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Countries with the Cheapest Housing & Utilities 2026

Compare rent, electricity, heating, gas, water and sewage costs across 229 countries. Find where housing and essential household bills cost less.

#	Country	Score
1	Korea DPR	95.9
2	Malawi	93.6
3	Ethiopia	89.5
4	Nepal	88.5
5	Bangladesh	88.3
6	Pakistan	87.6
7	Afghanistan	86.6
8	Sudan	86
9	Yemen	85.6
10	Eritrea	85.1
11	Turkmenistan	84.4
12	Myanmar	84.2
13	Mozambique	84.1
14	Somalia	83.1
15	Central African Republic	82.3
16	Laos	82.2
17	Tanzania	82.1
18	Egypt	82.1
19	Burundi	81.9
20	Syria	81.9
21	Cuba	81.6
22	Niger	81.4
23	Tajikistan	81.2
24	Bhutan	81.1
25	Benin	80.9
26	Congo DR	80.8
27	Madagascar	80.6
28	Venezuela	80.5
29	Uzbekistan	79.9
30	Zambia	79.8
31	Zimbabwe	79.8
32	Guinea-Bissau	79.8
33	Cameroon	79.6
34	Kyrgyzstan	79.6
35	Guinea	79.3
36	Iran	78.9
37	Uganda	78.4
38	Algeria	77.9
39	Western Sahara	77.7
40	Lesotho	77.6
41	Nigeria	77.6
42	South Sudan	77.5
43	Mauritania	77.5
44	Paraguay	77.3
45	Burkina Faso	77.3
46	Haiti	77.1
47	Iraq	77.1
48	Libya	76.9
49	Togo	76.9
50	Angola	76.9
51	Mali	76.7
52	Chad	76.7
53	Bolivia	76.6
54	Tunisia	76.5
55	Sierra Leone	76.3
56	Congo	76.2
57	Gambia	75.7
58	India	75.6
59	Sri Lanka	75.3
60	Swaziland	75.3
61	Timor-Leste	75.3
62	Comoros	75.3
63	Cambodia	75.3
64	Ukraine	75.2
65	Ivory Coast	74.7
66	Vietnam	74.7
67	Nicaragua	74.5
68	Suriname	74.4
69	Ghana	74
70	Indonesia	73.6
71	Liberia	73.6
72	Equatorial Guinea	73.4
73	Senegal	73.2
74	Belarus	73
75	Zanzibar	73
76	Rwanda	72.9
77	Ecuador	72.2
78	Argentina	71.7
79	Botswana	71.6
80	Azerbaijan	71.4
81	Guyana	70.9
82	Djibouti	70.6
83	Honduras	70.5
84	Kenya	70.2
85	Namibia	70
86	Morocco	69.4
87	Malaysia	69.1
88	Kazakhstan	68.9
89	Mongolia	68.9
90	Georgia	68.5
91	Philippines	68.5
92	Dominican Republic	68.5
93	Russia	68.4
94	Gabon	67.8
95	Solomon Islands	67.8
96	Thailand	67.7
97	Armenia	67.5
98	São Tomé and Príncipe	67.4
99	Moldova	67.4
100	Turkey	67.2
101	Palestine	66.7
102	Trinidad and Tobago	66.7
103	El Salvador	66.4
104	Kiribati	66.3
105	Mexico	66
106	Saudi Arabia	65.8
107	Kosovo	65.8
108	Brunei	65.7
109	Papua New Guinea	65.6
110	Lebanon	65.3
111	Bosnia and Herzegovina	65
112	Fiji	64.9
113	Peru	64.6
114	Guatemala	64.6
115	Vanuatu	64.5
116	Oman	64.3
117	North Macedonia	64.2
118	Colombia	64.1
119	Jordan	63.8
120	Costa Rica	63.8
121	Serbia	63.8
122	Brazil	63.4
123	Albania	63.3
124	Maldives	63
125	Mauritius	62.8
126	Belize	62.5
127	Cape Verde	61.8
128	Bahrain	61.6
129	Kuwait	61.3
130	Tonga	61.1
131	Samoa	61.1
132	China	61
133	Panama	60.7
134	Tuvalu	60.1
135	Dominica	60
136	South Africa	59.8
137	Montenegro	59.6
138	Bulgaria	58.7
139	Micronesia	58.5
140	Qatar	58.3
141	Jamaica	58.2
142	Aruba	57.4
143	Marshall Islands	57.1
144	Grenada	56.9
145	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	56.7
146	Chinese Taipei	56.7
147	Romania	56.5
148	Hungary	56.5
149	Saint Lucia	56.5
150	Nauru	56.4
