Showing posts with label Estonia cost of living. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Estonia cost of living. Show all posts

Tuesday, August 2, 2011

Moving to Tallinn

Today we look at moving to Tallinn in Estonia from Nicosia in Cyprus. 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 Tallinn people speak Estonian and Russian. In Nicosia people speak Greek and Turkish.

Tallinn is the capital and largest city of Estonia. Nicosia, known locally as Lefkosia is the capital and largest city of Cyprus.
The most important economic sectors of Tallinn are the light, textile, and food industry, as well as the service and government sector. Tallinn also has a well developed information technology sector In addition to longtime functions as seaport and capital city. Nicosia is important commercially with many shops, two modern shopping malls, restaurants and entertainment. The city is a trade centre and manufactures textiles, leather, pottery, plastic, and other products. Copper mines are nearby. Nicosia is the seat of the University of Cyprus (UCY) and four other universities.

The overall cost of living rank in Tallinn is 76 out of 300 global locations, which equates it with high cost of living locations.  An expatriate moving from Nicosia to Tallinn will experience a change in cost of living of 18.6%.
In terms of the hardship people are likely to experience, assessed in global terms, Tallinn is ranked as an extreme hardship location with a hardship index of 40% compared to Nicosia with a hardship index of 10% which is a minimal hardship location.

Source: http://www.xpatulator.com as at July 2011.

Saturday, May 22, 2010

Estonia, Tallinn Cost of Living April 2010

Country Full Name: Republic of Estonia.

Location: Estonia is in Eastern Europe, bordering the Baltic Sea and Gulf of Finland, between Latvia and Russia.

Country Climate: Maritime; wet, moderate winters, cool summers.

Country Terrain: Marshy, lowlands; flat in the north, hilly in the south.

Major Languages: Estonian, Russian.

Major Religions: Christianity.

Country Population: 1.3 million (2008 est.) 1.3 million (2009 est.).

Country Economy: The economy of Estonia's economy is rated as high income by the World Bank. The Estonian economy Estonian economic miracle has often been described as the Baltic Tiger.

Currency: Estonian Kroon (EEK).

Country Inflation: 10.4% (2008 est.) -0.03% (2009 est.).

City: Tallinn is the capital and largest city of Estonia.

City Economy: The most important economic sectors of Tallinn are the light, textile, and food industry, as well as the service and government sector. Tallinn also has a well developed information technology sector In addition to longtime functions as seaport and capital city.
Cost of Living: Tallinn has an overall cost of living index which equates it with high 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. Tallinn is currently ranked 82 overall, most expensive place in the world for expatriates to live, out of 282 international locations.

For more information on cost of living on Estonia, Tallinn