Top 10 Countries with Low Cost of Living

This ranking shows countries with especially low recurring everyday costs in the Nomadino comparison. The table starts with the top 10, while the full ranking remains available for all 229 countries.

#	Country	Score
1	Bangladesh	91
2	Myanmar	90
3	Ethiopia	90
4	Kyrgyzstan	90
5	India	90
6	Tajikistan	90
7	Egypt	90
8	Nepal	89
9	Cambodia	89
10	Pakistan	88
11	Laos	87
12	Bhutan	87
13	Uganda	87
14	Malawi	87
15	Tanzania	87
16	Tunisia	86
17	Uzbekistan	86
18	Paraguay	86
19	Madagascar	86
20	Mongolia	86
21	Vietnam	85
22	Zanzibar	85
23	Sri Lanka	85
24	Turkmenistan	85
25	Rwanda	85
26	Nicaragua	84
27	Gambia	84
28	Ukraine	84
29	Niger	84
30	Syria	83
31	Togo	83
32	Burkina Faso	83
33	Iran	83
34	Mozambique	83
35	Benin	83
36	Belarus	83
37	Ghana	83
38	Guinea-Bissau	83
39	Guinea	83
40	Western Sahara	83
41	Kazakhstan	82
42	Mali	82
43	Lesotho	82
44	Kenya	82
45	Burundi	82
46	Bolivia	82
47	Indonesia	82
48	Cameroon	82
49	Honduras	82
50	Sudan	82
51	Zambia	82
52	Congo DR	81
53	Moldova	81
54	Senegal	81
55	Ivory Coast	81
56	Guatemala	81
57	Sierra Leone	81
58	Swaziland	81
59	Morocco	81
60	Algeria	80
61	Chad	80
62	Afghanistan	80
63	Somalia	80
64	Timor-Leste	80
65	El Salvador	80
66	Eritrea	80
67	Georgia	80
68	Philippines	80
69	Nigeria	79
70	Libya	79
71	Turkey	79
72	Central African Republic	79
73	Iraq	79
74	Kosovo	79
75	Ecuador	78
76	Azerbaijan	78
77	Thailand	78
78	Armenia	78
79	Palestine	78
80	Botswana	78
81	Liberia	78
82	Mauritania	78
83	Russia	78
84	Zimbabwe	78
85	China	77
86	North Macedonia	77
87	Congo	77
88	Venezuela	77
89	Argentina	77
90	Comoros	76
91	Serbia	76
92	South Sudan	76
93	Yemen	76
94	Colombia	76
95	Jordan	76
96	Malaysia	75
97	Peru	75
98	Haiti	75
99	Namibia	75
100	Bosnia and Herzegovina	75
101	Korea DPR	75
102	Guyana	74
103	Equatorial Guinea	74
104	Albania	74
105	São Tomé and Príncipe	73
106	Romania	73
107	Brazil	73
108	Bulgaria	73
109	Angola	72
110	Suriname	72
111	Cuba	72
112	Dominican Republic	72
113	South Africa	72
114	Gabon	71
115	Lebanon	71
116	Mexico	71
117	Brunei	71
118	Montenegro	70
119	Cape Verde	70
120	Papua New Guinea	70
121	Djibouti	69
122	Mauritius	69
123	Hungary	69
124	Trinidad and Tobago	68
125	Tonga	68
126	Jamaica	68
127	Poland	67
128	Fiji	67
129	Lithuania	66
130	Panama	66
131	Samoa	66
132	Chile	66
133	Kiribati	66
134	Belize	66
135	Oman	65
136	Slovakia	65
137	Latvia	65
138	Solomon Islands	64
139	Chinese Taipei	64
140	Vanuatu	64
141	Bahrain	63
142	Costa Rica	63
143	Croatia	62
144	Saudi Arabia	62
145	Estonia	61
146	Czech Republic	61
147	Uruguay	61
148	Portugal	61
149	Micronesia	60
150	Greece	60
151	Tuvalu	59
152	Kuwait	59
153	Dominica	59
154	Spain	59
155	Grenada	59
156	Marshall Islands	59
157	Slovenia	58
158	Malta	58
159	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	58
160	Andorra	57
161	Mayotte	57
162	Qatar	57
163	San Marino	57
164	Nauru	56
165	Saint Lucia	56
166	Cyprus	55
167	Korea Republic	55
168	Macau	55
169	Maldives	54
170	Gibraltar	54
171	Guadeloupe	54
172	Saint Kitts and Nevis	54
173	Palau	54
174	Curacao	53
175	Réunion	53
176	Seychelles	53
177	Martinique	53
178	Antigua and Barbuda	52
179	Japan	52
180	French Guiana	52
181	Montserrat	51
182	Aruba	51
183	Italy	50
184	United Arab Emirates	50
185	Cook Islands	49
186	Niue	49
187	Puerto Rico	49
188	American Samoa	49
189	Barbados	48
190	Hong Kong	47
191	France	47
192	Germany	47
193	Northern Mariana Islands	46
194	Saint-Martin	46
195	Guam	45
196	New Caledonia	45
197	Sint Maarten	44
198	Wallis and Futuna	44
199	Finland	44
200	United Kingdom	44
201	Belgium	43
202	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	43
203	Austria	43
204	Tahiti	42
205	Netherlands	42
206	Luxembourg	42
207	Anguilla	41
208	Singapore	41
209	Canada	41
210	Israel	40
211	Faroe Islands	40
212	New Zealand	39
213	United States	39
214	U.S. Virgin Islands	39
215	Bahamas	39
216	Australia	38
217	Sweden	37
218	Ireland	37
219	British Virgin Islands	37
220	Turks and Caicos Islands	36
221	Iceland	35
222	Denmark	34
223	Liechtenstein	33
224	Cayman Islands	30
225	Monaco	30
226	Norway	29
227	Greenland	23
228	Switzerland	22
229	Bermuda	21

Updated: July 7, 2026

How this ranking is calculated

The score uses the Nomadino Costs category. A high value means a country performs comparatively well on housing, basic groceries, dining, mobility, digital essentials and personal services.

Nomadino uses the current scores of the relevant categories and topics; the underlying indicator sources are publicly documented and include the World Bank, OECD, United Nations, WHO, ITU, ILO, UNODC, Freedom House, V-Dem and national statistical offices.

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