Kuwait is the second cheapest city
Dubai is the 31st most expensive city in the world for expats. Abu Dhabi is ranked 61st. Doha, meanwhile, ranks 133rd in the world. As a result, Doha became the cheapest Gulf city for expats to live in. Doha, the capital of Qatar, ranks eighth in the Gulf region in terms of cost of living. Kuwait has the second lowest cost of living after Doha. Kuwait ranks 131st globally. Seventh in the Gulf region.
The most expensive city is Hong Kong
Globally, Hong Kong is the most expensive city for foreigners to live in. Zurich and Geneva are next. New York and Singapore are ranked seventh and eighth, respectively. Tokyo and Beijing are in ninth and tenth place, respectively. After Dubai and Abu Dhabi, Riyadh and Jeddah are the most expensive cities in the Arab world. They are ranked 103rd and 111th globally. Bahrain’s capital Manama (117) and Oman’s capital Muscat (119) are the nearest Gulf cities.
The cheapest city is Ankara
At the same time, Ankara is the cheapest city for expats globally. It is ranked 227th globally. The least expensive cities are Bishkek (226) in Kyrgyzstan, Dushanbe (225) in Tajikistan, Islamabad (224) in Karachi (223), Istanbul (222) and Tashkent (221).
The Mercer Index is based on local and international issues affecting the expat community globally. According to the report, rising inflation in the world will make the lives of expatriate people more expensive. The report also says that expatriates will only be able to cope with rising living costs if their wages increase.