India is the cheapest country to live in: Cost of Living Index 2015 report

Numbeo, a global record database published a detailed report on the ‘Cost of Living Index 2015’.

Update: 2015-01-22 17:26 GMT

Numbeo, a global record database published a detailed report on the ‘Cost of Living Index 2015'. (Photo: AP/File)

A new report on the cost of living index by country for the year 2015 shows that India is the cheapest country to live in while Switzerland proves to be the costliest.

Numbeo, a global record database published a detailed report on the ‘Cost of Living Index 2015’. The list includes a details about the Cost of Living Index of 119 countries.

According to the ‘Cost of Living Index 2015’ report, India’s Consumer Price Index stood at 26.27 which makes it the cheapest country to live in. Taking into consideration the Consume Price Index, Rent Index and Groceries Index, Swizerland is the costliest country.

According to the Infographics published by Numbeo, Switzerland, Norway, Venezuela, Iceland, Denmark are the top five countries that have the highest cost of living. Iceland has ranked 4th this year, as compared to the 10th position in 2013.

The report also states that Nepal, Pakistan and Bangladesh are costlier than India.

Here’s a screenshot of the ‘Cost of Living Index 2015’( Credit: Numbeo):

Country	Consumer Price Index	Rent Index	Consumer Price Plus Rent Index	Groceries Index	Restaurant Price Index	Local Purchasing Power Index
Switzerland	126.03	57.63	92.61	128.44	127.64	146.51
Norway	118.59	48.70	84.43	110.06	141.45	96.30
Venezuela	111.01	34.13	73.44	128.43	91.09	11.90
Iceland	102.14	35.86	69.75	103.76	105.21	70.84
Denmark	100.60	34.71	68.40	88.59	117.53	105.70
Australia	99.32	49.47	74.96	94.31	90.63	110.39
New Zealand	93.71	35.76	65.39	92.51	86.31	90.99
Singapore	93.61	84.62	89.22	81.52	59.46	75.40
Kuwait	92.97	40.91	67.53	118.45	54.59	85.70
United Kingdom	92.19	39.19	66.29	84.58	95.97	98.12
Ireland	92.09	37.47	65.40	85.14	91.58	95.72
Luxembourg	91.78	62.31	77.38	77.10	110.63	114.70
Finland	89.68	29.87	60.45	84.30	92.38	101.17
France	88.37	31.13	60.40	85.30	91.06	92.62
Belgium	87.22	30.96	59.73	79.54	95.93	86.16
Netherlands	85.98	35.50	61.31	66.82	102.13	102.02
Sweden	82.91	27.49	55.83	78.72	89.99	110.95
South Korea	82.90	35.55	59.76	98.06	52.51	85.83
Italy	82.72	25.71	54.86	71.43	93.07	79.35
Canada	81.80	33.08	57.99	87.41	74.07	105.07
Japan	80.36	29.71	55.61	82.68	50.51	98.21
Israel	79.29	30.26	55.33	69.19	85.34	88.18
Austria	76.87	29.20	53.57	73.56	70.43	104.55
United States	76.53	36.17	56.81	81.81	68.06	126.09
Germany	76.27	27.16	52.27	64.85	72.46	111.84
Hong Kong	75.23	81.09	78.09	79.46	53.82	74.93
Qatar	74.00	76.31	75.13	65.40	78.14	113.02
Puerto Rico	73.50	19.70	47.21	76.35	63.60	94.43
Cyprus	72.52	16.20	45.00	66.06	75.18	71.05
Ghana	71.83	54.15	63.19	73.39	59.13	14.17
Greece	68.88	11.92	41.05	58.20	70.03	51.89
Malta	68.81	18.33	44.14	58.10	75.93	72.45
Belize	68.74	11.44	40.74	63.91	42.52	119.98
Uruguay	68.55	21.80	45.71	60.62	64.57	44.87
Lebanon	67.61	31.68	50.05	51.59	67.43	50.17
United Arab Emirates	67.16	66.86	67.02	60.30	63.67	104.59
Argentina	67.12	18.26	43.24	61.47	64.40	59.38
Zimbabwe	65.89	19.80	43.37	59.42	54.33	33.40
Spain	65.70	21.53	44.11	54.17	71.09	76.71
Slovenia	65.15	17.27	41.75	55.58	54.03	64.16
Jamaica	63.56	14.78	39.73	59.42	44.12	43.53
Costa Rica	62.53	18.22	40.88	64.35	52.84	48.14
Russia	61.91	28.73	45.70	49.88	71.80	38.86
Jordan	61.38	15.27	38.85	50.86	58.59	38.67
Estonia	61.20	16.17	39.20	48.98	51.51	51.44
Mauritius	60.10	20.88	40.93	51.27	52.30	60.10
