Mercer Ranks Most Expensive Cities in The World

 

The Mercer Ranking 

Most expensive Cities in Africa according to their rank

Rankings
March 2012	March 2011	City	Country
2	1	LUANDA	ANGOLA
8	3	N'DJAMENA	CHAD
20	12	LIBREVILLE	GABON
26	44	KHARTOUM	SUDAN
34	23	NIAMEY	NIGER
36	61	KINSHASA	DEM. REP. OF THE CONGO
39	41	LAGOS	NIGERIA
39	63	BAMAKO	MALI
41	67	ABIDJAN	CÔTE D'IVOIRE
43	55	BRAZZAVILLE	CONGO
44	39	DJIBOUTI	DJIBOUTI
50	25	VICTORIA	SEYCHELLES
50	44	DAKAR	SENEGAL

Top 10 cities: Cost of living ranking
Mercer international basket including rental accommodation costs

Rankings
March 2012	March 2011	City	Country
1	2	TOKYO	JAPAN
2	1	LUANDA	ANGOLA
3	6	OSAKA	JAPAN
4	4	MOSCOW	RUSSIA
5	5	GENEVA	SWITZERLAND
6	7	ZURICH	SWITZERLAND
6	8	SINGAPORE	SINGAPORE
8	3	N'DJAMENA	CHAD
9	9	HONG KONG	HONG KONG
10	11	NAGOYA	JAPAN

Source: Mercer

Top 5 cities in the Cost of Living worldwide rankings, by region

Americas	Asia Pacific	Europe, Middle East & Africa
São Paulo, Brazil (12th) Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (13th) Caracas, Venezuela (29th) New York, United States (33rd) Brasilia, Brazil (33rd)	Tokyo, Japan (1st) Osaka, Japan (3rd) Singapore, Singapore (6th) Hong Kong, Hong Kong (9th) Nagoya, Japan (10th)	Luanda, Angola (2nd) Moscow, Russia (4th) Geneva, Switzerland (5th) Zurich, Switzerland (6th) N'Djamena, Chad (8th)

Source: Guardian.co.uk

Mercer's Cost of Living rankings include the relative strength of the relevant currency against the US dollar in the 12 months between ranking (March 2011 to March 2012 in this case); and the price movements over the 12 month-period compared to those in New York City as the base.