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Updated May 2021
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Afghanistan Barbados Brunei China • Kabul • Bridgetown • Bandar Seri Begawan • Beijing • Chengdu Albania Belarus Bulgaria • Chongqing • Tirana • Minsk • Sofia • Dalian Algeria Belgium Burkina Faso • Dongguan • Algiers • Antwerp • Ouagadougou • Foshan • Brussels • Guangzhou Angola Burundi • Hangzhou • Luanda Belize • Bujumbura • Hefei • Belize City • Jinan Argentina Cambodia • Macau (SAR) • Buenos Aires Benin • Phnom Penh • Nanjing • Cordoba • Cotonou Cameroon • Qingdao Armenia Bermuda • Douala • Shanghai • Yerevan • Hamilton • Yaoundé • Shenyang • Shenzhen Australia Bhutan Canada • Suzhou • Adelaide • Thimphu • Calgary • Tianjin • Brisbane • Edmonton • Wuhan Bolivia • Canberra • Fort McMurray • Wuxi • La Paz • Darwin • Montreal • Xiamen • Santa Cruz • Melbourne • Ottawa • Xian • Perth Bosnia-Herzegovina • Regina • Zhuhai • Sydney • Sarajevo • St Johns • China medium city • Australia average • Toronto average • Australia medium city Botswana • Vancouver • China average average • Gaborone • Canada medium city • Urban China (Tier 2) • Urban Australia average Brazil • Canada average Colombia Austria • Belo Horizonte • Bogota • Graz • Brasilia Cape Verde • Cali • Vienna • Campinas • Praia • Medellin • Austria average • Curitiba • Macae Cayman Islands Congo, Democratic Republic Azerbaijan • Manaus • George Town (Grand of • Baku • Recife Cayman) • Kinshasa • Rio de Janeiro Bahamas Central African Republic Congo, Republic of • Sao Paulo • Nassau • Bangui • Brazzaville • Brazil medium city Bahrain average Chad • Manama • Brazil average • N’Djamena • Urban Brazil Bangladesh Chile • Dhaka • Santiago
Italics indicate locations new in 2021. – Location exclusive to GHRM – Location exclusive to ICS Locations in blue indicate the availability of an Efficient Purchaser Index (EPI) under the ICS methodology. Note: Medium average city and average city reports don’t include expatriate accommodation costs data. Cost of living reports 3
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• Pointe Noire El Salvador Gambia Guinea • San Salvador • Banjul • Conakry Costa Rica • San Jose Equatorial Guinea Georgia Guinea Bissau • Malabo • Tbilisi • Bissau Côte d’Ivoire (Ivory Coast) • Abidjan Eritrea Germany Guyana • Asmara • Berlin • Georgetown City Croatia • Bonn • Split Estonia • Cologne Haiti • Tallinn • Port-au-Prince • Zagreb • Dresden Cuba Ethiopia • Dusseldorf Honduras • Havana • Addis Ababa • Essen • San Pedro Sula • Frankfurt • Tegucigalpa Curacao Fiji • Friedrichshafen • Willemstad • Suva • Hamburg Hong Kong (SAR of China) • Hannover • Hong Kong Cyprus Finland • Leipzig • Limassol • Helsinki Hungary • Ludwigshafen • Nicosia • Budapest • Mannheim France • Györ Czech Republic • Bordeaux • Munich • Mlada Boleslav • Ferney-Voltaire • Nurnberg Iceland • Prague • Grenoble • Saarbrucken • Reykjavik • Czech Republic medium • Lille • Stuttgart city average • Lyon • Weil am Rhein India • Ahmedabad • Czech Republic average • Nice • Wiesbaden • Bengaluru • Paris • Germany medium city • Chennai Denmark • Rouen average • Hyderabad • Aarhus • Strasbourg • Germany average • Kolkata • Copenhagen • Toulouse • Urban Germany • Mumbai • France