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Singapore and Zurich are the most expensive cities in the world to live in, according to a new report.. The Southeast Asia hub retains the spot it held last year, with Switzerland’s largest city ...
Kansas City, Missouri. Richmond, Virginia. Salt Lake City. Cities that made the biggest gains. Virginia Beach, Virginia: No. 13 in 2025, up 23 spots from 2024. Oklahoma City: No. 17 in 2025, up 21 ...
A regular entrant on the “most expensive” tables, Hong Kong has the lowest home ownership rate of all the cities surveyed, at just 51%, compared to its Asian rival Singapore where home ...
The city-state of Singapore and Switzerland’s Zurich were named as the most expensive cities in the world. The rise of the latter, which jumped from sixth place on last year’s list, was ...
Services includes home rents to transport, utility bills and private schools to domestic help. The prices of commodities are gathered from three types of stores: supermarket, medium-priced retailers and more expensive specialty shops. Only those outlets were considered where the quality of the products are comparable to international standards.
The survey covers 207 cities around the world and measures the comparative cost of over 200 items in each location, including housing, transport, food, clothing, household goods and entertainment. It is designed to help multinational companies and governments determine compensation allowances for their expatriate employees.
The outlet’s best cities in 2024–2025 were measured based on information from the Census Bureau, the FBI, the U.S. Department of Labor, and U.S. News's internal database.
Two finance hubs in Asia have topped Mercer’s 2024 Cost of Living report, which lists the world’s most expensive cities for expatriates.