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Cost
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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. |
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Selected
Costs of Living in Bangkok (Aug 2004) |
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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 June 2004. |
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Rank 2004 |
Rank 2003 |
City, Country |
Index 2004 |
Index 2003 |
Bangkok
= 1.0 |
| 1 |
(1) |
Tokyo, Japan |
130.7 |
(126.1) |
2.06 |
| 2 |
(7) |
London, UK |
119.0 |
(101.3) |
1.88 |
| 3 |
(2) |
Moscow, Russia |
117.4 |
(114.5) |
1.85 |
| 4 |
(3) |
Osaka, Japan |
116.1 |
(112.2) |
1.83 |
| 5 |
(4) |
Hong Kong |
109.5 |
(111.6) |
1.73 |
| 6 |
(6) |
Geneva, Switzerland |
106.2 |
(101.8) |
1.68 |
| 7 |
(8) |
Seoul, South Korea |
104.1 |
(101.0) |
1.64 |
| 8 |
(15) |
Copenhagen, Denmark |
102.2 |
(89.4) |
1.61 |
| 9 |
(9) |
Zurich, Switzerland |
101.6 |
(100.3) |
1.61 |
| 10 |
(12) |
St. Petersburg, Russia |
101.4 |
(97.3) |
1.60 |
| 11 |
(5) |
Beijing, China |
101.1 |
(105.1) |
1.60 |
| 12 |
(10) |
New York City, NY |
100.0 |
(100.0) |
1.58 |
| 13 |
(17) |
Milan, Italy |
98.7 |
(87.2) |
1.56 |
| 14 |
(21) |
Dublin, Ireland |
96.9 |
(86.0) |
1.53 |
| 15 |
(13) |
Oslo, Norway |
96.2 |
(92.7) |
1.52 |
| 16 |
(11) |
Shanghai, China |
95.3 |
(98.4) |
1.51 |
| 17 |
(23) |
Paris, France |
94.8 |
(84.3) |
1.50 |
| 18 |
(42) |
Istanbul, Turkey |
93.5 |
(78.8) |
1.48 |
| 19 |
(34) |
Vienna, Austria |
92.5 |
(82.4) |
1.46 |
| 20 |
(67) |
Sydney, Australia |
91.8 |
(73.7) |
1.45 |
| 21 |
(41) |
Rome, Italy |
90.5 |
(79.0) |
1.43 |
| 22 |
(48) |
Stockholm, Sweden |
89.5 |
(78.2) |
1.41 |
| 23 |
(36) |
Helsinki, Finland |
88.8 |
(80.9) |
1.40 |
| 24 |
(35) |
Abidjan, Ivory Coast |
88.7 |
(81.3) |
1.40 |
| 25 |
(31) |
Douala, Cameroon |
88.3 |
(82.9) |
1.39 |
| 26 |
(52) |
Amsterdam, Netherlands |
88.1 |
(76.8) |
1.39 |
| 27 |
(22) |
Los Angeles, CA |
86.6 |
(85.6) |
1.37 |
| 28 |
(58) |
Berlin, Germany |
85.7 |
(75.3) |
1.35 |
| 29 |
(14) |
Hanoi, Vietnam |
85.6 |
(89.5) |
1.35 |
| 30 |
(18) |
Shenzhen, China |
85.6 |
(86.7) |
1.35 |
| 31 |
(29) |
Taipei, Taiwan |
85.3 |
(83.5) |
1.35 |
| 32 |
(18) |
Guangzhou, China |
84.9 |
(86.7) |
1.34 |
| 33 |
(40) |
Tel Aviv, Israel |
84.8 |
(79.1) |
1.34 |
| 34 |
(37) |
Budapest, Hungary |
84.5 |
(80.2) |
1.33 |
| 35 |
(25) |
Chicago, IL |
84.5 |
(83.9) |
1.33 |
| 36 |
(16) |
Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam |
84.5 |
(88.5) |
1.33 |
| 37 |
(25) |
Beirut, Lebanon |
84.3 |
(83.9) |
1.33 |
| 38 |
(30) |
San Francisco, CA |
84.3 |
(83.0) |
1.33 |
| 39 |
(66) |
Luxembourg |
84.3 |
(74.0) |
1.33 |
| 40 |
(63) |
Deusseldorf, Germany |
84.3 |
(74.2) |
1.33 |
| 41 |
(74) |
Glasgow, UK |
84.1 |
(72.3) |
1.33 |
| 42 |
(65) |
Frankfurt, Germany |
84.0 |
(74.1) |
1.33 |
| 43 |
(62) |
Munich, Germany |
84.0 |
(74.4) |
1.33 |
| 44 |
(56) |
Bratislava, Slovak Republic |
83.9 |
(75.7) |
1.33 |
| 45 |
(38) |
Jakarta, Indonesia |
83.9 |
