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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:
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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.