Kuwait Ranked the 7th Arab Country in Terms of Cost of Living

  • Kuwait, State of Kuwait
  • 16 July 2019
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Kuwait ranked the seventh in the Arab world and 55th in the list of the world's most expensive countries in terms of cost of living until mid-2019.

The United Arab Emirates topped the list of most expensive Arab countries and the 33th in the world, followed by Qatar in the 2nd place and 34th in the world, then Libya as the third in the Arab world and 35th in the world, Lebanon came in the fourth place in the region and the 36th in the world, followed by Bahrain which ranked the 5th place in the Arab world and the 39th in the world while Jordan ranked 6th in the Arab world and 43rd globally.

Kingdom of Saudi Arabia ranked the 8th in the Arab world and the 62nd globally, while Oman ranked 9th in the Arab world and 63rd in the world, followed by Iraq at the 10th rank in the Arab world and 85th in the world, while Egypt, Tunisia and Syria came as the cheapest Arab countries in terms of the cost of living.

The Cayman Islands topped the list of most expensive countries in the world at the cost of living level until mid-2019, followed by Bermuda, Switzerland in the third place, then came Norway.

Source (Al-Rai newspaper – Kuwait, Edited)

 

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