		73.6
	98	RIYADH	Saudi Arabia		73.5
	99	BRISBANE	Australia		73.2
	100	JEDDAH	Saudi Arabia		72.9
	102	SEATTLE	United States		71.9
	103	MONTERREY	Mexico		71.6
	103	ST. LOUIS	United States		71.6
	106	LJUBLJANA	Slovenia		71.0
	107	NAIROBI	Kenya		70.9
	109	KINGSTON	Jamaica		70.0
	110	CLEVELAND	United States		69.8
	111	PORTLAND	United States		69.7
	113	PITTSBURGH	United States		69.4
	114	BUCHAREST	Romania		69.3
	116	VILNIUS	Lithuania		69.2
	117	JOHANNESBURG	South Africa		69.1
	118	LIMASSOL	Cyprus		68.7
	118	LIMA	Peru		68.7
	118	BANDAR SERI	Brunei		68.7
	121	PANAMA CITY	Panama		68.5
	122	DETROIT	United States		68.3
	123	LEIPZIG	Germany		68.1
	124	WINSTON SALEM	United States		66.7
	125	TEHRAN	Iran		66.4
	126	SANTO DOMINGO	Dominican Republic		65.3
	128	TIANJIN	China		63.6
	129	BLANTYRE	Malawi		63.1
	130	BOGOTA	Colombia		62.7
	131	DACCA (DHAKA)	Bangladesh		62.5
	132	COLOMBO	Sri Lanka		61.4
	133	TUNIS	Tunisia		60.7
	134	SAN JOSE	Costa Rica		58.1
	136	CARACAS	Venezuela		57.2
	137	CHENNAI (MADRAS)	India		56.7
	139	BANGALORE	India		56.4
	141	MANILA	Philippines		56.0
	142	BUENOS AIRES	Argentina		54.8
	143	HARARE	Zimbabwe		50.9

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