medium city Djibouti Ghana • New Delhi average • Djibouti • Accra • Pune • France average • Vadodara (Baroda) Dominican Republic • Urban France Greece • India medium city • Santo Domingo • Athens French Guiana average East Timor (Timor-Leste) • Cayenne Guadeloupe • India average • Dili • Pointe-à-Pitre French Polynesia Indonesia Ecuador • Papeete (Tahiti) Guam (United States) • Balikpapan • Guayaquil • Guam • Jakarta • Quito Gabon • Surabaya • Libreville Guatemala Egypt • Port Gentil • Guatemala City Iran • Cairo • Tehran
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Iraq Jordan • Kuala Lumpur Morocco • Baghdad • Amman • Kuantan • Casablanca • Erbil • Penang • Rabat Kazakhstan • Tangier Ireland • Almaty Mali • Cork • Nur-Sultan • Bamako Mozambique • Dublin • Maputo • Shannon/Galway Kenya Malta • Nairobi • Valletta Myanmar Israel • Yangon • Jerusalem Kosovo Martinique • Pristina • Fort-de-France • Tel Aviv Namibia • Windhoek Kuwait Mauritania Italy • Kuwait City • Nouakchott • Genoa Nepal • Kathmandu • Milan Kyrgyzstan Mauritius • Naples • Bishkek • Port Louis Netherlands • Palermo • Amsterdam • Padua Laos Mexico • Eindhoven • Aguascalientes • Rome • Vientiane • The Hague • Celaya • Turin • Nijmegen Latvia • Chihuahua • Italy medium city • Rotterdam • Riga • Ciudad del Carmen average • Utrecht • Cuernavaca • Italy average Lebanon • Netherlands medium city • Guadalajara • Urban Italy • Beirut average • Leon • Netherlands average^ Jamaica Lesotho • Mexico City • Urban Netherlands • Kingston • Maseru • Monterrey • Mexico medium city New Caledonia (France) Japan Liberia average • Noumea • Fukuoka • Monrovia • Mexico average • Nagoya New Zealand Lithuania • Urban Mexico • Okinawa • Auckland • Vilnius • Osaka/Osaka-Kobe Moldova • Christchurch • Tokyo Luxembourg • Chisinau • Dunedin • Tokyo Local • Luxembourg • Wellington • Tokyo Metro Monaco • Utsunomiya Madagascar • Monaco/Monte Carlo Nicaragua • Yokohama • Antananarivo • Managua Mongolia • Urban Japan • Ulaanbaatar Niger • Japan Medium City Malawi • Blantyre • Niamey Average Montenegro • Podgorica Nigeria Jersey Malaysia • Abuja • St. Helier • Johor Baharu • Lagos
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• Port Harcourt Puerto Rico Sierra Leone • Stockholm (United States) • Freetown North Macedonia • San Juan Switzerland • Skopje Singapore • Basel Qatar • Singapore • Basel Cross-Border Norway • Doha • Bern • Oslo Slovakia • Geneva • Bratislava • Stavanger Réunion (France) • Geneva Cross-Border • Saint-Denis Oman Slovenia • Lausanne Metro • Muscat Romania • Ljubljana • Lausanne Cross-Border • Bucharest • Zug Pakistan • Pitesti Solomon Islands • Zurich • Islamabad • Honiara • Zurich Cross-Border • Karachi Russia • Switzerland medium city South Africa • Lahore • Moscow average • Cape Town • St. Petersburg • Switzerland average • Durban Panama • Vladivostok • Johannesburg • Panama City • Volgograd Syria • Damascus Papua New Guinea • Russia medium city South Korea average • Lae • Busan (Pusan) Taiwan • Port Moresby • Russia average • Seoul • Kaohsiung • Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk • Taichung Paraguay Spain • Taipei • Asuncion Rwanda • Barcelona • Kigali • Madrid Tajikistan Peru • Seville Saint Lucia • Dushanbe • Lima • Valencia • Castries