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International Cost of Living Ranking – October 2009

The October 2009 Cost of Living International Classification, one of the most comprehensive in the world, covers 276 cities in 209 countries across 13 groups in the basket. Below is a list of the 10 most expensive countries to live up the most powerful engines and down in the ranking countries and five countries most expensive item in the cart.

There is no change to the first and last places. Japan continues remain the most expensive of an expatriate to live with the higher cost of living index and Zimbabwe at the lowest cost of living.

Top 10 most expensive classified International cost of living spaces in October 2009, the year before the classification in October 2008, is as follows:

October 2009 Country Traffic City (October, 2008 Ranking) [Change] Ranking
1. Japan, Tokyo (1) [0]
2. China, Hong Kong (33) [-31]
3. Switzerland, Geneva (4) [-1]
4. Central African Republic, Bangui (Central African Republic 46) [-42]
5. Switzerland, Zurich (8) [-3]
6. Denmark, Copenhagen (3) [3]
7. In Venezuela, Caracas (32) [-25]
8. United Arab Emirates, Dubai (34) [-26]
9. Chad, N'Djamena (15) [-6]
10. Norway, Oslo (2) [8]

Climb up the largest
The largest engine in the standings after cost of living increases are:
1. Solomon Islands, Honiara 152 seats
2. Canada, Calgary 134 seats
3. Kiribati, South Tarawa of 109 seats
4. Timor-Leste, Dili by 106 spaces
5. Montenegro, Podgorica 93 seats
6. Vanuatu, Port Vila by 91 seats
7. Saudi Arabia, Riyadh, 83 seats
8. Rwanda, Kigali 83 seats
9. Cape Verde, Praia de 75 places
10. Democratic Republic of Congo, Kinshasa 61 seats

Engine Down largest
The larger engines in the standings due to the decrease in the cost of living are:
1. Tonga, Nuku'alofa 172 seats
2. Poland Warsaw 158 places
3. Vietnam, Hanoi for 126 seats
4. Fiji, Suva 99 seats
5. Paraguay, Asunción, 91 seats
6. Budapest, Hungary by 85 seats
7. Equatorial Guinea, Malabo, 82 seats
8. Albania, Tirana 77 seats
9. Kenya, Nairobi 73 seats
10. Gambia, Banjul 66 places

Top 5 most expensive international sites for each group purchase
Our basket of 13 groups are the result of an extensive investigation of the patterns real expenditure, allowing the cost of living indices to reflect any change in expenditure on the basis of international reality. When Comparing the cost of living between two points, the difference in total cost of all elements of each of the 13 purchasing groups are examined in each location, this is done using the average prices reported for each location for the same amount of each item. Cost of living is the difference in spending on local groups and the exchange rate basket in force between the two selected sites. The 13 groups are weighted expenses of expatriate selection rules.

Snuff and alcohol for the cost of alcoholic beverages, as alcohol in the bar, beer, produced Locally spirit, whiskey and wine and snuff products such as cigarettes is the most expensive:
1. Kiribati, South Tarawa
2. Qatar, Doha
3. Republic of Korea, Seoul
4. Comoros, Moroni
5. Norway, Oslo

Clothing costs of clothing and footwear, such as suits, sportswear, Children's clothing and shoes, coats and hats, evening dresses, shoes and clothing is the most expensive repairs:
1. Croatia, Zagreb
2. Russia, Moscow
3. China, Beijing
4. United Arab Emirates, Dubai
5. Qatar, Doha

Communication charges for communication costs different, such as home telephone rental and call charges, Internet fees and service provider, mobile or cellular telephone contract calls is the discount:
1. Guinea-Bissau, Bissau
2. New Caledonia, Noumea
3. Burkina Faso, Ouagadougou
4. Latvia, Riga
5. Cameroon, Douala

Education costs such as day care / pre-school enrollment, school fees / school, primary school fees and costs of tertiary education is more expensive:
1. Venezuela, Caracas
2. Angola, Luanda
3. Brazil, Brasilia
4. Bermuda, Hamilton
5. Central African Republic, Bangui

Appliances and Furniture cost furniture, appliances and equipment household items such as player DVD, fridge with freezer, iron, coffeemaker, toaster, microwave, lamps, TV, vacuuming, washing is the most expensive:
1. Central African Republic, Bangui
2. Mali, Bamako
3. Cameroon, Douala
4. New Caledonia, Noumea
5. Chad, N'Djamena

Groceries cost of food, beverages and cleaning products such as baby items, baked goods, pastries, preserves, cheeses, cleaning products, dairy products, fresh fruit vegetables, fruit juices, meat, oil and vinegar, pet food, prepared foods, sauces, seafood, snacks, beverages, spices Herb the most expensive:
1. Central African Republic, Bangui
2. Japan, Tokyo
3. Denmark, Copenhagen
4. Solomon Islands, Honiara
5. Congo Brazzaville

The costs of health care, overall health, health insurance and the general practitioner consultation rate, the rate private hospital daily, prescription medicine, private health insurance and contributions to health care is the most expensive:
1. Japan, Tokyo
2. China, Hong Kong
3. Kiribati, South Tarawa
4. Luanda Angola
5. Bermuda, Hamilton

Household costs of housing, water, electricity, domestic gas, domestic fuel rates and local housing taxes as the house or apartment mortgage, the house / apartment to rent, electricity consumption household consumption of cooking gas and fuel, water consumption of households and homeownership rates and local taxes / taxes is more expensive:
1. China, Hong Kong
2. Japan, Tokyo
3. Taiwan, Taipei
4. Venezuela, Caracas
5. United Arab Emirates, Dubai

Others costs associated with closing, clothing and general goods and services such as home help, dry cleaning, clothing, stationery, newspapers and magazines and postage stamps is the most expensive:
1. Central African Republic, Bangui
2. Oslo Norway
3. Finland, Helsinki
4. New Caledonia, Noumea
5. Qatar, Doha

Personal care costs of personal care products and services, such as cosmetics, hair care, moisturizer sunscreen / diapers, pain relief pills, toilet paper, toothpaste and soap / shampoo / conditioner is more expensive:
1. Kiribati South Tarawa
2. Gambia, Banjul
3. Algeria, Algiers
4. Moroni Comoros
5. Slovakia, Bratislava

Leisure and culture costs, as books, films, photographs, movie tickets, DVDs and CDs, sports items, tickets to the theater is the most expensive:
1. Central African Republic Bangui
2. Papua New Guinea, Port Moresby
3. Maputo Mozambique
4. Chad, N'Djamena
5. Vanuatu, Port Vila

Restaurants, food, air Leisure and hotel such as a business dinner, a dinner at the restaurant (not fast food), hotel rates, to bring drinks and snacks (fast food) is the most expensive:
1. United Arab Emirates, Dubai
2. Greece, Athens
3. Qatar, Doha
4. Belgium, Brussels
5. Slovenia, Ljubljana

Transportation costs for public transport, vehicle costs, vehicle fuel, insurance and maintenance Vehicles such as hire purchase or rental car, gasoline / diesel, maintenance of public transport services, tire insurance vehicles, and a purchase is more expensive:
1. Timor-Leste, Dili
2. Republic of Georgia, Tbilisi
3. Cameroon, Douala
4. Solomon Islands Honiara
5. Norway, Oslo

The definitions of each basket and the cost of living ranking of the 276 slots are available on the site.

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Steven Coleman runs the most comprehensive global relocation calculator available, an internet service that is used primarily to calculate expatriate salary levels for global assignments, which can be found at http://www.xpatulator.com