Summary of World Rent Index By Country
• This index compares 240 countries based on Rental Cost, with New York City serving as the baseline (100).
• For a single person with a typical lifestyle, the average rental cost index value is 24.6, with 80 countries above-average and 160 below-average.
• The highest-ranking country is Monaco with an index value of 285.7, while the lowest-ranking is Yemen with an index value of 3.4.
Disclaimer: The data presented on this page is for informational purposes only and should be used as a general guide. Actual index values may vary significantly based on individual lifestyle choices and current economic conditions. We strive to provide up-to-date information, but values are subject to change without notice. Always conduct thorough personal research and consult with financial professionals before making important financial or relocation decisions.
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Index Details
| # | Country | Rental Cost Index | Monthly Rental Cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Monaco | 285.7 | $10,000.00 |
| 2 | Saint-Barthelemy | 142.9 | $5,000.00 |
| 3 | Bermuda | 102.9 | $3,600.00 |
| 4 | Cayman Islands | 82.9 | $2,900.00 |
| 5 | Singapore | 71.4 | $2,500.00 |
| 6 | Switzerland | 70.0 | $2,450.00 |
| 7 | Liechtenstein | 68.6 | $2,400.00 |
| 8 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 65.7 | $2,300.00 |
| 9 | Papua New Guinea | 62.9 | $2,200.00 |
| 10 | Luxembourg | 60.0 | $2,100.00 |
| 11 | Anguilla | 57.1 | $2,000.00 |
| 12 | Ireland | 55.7 | $1,950.00 |
| 13 | United States | 55.7 | $1,950.00 |
| 14 | Virgin Islands (US) | 54.3 | $1,900.00 |
| 15 | Guernsey | 52.9 | $1,850.00 |
| 16 | United Arab Emirates | 52.9 | $1,850.00 |
| 17 | Gibraltar | 52.6 | $1,840.00 |
| 18 | Jersey | 52.6 | $1,840.00 |
| 19 | Iceland | 50.0 | $1,750.00 |
| 20 | Canada | 47.1 | $1,650.00 |
| 21 | The Bahamas | 47.1 | $1,650.00 |
| 22 | Australia | 45.7 | $1,600.00 |
| 23 | Cocos (Keeling) Islands | 45.7 | $1,600.00 |
| 24 | Greenland | 45.7 | $1,600.00 |
| 25 | Qatar | 45.7 | $1,600.00 |
| 26 | Virgin Islands (British) | 45.7 | $1,600.00 |
| 27 | Denmark | 44.3 | $1,550.00 |
| 28 | Netherlands | 44.3 | $1,550.00 |
| 29 | Norway | 44.3 | $1,550.00 |
| 30 | Christmas Island | 42.9 | $1,500.00 |
| 31 | Falkland Islands | 42.9 | $1,500.00 |
| 32 | French Polynesia | 42.9 | $1,500.00 |
| 33 | Guam | 42.9 | $1,500.00 |
| 34 | Norfolk Island | 42.9 | $1,500.00 |
| 35 | Seychelles | 41.4 | $1,450.00 |
| 36 | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 41.4 | $1,450.00 |
| 37 | Israel | 38.6 | $1,350.00 |