Tanzania Philippines • Valladolid • Dar es Salaam • Cebu Saudi Arabia • Spain medium city • Al Khobar/Dammam average • Manila Thailand • Jeddah • Spain average • Bangkok Poland • Riyadh • Chiang Mai • Krakow Sri Lanka • Saudi Arabia medium city • Rayong • Poznan average • Colombo • Warsaw • Saudi Arabia average Sudan Togo • Wroclaw • Khartoum • Lome • Poland medium city Senegal average • Dakar Suriname Trinidad and Tobago • Poland average • Paramaribo • Port of Spain Serbia Portugal • Belgrade Swaziland Tunisia • Aveiro • Mbabane • Tunis Seychelles • Lisbon • Victoria • Porto (Oporto) Sweden • Malmo
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Turkey • Newcastle (England) • Los Angeles, CA average • Ankara • Northampton (England) • Louisville, KY • United States average • Bursa • Norwich (England) • Miami, FL • Urban United States • Istanbul • Oxford (England) • Milwaukee, WI • Urban United States (Small • Turkey medium city • Southampton (England) • Minneapolis, MN City) average • United Kingdom med. city • Mobile, AL • Turkey average average • Morristown, NJ United States Virgin Islands • United Kingdom average • Nashville, TN • St. Thomas Turkmenistan • Urban United Kingdom • New York, NY • Ashgabat Uruguay • Greater New York • Montevideo United States Uganda • New York Metro • Atlanta, GA • Orlando, FL Uzbekistan • Kampala • Austin, TX • Philadelphia, PA • Samarkand Ukraine • Baltimore, MD • Phoenix, AZ • Tashkent • Kiev • Boston, MA • Pittsburgh, PA Vanuatu • Charlotte, NC • Portland, OR United Arab Emirates • Port Vila • Chicago, IL • Princeton, NJ • Abu Dhabi • Cincinnati, OH • Raleigh-Durham, NC Venezuela • Dubai • Cleveland, OH • Rochester, NY • Caracas • Columbus, OH United Kingdom • Salt Lake City, UT • Maracaibo • Dallas, TX • Aberdeen (Scotland) • San Antonio, TX • Puerto La Cruz • Denver, CO • Belfast (Northern Ireland) • San Diego, CA • Valencia/Maracay • Detroit, MI • Birmingham (England) • San Jose, CA • Fort Lee, NJ • Bracknell (England) • San Francisco, CA Vietnam • Greenville, SC • Bristol (England) • Seattle, WA • Hanoi • Hartford, CT • Cardiff (Wales) • Silicon Valley, CA • Ho Chi Minh City • Honolulu, HI • Edinburgh (Scotland) • St. Louis, MO • Houston, TX Zambia • Glasgow (Scotland) • Tampa/St Petersburg FL • Indianapolis, IN • Lusaka • Liverpool (England) • Washington, D.C. • Kansas City, MO • London (England) • Winston-Salem, NC Zimbabwe • Las Vegas, NV • London Metro (England) • White Plains, NY • Harare • Lexington, KY • Manchester (England) • United States medium
Italics indicate locations new in 2021. – Location exclusive to GHRM – Location exclusive to ICS Locations in blue indicate the availability of an Efficient Purchaser Index (EPI) under the ICS methodology. Note: Medium average city and average city reports don’t include expatriate accommodation costs data. Cost of living reports 7
ICS Cost of Living mapped locations*
Expatriate Cost of Living Index is available in all the locations. Locations in blue indicate the availability of an Efficient Purchaser Index (EPI).
*The data for mapped locations has been updated based on geographic proximity and/or demographic and economic similarity with standard location(s) in the Mercer Cost of Living standard coverage and do not include housing data.
