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Based on the latest survey of the human resources consulting firm "Mercer", the ranking examines the cost of living for an expatriate by taking into consideration a variety of data such as transportation, housing, and the price of food products.
Africa: the cheapest cities in 2021
| Global ranking | Regional ranking | City | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 2021 | 2021 | ||
| 201 | 208 | 1 | Lusaka | Zambia |
| 209 | 206 | 2 | Tunis | Tunisia |
| 208 | 204 | 3 | Windhoek | Namibia |
| 199 | 202 | 4 | Gaborone | Botswana |
| 204 | 200 | 5 | Banjul | Gambia |
| 194 | 198 | 6 | Algiers | Algeria |
| 182 | 194 | 7 | Addis Ababa | Ethiopia |
| 185 | 190 | 8 | Blantyre | Malawi |
| 192 | 184 | 9 | Johannesburg | South Africa |
| 173 | 182 | 10 | Port Louis | Mauritius |
| 161 | 179 | 11 | Maputo | Mozambique |
| 187 | 178 | 12 | Cape Town | South Africa |
| 184 | 176 | 13 | Nouakchot | Mauritania |
| 176 | 175 | 14 | Kigali | Rwanda |
| 177 | 171 | 15 | Kampala | Uganda |
| 163 | 167 | 16 | Dar Es Salaam | Tanzania |
| 14 | 159 | 17 | Victoria | Seychelles |
| 159 | 152 | 18 | Rabat | Morocco |
| 95 | 145 | 19 | Nairobi | Kenya |
| 162 | 145 | 20 | Ouagadougou | Burkina Faso |
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Middle East: the cheapest cities in 2021
| Global ranking | Regional ranking | City | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 2021 | 2021 | ||
| 156 | 173 | 1 | Istanbul | Turkey |
| 109 | 130 | 2 | Doha | Qatar |
| 113 | 115 | 3 | Kuwait City | Kuwait |
| 96 | 108 | 4 | Muscat | Oman |
| 104 | 94 | 5 | Jeddah | Saudi Arabia |
Europe: the cheapest cities in 2021
| Global ranking | Regional ranking | City | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 2021 | 2021 | ||
| 203 | 207 | 1 | Tbilisi | Georgia |
| 194 | 197 | 2 | Minsk | Belarus |
| 202 | 192 | 3 | Skopje | North Macedonia |
| 197 | 186 | 4 | Sarajevo | Bosnia-Herzegovina |
| 180 | 165 | 5 | Sofia | Bulgaria |
| 169 | 164 | 6 | Warsaw | Poland |
| 183 | 163 | 7 | Belgrade | Serbia |
| 170 | 162 | 8 | Budapest | Hungary |
| 174 | 160 | 9 | Bucharest | Romania |
| 166 | 156 | 10 | Limassol | Cyprus |
| 163 | 152 | 11 | Tirana | Albania |
| 106 | 149 | 12 | Kiev | Ukraine |
| 149 | 148 | 13 | Belfast | United Kingdom |
| 157 | 143 | 14 | Vilnius | Lithuania |
| 152 | 140 | 15 | Zagreb | Croatia |
| 158 | 138 | 16 | Leipzig | Germany |
| 155 | 134 | 17 | Nuremberg | Germany |
| 146 | 132 | 18 | Tallinn | Estonia |
| 141 | 131 | 19 | Glasgow | United Kingdom |
| 134 | 128 | 20 | Aberdeen | United Kingdom |
Asia: the cheapest cities in 2021
| Global ranking | Regional ranking | City | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 2021 | 2021 | ||
| 206 | 209 | 1 | Bishkek | Kyrgyzstan |
| 206 | 203 | 2 | Tashkent | Uzbekistan |
| 205 | 201 | 3 | Karachi | Pakistan |
| 200 | 199 | 4 | Islamabad | Pakistan |
| 191 | 195 | 5 | Yerevan | Armenia |
| 189 | 193 | 6 | Almaty | Kazakhstan |
| 177 | 185 | 7 | Colombo | Sri Lanka |
| 185 | 181 | 8 | Kolkata | India |
| 172 | 172 | 9 | Baku | Azerbaijan |
| 171 | 170 | 10 | Bengaluru | India |
| 143 | 158 | 11 | Chennai | India |
| 144 | 152 | 12 | Kuala Lumpur | Malaysia |
| 111 | 143 | 13 | Ho Chi Minh City | Vietnam |
| 116 | 139 | 14 | Hanoi | Vietnam |
| 109 | 125 | 15 | Phnom Penh | Cambodia |
| 118 | 122 | 16 | Bandar Seri Begawan | Brunei |
| 101 | 117 | 17 | New Delhi | India |
| 86 | 104 | 18 | Jakarta | Indonesia |
| 83 | 104 | 19 | Yangon | Myanmar |
| 80 | 78 | 20 | Manila | Philippines |
Americas*: the cheapest cities in 2021
| Global ranking | Regional ranking | City | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 2021 | 2021 | ||
| 190 | 205 | 1 | Brasilia | Brazil |
| 198 | 196 | 2 | Managua | Nicaragua |
| 160 | 191 | 3 | Rio de Janeiro | Brazil |
| 193 | 189 | 4 | La Paz | Bolivia |
| 196 | 188 | 5 | Tegucigalpa | Honduras |
| 188 | 187 | 6 | Asuncion | Paraguay |
| 177 | 183 | 7 | Monterrey | Mexico |
| 181 | 180 | 8 | Bogota | Colombia |
| 130 | 177 | 9 | Sao Paulo | Brazil |
| 167 | 173 | 10 | Santo Domingo | Dominican Republic |
| 168 | 169 | 11 | San Salvador | El Salvador |
| 153 | 168 | 12 | Buenos Aires | Argentina |
| 150 | 165 | 13 | Kingston | Jamaica |
| 145 | 161 | 14 | Quito | Ecuador |
| 151 | 156 | 15 | Ottawa | Canada |
| 120 | 152 | 16 | Mexico City | Mexico |
| 132 | 151 | 17 | Winston Salem | United States |
| 112 | 150 | 18 | Lima | Peru |
| 146 | 145 | 19 | Calgary | Canada |
| 122 | 141 | 20 | Guatemala City | Guatemala |
*North America, South and Central America
Oceania: the cheapest cities in 2021
| Global ranking | Regional ranking | City | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 2021 | 2021 | ||
| 123 | 94 | 1 | Wellington | New Zealand |
| 126 | 88 | 2 | Adelaide | Australia |
| 126 | 81 | 3 | Brisbane | Australia |
| 118 | 75 | 4 | Canberra | Australia |
| 103 | 70 | 5 | Auckland | New Zealand |