| 38 | Faroe Islands | 37.1 | $1,300.00 |
| 39 | New Zealand | 37.1 | $1,300.00 |
| 40 | Pitcairn Island | 37.1 | $1,300.00 |
| 41 | United Kingdom | 37.1 | $1,300.00 |
| 42 | Aruba | 35.7 | $1,250.00 |
| 43 | Saint-Martin (French part) | 35.7 | $1,250.00 |
| 44 | Vatican City State (Holy See) | 35.7 | $1,250.00 |
| 45 | Angola | 34.3 | $1,200.00 |
| 46 | Barbados | 34.3 | $1,200.00 |
| 47 | Cook Islands | 34.3 | $1,200.00 |
| 48 | Man (Isle of) | 34.3 | $1,200.00 |
| 49 | Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba | 32.9 | $1,150.00 |
| 50 | Sweden | 32.9 | $1,150.00 |
| 51 | Andorra | 31.4 | $1,100.00 |
| 52 | Equatorial Guinea | 31.4 | $1,100.00 |
| 53 | New Caledonia | 31.4 | $1,100.00 |
| 54 | Northern Mariana Islands | 31.4 | $1,100.00 |
| 55 | Palau | 31.4 | $1,100.00 |
| 56 | Bahrain | 30.0 | $1,050.00 |
| 57 | Belgium | 30.0 | $1,050.00 |
| 58 | Kuwait | 30.0 | $1,050.00 |
| 59 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 30.0 | $1,050.00 |
| 60 | San Marino | 30.0 | $1,050.00 |
| 61 | Antigua and Barbuda | 28.6 | $1,000.00 |
| 62 | Curaçao | 28.6 | $1,000.00 |
| 63 | Djibouti | 28.6 | $1,000.00 |
| 64 | Maldives | 28.6 | $1,000.00 |
| 65 | Malta | 28.6 | $1,000.00 |
| 66 | Martinique | 28.6 | $1,000.00 |
| 67 | Puerto Rico | 28.6 | $1,000.00 |
| 68 | Cyprus | 27.1 | $950.00 |
| 69 | Finland | 27.1 | $950.00 |
| 70 | France | 27.1 | $950.00 |
| 71 | Niue | 27.1 | $950.00 |
| 72 | Saint Helena | 27.1 | $950.00 |
| 73 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 27.1 | $950.00 |
| 74 | Spain | 27.1 | $950.00 |
| 75 | Germany | 26.4 | $925.00 |
| 76 | Aland Islands | 25.7 | $900.00 |
| 77 | Montserrat | 25.7 | $900.00 |
| 78 | Italy | 25.1 | $880.00 |
| 79 | Portugal | 25.1 | $880.00 |
| 80 | Reunion | 24.9 | $870.00 |
| 81 | Austria | 24.3 | $850.00 |
| 82 | China | 24.3 | $850.00 |
| 83 | Guadeloupe | 24.3 | $850.00 |
| 84 | Marshall Islands | 24.3 | $850.00 |
| 85 | French Guiana | 23.4 | $820.00 |
| 86 | American Samoa | 22.9 | $800.00 |
| 87 | Costa Rica | 22.9 | $800.00 |
| 88 | Grenada | 22.9 | $800.00 |
| 89 | Mayotte | 22.9 | $800.00 |
| 90 | Nauru | 22.9 | $800.00 |
| 91 | North Korea | 22.9 | $800.00 |
| 92 | Saudi Arabia | 22.9 | $800.00 |
| 93 | Czech Republic | 22.3 | $780.00 |
| 94 | Guyana | 21.4 | $750.00 |
| 95 | Jamaica | 21.4 | $750.00 |
| 96 | Micronesia | 21.4 | $750.00 |
| 97 | Panama | 21.4 | $750.00 |
| 98 | Poland | 21.4 | $750.00 |
| 99 | Saint Lucia | 21.4 | $750.00 |
| 100 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 21.4 | $750.00 |
| 101 | Solomon Islands | 21.4 | $750.00 |
