Rank 2014 | Rank 2013 | City | Country | |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 1 | Luanda | Angola | |
2 | 4 | N’Djamena | Chad | |
3 | 6 | Hong Kong | China | |
4 | 5 | Singapore | Singapore | |
5 | 8 | Zurich | Switzerland | |
6 | 7 | Geneva | Switzerland | |
7 | 3 | Tokyo | Japan | |
8 | 9 | Bern | Switzerland | |
9 | 2 | Moscow | Russia | |
10 | 14 | Shanghai | China | |
11 | 15 | Beijing | China | |
12 | 25 | London | United Kingdom | |
13 | 22 | Victoria | Seychelles | |
14 | 13 | Seoul | South Korea | |
15 | 17 | Copenhagen | Denmark | |
16 | 24 | New York City | United States | |
17 | 29 | Shenzhen | China | |
18 | 32 | Tel Aviv | Israel | |
19 | 21 | Libreville | Gabon | |
20 | 33 | Kinshasa | Congo, Democratic Republic of | |
20 | 11 | Oslo | Norway | |
22 | 45 | Noumea | New Caledonia | |
23 | 12 | Osaka | Japan | |
24 | 35 | Guangzhou | China | |
25 | 36 | Lagos | Nigeria | |
26 | 9 | Sydney | Australia | |
27 | 37 | Paris | France | |
28 | 40 | Brazzaville | Congo, Republic of | |
29 | 39 | Bamako | Mali | |
30 | 41 | Milan | Italy | |
31 | 44 | Rome | Italy | |
32 | 48 | Vienna | Austria | |
33 | 16 | Melbourne | Australia | |
34 | 46 | Conakry | Guinea | |
35 | 23 | St. Petersburg | Russia | |
36 | 49 | Abuja | Nigeria | |
37 | 18 | Perth | Australia | |
38 | 42 | Stockholm | Sweden | |
39 | 52 | Amsterdam | Netherlands | |
40 | 51 | Dakar | Senegal | |
40 | 26 | Nagoya | Japan | |
42 | 55 | Helsinki | Finland | |
43 | 38 | Abidjan | Cote d’Ivoire | |
44 | 46 | Douala | Cameroon | |
44 | 55 | Yaounde | Cameroon | |
46 | 57 | Baku | Azerbaijan | |
47 | 69 | Nanjing | China | |
48 | 65 | Qingdao | China | |
49 | 19 | Sao Paulo | Brazil | |
50 | 67 | Tianjin | China | |
51 | 61 | Dublin | Ireland | |
52 | 28 | Brisbane | Australia | |
53 | 27 | Canberra | Australia | |
54 | 79 | Shenyang | China | |
55 | 81 | Munich | Germany | |
56 | 69 | Brussels | Belgium | |
56 | 77 | Luxembourg | Luxembourg | |
58 | 54 | Auckland | New Zealand | |
59 | 34 | Adelaide | Australia | |
59 | 83 | Frankfurt | Germany | |
61 | 62 | Taipei | Taiwan | |
62 | 72 | Los Angeles, CA | United States | |
63 | 76 | Beirut | Lebanon | |
63 | 81 | Madrid | Spain | |
65 | 29 | Rio de Janeiro | Brazil | |
66 | 57 | Yangon | Myanmar | |
67 | 90 | Dubai | United Arab Emirates | |
68 | 79 | Abu Dhabi | United Arab Emirates | |
68 | 99 | Berlin | Germany | |
70 | 85 | Pointe-a-Pitre | Guadeloupe | |
71 | 84 | Barcelona | Spain | |
71 | 97 | Chengdu | China | |
73 | 100 | Dusseldorf | Germany | |
74 | 92 | San Francisco, CA | United States | |
75 | 88 | Riga | Latvia | |
76 | 106 | Hamburg | Germany | |
77 | 53 | Tehran¹ | Iran | |
78 | 90 | Athens | Greece | |
79 | 103 | Lyon | France | |
79 | 75 | Wellington | New Zealand | |
81 | 78 | Bandar Seri Begawan | Brunei | |
81 | 114 | Port-au-Prince | Haiti | |
81 | 93 | White Plains, NY | United States | |
