美世调查了5个大陆上的211个城市，对比这些城市的生活成本。包括住房、交通、食物、衣服、家庭用品及娱乐。生活成本最高的是安哥拉的罗安达，第二名为乍得首都恩贾梅纳，中国香港高举世界第三位。

调查还显示，大批中国城市的生活成本排名在上升。上海攀升3位，进入世界前10之列。北京排在第11位，深圳第17位，广州第24位。

2014年全球211个城市生活成本排行榜

Rank 2014

Rank 2013CityCountry11LuandaAngola24N’DjamenaChad36香港中国45SingaporeSingapore58ZurichSwitzerland67GenevaSwitzerland73TokyoJapan89BernSwitzerland92MoscowRussia1014上海中国1115北京中国1225LondonUnited Kingdom1322VictoriaSeychelles1413SeoulSouth Korea1517CopenhagenDenmark1624New York CityUnited States1729深圳中国1832Tel AvivIsrael1921LibrevilleGabon2033KinshasaCongo, Democratic Republic of2011OsloNorway2245NoumeaNew Caledonia2312OsakaJapan2435广州中国2536LagosNigeria269SydneyAustralia2737ParisFrance2840BrazzavilleCongo, Republic of2939BamakoMali3041MilanItaly3144RomeItaly3248ViennaAustria3316MelbourneAustralia3446ConakryGuinea3523St. PetersburgRussia3649AbujaNigeria3718PerthAustralia3842StockholmSweden3952AmsterdamNetherlands4051DakarSenegal4026NagoyaJapan4255HelsinkiFinland4338AbidjanCote d’Ivoire4446DoualaCameroon4455YaoundeCameroon4657BakuAzerbaijan4769南京中国4865青岛中国4919Sao PauloBrazil5067天津中国5161DublinIreland5228BrisbaneAustralia5327CanberraAustralia5479沈阳中国5581MunichGermany5669BrusselsBelgium5677LuxembourgLuxembourg5854AucklandNew Zealand5934AdelaideAustralia5983FrankfurtGermany6162TaipeiTaiwan6272Los Angeles, CAUnited States6376BeirutLebanon6381MadridSpain6529Rio de JaneiroBrazil6657YangonMyanmar6790DubaiUnited Arab Emirates6879Abu DhabiUnited Arab Emirates6899BerlinGermany7085Pointe-a-PitreGuadeloupe7184BarcelonaSpain7197成都中国73100DusseldorfGermany7492San Francisco, CAUnited States7588RigaLatvia76106HamburgGermany7753Tehran¹Iran7890AthensGreece79103LyonFrance7975WellingtonNew Zealand8178Bandar Seri BegawanBrunei81114Port-au-PrinceHaiti8193White Plains, NYUnited States8493BratislavaSlovakia85101Chicago, ILUnited States8659Buenos AiresArgentina87102CotonouBenin8866BangkokThailand8863SantiagoChile90135BirminghamUnited Kingdom91116StuttgartGermany9273PragueCzech Republic92106Washington, D.C.United States94128AberdeenUnited Kingdom94109LisbonPortugal9664VancouverCanada97117Honolulu, HIUnited States9860BogotaColombia98103KievUkraine98114Miami, FLUnited States10142DjiboutiDjibouti10168TorontoCanada10389AmmanJordan10331NiameyNiger105113LomeTogo105131OuagadougouBurkina Faso107125CasablancaMorocco108157GlasgowUnited Kingdom109123Boston, MAUnited States110129TallinnEstonia11195AlmatyKazakhstan111122RiyadhSaudi Arabia113127LimassolCyprus11487MontevideoUruguay115111Kuala LumpurMalaysia116144LjubljanaSlovenia117154DhakaBangladesh117147NairobiKenya11971JakartaIndonesia120158BelfastUnited Kingdom120131ZagrebCroatia122120MaputoMozambique12395MontrealCanada124139AlgiersAlgeria12597CalgaryCanada125135Dallas, TXUnited States125103ManilaPhilippines128110AccraGhana129148NurnbergGermany130139VilniusLithuania131134HanoiVietnam132144Morristown, NJUnited States132126San JoseCosta Rica134106Havana¹Cuba135130BudapestHungary135141Ho Chi Minh CityVietnam13585IstanbulTurkey135112LimaPeru139143San JuanPuerto Rico140118MumbaiIndia141153LeipzigGermany142150WarsawPoland143144Houston, TXUnited states14473BrasiliaBrazil145151Panama CityPanama146121KigaliRwanda147151Atlanta, GAUnited States147141Kuwait CityKuwait149133Port of SpainTrinidad and Tobago150154ManamaBahrain150138MexicoMexico152118OttawaCanada153154CairoEgypt153163Khartoum¹Sudan153159Seattle, WAUnited States156160Minneapolis, MNUnited States157124New DelhiIndia158162DohaQatar159169BucharestRomania160160Detroit, MIUnited States161163St. Louis, MOUnited states162168Pittsburgh, PAUnited states163170RabatMorocco164167ColomboSri Lanka165173Port LouisMauritius166173Portland, ORUnited States167175Cleveland, OHUnited States168170MuscatOman169177Phnom PenhCambodia170176Guatemala CityGuatemala171180Damascus¹Syria172181SofiaBulgaria173172Santo DomingoDominican Republic174148LusakaZambia175182JeddahSaudi Arabia176163AsuncionParaguay177190QuitoEcuador178186Dar es SalaamTanzania178163KingstonJamaica180185TashkentUzbekistan181193HarareZimbabwe182193Winston Salem, NCUnited States183178MonterreyMexico184192BelgradeSerbia185179ChennaiIndia186182Addis AbabaEthiopia187195YerevanArmenia188199SarajevoBosnia and Herzegovina189202TiranaAlbania190198San SalvadorEl Salvador191187MinskBelarus191199NouakchottMauritania193203SkopjeMacedonia194205KampalaUganda194195TbilisiGeorgia196189BangaloreIndia197184GaboroneBotswana198201AshkhabadTurkmenistan199190BanjulGambia200204TegucigalpaHonduras201209BlantyreMalawi202210TunisTunisia203187JohannesburgSouth Africa204211La PazBolivia205197Cape TownSouth Africa205206KolkataIndia207212ManaguaNicaragua208208IslamabadPakistan209213BishkekKyrgyzstan210207WindhoekNamibia211214KarachiPakistan