| 102 | South Korea | 21.4 | $750.00 |
| 103 | Trinidad and Tobago | 21.4 | $750.00 |
| 104 | Uruguay | 21.4 | $750.00 |
| 105 | Vanuatu | 21.4 | $750.00 |
| 106 | Dominica | 20.0 | $700.00 |
| 107 | Mexico | 20.0 | $700.00 |
| 108 | Wallis and Futuna Islands | 20.0 | $700.00 |
| 109 | Georgia | 19.4 | $680.00 |
| 110 | Tonga | 19.4 | $680.00 |
| 111 | Lithuania | 19.3 | $675.00 |
| 112 | Slovenia | 19.1 | $670.00 |
| 113 | Belize | 18.6 | $650.00 |
| 114 | Central African Republic | 18.6 | $650.00 |
| 115 | Chile | 18.6 | $650.00 |
| 116 | Croatia | 18.6 | $650.00 |
| 117 | Dominican Republic | 18.6 | $650.00 |
| 118 | Gabon | 18.6 | $650.00 |
| 119 | Greece | 18.6 | $650.00 |
| 120 | Japan | 18.6 | $650.00 |
| 121 | Oman | 18.6 | $650.00 |
| 122 | Russia | 18.6 | $650.00 |
| 123 | Taiwan | 18.6 | $650.00 |
| 124 | Timor-Leste | 18.6 | $650.00 |
| 125 | Estonia | 18.0 | $630.00 |
| 126 | Latvia | 17.7 | $620.00 |
| 127 | Slovakia | 17.7 | $620.00 |
| 128 | Armenia | 17.1 | $600.00 |
| 129 | Brazil | 17.1 | $600.00 |
| 130 | Congo | 17.1 | $600.00 |
| 131 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 17.1 | $600.00 |
| 132 | Fiji Islands | 17.1 | $600.00 |
| 133 | Kiribati | 17.1 | $600.00 |
| 134 | Samoa | 17.1 | $600.00 |
| 135 | Brunei | 16.6 | $580.00 |
| 136 | Hungary | 16.6 | $580.00 |
| 137 | Kazakhstan | 16.6 | $580.00 |
| 138 | South Africa | 16.6 | $580.00 |
| 139 | Tuvalu | 16.4 | $575.00 |
| 140 | Cuba | 15.7 | $550.00 |
| 141 | El Salvador | 15.7 | $550.00 |
| 142 | Indonesia | 15.7 | $550.00 |
| 143 | Lebanon | 15.7 | $550.00 |
| 144 | Liberia | 15.7 | $550.00 |
| 145 | Mozambique | 15.7 | $550.00 |
| 146 | Suriname | 15.7 | $550.00 |
| 147 | Uzbekistan | 15.7 | $550.00 |
| 148 | Mauritius | 15.1 | $530.00 |
| 149 | Mongolia | 15.0 | $525.00 |
| 150 | Guatemala | 14.9 | $520.00 |
| 151 | Argentina | 14.3 | $500.00 |
| 152 | Cambodia | 14.3 | $500.00 |
| 153 | Cape Verde | 14.3 | $500.00 |
| 154 | Colombia | 14.3 | $500.00 |
| 155 | Ecuador | 14.3 | $500.00 |
| 156 | Iraq | 14.3 | $500.00 |
| 157 | Libya | 14.3 | $500.00 |
| 158 | Montenegro | 14.3 | $500.00 |
| 159 | Myanmar | 14.3 | $500.00 |
| 160 | Namibia | 14.3 | $500.00 |
| 161 | Paraguay | 14.3 | $500.00 |
| 162 | Peru | 14.3 | $500.00 |
| 163 | Romania | 14.3 | $500.00 |
| 164 | Thailand | 14.3 | $500.00 |
| 165 | Turkmenistan | 14.3 | $500.00 |
| 166 | Serbia | 13.7 | $480.00 |
| 167 | Venezuela | 13.7 | $480.00 |
| 168 | Turkey | 13.6 | $475.00 |
| 169 | Botswana | 12.9 | $450.00 |
| 170 | Chad | 12.9 | $450.00 |
| 171 | Ghana | 12.9 | $450.00 |
| 172 | Jordan | 12.9 | $450.00 |