84 | 93 | Bratislava | Slovakia | |
85 | 101 | Chicago, IL | United States | |
86 | 59 | Buenos Aires | Argentina | |
87 | 102 | Cotonou | Benin | |
88 | 66 | Bangkok | Thailand | |
88 | 63 | Santiago | Chile | |
90 | 135 | Birmingham | United Kingdom | |
91 | 116 | Stuttgart | Germany | |
92 | 73 | Prague | Czech Republic | |
92 | 106 | Washington, D.C. | United States | |
94 | 128 | Aberdeen | United Kingdom | |
94 | 109 | Lisbon | Portugal | |
96 | 64 | Vancouver | Canada | |
97 | 117 | Honolulu, HI | United States | |
98 | 60 | Bogota | Colombia | |
98 | 103 | Kiev | Ukraine | |
98 | 114 | Miami, FL | United States | |
101 | 42 | Djibouti | Djibouti | |
101 | 68 | Toronto | Canada | |
103 | 89 | Amman | Jordan | |
103 | 31 | Niamey | Niger | |
105 | 113 | Lome | Togo | |
105 | 131 | Ouagadougou | Burkina Faso | |
107 | 125 | Casablanca | Morocco | |
108 | 157 | Glasgow | United Kingdom | |
109 | 123 | Boston, MA | United States | |
110 | 129 | Tallinn | Estonia | |
111 | 95 | Almaty | Kazakhstan | |
111 | 122 | Riyadh | Saudi Arabia | |
113 | 127 | Limassol | Cyprus | |
114 | 87 | Montevideo | Uruguay | |
115 | 111 | Kuala Lumpur | Malaysia | |
116 | 144 | Ljubljana | Slovenia | |
117 | 154 | Dhaka | Bangladesh | |
117 | 147 | Nairobi | Kenya | |
119 | 71 | Jakarta | Indonesia | |
120 | 158 | Belfast | United Kingdom | |
120 | 131 | Zagreb | Croatia | |
122 | 120 | Maputo | Mozambique | |
123 | 95 | Montreal | Canada | |
124 | 139 | Algiers | Algeria | |
125 | 97 | Calgary | Canada | |
125 | 135 | Dallas, TX | United States | |
125 | 103 | Manila | Philippines | |
128 | 110 | Accra | Ghana | |
129 | 148 | Nurnberg | Germany | |
130 | 139 | Vilnius | Lithuania | |
131 | 134 | Hanoi | Vietnam | |
132 | 144 | Morristown, NJ | United States | |
132 | 126 | San Jose | Costa Rica | |
134 | 106 | Havana¹ | Cuba | |
135 | 130 | Budapest | Hungary | |
135 | 141 | Ho Chi Minh City | Vietnam | |
135 | 85 | Istanbul | Turkey | |
135 | 112 | Lima | Peru | |
139 | 143 | San Juan | Puerto Rico | |
140 | 118 | Mumbai | India | |
141 | 153 | Leipzig | Germany | |
142 | 150 | Warsaw | Poland | |
143 | 144 | Houston, TX | United states | |
144 | 73 | Brasilia | Brazil | |
145 | 151 | Panama City | Panama | |
146 | 121 | Kigali | Rwanda | |
147 | 151 | Atlanta, GA | United States | |
147 | 141 | Kuwait City | Kuwait | |
149 | 133 | Port of Spain | Trinidad and Tobago | |
150 | 154 | Manama | Bahrain | |
150 | 138 | Mexico | Mexico | |
152 | 118 | Ottawa | Canada | |
153 | 154 | Cairo | Egypt | |
153 | 163 | Khartoum¹ | Sudan | |
153 | 159 | Seattle, WA | United States | |
156 | 160 | Minneapolis, MN | United States | |
157 | 124 | New Delhi | India | |
158 | 162 | Doha | Qatar | |
159 | 169 | Bucharest | Romania | |
160 | 160 | Detroit, MI | United States | |
161 | 163 | St. Louis, MO | United states | |
162 | 168 | Pittsburgh, PA | United states | |
