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The World’s Most Expensive Cities 2010

July 9, 2010 by Deborah Robinson

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Luanda in Angola is the world’s most expensive city for expatriates, according to the latest Mercer Worldwide Cost of Living Survey. The survey found that Luanda is three times as costly as the cheapest city, Karachi in Pakistan.

Australia’s two largest cities, Sydney and Melbourne, were ranked 24th and 34th respectively of the 214 cities included in the survey. Other Australian cities included in the list for 2010, are Brisbane ranked in 55th place, Perth in 60th and coming in at number 74 is our nation’s capital, Canberra.

Looking at our Asia Pacific neighbours, Tokyo was the world’s 2nd most expensive city, Osaka is the 6th most expensive, Hong Kong is the 9th, Singapore ranked 11th, and Beijing takes the 16th spot.

The top 50 of the most expensive cities in the world for expats are:

1. LUANDA, Angola
2. TOKYO, Japan
3. NDJAMENA, Chad
4. MOSCOW, Russia
5. GENEVA, Switzerland
6. OSAKA, Japan
7. LIBREVILLE, Gabon
8. ZURICH, Switzerland
9. HONG KONG, China
10. COPENHAGEN, Denmark
11. SINGAPORE, Singapore
12. OSLO, Norway
13. VICTORIA, Seychelles
14. SEOUL, South Korea
15. MILAN, Italy
16. BEIJING, China
17. LONDON, United Kingdom
18. PARIS, France
19. TEL AVIV, Israel
20. NAGOYA, Japan
21. SAO PAULO, Brazil
22. BERN, Switzerland
23. NIAMEY, Niger
24. SYDNEY, Australia
25. SHANGHAI, China
26. ROME, Italy
27. NEW YORK, United States
28. VIENNA, Austria
29. RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil
30. ST. PETERSBURG, Russia
31. HELSINKI, Finlad
32. DAKAR, Senegal
33. BANGUI, Central African Republic
34. MELBOURNE, Australia
35. AMSTERDAM, Netherlands
36. BAKU, Azerbaijan
37. BRATISLAVA, Slovakia
38. GUANGZHOU, China
39. NOUMEA, New Caledonia
40. ATHENS, Greece
41. DOUALA, Cameroon
42. SHENZHEN, China
43. DUBLIN, Ireland
44. ISTANBUL, Turkey
45. ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast
46. HAVANA, Cuba
47. PRAGUE, Czech Republic
48. BRAZZAVILLE, Congo
49. BARCELONA, Spain
50. FRANKFURT, Germany

The Mercer Worldwide Cost of Living Survey 2010 looked at 214 cities across the globe. Using New York City in the United States as the base city, costings were based on more than 200 items, including food, clothing, housing and transport.

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