| 173 | Kyrgyzstan | 12.9 | $450.00 |
| 174 | Laos | 12.9 | $450.00 |
| 175 | Mauritania | 12.9 | $450.00 |
| 176 | Moldova | 12.9 | $450.00 |
| 177 | Palestinian Territory Occupied | 12.9 | $450.00 |
| 178 | Senegal | 12.9 | $450.00 |
| 179 | Sierra Leone | 12.9 | $450.00 |
| 180 | Somalia | 12.9 | $450.00 |
| 181 | South Sudan | 12.9 | $450.00 |
| 182 | Tanzania | 12.9 | $450.00 |
| 183 | Ukraine | 12.9 | $450.00 |
| 184 | Vietnam | 12.9 | $450.00 |
| 185 | Zimbabwe | 12.9 | $450.00 |
| 186 | Tajikistan | 12.1 | $425.00 |
| 187 | Bulgaria | 12.0 | $420.00 |
| 188 | Albania | 11.4 | $400.00 |
| 189 | Cameroon | 11.4 | $400.00 |
| 190 | Haiti | 11.4 | $400.00 |
| 191 | Honduras | 11.4 | $400.00 |
| 192 | Morocco | 11.4 | $400.00 |
| 193 | Nicaragua | 11.4 | $400.00 |
| 194 | Philippines | 11.4 | $400.00 |
| 195 | Sri Lanka | 11.4 | $400.00 |
| 196 | Tunisia | 11.4 | $400.00 |
| 197 | Kenya | 10.9 | $380.00 |
| 198 | Algeria | 10.7 | $375.00 |
| 199 | Belarus | 10.7 | $375.00 |
| 200 | Mali | 10.6 | $370.00 |
| 201 | Benin | 10.0 | $350.00 |
| 202 | Ethiopia | 10.0 | $350.00 |
| 203 | Guinea | 10.0 | $350.00 |
| 204 | Iran | 10.0 | $350.00 |
| 205 | Ivory Coast | 10.0 | $350.00 |
| 206 | Rwanda | 10.0 | $350.00 |
| 207 | Sao Tome and Principe | 10.0 | $350.00 |
| 208 | The Gambia | 10.0 | $350.00 |
| 209 | Zambia | 10.0 | $350.00 |
| 210 | Azerbaijan | 9.1 | $320.00 |
| 211 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 9.1 | $320.00 |
| 212 | Guinea-Bissau | 9.1 | $320.00 |
| 213 | Kosovo | 9.1 | $320.00 |
| 214 | Lesotho | 9.1 | $320.00 |
| 215 | Malaysia | 9.1 | $320.00 |
| 216 | North Macedonia | 9.1 | $320.00 |
| 217 | Bolivia | 8.6 | $300.00 |
| 218 | Burundi | 8.6 | $300.00 |
| 219 | Egypt | 8.6 | $300.00 |
| 220 | Eritrea | 8.6 | $300.00 |
| 221 | India | 8.6 | $300.00 |
| 222 | Bangladesh | 8.0 | $280.00 |
| 223 | Bhutan | 8.0 | $280.00 |
| 224 | Comoros | 8.0 | $280.00 |
| 225 | Madagascar | 8.0 | $280.00 |
| 226 | Eswatini | 7.1 | $250.00 |
| 227 | Sudan | 7.1 | $250.00 |
| 228 | Togo | 7.1 | $250.00 |
| 229 | Tokelau | 7.1 | $250.00 |
| 230 | Western Sahara | 7.1 | $250.00 |
| 231 | Burkina Faso | 6.3 | $220.00 |
| 232 | Niger | 6.3 | $220.00 |
| 233 | Afghanistan | 5.7 | $200.00 |
| 234 | Malawi | 5.7 | $200.00 |
| 235 | Nigeria | 5.7 | $200.00 |
| 236 | Uganda | 5.7 | $200.00 |
| 237 | Pakistan | 5.6 | $195.00 |
| 238 | Nepal | 4.9 | $170.00 |
| 239 | Syria | 3.4 | $120.00 |
| 240 | Yemen | 3.4 | $120.00 |
Index Distribution
This histogram visualizes how countries are distributed across different rental cost index value ranges.