Argentina Cost of Living

Argentina cost of living is ranked a low cost of living location.

Argentina is in Southern South America, bordering the South Atlantic Ocean, between Chile and Uruguay.

CAPITAL CITY: Buenos Aires

LARGEST CITY: Buenos Aires

CURRENCY: Argentine Peso (ARS)

ECONOMY: Argentina's economy comprises rich natural resources, it has a highly literate population, with an export-oriented agricultural sector, and a diversified industrial base. Buenos Aires is the financial, industrial, commercial, and cultural hub of Argentina. The Buenos Aires port is one of the busiest in the world and it is one of the wealthiest cities in the world.

COST OF LIVING OVERVIEW: Buenos Aires 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. Buenos Aires is currently ranked 252 overall, most expensive place in the world for expatriates to live, out of 276 international www.xpatulator.com locations. The exact customised cost of living index for Buenos Aires is based on the Basket Groups that you select in the Calculators.

In terms of the relative hardship people are likely to experience, assessed in global terms, Buenos Aires is ranked as a high degree of hardship location. The exact customised hardship index premium for Buenos Aires is based on the comparison location that you select in the Calculators.

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Antigua and Barbuda Cost of Living

Antigua and Barbuda cost of living is ranked a middle cost of living location.

Antigua and Barbuda are in the Caribbean, they are islands between the Caribbean Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean, east-southeast of Puerto Rico.

CAPITAL CITY OF ANTIGUA: Saint John's

LARGEST CITY OF BARBUDA: Codrington

CURRENCY: East Caribbean Dollar (XCD)

ECONOMY: Antigua is the largest and most populated island. Half of their GDP is dominated by tourism, however weak tourist arrival numbers since early 2000 have slowed this down, pressing the government into a tight fiscal corner. Medium term economic group will depend on income growth in the industrialized world, especially the USA as most of the tourists come from here.

COST OF LIVING OVERVIEW: Saint John's has an overall cost of living index which equates it with Middle 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. Saint John's is currently ranked 139 overall, most expensive place in the world for expatriates to live, out of 276 international www.xpatulator.com locations. The exact customised cost of living index for Saint John's is based on the Basket Groups that you select in the Calculators.

In terms of the relative hardship people are likely to experience, assessed in global terms, Saint John's is ranked as a high degree of hardship location. The exact customised hardship index premium for Saint John's is based on the comparison location that you select in the Calculators.

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Angola Cost of Living

Angola cost of living is ranked a high cost of living location.

Angola is in Southern Africa, bordering the South Atlantic Ocean, between Namibia and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

CAPITAL CITY: Luanda

LARGEST CITY: Luanda

CURRENCY: Angolan New Kwanza (AON)

ECONOMY: Angola has had a high growth rate which is driven by its oil sector. There has been a post-war reconstruction boom with the resettlement of displaced persons which has led to high rates of growth in construction and agriculture. Due to the 27-year civil war much of the country's infrastructure is still damaged or undeveloped.

COST OF LIVING OVERVIEW: Luanda 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. Luanda is currently ranked 11 overall, most expensive place in the world for expatriates to live, out of 276 international www.xpatulator.com locations. The exact customised cost of living index for Luanda is based on the Basket Groups that you select in the Calculators.

In terms of the relative hardship people are likely to experience, assessed in global terms, Luanda is ranked as an extreme hardship location. The exact customised hardship index premium for Luanda is based on the comparison location that you select in the Calculators.

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Andorra cost of living

Andorra, Andorra la Vella

Andorra is found in South-western Europe, between France and Spain.  Andorra la Vella is the capital and largest city and it is the economic and commercial center of the country. It is also the center of the banking and business hubs that thrive from the country's tax haven status, with the banking sector and tourism contributing substantially to the overall economy.

Andorra has an overall cost of living index which equates it with a MIDDLE 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. Andorra la Vella is currently ranked 126 overall, most expensive place in the world for expatriates to live, out of 276 international www.xpatulator.com locations. The exact customised cost of living index for Andorra la Vella is based on the Basket Groups that you select in the Calculators.

In terms of the relative hardship people are likely to experience, assessed in global terms, Andorra la Vella is ranked as a some hardship location. The exact customised hardship index premium for Andorra la Vella is based on the comparison location that you select in the Calculators.

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Algeria Cost of Living

Algeria is found at the top of Africa bordering Morocco, Mali, Niger, Libya and Tunisia. It's capital and largest city is Algiers. Algiers is an important economic, commercial and financial point in Africa, and has a stock exchange which records on average an annual capitalisation of 60 billion euros.  The port of Algiers is also one of the most important of West Africa. There is structural reform within the economy, such as the development of the banking sector and the construction of infrastructure.

Algeria cost of living is ranked as a MIDDLE cost of living location and ranked 149 overall in June 2009, most expensive place in the world for expatriates to live, out of 276 international locations. The exact customised cost of living index for Algiers is based on the Basket Groups that you select in the Calculators.

In terms of the relative hardship people are likely to experience, assessed in global terms, Algiers is ranked as an EXTREME hardship location.