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Rank 2009
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Cities
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Hours of work needed to buy an iPod nano
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1
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New York |
9.0
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2
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Zurich |
9.0
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3
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Los Angeles |
9.5
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4
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Sydney |
9.5
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5
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Dublin |
10.0
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6
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Geneva |
10.0
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7
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Luxembourg |
10.0
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8
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Miami |
10.0
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9
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Montreal |
10.5
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10
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Oslo |
10.5
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11
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Toronto |
10.5
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12
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Copenhagen |
11.0
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13
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London |
11.0
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14
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Stockholm |
11.0
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15
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Chicago |
11.5
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16
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Tokyo |
12.0
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17
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Helsinki |
12.5
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18
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Brussels |
13.0
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19
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Amsterdam |
13.5
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20
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Frankfurt |
13.5
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21
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Munich |
13.5
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22
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Berlin |
14.0
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23
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Vienna |
14.0
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24
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Lyon |
15.0
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25
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Nicosia |
15.0
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26
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Paris |
15.0
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27
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Madrid |
15.5
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28
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Auckland |
16.0
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29
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Barcelona |
16.0
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30
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Milan |
16.0
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31
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Hong Kong |
19.0
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32
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Lisbon |
19.5
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33
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Rome |
19.5
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34
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Dubai |
20.0
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35
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Seoul |
22.0
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36
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Tel Aviv |
22.0
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37
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Manama |
23.0
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38
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Taipei |
23.5
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39
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Athens |
24.5
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40
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Singapore |
27.5
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41
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Ljubljana |
32.0
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42
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Doha |
35.0
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43
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Moscow |
36.0
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44
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Tallinn |
39.5
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45
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Johannesburg |
41.5
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46
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Prague |
43.0
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47
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Bratislava |
45.5
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48
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Warsaw |
45.5
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49
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São Paulo |
46.5
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50
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Riga |
51.0
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51
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Kuala Lumpur |
52.0
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52
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Istanbul |
56.0
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53
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Rio de Janeiro |
56.0
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54
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Shanghai |
56.5
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55
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Bogotá |
62.5
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56
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Bucharest |
63.5
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57
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Bangkok |
66.0
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58
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Budapest |
68.5
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59
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Santiago |
69.5
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60
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Beijing |
73.0
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61
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Vilnius |
74.5
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62
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Sofia |
78.0
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63
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Kiev |
82.0
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64
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Lima |
86.5
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65
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Jakarta |
93.0
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66
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Mexico City |
95.0
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67
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Caracas |
97.0
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68
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Buenos Aires |
99.0
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69
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Cairo |
105.0
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70
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Delhi |
122.5
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71
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Manila |
128.5
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72
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Nairobi |
160.0
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73
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Mumbai |
177.0
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UBS survey: Introduction | The most expensive cities | The richest cities (personal earnings) | Richest cities (purchasing power) | The iPod index |
Methodology
USB conducted its standardized Prices and Earnings survey in 73 international cities in March 2009. The data was collected by several independent observers in each city. In all, more than 30,000 data points were included in the analysis. All amounts were converted into a single currency to ensure that the surveyed prices and earnings could be compared. To compensate for daily exchange rate fluctuations, we used the average exchange rate over the data collection period. An international price comparison needs a common, standard basket of goods and services. As in past studies, the basket of goods and services was based on Western European consumer preferences. Living costs were calculated based on a survey of 154 items in total. They include 122 products and services that are used directly to calculate the reference basket. Apartment rents were classified as high-, mid- and low-priced.
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