Updated May 2021
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ICS Cost of living mapped locations*
Australia • Harbin • Colombes India • Altona North • Huizhou • Fougerolles • Alwar • Croydon • Jiamusi • Guyancourt • Ghaziabad • Macquarie Park • Jiangmen • Limonest • Gurgaon • Moorebank • Jiaxing • Marcq en Baroeul • Gurugram • Yanchep • Kunshan • Marne La Vallée • Kanchipuram • Nantong • Meylan • Noida Austria • Ningbo • Nanterre • Surajpur • Innsbruck • Pinghu • Nantes • Thune • Linz • Shouguang • Onnaing Indonesia • Neudorf • Wuhu • Shiltigheim • Batam • Wujiang • Sophia Antipolis Bangladesh • Bekasi • Xinyi • Vienne • Chittagong • Bogor • Yantai Germany • Karawang Belgium • Yiwu • Aichtal-Aich • Pasuruan • Gent • Yixing • Sint-Stevens-Woluwe • Asperg • Tangerang Colombia • Barsinghausen • Willebroek Ireland • Cartagena • Bernsdorf • Zaventem • Wicklow • Blomberg Czech Republic Brazil • Dueren Italy • Kneszmost • Betim • Eching • Binasco • Kolin • Porto Alegre • Edenkoben • Bologna • Liberec • Heidelberg • Rodigo Bulgaria • Rudna • Isernhagen • Krepost • San Salvo Denmark • Lindau • Treviso Canada • Slangerup • Malchin, Mecklenburg- Japan • Delta • Vedbaek Vorpommern • Kamloops • Ramstein-Miesenbach • Atsugi • Richmond Egypt • Regensberg • Haibara • Winnipeg • Alexandria • Schönebeck, Saxony- • Hiroshima • Blenheim • Giza Anhalt • Makinohara • Vilshofen-Pleinting • Omiya Ward • Cambridge Finland • Witten • Oyama • Guelph • Espoo • Woert • Susono • London • Vantaa • Mississauga • Tochigi Ghana • Moose Jaw France • Toyota City • Takoradi • Ancenis • Yonago China • Antony Greece • Changchun Kazakhstan • Banzacourt • Markopoulo • Atyrau • Changsha • Besancon • Changshu • Blagnac Hungary • Changzhou • Brest • Esztergom • Haikou • Cholet • Szekesfehervar
Expatriate Cost of Living Index is available in all the locations. Locations in blue indicate the availability of an Efficient Purchaser Index (EPI) .
*The data for mapped locations has been updated based on geographic proximity and/or demographic and economic similarity with standard location(s) in the Mercer Cost of Living standard coverage and do not include housing data. Cost of living reports 9
ICS Cost of living mapped locations*
Kenya Netherlands Saudi Arabia • Chon Buri • Mombasa • Deurne • Jizan • Kamphaeng Sean, Nakhon • Ede • Nakhon Ratchasima South Africa Korea (South) • Helmond • Pathum Thani • Isando • Bupyeong • Hilversum • Prachinburi • Louwlardia • Changwon • Veghel • Samut Sakhon • Modderfontein • Daegu • Weesp • Thanyaburi • Gumi • Sandton • Seongnam New Zealand • Stanger Turkey • Seosan • Gracefield • Izmir Spain • Ulsan • Invercargill • Arifiye • Barbera del Valles • Cayirova Malaysia Norway • Granada • Bandar Baru Bangi • Lysaker • La Caruna United Kingdom • Bandar Indahpura • Trondheim • Malaga • Altrincham • Banting • Pontevedra • Basildon Philippines • Klang • Basingstoke • Cabuyao Sri Lanka • Labuan • Billingham • Calamba • Horana • Nilai • Bolton • Cavite City • Perindustrian Cemerlang Sweden • Cambridge • Makati City • Petaling Jaya • Gothenburg • Chertsey • Quezon City • Seremban • Kista • Coventry • Santa Rosa City • Subang Jaya • Solna • Gillingham • Taguig City • Hebburn Mexico Switzerland Poland • Hemel Hempstead • Cancun • Allschwil • Lodz • Leatherhead • Irapuato • Zollikofen • Jelcz-Laskowice • Liversedge • Los Hornos • Plan-les-Ouates • Katowice • Maidenhead • Nogales • Nyon • Myslowice • Melksham • Nuevo Leon • Duebendorf • Pruszkow • Milton-Keynes • Polanco • Uster • Tychy • Nuneaton • Queretaro • Poole • Walbrzych Taiwan • Reynosa • Shipley • Hsinchu • Saltillo Portugal • Slough • Taoyuan • Santa Catarina • Camarate • South Ruislip • Tijuana • Vila Nova de Gaia Thailand • Stoke Poges • Ayutthaya • Telford Morocco Romania • Chachoengsao • Wrexham • Kenitra • Cluj
Expatriate Cost of Living Index is available in all the locations. Locations in blue indicate the availability of an Efficient Purchaser Index (EPI) .
