Which country has the highest Monthly Cost Of Living (Living Cost)?

Monaco has the highest Monthly Cost Of Living (Living Cost) in 2026, at $6,776, followed by Cayman Islands ($3,795) and Switzerland ($3,270).

Which country has the lowest Monthly Cost Of Living (Living Cost)?

Egypt has the lowest Monthly Cost Of Living (Living Cost) in 2026, at $390.

What is the median Monthly Cost Of Living (Living Cost) across countries?

The median is $1,019 across the 196 countries with data in 2026.

Where does this most expensive countries to live in data come from?

Rankodex compiles it from World Population Review and the primary sources it cites: Cost of Living by Country - Living Cost; Cost of Living Index - Numbeo; Cost of Living - Country Rankings - Global Economy; Cost of Living Ranking by Country - Expatistan.

Country rankings

Most Expensive Countries to Live In

Name: Most Expensive Countries to Live In
Creator: Rankodex

Monaco has the highest Monthly Cost Of Living (Living Cost) in 2026 ($6,776), followed by Cayman Islands ($3,795) and Switzerland ($3,270). Egypt has the lowest ($390).

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Monthly Cost Of Living (Living Cost), 2026

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Distribution Median and middle halfThe median is the middle value: half of places are above it, half below. The middle half is the range holding the central 50% of places.More in the glossary →

Each dot is one country; the lines mark the median and the middle half.

Median

$1,019

Middle half $724 – $1,344

Average

$1,166

196 countries

Lowest (best)

$390

Egypt

Highest (worst)

$6,776

Monaco

Over time · 2023–2026

The top 5 in 2026, against the median.

Median of all countries
Egypt
Pakistan
Libya
India
Bhutan

Data

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206 countries · # = rank by Monthly Cost Of Living (Living Cost)

