Mercer Human Resource Consulting
Cost of living survey 2004 index summary
Rank 2004	Rank 2003	City	Index 2004	Index 2003
1	1	Tokyo, Jpan	130.7	126.1
2	7	London, UK	119	101.3
3	2	Moscow,Russa	117.4	114.5
4	3	Osaka, Japan	116.1	112.2
5	4	Hong Knog	109.5	111.6
6	6	Geneva, Switzerland	106.2	101.8
7	8	Seoul, South Korea	104.1	101
8	15	Copenhagen, Denmark	102.2	89.4
9	9	Zurich, Switzerland	101.6	100.3
10	12	St. Petersburg, Russa	101.4	97.3
11	5	Beijing, China	101.1	105.1
12	10	New Yourk City, USA	100	100
13	17	Milan, Italy	98.7	87.2
14	21	Dublin, Ireland	96.9	86
15	13	Oslo, Norway	96.2	92.7
16	11	Shanghai, China	95.3	98.4
17	23	Paris, France	94.8	84.3
18	42	Istanbul, Turkey	93.5	78.8
19	34	Vienna, Austria	92.5	82.4
20	67	Sydney, Australia	91.8	73.7
21	41	Rome, Italy	90.5	79
22	48	Stockholm, Sweden	89.5	78.2
23	36	Helsinki, Finland	88.8	80.9
24	35	Adidjan, Ivory Coast	88.7	81.3
25	31	Duala, Cameroon	88.3	82.9
26	52	Amsterdam, Netherlands	88.1	76.8
27	22	Los Angels, USA	86.6	85.6
28	58	Berlin, Germany	85.7	75.3
29	14	hanoi, Vietnam	85.6	89.5
30	18	Shenzhen, china	85.6	86.7
31	29	Taipei, Taiwan	85.3	83.5
32	18	Guangzhou, China	84.9	86.7
33	40	Tel Aviv, Israel	84.8	79.1
34	37	Budapest, Hungary	84.5	80.2
35	25	Chicago, USA	84.5	83.9
36	16	Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam	84.5	88.5
37	25	Beirut, Lebanon	84.3	83.9
38	30	San Francisco, USA	84.3	83
39	66	Luxembourg	84.3	74
40	63	Dusseldorf, Germany	84.3	74.2
41	74	Glasgow, UK	84.1	72.3
42	65	Frankfurt, Germany	84	74.1
43	62	Munich, Germany	84	74.4
44	56	Bratislava, Slovak Republic	83.9	75.7
45	38	Jakarta, Indonesia	83.9	80
46	32	Singapore	83.6	82.8
47	56	Dakar, Senegal	83.4	75.7
48	27	Riga, Latvia	83.3	83.7
49	49	Prague, Crech Republic	83.3	78.1
50	71	Athens, Greece	82.9	72.9
Rank 2004	Rank 2003	City	Index 2004	Index 2003
51	76	Birmingham, UK	82.8	71.7
52	20	White Plains, USA	82.7	86.2
53	68	Brussels, Belgium	82.1	73.6
54	24	Ukraine	82	84.2
55	27	Miami, USA	82	83.7
56	81	Barcelona, Spain	81.4	71.1
57	32	Honolulu, USA	81.3	82.8
58	83	Hamburg, Germany	80.6	70.9
59	75	Zagreb, Croatia	80.5	71.8
60	72	Algiers, Algeria	80.1	72.4
61	86	Madrid, Spain	79.6	70.4
62	39	Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates	78.7	79.5
63	46	Amman, Jordan	78.5	78.3
64	43	Kuwait Citiy, Kuwait	78.2	78.4
65	43	San Juan, Purto Rico	77.9	78.4
66	69	Casablanca, Morocco	77.9	73
67	111	Melbourne, Australia	77.5	62.7
68	51	Washington, USA	77.4	76.9
69	89	Lyon, France	77
70	54	Boston, USA	76.4	76.3
71	94	Lisbon, Portugal	76.1	67.6
72	53	Moristown, USA	76
73	46	Houston, USA	75.8	78.3
74	72	Almaty, Kazakhstan	75.8	72.4
75	60	Tallinn, Estonia	75.7	78.4
