Today we look at moving to Quito in Ecuador from Avarua in Cook Islands. We highlight cost of living and other major differences likely to be experienced in our series of short blogs on moving between different international locations.
In Quito people speak Spanish and indigenous languages. In Avarua people speak English and Cook Islands Maori.
Quito, is the capital city of Ecuador. Avarua is the capital and largest town in the Cook Islands.
Quito is the second-highest administrative capital city in the world (after La Paz, Bolivia), and the highest legal capital (ahead of Sucre, also in Bolivia, and Bogota, Colombia). Avarua has several supermarkets, two banks, several restaurants and other shops specializing in the sale of black pearls and other handicrafts. The economy is based on tourism, trade, fishing and agriculture.
The overall cost of living rank in Quito is 285 out of 300 global locations, which equates it with low cost of living locations. An expatriate moving from Avarua to Quito will experience a change in cost of living of -34.1%.
In terms of the hardship people are likely to experience, assessed in global terms, Quito is ranked as a high degree of hardship location with a hardship index of 30% compared to Avarua with a hardship index of 30% which is a high degree of hardship location.
Source: http://www.xpatulator.com as at July 2011.
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Ecuador, Quito Cost of Living April 2010
Country Full Name: Republic of Ecuador.
Location: Ecuador is in Western South America, bordering the Pacific Ocean at the Equator, between Colombia and Peru.
Country Climate: Tropical along coast, becoming cooler inland at higher elevations; tropical in Amazonian jungle lowlands.
Country Terrain: Coastal plain (costa), inter-Andean central highlands (sierra), and flat to rolling eastern jungle (oriente).
Major Languages: Spanish, indigenous languages.
Major Religions: Christianity.
Country Population: 13.9 million (2008 est.) 14.1 million (2009 est.).
Country Economy: The economy of Ecuador is dominated by natural resources which include petroleum, fish, shrimp, timber and gold. In addition, it has rich agriculture: bananas, flowers, coffee, cacao, sugar, tropical fruits, palm oil, palm hearts, rice, roses, and corn. The country´s greatest national export is crude oil.
Currency: US Dollar.
Country Inflation: 8.4% (2008 est.) 5.0% (2009 est.).
City: Quito, is the capital city of Ecuador.
City Economy: Quito is the second-highest administrative capital city in the world (after La Paz, Bolivia), and the highest legal capital (ahead of Sucre, also in Bolivia, and Bogota, Colombia).
Cost of Living: Quito has an overall cost of living index which equates it with low cost of living locations. The overall cost of living index is comprised of the prices for defined quantities of the same goods and services across all 13 Basket Groups. Quito is currently ranked 274 overall, most expensive place in the world for expatriates to live, out of 282 international locations.
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Location: Ecuador is in Western South America, bordering the Pacific Ocean at the Equator, between Colombia and Peru.
Country Climate: Tropical along coast, becoming cooler inland at higher elevations; tropical in Amazonian jungle lowlands.
Country Terrain: Coastal plain (costa), inter-Andean central highlands (sierra), and flat to rolling eastern jungle (oriente).
Major Languages: Spanish, indigenous languages.
Major Religions: Christianity.
Country Population: 13.9 million (2008 est.) 14.1 million (2009 est.).
Country Economy: The economy of Ecuador is dominated by natural resources which include petroleum, fish, shrimp, timber and gold. In addition, it has rich agriculture: bananas, flowers, coffee, cacao, sugar, tropical fruits, palm oil, palm hearts, rice, roses, and corn. The country´s greatest national export is crude oil.
Currency: US Dollar.
Country Inflation: 8.4% (2008 est.) 5.0% (2009 est.).
City: Quito, is the capital city of Ecuador.
City Economy: Quito is the second-highest administrative capital city in the world (after La Paz, Bolivia), and the highest legal capital (ahead of Sucre, also in Bolivia, and Bogota, Colombia).
Cost of Living: Quito has an overall cost of living index which equates it with low cost of living locations. The overall cost of living index is comprised of the prices for defined quantities of the same goods and services across all 13 Basket Groups. Quito is currently ranked 274 overall, most expensive place in the world for expatriates to live, out of 282 international locations.
For more cost of living information on Ecuador, Quito
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