The world's most expensive big cities(cost of living)

The world's most expensive big cities

(The index is based on cost of living expressed in US dollars. Therefore, if the dollar weakens against the local currency of a city, the city becomes more expensive and moves up the index, even if prices expressed in local currency remain the same or even go down.)

Rank 2009	Rank 2008	City	Country	Score 2009	Score 2008
1	2	Tokyo	Japan	143.7	127
2	11	Osaka	Japan	119.2	110
3	1	Moscow	Russia	115.4	142.4
4	8	Geneva	Switzerland	109.2	115.8
5	6	Hong Kong	Hong Kong	108.7	117.6
6	9	Zurich	Switzerland	105.2	112.7
7	7	Copenhagen	Denmark	105.0	117.2
8	22	New York City	USA	100.0	100.0
9	20	Beijing	China	99.6	101.9
10	13	Singapore	Singapore	98.0	111.3
11	10	Milan	Italy	96.9	98.3
12	24	Shanghai	China	95.2	109.4
13	12	Paris	France	95.1	118.3
14	4	Oslo	Norway	94.2	79.3
15	89	Caracas	Venezuela	93.3	125
16	3	London	UK	92.7	105
17	14	Tel Aviv	Israel	91.9	103.9
18	16	Rome	Italy	91.2	101.1
19	21	Helsinki	Finland	90.5	89.3
20	52	Dubai	UAE	90.1	102.3
21	19	Vienna	Austria	89.3	86.3
22	61	Shenzhen	China	89.0	87.5
=23	55	Los Angeles	USA	87.6	83.9
=23	70	Guangzhou	China	87.6	103.9
25	16	Dublin	Ireland	87.4	85.7
26	65	Abu Dhabi	UAE	86.7	95.1
27	34	Douala	Cameroun	86.1	97
28	25	Athens	Greece	85.9	97
29	25	Amsterdam	Netherland	85.7	90.6
30	45	Bratislava	Slovakia	84.8	79.3
31	89	White Plains	USA	84.7	95.9
32	30	Lagos	Nigeria	84.6	82.2
33	74	Tehran	Iran	84.1	89.6
=34	51	Abidjan	Ivory Coast	82.5	92.2
=34	41	Dakar	Senegal	82.5	81
=34	78	San Francisco	USA	82.5	96.7
37	28	Madrid	Spain	82.1	91.3
=38	43	Luxembourg	Luxembourg	82.1	95.2
=38	31	Barcelona	Spain	82.1	86.8
40	57	Algiers	Algeria	81.7	81.4
=41	77	Honolulu	USA	81.6	92.9
=41	39	Brussels	Belgium	81.6	80.8
=41	80	Beirut	Lebanon	81.6	90.7
44	44	Almaty	Kazakhstan	81.5	82
45	75	Miami	USA	81.4	103.1
46	18	St Petersburg	Russia	81.3	93.1
47	37	Munich	Germany	81.2	92.5
48	40	Frankfurt	Germany	80.9	93
49	38	Berlin	Germany	80.8	80.3
50	84	Chicago	USA	80.7	117.7

Research by Mercer Consulting


서울은 올해 51위에 랭크 되었네요. 2008년도 조사 당시에는 46위였다는 군요. 좋은 현상이라고 생각하는데.. 이거 안좋은 순위 같은데.. 아닌가??

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