Mozambique	59.92	34.18	47.34	52.71	71.25	41.20
Nigeria	59.40	22.37	41.30	54.04	49.60	40.23
Azerbaijan	59.13	30.46	45.12	50.22	64.69	29.21
Trinidad And Tobago	59.08	22.15	41.04	60.07	51.01	46.98
Croatia	58.92	11.80	35.90	52.32	46.36	50.47
Portugal	58.22	18.29	38.71	47.40	51.07	58.22
Tanzania	57.13	29.62	43.68	58.21	39.01	47.16
Taiwan	57.06	17.23	37.60	66.73	27.88	69.90
Cambodia	57.05	14.82	36.41	68.86	26.07	11.93
Bahrain	56.17	37.39	46.99	55.32	54.19	59.69
Dominican Republic	55.95	12.34	34.64	55.21	44.16	28.20
Latvia	55.94	13.01	34.96	44.79	47.18	44.39
Uzbekistan	55.92	13.74	35.31	49.89	43.13	23.16
Brazil	55.33	18.53	37.35	44.31	45.44	41.16
Panama	55.16	31.22	43.46	61.03	40.39	43.34
Kazakhstan	54.27	19.41	37.24	44.37	58.98	43.48
Oman	54.20	28.96	41.87	47.38	44.45	106.83
Uganda	53.90	8.34	31.64	49.84	26.60	16.91
Namibia	53.67	20.68	37.55	46.69	51.35	42.86
Palestinian Territory	53.27	7.55	30.93	48.50	35.97	46.09
Chile	53.21	17.12	35.58	47.77	44.59	55.11
Honduras	53.06	10.12	32.08	49.71	33.92	62.64
Myanmar	53.04	27.47	40.55	59.38	26.39	21.18
Lithuania	52.76	13.59	33.62	44.55	37.53	46.86
Libya	52.12	19.12	35.99	58.09	47.66	44.29
Slovakia	51.60	17.42	34.90	46.94	38.13	56.05
Ethiopia	51.47	16.88	34.56	50.27	24.76	15.85
El Salvador	50.64	10.59	31.07	44.45	36.33	28.67
Guatemala	50.42	14.05	32.65	51.53	35.75	38.02
Saudi Arabia	50.35	15.22	33.19	46.91	34.83	126.19
Belarus	50.20	17.64	34.29	45.38	57.88	35.82
Kenya	50.01	17.11	33.93	50.55	34.83	28.74
Turkey	49.55	11.50	30.96	39.94	38.74	53.63
Peru	49.43	17.01	33.58	47.65	34.29	30.64
Hungary	48.90	9.52	29.66	39.30	37.78	46.85
China	48.89	22.42	35.96	50.18	36.52	48.64
Czech Republic	48.50	16.61	32.92	43.78	33.04	68.07
Iraq	48.21	17.97	33.43	41.85	43.29	41.20
Montenegro	48.09	9.59	29.27	40.34	41.46	40.24
Nicaragua	47.85	7.90	28.33	43.27	28.34	20.62
Thailand	46.52	16.72	31.96	52.74	24.72	38.75
Malaysia	45.97	13.41	30.06	45.88	25.44	73.54
South Africa	45.58	16.95	31.59	40.41	41.52	101.78
Ecuador	45.57	14.01	30.15	46.26	29.26	28.00
Poland	45.11	15.13	30.46	36.50	38.77	63.49
Iran	44.53	17.77	31.46	45.98	40.07	30.65
Bulgaria	43.57	9.49	26.91	38.50	33.81	39.88
Serbia	43.29	8.47	26.28	35.00	37.20	39.15
Romania	42.39	10.01	26.57	37.43	35.06	40.62
Bosnia And Herzegovina	42.30	7.31	25.20	37.52	29.14	44.74
Albania	41.95	8.55	25.63	34.10	33.21	34.79
Vietnam	41.86	14.86	28.67	39.42	22.69	21.32
Sri Lanka	41.66	10.74	26.55	50.79	22.81	28.24
Ukraine	41.29	12.68	27.31	35.53	38.18	27.87
Mexico	41.26	11.71	26.82	42.35	33.27	59.51
Armenia	40.68	9.65	25.52	33.20	32.71	27.74
Kosovo (Disputed Territory)	40.17	14.76	27.75	30.52	29.75	29.19
Bolivia	40.02	10.84	25.76	33.95	26.01	41.10
Philippines	40.00	7.53	24.13	41.14	23.13	35.41
Morocco	39.78	10.26	25.36	34.82	32.35	35.49
Georgia	39.56	11.94	26.06	31.82	37.93	26.21
Indonesia	39.35	13.85	26.89	44.12	21.91	26.01
Bangladesh	39.22	5.85	22.91	40.11	25.52	33.43
Colombia	38.92	12.91	26.21	36.21	29.61	36.08
Syria	38.24	10.35	24.61	35.37	31.25	23.11
Macedonia	37.41	7.02	22.56	31.99	28.48	35.48
Egypt	37.22	9.01	23.43	35.09	32.04	25.84
Moldova	34.72	7.69	21.51	29.75	28.38	23.70
Algeria	34.10	7.83	21.26	33.95	26.96	36.94
Tunisia	34.06	8.47	21.56	31.97	23.26	36.75
Pakistan	30.71	4.81	18.05	30.38	23.50	33.21
Nepal	28.85	3.23	16.33	27.80	18.66	21.33
India	26.27	6.78	16.74	28.52	15.94	65.79

India is the cheapest country to live in: Cost of Living Index 2015 report

Numbeo, a global record database published a detailed report on the ‘Cost of Living Index 2015’.

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