(80.0) |
1.33 |
| 46 |
(32) |
Singapore |
83.6 |
(82.8) |
1.32 |
| 47 |
(56) |
Dakar, Senegal |
83.4 |
(75.7) |
1.32 |
| 48 |
(27) |
Riga, Latvia |
83.3 |
(83.7) |
1.32 |
| 49 |
(49) |
Prague, Czech Republic |
83.3 |
(78.1) |
1.32 |
| 50 |
(71) |
Athens, Greece |
82.9 |
(72.9) |
1.31 |
| 51 |
(76) |
Birmingham, UK |
82.8 |
(71.7) |
1.31 |
| 52 |
(20) |
White Plains, NY |
82.7 |
(86.2) |
1.31 |
| 53 |
(68) |
Brussels, Belgium |
82.1 |
(73.6) |
1.30 |
| 54 |
(24) |
Kiev, Ukraine |
82.0 |
(84.2) |
1.30 |
| 55 |
(27) |
Miami, FL |
82.0 |
(83.7) |
1.30 |
| 56 |
(81) |
Barcelona, Spain |
81.4 |
(71.1) |
1.29 |
| 57 |
(32) |
Honolulu, HI |
81.3 |
(82.8) |
1.28 |
| 58 |
(83) |
Hamburg, Germany |
80.6 |
(70.9) |
1.27 |
| 59 |
(75) |
Zagreb, Croatia |
80.5 |
(71.8) |
1.27 |
| 60 |
Algiers, Algeria |
80.0 |
1.26 |
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| 61 |
(86) |
Madrid, Spain |
79.6 |
(70.4) |
1.26 |
| 62 |
(39) |
Abu Dhabi, UAE |
79.0 |
(79.5) |
1.25 |
| 63 |
(46) |
Amman, Jordan |
78.5 |
(78.3) |
1.24 |
| 64 |
(43) |
Kuwait City, Kuwait |
78.2 |
(78.4) |
1.24 |
| 65 |
(43) |
San Juan, Puerto Rico |
77.9 |
(78.4) |
1.23 |
| 67 |
(111) |
Melbourne, Australia |
77.5 |
(62.7) |
1.22 |
| 68 |
(51) |
Washington DC |
77.4 |
(76.9) |
1.22 |
| 69 |
(89) |
Lyon, France |
77.0 |
(68.6) |
1.22 |
| 70 |
(54) |
Boston, MA |
76.4 |
(76.3) |
1.21 |
| 71 |
(94) |
Lisbon, Portugal |
76.1 |
(67.6) |
1.20 |
| 72 |
(53) |
Morristown, NJ |
76.0 |
(76.7) |
1.20 |
| 73 |
(46) |
Houston, TX |
75.8 |
(78.3) |
1.20 |
| 75 |
(60) |
Tallinn, Estonia |
75.7 |
(78.4) |
1.20 |
| 76 |
(54) |
Warsaw, Poland |
75.4 |
(76.3) |
1.19 |
| 77 |
(50) |
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia |
75.4 |
(77.3) |
1.19 |
| 78 |
(43) |
Manama, Bahrain |
75.3 |
(78.4) |
1.19 |
| 79 |
(83) |
Sofia, Bulgaria |
74.3 |
70.9 |
1.17 |
| 80 |
(115) |
Auckland, New Zealand |
74.2 |
(62.4) |
1.17 |
| 81 |
Jeddah, Saudi Arabia |
73.9 |
1.17 |
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| 82 |
(100) |
Ljubljana, Slovenia |
73.6 |
(66.5) |
1.16 |
| 83 |
Dubai, UAE |
73.5 |
1.16 |
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| 84 |
(77) |
Mexico City, Mexico |
73.3 |
(71.6) |
1.16 |
| 85 |
(61) |
Atlanta, GA |
72.9 |
(74.7) |
1.15 |
| 86 |
(117) |
Wellington, New Zealand |
72.8 |
(61.5) |
1.15 |
| 87 |
(121) |
Brisbane, Australia |
72.7 |
(59.1) |
1.15 |
| 88 |
(124) |
Adelaide, Australia |
72.0 |
(58.6) |
1.14 |
| 89 |
(104) |
Toronto, ON |
71.8 |
(64.9) |
1.13 |
| 90 |
(80) |
Seattle, WA |
71.4 |
(71.3) |
1.13 |
| 91 |
(85) |
Vilnius, Lithuania |
71.3 |
(70.5) |
1.13 |
| 92 |
(82) |
St. Louis, MI |
71.2 |
(71.0) |
1.12 |
| 93 |
(106) |
Leipzig, Germany |
71.1 |
(63.5) |
1.12 |
| 94 |
(126) |
Perth, Australia |
70.7 |
(58.2) |
1.12 |
| 95 |
(106) |
Limassol, Cyprus |
70.3 |
(63.5) |
1.11 |
| 96 |
(110) |
Vancouver, BC |
69.6 |
(63.2) |
1.10 |
| 97 |
Accra, Ghana |
69.5 |
1.10 |
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| 98 |
(87) |
Cleveland, OH |
69.4 |
(69.0) |
1.10 |
| 99 |
(102) |
Cairo, Egypt |
