It is Numbeothe largest database on the cost of living, which has developed a ranking of the places where living costs the most expensive in the world. To do this, Numbeo grouped certain data, allowing us to know what was the Cost of life in 146 countries.
As a reference, the site took New York City. That is to say, this corresponds to an index of 100. The countries analyzed will therefore have a lower or higher score. And the country which arrives at the very top of the ranking is quite surprising.
The country with the highest cost of living is…
If we know that certain countries like Switzerland, Luxembourg or even the United States are known to be quite Dearit is however another which is at the very top of this ranking: the Bermuda ! Yes, this British archipelago, which is located in North America, with the highest cost of living index, with a score of 133.6. This means that living there is 33.6% more expensive than in New York. In addition, if the cost of living is expensive, the purchasing power would not be that high, with an index of 84.3.
Always on Numbeo, we learn that the cost of living in Bermuda is on average 112.4% higher than in Belgium. THE rents, they are on average 354.9% higher than ours. Monthly, a single person would need nearly 2,000 euros, not including rent. Some prices are also surprising: a month in a health club would cost 152 euros, the large bottle of water would be priced at 4 euros in stores and the rent for a one-bedroom apartment would be 2,175 euros in outside the city center.
In second position in the ranking, we obviously find the Swiss. It is followed by the Cayman Islands, the American Virgin Islands, the Bahamas, Iceland, Singapore, Barbados, Norway and finally Denmark, which closes this top 10.
Nicknamed “The Maldives of Europe”, this paradise country located less than three hours from Brussels is still untouched by tourism
And the Belgium, in all of that ? Our flat country is in 28th position, with a cost of living index of 63. Our neighbors the French are a little higher in the list, in 21st place.
