Cost of living
Unit: index (US=100)
All 205 reporting countries — sort by value or name
205 countries · latest reported year each · Price level index, consumption (US=100, derived)
Price level for private household consumption, with the United States = 100. Derived as (PPP for private consumption ÷ official exchange rate) × 100. A value of 70 means consumer goods cost roughly 70% of US prices; 120 means they cost 20% more. Captures cross-country price differences for the typical household basket. Coverage limited to country-year pairs where both PPP and the official exchange rate are published by WB.
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Source: Derived (World Bank ICP PA.NUS.PRVT.PP ÷ PA.NUS.FCRF × 100)Latest non-null value per country (205 reporting)
Across the 205 countries reporting, the world median is 48.0index (US=100). Both columns are sorted purely by value — interpretation (whether higher is "better") depends on the indicator.
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