*The data for mapped locations has been updated based on geographic proximity and/or demographic and economic similarity with standard location(s) in the Mercer Cost of Living standard coverage and do not include housing data. Cost of living reports 10
ICS Cost of living mapped locations*
United States • Naperville, IL • Troy, MI • Athens, TN • Birmingham, AL • Schaumburg, IL • Maple Grove, MN • Livingston, TN • Tuscaloosa, AL • Columbus, IN • Plymouth, MN • Maryville, TN • Huntsville, AL • Franklin, IN • St Paul, MN • El Paso, TX • Osceola, AR • Jeffersonville, IN • Blue Springs, MS • Amerillo, TX • Tucson, AZ • North Manchester, IN • Chesterfield, MO • Coppell, TX • Irvine, CA • North Vernon, IN • Joplin, MO • Irving, TX • Anaheim, CA • Princeton, IN • Troy, MO • McAllen, TX • Carlsbad, CA • South Bend, IN • Billings, MT • Pasadena, TX • Chatsworth, CA • Des Moines, IA • Basking Ridge, NJ • Plano, TX • Clovis, CA • Muscatine, IA • Parsippany, NJ • Richardson, TX • Fremont, CA • Bardstown, KY • Saddle Brook, NJ • Provo, UT • Fresno, CA • Florence, KY • Greene, NY • Arlington, VA • Glendale, CA • Georgetown, KY • Latham, NY • Chesapeake, VA • Long Beach, CA • Harrodsburg, KY • Tarrytown, NY • Stuarts Draft, VA • Newark, CA • Mt. Sterling, KY • Cary, NC • Renton, WA • Newport Beach, CA • Springfield, KY • Greensboro, NC • Spokane, WA • Palo Alto, CA • Lake Charles, LA • Statesville, NC • Buffalo, WV • Pleasanton, CA • Gloucester, MA • Dayton, OH Vietnam • Sacramento, CA • Newton, MA • Dublin, OH • Bien Hoa • Santa Clara, CA • Waltham, MA • Findlay, OH • Binh Duong • Wallingford, CT • Ware, MA • Fremont, OH • Binh Xuyen • Palm Beach Gardens, FL • Westborough, MA • Saint Marys, OH • Dong Nai Province • Norcross, GA • Ann Arbor, MI • Tulsa, OK • Hai Phong • Pendergrass, GA • Grand Rapids, MI • Norman, OK • Hung Yen • Rome, GA • Battle Creek, MI • Eugene, OR • Le Hong Phong Ward • Suwanee, GA • Farmington Hills, MI • Medford, OR • Long An • Waikiki, HI • Grass Lake, MI • Blossburg, PA • Phuc Yen Town • Boise, ID • Kalamazoo, MI • Montgomeryville, PA • Tan Thuan Dong Ward • Elk Grove Village, IL • Monroe, MI • York, PA • Tra Vinh City • Hoffman Estates, IL • Novi, MI • Greenwood, SC • Vo Cuong Ward • Lake Forest, IL • Parma, MI • Greer, SC • Lincolnshire, IL • Southfield, MI • Memphis, TN
Expatriate Cost of Living Index is available in all the locations. Locations in blue indicate the availability of an Efficient Purchaser Index (EPI) .
*The data for mapped locations has been updated based on geographic proximity and/or demographic and economic similarity with standard location(s) in the Mercer Cost of Living standard coverage and do not include housing data. For further information, please contact your local Mercer office or visit our website at: mobilityexchange.mercer.com/solutions/data-solutions/cost-of-living
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