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Prices and Wages 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.


UBS UBS 2006 Prices and Wages Survey

The survey measures the comparative cost of 122 goods and services as well as earnings data for 14 professions in each of the 71 cities. Published August 2006. All items ranked with Bangkok = 1.00

City
Prices Incl. Rent
Rank
Prices Excl. Rent
Rank
Gross Wages
Rank
Net Wages
Rank
Amsterdam
1.78
17
1.59
19
9.51
19
6.67
24
Athens
1.40
38
1.32
37
5.28
33
4.46
33
Auckland
1.48
37
1.35
35
8.11
26
6.73
23
Bangkok
1.00
58
1.00
54
1.00
66
1.00
65
Barcelona
1.60
32
1.47
28
7.11
27
6.11
28
Beijing
0.97
64
0.90
62
1.10
65
1.00
64
Berlin
1.57
33
1.49
26
10.41
14
7.53
15
Bogotá
1.03
56
1.03
53
1.27
61
1.19
61
Bratislava
0.97
63
0.91
59
2.05
51
1.72
51
Brussels
1.67
25
1.60
18
10.72
10
7.17
19
Bucharest
1.06
54
0.93
58
1.62
58
1.21
59
Budapest
1.14
52
1.06
52
2.47
47
1.83
49
Buenos Aires
0.78
70
0.76
69
1.90
54
1.65
54
Caracas
1.29
46
1.15
47
1.75
56
1.72
52
Chicago
2.00
9
1.67
14
10.90
8
8.69
10
Copenhagen
2.10
6
1.97
3
14.59
1
8.78
9
Delhi
0.84
69
0.77
68
0.75
70
0.72
70
Dubai
1.61
30
1.34
36
5.01
34
5.30
31
Dublin
2.06
8
1.78
8
10.90
7
9.60
4
Frankfurt
1.69
23
1.57
23
10.81
9
7.84
13
Geneva
2.09
7
1.86
6
13.70
4
10.59
2
Helsinki
1.89
12
1.75
10
10.48
12
8.17
11
Hong Kong
1.78
18
1.48
27
3.38
40
3.20
40
Istanbul
1.50
36
1.38
33
3.09
42
2.38
43
Jakarta
1.08
53
0.94
57
0.78
68
0.75
68
Johannesburg
1.15
51
1.08
51
4.51
35
3.42
38
Kiev
0.99
59
0.86
66
1.19
62
1.06
62
Kuala Lumpur
0.69
71
0.67
71
1.94
53
1.72
50
Lima
0.88
67
0.89
64
1.69
57
1.45
55
Lisbon
1.51
35
1.31
38
4.10
37
3.54
37
Ljubljana
1.19
49
1.16
44
3.86
39
2.60
42
London
2.57
1
2.00
2
11.01
6
8.81
8
Los Angeles
1.97
10
1.66
15
10.65
11
8.90
7
Luxembourg
1.87
13
1.69
13
10.37
15
9.00
6
Lyon
1.61
31
1.58
21
8.52
23
6.47
25
Madrid
1.61
28
1.45
31
6.65
30
5.90
29
Manama
1.34
43
1.16
45
3.23
41
3.36
39
Manila
0.86
68
0.84
67
0.78
69
0.72
69
Mexico City
1.20
48
1.10
50
1.35
60
1.29
58
Miami
1.72
22
1.57
22
8.35
25
6.79
22
Milan
1.67
26
1.50
25
6.93
28
5.50
30
Montreal
1.74
21
1.58
20
9.15
22
7.09
20
Moscow
1.39
40
1.19
41
2.46
48
2.33
45
Mumbai
1.01
57
0.70
70
0.86
67
0.80
67
Munich
1.74
20
1.60
17
10.48
13
7.75
14
Nairobi
0.97
62
0.88
65
1.15
63
1.02
63
New York
2.44
2
1.81
7
12.35
5
9.17
5
Nicosia
1.61
29
1.35
34
6.84
29
6.38
26
Oslo
2.31
3
2.20
1
14.44
2
10.17
3
Paris
1.90
11
1.73
11
8.46
24
6.31
27
Prague
1.04
55
0.97
55
3.01
44
2.37
44
Riga
0.98
60
0.95
56
1.78
55
1.40
57
Rio de Janeiro
1.34
42
1.17
43
2.30
50
1.94
48
Rome
1.65
27
1.47
29
5.80
31
4.56
32
Santiago de Chile
1.32
44
1.14
48
2.62
45
2.23
46
Sao Paulo
1.31
45
1.18
42
3.05
43
2.66
41
Seoul
1.80
16
1.55
24
5.46
32
4.42
34
Shanghai
0.96
65
0.91
60
1.42
59
1.20
60
Singapore
1.53
34
1.39
32
3.99
38
3.57
36
Sofia
0.98
61
0.91
61
1.15
64
0.94
66
Stockholm
1.85
14
1.77
9
9.96
16
7.06
21
Sydney
1.68
24
1.45
30
9.21
20
7.30
18
Taipei
1.40
39
1.25
40
4.38
36
3.97
35
Tallinn
1.19
50
1.12
49
2.53
46
2.03
47
Tel Aviv
1.35
41
1.25
39
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na
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na
Tokyo
2.28
4
1.93
5
9.63
18
8.02
12
Toronto
1.74
19
1.60
16
9.16
21
7.38
17
Vienna
1.80
15
1.72
12
9.72
17
7.45
16
Vilnius
0.92
66
0.89
63
1.96
52
1.41
56
Warsaw
1.21
47
1.15
46
2.38
49
1.69
53
Zurich
2.13
5
1.94
4
14.21
3
11.39
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