69.3 |
(66.3) |
1.09 |
| 100 |
(69) |
Denver, CO |
69.3 |
(73.0) |
1.09 |
| 101 |
(79) |
Detroit, MI |
68.8 |
(71.5) |
1.09 |
| 102 |
(96) |
Monterrey, Mexico |
68.6 |
(67.5) |
1.08 |
| 103 |
(77) |
Kingston, Jamaica |
68.2 |
(71.6) |
1.08 |
| 104 |
(97) |
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia |
67.7 |
(67.3) |
1.07 |
| 105 |
(92) |
Portland, OR |
67.7 |
(67.8) |
1.07 |
| 106 |
(91) |
Panama City, Panama |
67.5 |
(67.9) |
1.07 |
| 107 |
(93) |
Winston Salem, NC |
66.9 |
(67.7) |
1.06 |
| 108 |
(98) |
Guatemala City, Guatemala |
66.9 |
(67.0) |
1.06 |
| 109 |
(114) |
Mumbai, India |
66.8 |
(62.5) |
1.06 |
| 110 |
(103) |
Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei |
66.7 |
(66.0) |
1.05 |
| 111 |
Lagos, Nigeria |
66.6 |
1.05 |
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| 112 |
(88) |
Pittsburgh, PA |
66.5 |
(68.9) |
1.05 |
| 113 |
(120) |
Montreal, PQ |
66.4 |
(59.5) |
1.05 |
| 114 |
(116) |
Calgary, AB |
66.0 |
(62.1) |
1.04 |
| 115 |
(101) |
Tianjin, China |
65.6 |
(66.4) |
1.04 |
| 116 |
(109) |
New Delhi, India |
64.7 |
(63.3) |
1.02 |
| 117 |
(94) |
Dacca (Dhaka), Bangladesh |
64.0 |
(67.6) |
1.01 |
| 118 |
(108) |
Lima, Peru |
63.6 |
(63.4) |
1.00 |
| 119 |
(125) |
Bangkok, Thailand |
63.5 |
(58.3) |
1.00 |
| 120 |
Tunis, Tunisia |
63.3 |
1.00 |
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| 121 |
Nairobi, Kenya |
63.1 |
1.00 |
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| 122 |
Tehran, Iran |
63.0 |
1.00 |
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| 123 |
(134) |
Santiago, Chile |
62.9 |
(50.5) |
0.99 |
| 124 |
(127) |
Ottawa, ON |
62.6 |
(57.2) |
0.99 |
| 125 |
Lusaka, Zambia |
62.0 |
0.98 |
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| 126 |
(133) |
Johannesburg, South Africa |
61.0 |
(50.9) |
0.96 |
| 127 |
(118) |
Colombo, Sri Lanka |
60.4 |
(60.0) |
0.95 |
| 128 |
(136) |
Sao Paulo, Brazil |
60.3 |
(49.4) |
0.95 |
| 129 |
(122) |
Bucharest, Romania |
60.1 |
(59.0) |
0.95 |
| 130 |
(113) |
San Jose, Costa Rica |
60.0 |
(62.6) |
0.95 |
| 131 |
(137) |
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
59.3 |
(48.6) |
0.94 |
| 132 |
(130) |
Karachi, Pakistan |
56.3 |
(56.5) |
0.89 |
| 133 |
(132) |
Chennai (Madras), India |
54.2 |
(51.1) |
0.86 |
| 134 |
(128) |
Caracas, Venezuela |
54.0 |
(56.9) |
0.85 |
| 135 |
Blantyre, Malawi |
53.4 |
0.84 |
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| 136 |
(131) |
Quito, Ecuador |
52.8 |
(52.0) |
0.83 |
| 137 |
(138) |
Bangalore, India |
51.1 |
(47.8) |
0.81 |
| 138 |
(135) |
Manila, Philippines |
48.8 |
(49.5) |
0.77 |
| 139 |
(142) |
Bogota, Colombia |
48.6 |
(43.9) |
0.77 |
| 140 |
(143) |
Harare, Zimbabwe |
48.0 |
(39.5) |
0.76 |
| 141 |
(141) |
Buenos Aires, Argentina |
47.7 |
(44.0) |
0.75 |
| 142 |
(122) |
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic |
47.3 |
(59.0) |
0.75 |
| 143 |
(139) |
Montevideo, Uruguay |
47.2 |
(46.5) |
0.75 |
| 144 |
(144) |
Asuncion, Paraguay |
42.7 |
(36.5) |
0.67 |
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