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1	Egypt	$390	19.0	13.8
2	Pakistan	$401	17.8	12.4
2	Libya	$401	18.6	12.3
4	India	$409	19.5	12.4
5	Bhutan	$412	—	—
6	Bangladesh	$429	20.9	13.8
7	Algeria	$441	24.5	17.1
7	Afghanistan	$441	19.9	12.7
9	Central African Republic	$502	—	—
10	South Sudan	$506	—	—
10	Timor-Leste	$506	—	—
12	Eritrea	$508	—	—
13	Yemen	$514	48.4	32.0
14	Liberia	$515	—	—
15	Chad	$518	—	—
16	Kiribati	$526	—	—
17	Tunisia	$534	25.5	18.5
18	Eswatini	$540	—	—
19	Indonesia	$543	24.6	18.5
20	Malawi	$544	—	—
20	Haiti	$544	—	—
22	Iran	$549	23.6	16.2
23	Mali	$554	—	—
24	Papua New Guinea	$558	67.4	39.2
25	Sri Lanka	$563	33.5	22.0
26	Syria	$564	23.3	16.1
27	Madagascar	$574	20.7	15.8
28	Gambia	$578	—	—
29	Republic of the Congo	$582	—	42.4
30	Djibouti	$585	—	—
31	Philippines	$608	28.8	20.2
32	Ukraine	$619	24.6	19.2
33	Myanmar	$630	—	26.0
34	Vietnam	$637	26.6	19.1
34	Lesotho	$637	—	—
36	Uganda	$643	26.0	19.6
37	Mauritania	$652	—	—
38	Tanzania	$654	31.8	18.8
39	China	$663	30.7	21.5
40	Botswana	$669	39.5	21.0
41	Uzbekistan	$681	24.2	20.6
42	Ghana	$700	30.6	23.7
43	Somalia	$714	38.7	—
43	Tuvalu	$714	—	—
45	Belarus	$715	25.0	21.5
46	Kyrgyzstan	$717	25.4	20.4
47	Kenya	$721	28.2	19.5
47	Kazakhstan	$721	26.6	21.4
49	Bolivia	$723	25.2	19.0
50	Tajikistan	$724	—	19.8
51	Burundi	$735	—	—
52	Morocco	$736	27.2	21.1
52	Gabon	$736	—	—
54	Togo	$740	—	—
55	Paraguay	$751	23.0	20.3
56	Angola	$755	—	34.5
57	Nicaragua	$756	—	41.6
58	Nigeria	$761	26.4	25.5
59	North Macedonia	$769	30.3	23.2
60	Iraq	$783	26.9	19.0
61	Brazil	$787	25.6	20.5
61	Mauritius	$787	35.6	26.1
63	Azerbaijan	$788	29.5	21.3
63	Nauru	$788	—	—
65	Samoa	$789	—	—
66	Benin	$794	—	—
67	Bosnia and Herzegovina	$806	—	25.0
68	Cameroon	$816	36.2	31.1
69	Ecuador	$817	30.0	21.0
70	Malaysia	$818	29.7	22.9
71	Rwanda	$819	34.6	19.4
72	Cambodia	$832	33.9	23.7
73	Sudan	$838	—	—
73	Venezuela	$838	35.9	42.2
75	Guinea-Bissau	$856	—	—
76	Moldova	$858	30.8	26.4
77	Zimbabwe	$860	34.7	24.2
78	Peru	$862	29.4	23.6
79	Honduras	$865	34.6	25.7
80	Thailand	$882	33.7	27.2
81	Turkey	$891	34.7	27.6
82	Argentina	$894	35.7	28.3
83	Dominican Republic	$901	34.3	27.4
84	Fiji	$908	32.0	26.7
85	Suriname	$913	—	28.2
86	Zambia	$927	33.8	22.0
87	Colombia	$928	26.0	22.4
87	Jordan	$928	37.2	25.3
89	Mongolia	$935	30.6	25.1
90	Burkina Faso	$936	—	—
91	Georgia	$946	30.4	24.0
92	Mozambique	$954	38.9	25.9
92	Romania	$954	34.0	27.8
94	Namibia	$982	29.3	26.4
95	Laos	$984	—	—
95	Cape Verde	$984	—	29.6
97	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	$996	—	—
98	Sao Tome and Principe	$1,011	—	—
99	Russia	$1,027	22.3	25.7
99	Taiwan	$1,027	44.4	33.9
99	Dominica	$1,027	—	—
102	Chile	$1,028	35.1	26.8
102	Guinea	$1,028	—	—
104	Tonga	$1,032	—	—
105	Guatemala	$1,033	36.8	29.5
106	Albania	$1,037	39.9	31.7
107	Belize	$1,038	41.4	32.0
108	Bulgaria	$1,048	35.4	28.0
109	DR Congo	$1,051	—	—
110	Montenegro	$1,062	36.3	31.0
111	South Korea	$1,074	56.5	41.3
112	Mexico	$1,075	34.5	31.5
113	Ethiopia	$1,081	43.2	31.3
114	Grenada	$1,083	—	49.4
115	Oman	$1,102	39.8	30.0
116	Japan	$1,109	45.6	32.8
117	Serbia	$1,112	35.9	29.5
118	South Africa	$1,116	30.0	26.4
119	Antigua and Barbuda	$1,119	—	—
120	Armenia	$1,120	39.6	29.5
121	Trinidad and Tobago	$1,138	—	35.2
122	Ivory Coast	$1,148	38.8	34.5
123	Niger	$1,151	—	—
124	Brunei	$1,152	44.4	33.6
125	Latvia	$1,157	43.4	34.3
126	El Salvador	$1,164	37.9	29.4
127	Palestine	$1,170	39.5	30.9
128	Palau	$1,174	—	—
129	Vatican City	$1,179	—	—
130	Saint Lucia	$1,194	—	—
131	Comoros	$1,196	—	—
132	Guyana	$1,215	—	39.0
133	Senegal	$1,223	—	35.5
134	Lithuania	$1,227	44.0	35.3
135	Equatorial Guinea	$1,241	—	—
136	Greece	$1,253	46.5	36.0
137	Bahrain	$1,256	48.3	35.9
138	Sierra Leone	$1,258	—	—
139	Saudi Arabia	$1,259	41.9	30.4
140	Hungary	$1,277	36.6	32.3
141	Cuba	$1,295	40.8	28.3
142	Lebanon	$1,315	38.8	34.4
143	San Marino	$1,324	—	—
144	Jamaica	$1,330	50.3	38.7
144	Barbados	$1,330	70.0	—
144	Saint Kitts and Nevis	$1,330	—	—
147	Maldives	$1,342	45.3	38.1
148	Slovakia	$1,348	42.1	35.2
149	Uruguay	$1,353	46.3	37.3
150	Poland	$1,367	38.9	34.4
151	Costa Rica	$1,402	50.1	38.3
152	Croatia	$1,410	43.2	37.1
153	Estonia	$1,425	49.4	40.5
154	Kuwait	$1,437	40.4	33.3
155	Portugal	$1,452	41.2	38.3
156	Panama	$1,456	43.9	35.6
157	Czechia	$1,478	42.6	38.6
158	Marshall Islands	$1,498	—	—
159	Solomon Islands	$1,501	—	65.4
160	Slovenia	$1,513	46.2	39.1
161	North Korea	$1,596	—	—
162	Italy	$1,624	51.0	43.1
163	Spain	$1,628	43.5	39.0
164	Cyprus	$1,631	49.5	44.6
165	Seychelles	$1,637	—	48.0
166	Finland	$1,644	58.7	48.0
167	Curacao	$1,659	—	—
168	Malta	$1,725	48.0	44.1
169	France	$1,737	58.0	47.5
170	Sweden	$1,758	54.2	47.8
171	Germany	$1,764	58.4	49.0
172	Belgium	$1,775	56.5	48.6
173	New Zealand	$1,823	55.3	45.0
174	Andorra	$1,835	—	45.2
175	Turkmenistan	$1,861	—	—
176	Canada	$2,005	58.7	48.9
177	Vanuatu	$2,032	—	—
178	Austria	$2,042	60.7	50.7
179	Qatar	$2,098	47.5	45.8
180	United Arab Emirates	$2,124	54.1	48.2
181	Denmark	$2,131	66.9	56.6
182	Israel	$2,360	65.2	58.0
183	Norway	$2,371	69.0	59.4
184	Netherlands	$2,377	60.5	57.9
185	United Kingdom	$2,399	59.2	51.9
186	Australia	$2,460	60.9	52.7
187	Liechtenstein	$2,507	—	—
188	United States	$2,522	64.9	56.3
189	Ireland	$2,744	59.8	58.7
190	Bahamas	$2,747	81.4	77.1
191	Luxembourg	$2,764	64.8	65.2
192	Iceland	$3,095	83.4	75.9
193	Singapore	$3,098	79.1	81.2
194	Switzerland	$3,270	98.4	84.3
195	Cayman Islands	$3,795	—	97.9
196	Monaco	$6,776	—	—
—	Nepal	—	23.0	13.8
—	Hong Kong	—	73.6	69.8
—	Puerto Rico	—	58.7	44.3
—	Macau	—	56.8	46.3
—	Jersey	—	—	72.5
—	Isle of Man	—	—	55.7
—	United States Virgin Islands	—	98.4	82.5
—	Guernsey	—	66.1	65.3
—	Bermuda	—	—	123.5
—	Gibraltar	—	—	63.9