151	United Arab Emirates	54.7
152	Montserrat	54.2
153	Mayotte	54
154	Antigua and Barbuda	53.8
155	Saint Kitts and Nevis	53.8
156	Seychelles	53.5
157	Uruguay	53.4
158	Niue	53.3
159	Chile	53
160	Palau	52.9
161	American Samoa	52.8
162	Malta	52.7
163	French Guiana	52.2
164	Cook Islands	51.9
165	Anguilla	51.3
166	Korea Republic	51.3
167	Northern Mariana Islands	51
168	Slovakia	50.9
169	Curacao	50.8
170	Martinique	50.8
171	Guadeloupe	50.8
172	Réunion	50.3
173	Croatia	49.8
174	Canada	49.5
175	Greece	49.3
176	Puerto Rico	49.3
177	Lithuania	49.1
178	Saint-Martin	48.8
179	Barbados	48.6
180	Sint Maarten	48.4
181	Guam	48.1
182	Slovenia	48
183	Poland	47.4
184	Latvia	47.4
185	Wallis and Futuna	46.6
186	Cyprus	46.4
187	British Virgin Islands	45.6
188	Tahiti	45
189	Japan	45
190	Macau	44.9
191	Turks and Caicos Islands	44.7
192	United States	44.4
193	Bahamas	44.3
194	Spain	44.1
195	New Caledonia	43.8
196	Estonia	43.8
197	Iceland	43.7
198	New Zealand	43.2
199	Singapore	43.2
200	San Marino	43
201	Portugal	42.9
202	Andorra	42.3
203	Finland	42
204	Israel	41.3
205	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	41
206	Faroe Islands	40.9
207	Australia	40.5
208	Gibraltar	39.8
209	Norway	39.5
210	Czech Republic	39.2
211	Hong Kong	39.2
212	U.S. Virgin Islands	38.7
213	Cayman Islands	36.8
214	France	36.3
215	Greenland	36.3
216	Austria	32
217	Sweden	31.9
218	Italy	31.7
219	Luxembourg	31.2
220	Belgium	31.2
221	Netherlands	30
222	United Kingdom	26.5
223	Monaco	26.3
224	Bermuda	25.9
225	Germany	25.9
226	Denmark	25.9
227	Liechtenstein	24.8
228	Ireland	24.4
229	Switzerland	15.9

How the Housing and Utilities Score Is Calculated

The overall score is a weighted average across five indicators. Nomadino calculates: housing and utilities score = city rent per square metre × 0.35 + rural rent per square metre × 0.20 + electricity cost × 0.20 + heating and gas × 0.15 + water and sewage × 0.10.

City rent per square metre: 35%
Rural rent per square metre: 20%
Electricity cost: 20%
Heating and gas: 15%
Water and sewage: 10%

Nomadino uses normalized indicator scores on a 0 to 100 scale, where higher means lower recurring housing and household costs. Rent is the largest and most persistent cost block, so city and rural rent together make up 55% of the score. City rent receives the higher weight because it is usually more relevant for arrival, work, expats and digital nomads than rural rent.

Electricity remains strongly weighted at 20% because it is a recurring household bill and varies widely between countries. Heating and gas count for 15% because they matter strongly in cold countries but less in warm countries. Water and sewage remain included at 10% so basic utility costs are visible without dominating rent or energy prices. If an indicator is removed with the checkbox, Nomadino divides by the sum of the remaining weights, preserving the relative importance of the active indicators.