163 | 170 | Rabat | Morocco | |
164 | 167 | Colombo | Sri Lanka | |
165 | 173 | Port Louis | Mauritius | |
166 | 173 | Portland, OR | United States | |
167 | 175 | Cleveland, OH | United States | |
168 | 170 | Muscat | Oman | |
169 | 177 | Phnom Penh | Cambodia | |
170 | 176 | Guatemala City | Guatemala | |
171 | 180 | Damascus¹ | Syria | |
172 | 181 | Sofia | Bulgaria | |
173 | 172 | Santo Domingo | Dominican Republic | |
174 | 148 | Lusaka | Zambia | |
175 | 182 | Jeddah | Saudi Arabia | |
176 | 163 | Asuncion | Paraguay | |
177 | 190 | Quito | Ecuador | |
178 | 186 | Dar es Salaam | Tanzania | |
178 | 163 | Kingston | Jamaica | |
180 | 185 | Tashkent | Uzbekistan | |
181 | 193 | Harare | Zimbabwe | |
182 | 193 | Winston Salem, NC | United States | |
183 | 178 | Monterrey | Mexico | |
184 | 192 | Belgrade | Serbia | |
185 | 179 | Chennai | India | |
186 | 182 | Addis Ababa | Ethiopia | |
187 | 195 | Yerevan | Armenia | |
188 | 199 | Sarajevo | Bosnia and Herzegovina | |
189 | 202 | Tirana | Albania | |
190 | 198 | San Salvador | El Salvador | |
191 | 187 | Minsk | Belarus | |
191 | 199 | Nouakchott | Mauritania | |
193 | 203 | Skopje | Macedonia | |
194 | 205 | Kampala | Uganda | |
194 | 195 | Tbilisi | Georgia | |
196 | 189 | Bangalore | India | |
197 | 184 | Gaborone | Botswana | |
198 | 201 | Ashkhabad | Turkmenistan | |
199 | 190 | Banjul | Gambia | |
200 | 204 | Tegucigalpa | Honduras | |
201 | 209 | Blantyre | Malawi | |
202 | 210 | Tunis | Tunisia | |
203 | 187 | Johannesburg | South Africa | |
204 | 211 | La Paz | Bolivia | |
205 | 197 | Cape Town | South Africa | |
205 | 206 | Kolkata | India | |
207 | 212 | Managua | Nicaragua | |
208 | 208 | Islamabad | Pakistan | |
209 | 213 | Bishkek | Kyrgyzstan | |
210 | 207 | Windhoek | Namibia | |
211 | 214 | Karachi | Pakistan |
* Tripoli, Libya, and Bangui, Central African Republic, are missing from this year’s rankings. Mercer was not able to collect prices due to the security situations in those locations. We have also left Caracas, Venezuela, out of the rankings as a result of the complex currency situation that includes multiple exchange rates; its ranking would have varied greatly depending on the official exchange rate selected.
¹ The rank of this location is based on estimates, due to US government sanctions.
美世调查了5个大陆上的211个城市,对比这些城市的生活成本。包括住房、交通、食物、衣服、家庭用品及娱乐。结果显示,澳大利亚新南威尔士州首府城市悉尼已跌出前10大昂贵城市榜单。同时,今年澳其他州府城市的生活成本排名也出现下滑。墨尔本下跌17位至第33位。珀斯下降19位至第37位。布里斯班也跌出前50名。
美世“天才业务”负责人亚当斯(Garry Adams)表示,澳元对美元疲弱是澳各大城市生活成本下滑的主要原因。自2010年起,澳元下滑了14.6%,至目前的94.06美分。他同时指出,排名下滑并不意味着澳各大城市的生活成本可负担性增强,但是增加了澳在全球范围内的竞争力,尤其在吸引优秀人才方面。另一方面,也能吸引更多跨国公司选择澳大利亚作为其亚太区域的总部。
调查还显示,大批中国城市的生活成本排名在上升。上海攀升3位,进入世界前10之列。北京排在第11位,深圳第17位,广州第24位。亚当斯把这种状况归因于汇率波动加大。自2010年起,人民币兑美元汇价升值超过10%。
根据该项调查,安哥拉首都罗安达保持海外派驻员工生活成本最高的称号。乍得首都恩贾梅纳名列第2。登上榜单前10位的城市还有香港、新加坡、苏黎世、日内瓦、东京、伯尔尼和莫斯科。
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