What correlates with Monthly Cost Of Living (Living Cost) (2026)?

Pearson r against 1,396 other country metrics sharing at least 118 countries. Correlation is not causation.

Higher together

Places that have a higher Monthly Cost Of Living (Living Cost) tend to score higher on these

Consumer Spending per CapitaConsumer Spending by Country
r = +0.89 · very strong · n = 138
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GDP per Capita - World BankGDP per Capita by Country
r = +0.89 · very strong · n = 174
Plot
GDP per AdultAverage Net Worth by Country
r = +0.88 · very strong · n = 195
Plot
GDP per Person (US$)Economic Indicators by Country (World Bank)
r = +0.88 · very strong · n = 179
Plot
GDP per Capita - UNGDP per Capita by Country
r = +0.88 · very strong · n = 194
Plot
GNI per Capita AtlasGNI per Capita by Country
r = +0.85 · very strong · n = 143
Plot

Opposite directions

Places that have a higher Monthly Cost Of Living (Living Cost) tend to score lower on these

Failed States IndexFailed States
r = −0.73 · very strong · n = 176
Plot
Fragile States Index
r = −0.72 · very strong · n = 177
Plot
RichAds 2024Tier 1 Countries
r = −0.69 · strong · n = 133
Plot
EconomyFailed States
r = −0.68 · strong · n = 176
Plot
Individuals Making Under $10kWealth Inequality by Country
r = −0.68 · strong · n = 168
Plot
Vulnerability ScoreGlobal Slavery Index by Country
r = −0.68 · strong · n = 156
Plot

Quick answers

Which country has the highest Monthly Cost Of Living (Living Cost)?: Monaco has the highest Monthly Cost Of Living (Living Cost) in 2026, at $6,776, followed by Cayman Islands ($3,795) and Switzerland ($3,270).
Which country has the lowest Monthly Cost Of Living (Living Cost)?: Egypt has the lowest Monthly Cost Of Living (Living Cost) in 2026, at $390.
What is the median Monthly Cost Of Living (Living Cost) across countries?: The median is $1,019 across the 196 countries with data in 2026.
Where does this most expensive countries to live in data come from?: Rankodex compiles it from World Population Review and the primary sources it cites: Cost of Living by Country - Living Cost; Cost of Living Index - Numbeo; Cost of Living - Country Rankings - Global Economy; Cost of Living Ranking by Country - Expatistan.