Singapore and Zurich jointly hold the title of the world's most expensive cities due to high price of groceries, transport & general cost of living
Singapore maintained its pole position as the world’s most expensive city for the ninth time in the last eleven years
New York (which tied with Singapore for first place last year) was down to the third place this year
Hong Kong secures the fifth place, making it the only other Asian city in the top 10
Paris was named the seventh most expensive city in the world
Israel’s Tel Aviv shares 8th place with Denmark’s Copenhagen. However, the survey was conducted before the Oct outbreak of Israel-Hamas conflict
San Francisco rounds off the top 10, highlighting a notable presence of U.S. cities
Indian cities Ahmedabad and Chennai are among the least expensive cities in the world
Damascus in Syria, remains the world’s cheapest city
Tehran, Iran, and Tripoli, Libya, are also near the bottom, ranking in 172nd and 171st place respectively