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The most expensive and
Ranking: The richest cities in the world |
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Rank 2009
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Rank 2008
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Cities
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1
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1
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Zurich |
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2
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12
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Sydney |
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3
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3
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Luxembourg |
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4
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5
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Dublin |
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5
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22
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Miami |
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6
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2
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Los Angeles |
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7
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8
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Geneva |
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8
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25
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New York |
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9
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13
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Chicago |
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10
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20
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Nicosia |
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11
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4
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Berlin |
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12
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18
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Montreal |
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13
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14
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Brussels |
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14
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11
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Helsinki |
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15
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28
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London |
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16
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16
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Copenhagen |
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17
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15
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Toronto |
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18
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24
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Amsterdam |
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19
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6
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Frankfurt |
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20
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9
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Munich |
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21
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19
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Lyon |
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22
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23
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Stockholm |
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23
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27
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Tokyo |
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24
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17
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Vienna |
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25
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26
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Madrid |
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26
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31
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Milan |
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27
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30
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Paris |
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28
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10
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Oslo |
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29
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21
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Barcelona |
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30
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7
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Auckland |
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31
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41
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Lisbon |
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32
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32
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Athens |
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33
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29
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Dubai |
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34
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-
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Tel Aviv |
|
35
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34
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Taipei |
|
36
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42
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Ljubljana |
|
37
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49
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Moscow |
|
38
|
36
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Manama |
|
39
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35
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Rome |
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40
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33
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Johannesburg |
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41
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46
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Hong Kong |
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42
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38
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Seoul |
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43
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47
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Tallinn |
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44
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40
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Prague |
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45
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44
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São Paulo |
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46
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-
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Doha |
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47
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45
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Bratislava |
|
48
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54
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Rio de Janeiro |
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49
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37
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Kuala Lumpur |
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50
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39
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Singapore |
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51
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55
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Warsaw |
|
52
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59
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Bogotá |
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53
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51
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Vilnius |
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54
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56
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Riga |
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55
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43
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Buenos Aires |
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56
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61
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Bucharest |
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57
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50
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Santiago |
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58
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48
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Lima |
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59
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53
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Istanbul |
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60
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52
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Budapest |
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61
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58
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Caracas |
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62
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66
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Sofia |
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63
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57
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Shanghai |
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64
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-
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Cairo |
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65
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65
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Bangkok |
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66
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60
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Beijing |
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67
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64
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Kiev |
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68
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67
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Delhi |
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69
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62
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Mexico City |
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70
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69
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Mumbai |
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71
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68
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Manila |
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72
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63
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Nairobi |
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73
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70
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Jakarta |
| THE MOST EXPENSIVE AND RICHEST CITIES IN THE WORLD UBS survey (August 2009): Most expensiv and richeste cities (Intro) | World's most expensive cities (table) | Richest cities by personal earnings (table) | Richest cities by purchasing power (table | The iPod index | ECA International survey (June 2009): Introduction | Table: World | Table: Europe | Table: Asia | Mercer survey (2009): Most expensive cities EIU survey (2009): Most expensive cities RICHEST CITIES BY GDP Introduction | 150 richest cities in 2005 | 150 richest cities in 2020 | Europe's richest cities | |
