Cost of Living by Country

An index comparing how expensive goods and services are between countries against a common baseline — here, overall price levels with the United States at 100, from World Bank purchasing-power-parity data.

Bermuda, with a price level of 115 versus the US at 100 — ahead of the Cayman Islands (112) and Switzerland (108), the only economies pricier than the United States.

Nigeria, with a price level of just 12 — overall prices roughly 8× lower than the United States. Egypt, Syria and Burundi (all around 18) are close behind.

Numbeo builds its index from user-submitted prices for a consumer basket — rent, groceries, restaurants — and its data is proprietary. Our index uses the World Bank's openly licensed price-level data, which measures overall prices across the whole economy. It won't tell you the rent in a specific city, but every figure is sourced, dated and free to verify.

Yes — use the converter above: enter an amount and two countries to see the purchasing-power equivalent.