Cost of living in Asia
50 countries, indexed to the US at 100. The priciest here is Israel (96.1); the most affordable is Afghanistan (19.1).
Country PriceQoL
1 Israel 96.1 95 2 Hong Kong 73.0 99 3 United Arab Emirates 64.4 97 4 Malta 63.8 96 5 Japan 63.4 96 6 Kuwait 63.3 98 7 Qatar 61.8 96 8 Singapore 61.1 97 9 South Korea 60.3 98 10 West Bank and Gaza 60.2 80 11 Macao 57.6 96 12 Maldives 51.9 92 13 Saudi Arabia 49.9 94 14 China 49.8 91 15 Oman 49.3 92 16 Djibouti 46.2 — 17 Bahrain 45.0 96 18 Jordan 43.3 89 19 Iraq 42.6 71 20 Armenia 38.1 86 21 Brunei 37.4 89 22 Mongolia 35.8 73 23 Türkiye 35.3 88 24 Kazakhstan 35.1 88 25 Philippines 34.3 67 26 Cambodia 33.5 67 27 Georgia 33.2 82 28 Turkmenistan 32.8 66 29 Malaysia 31.1 92 30 Kyrgyzstan 30.7 81 31 Timor-Leste 30.6 58 32 Indonesia 30.4 69 33 Thailand 30.2 86 34 Azerbaijan 29.5 80 35 Sri Lanka 29.3 73 36 Vietnam 29.2 79 37 Lebanon 28.1 77 38 Bangladesh 27.3 70 39 Uzbekistan 27.0 83 40 Iran 26.5 88 41 Nepal 25.6 58 42 Tajikistan 25.2 70 43 India 24.5 75 44 Bhutan 24.0 80 45 Pakistan 24.0 56 46 Myanmar 23.0 61 47 Syria 22.4 68 48 Laos 22.1 55 49 Yemen 20.3 54 50 Afghanistan 19.1 45