76	54	Warsaw, Poland	75.4	76.3
77	50	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia	74.9	77.3
78	43	Manama, Bahrain	74.9	78.4
79	83	Sofia, Bulgaria	74.3	70.9
80	115	Auckland, New Zealand	74.2	62.4
81	58	Jeddah, Saudi Arabia	74	75.3
82	100	Ljubljana, Slovenia	73.6	66.5
83	63	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	73.5	74.2
84	77	Mexico City, Mexico	73.3	71.6
85	61	Atlanta, USA	72.9	74.7
86	117	Welington, New Zealand	72.8	61.5
87	121	Brisbane, Australia	72.7	59.1
88	124	Adelaide, Australia	72	58.6
89	104	Toronto, Canada	71.8	64.9
90	80	Seattle, USA	71.4	71.3
91	85	Vilnius, Lithania	71.3	70.5
92	82	St. Louis, USA	71.2	71
93	106	Leipzig, germany	71.1	63.5
94	126	Perth, Australia	70.7	58.2
95	106	Limassol, Cyprus	70.3	63.5
96	110	Vancouver, Canada	69.6	63.2
97	98	Accra, Ghana	69.5	67
98	87	Cleveland, USA	69.4	69
99	102	Cairo, Egypt	69.3	66.3
100	69	Denver, USA	69.3	73
Rank 2004	Rank 2003	City	Index 2004	Index 2003
101	79	Detroit, USA	68.8	71.5
102	96	Monterrey, Mexico	68.6	67.5
103	77	Kingston, Jamaca	68.2	71.6
104	97	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	67.7	67.3
105	92	Portland, USA	67.7	67.8
106	91	Panama City	67.5	67.9
107	93	Winston Salem, USA	66.9	67.7
108	98	Guatemala City, Guatemala	66.9	67
109	114	Mumbai, India	66.8	62.5
110	103	Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei	66.7	66
111	90	Lgos, Nigeria	66.7	68.3
112	88	Pittsburgh, USA	66.5	68.9
113	120	Montreal, Canada	66.4	59.5
114	116	Calgary, Canada	66	62.1
115	101	Tianjin, China	65.6	66.4
116	109	New Delhi, India	647	63.3
117	94	Dacca(Dhaka), Bangladesh	64	67.6
118	108	Lima, Peru	63.6	63.4
119	125	Bangkok, Thailand	63.5	58.3
120	119	Tunis, Tunisia	63.4	59.9
121	105	Nairobi, Kenya	63.3	63.6
122	111	Tehran, Iran	63.2	62.7
123	134	Santiago, Chile	62.9	50.5
124	127	Ottawa, Canada	62.6	57.2
125	129	Lusaka, Zambia	62.3	56.6
126	133	Johannesburg, South Africa	61.1	50.9
127	118	Colombo, Sri Lanka	60.4	60
128	136	Sao Paulo, Brazil	60.3	49.4
129	122	Bucharest, Romania	60.1	59
130	113	San Jose, Costa Rica	60	62.6
131	137	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	59.3	48.6
132	130	Karachi, Pakistan	56.3	56.5
133	132	Chennai(Madras), India	54.2	51.1
134	128	Caracas, Venezuela	54	56.9
135	140	Blantyre, Malawi	53	44.1
136	131	Quito, Ecuador	52.8	52
137	138	Bangalore, India	51.1	47.8
138	135	Manila, Philippines	48.8	49.5
139	142	Bogota, Colombia	48.6	43.9
140	143	Harare, Zimbabwe	48.2	39.5
141	141	Buenos Aires, Argentina	47.7	44
142	122	Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic	47.3	59
143	139	Montevideo, Uruguay	47.2	46.5
144	144	Asuncion, Paraguay	42.7	36.5