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The price of bread in the world’s
5 February 2013: At the beginning of 2013, Tokyo has firmly established itself as the world’s most expensive city. Three out of four organisations, that conduct annual research into the cost of living in cities across the world, agree for the first time that the Japanese capital is now more expensive for expatriates than either Zurich or Oslo. Only the Swiss bank UBS still maintains that Oslo and Zurich are more expensive than Tokyo. In its latest research, the London-based Economic Intelligence Unit (EIU) says Tokyo, Osaka and Sydney are the three costliest cities in the world. Mercer opts for Tokyo, Luanda and Osaka, while ECA names Tokyo, Oslo and Geneva. |
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Rank
|
Mercer (2012)
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UBS (2012)
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ECA (2011)
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EIU (2013)
|
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1
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Tokyo | Oslo | Tokyo | Tokyo |
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2
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Luanda | Zurich | Oslo | Osaka |
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3
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Osaka | Tokyo | Geneva | Sydney |
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4
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Moscow | Geneva | Nagoya | Oslo |
|
5
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Geneva | Copenhagen | Zurich | Melbourne |
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6
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Zurich | New York City | Yokohama | Singapore |
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7
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Singapore | Luxembourg | Bern | Zurich |
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8
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N’Djamena | Stockholm | Stavanger | Paris |
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9
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Hong Kong | Caracas | Basel | Caracas |
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10
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Nagoya | London | Kobe | Geneva |
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Ten most
expensive cities |
Price of 1kg of bread
in US$ in 2013 |
In 2012
|
In 2008
|
| Tokyo |
9.06
|
9.64
|
6.44
|
| Osaka |
7.94
|
8.00
|
4.54
|
| Sydney |
5.03
|
5.05
|
3.33
|
| Oslo |
6.31
|
6.11
|
4.25
|
| Melbourne |
4.87
|
5.36
|
3.18
|
| Singapore |
3.25
|
3.46
|
2.67
|
| Zurich |
6.08
|
7.95
|
5.52
|
| Paris |
8.95
|
10.10
|
6.17
|
| Caracas |
9.40
|
7.80
|
2.25
|
| Geneva |
5.63
|
7.08
|
4.87
|
|
Ten least
expensive cities |
Price of 1kg of bread
in US$ in 2013 |
In 2012
|
In 2008
|
| Tehran |
1.55
|
1.43
|
0.24
|
| Jeddah |
1.33
|
1.30
|
1.10
|
| Panama City |
3.34
|
3.09
|
1.95
|
| Colombo |
2.27
|
2.27
|
1.17
|
| Bucharest |
1.92
|
2.97
|
2.31
|
| Algiers |
1.89
|
1.90
|
2.35
|
| Kathmandu |
1.21
|
1.13
|
0.81
|
| New Delhi |
1.11
|
1.13
|
0,88
|
| Mumbai |
0.68
|
1.17
|
0.95
|
| Karachi |
1.76
|
1.88
|
1.86
|
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