Official data · release v2026-08

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World Bank price levels and UNODC homicide rates for 83 countries — statistics, not reviews, with the source and period named under every table.

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All 83 countries on one spectrum

Each stripe is a country — the taller the stripe, the pricier.

Nicaragua · 37.0Paraguay · 38.1Dominican Republic · 38.4Fiji · 38.7Bolivia · 39.1North Macedonia · 41.0Colombia · 41.1Suriname · 41.9Ecuador · 44.2Bosnia and Herzegovina · 44.3Guatemala · 44.7Argentina · 45.3Brazil · 46.2Bulgaria · 46.7Guyana · 46.9El Salvador · 46.9Honduras · 48.6Romania · 48.8Montenegro · 49.6Panama · 49.7Serbia · 50.9Chile · 51.2Peru · 54.0Albania · 54.3Belize · 54.4Poland · 54.9Trinidad and Tobago · 56.9Dominica · 57.7Hungary · 57.9Mexico · 58.8Croatia · 58.8Saint Lucia · 59.1Kiribati · 61.7Jamaica · 61.7Grenada · 61.8Lithuania · 62.1Saint Vincent and the Grenadines · 62.2Latvia · 62.4Costa Rica · 62.5Slovakia · 63.9Portugal · 64.9Greece · 65.5Cyprus · 66.9Slovenia · 67.0Papua New Guinea · 67.0Czech Republic · 67.0Samoa · 67.6Venezuela · 68.6Spain · 68.7Malta · 69.0Uruguay · 72.5Italy · 72.9Estonia · 75.9Tonga · 78.4Saint Kitts and Nevis · 79.5Germany · 81.2Antigua and Barbuda · 81.2France · 82.8Austria · 84.8Netherlands · 86.7Belgium · 87.2New Zealand · 89.8Canada · 90.2Sweden · 90.5Finland · 90.6Solomon Islands · 91.8United Kingdom · 92.4Micronesia · 92.7Australia · 94.8Marshall Islands · 95.2Norway · 96.2Palau · 96.3Tuvalu · 97.2Luxembourg · 98.6United States · 100.0Vanuatu · 101.6Ireland · 102.1Haiti · 102.2Denmark · 104.5Bahamas · 110.7Switzerland · 128.2Iceland · 129.7Barbados · 131.9

cheapest · Nicaragua priciest · Barbados

$1,151

is how far $1,000 of U.S.-average spending goes in Arkansas — the most of any state.

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31%

lower median rent in Texas than in California.

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35.2%

of their income goes on housing for renters in Florida — the highest share in the country.

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22°C

apart in January, yet Arizona and Minnesota cost almost exactly the same.

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54%

lower prices in Brazil than in the United States — but income per head is 88% lower too.

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Ohio

Prices−16%
Rent−49%
Property tax−45%
January−11.4°C
Household income−28%

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most expensive of 51 · price level 107.9 against 100 for the U.S.

Priorities

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South Dakota

$946

2

West Virginia

$872

1

Arkansas

$947

3

median rent a month · each state opens its most compared pair

Rent and pay

How much of the pay rent takes

35.2%

Florida

33.2%

Hawaii

33.1%

Nevada

25%

North Dakota

three heaviest and the lightest of 51 · share of income renters spend on housing

Climate

A year at a glance

Each square is one month’s mean temperature at the state capital.

JFMAMJJASONDcoldest → hottest
California 9° → 26°
Texas 9° → 30°
Florida 10° → 28°
New York −6° → 22°
Arizona 11° → 34°
Washington 4° → 17°
Colorado −2° → 22°