New York: Three Indian cities Delhi, Chennai and Bengaluru are among the cheapest cities in the world to live in according to the Economist Intelligence Unit's 2019 Worldwide Cost of Living Survey while Paris, Hong Kong and Singapore are the joint top three most expensive cities in the world.
The survey evaluated the cost of over 150 items in almost 133 cities around the globe.
The city of Zurich in Switzerland was placed in fourth position. Japan's Osaka shared fifth spot with Geneva which is also in Switzerland. South Korea's Seoul, Copenhagen from Denmark and New York all jointly held the seventh spot. Los Angelas and Israel's Tel Aviv also managed to make the top 10 in the list of most expensive cities in the world.
Toward the tail end of the list were cities of Caracus (Venezuela), Damascus (Syria), Karachi, Lagos (Nigeria) and Argentina's Buenos Aires. The three indian cities of Bengaluru, Chennai and Delhi also made the cut and are among the cheapest cities in the world.
The Most Expensive Cities in the World
1:Singapore
1:Paris
1:Hong Kong, China
4:Zurich, Switzerland
5:Geneva, Switzerland
5:Osaka, Japan
7:Seoul, South Korea
7:Copenhagen, Denmark
7:New York, United States
10:Tel Aviv, Israel
10:Los Angelas, United States
123:New Delhi, India
125:Chennai, India
125:Buenos Aires, Argentina
127:Lagos, Nigeria
127:Karachi, Pakistan
129:Bengaluru, India
130:Almaty, Kazakhstan
131:Tashkent, Uzbekistan
132:Damascus, Syria
133:Caracas, Venezuela
