Kota Termahal dan Terkaya di Dunia (2006-2007)

Melanjutkan diskusi dari ulasan saya yang ini, di sini saya posting lagi daftar kota termahal di dunia, berdasarkan survei dari Swiss Bank-UBS, Mercer Consulting, dan The Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU), berikut metodologinya.

Sebagai penutup, saya tampilkan pula daftar kota terkaya di dunia tahun 2006, dan Jakarta ternyata masuk urutan ke-68, lho!

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The world's most expensive cities in 2006

6 March 2007: Deciding on which is the world’s most expensive city is a little bit like choosing between the merits of various world heavy weight boxing champions. Until a year ago the choice has been between Tokyo and London. But in its 2007 ‘Worldwide cost of living survey’ the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) says four European cities had overtaken Tokyo as the world’s costliest city. However, Mercer Consulting says Moscow was the most expensive city in the world, with Oslo ranked 10th. Meanwhile, Swiss Bank UBS puts London in first place, followed by Oslo, New York and Tokyo.

The problem with all three surveys is that they convert local prices into US dollars, which means that any changes are as much the result of currency fluctuations as of price inflation. For example according to all three surveys, the cost of living in European cities becomes more expensive if the dollar weakens even when local prices remain unchanged.

Swiss Bank-UBS survey

 

Rank	Cities	Index (incl rents)
1	London	105.5
2	New York	100.0
3	Oslo	94.6
4	Tokyo	93.4
5	Zurich	87.3
6	Copenhagen	86.3
7	Geneva	85.8
8	Dublin	84.3
9	Chicago	82.2
10	Los Angeles	80.6
11	Paris	78.1
12	Helsinki	77.3
13	Luxembourg	76.6
14	Stockholm	75.8
15	Vienna	74.0
16	Seoul	73.9
17	Amsterdam	73.0
18	Hong Kong	73.0
19	Toronto	71.4
20	Munich	71.2
21	Montreal	71.2
22	Miami	70.5
23	Frankfurt	69.3
24	Sydney	69.0
25	Brussels	68.5
26	Milan	68.5
27	Rome	67.6
28	Madrid	66.2
29	Nicosia	66.2
30	Dubai	66.1
31	Lyon	66.0
32	Barcelona	65.6
33	Berlin	64.4
34	Singapore	62.9
35	Lisbon	62.1
36	Istanbul	61.6
37	Mexico	60.7
38	Auckland	60.6
39	Athens	57.4
40	Taipei	57.2
41	Moscow	56.8
42	Tel Aviv	55.2
43	Rio de Janeiro	55.1
44	Manama	54.8
45	Santiago de Chile	54.3
46	Sao Paulo	53.6
47	Caracas	52.8
48	Warsaw	49.5
49	Ljubljana	48.7
50	Tallinn	48.6
51	Johannesburg	47.2
52	Budapest	46.7
53	Jakarta	44.4
54	Bucharest	43.3
55	Prague	42.6
56	Bogotá	42.3
57	Buenos	41.9
58	Mumbai	41.5
59	Bangkok	41.0
60	Kiev	40.6
61	Riga	40.2
62	Sofia	40.0
63	Nairobi	39.7
64	Bratislava	39.6
65	Beijing	39.6
66	Shanghai	39.3
67	Vilnius	37.7
68	Lima	35.9
69	Manila	35.2
70	Delhi	34.6
71	Kuala Lumpur	28.2

Methodology: The cost of a weighted shopping basket geared to Western european consumer habits, containing 122 goods and services. New York = 100.

Mercer Consulting survey

Rank (2007)	Rank (2006)	City	Country
1	1	Moscow	Russia
2	5	London	United Kingdom
3	2	Seoul	South Korea
4	3	Tokyo	Japan
5	4	Hong Kong	China
6	8	Copenhagen	Denmark
7	7	Geneva	Switzerland
8	6	Osaka	Japan
9	9	Zurich	Switzerland
10	10	Oslo	Norway
11	13	Milan	Italy
12	12	St Petersburg	Russia
13	15	Paris	France
14	17	Singapore	Singapore
15	10	New York City	USA
16	18	Dublin	Ireland
17	24	Tel Aviv	Israel
18	21	Rome	Italy
19	21	Vienna	Austria
20	14	Beijing	China
21	19	Sydney	Australia
22	25	Helsinki	Finland
23	36	Stockholm	Sweden
24	27	Douala	Cameroon
25	41	Amsterdam	Netherlands
=26	53	Madrid	Spain
=26	20	Shanghai	China
28	21	Kiev	Ukraine
29	59	Athens	Greece
30	52	Almaty	Kazakhstan
=31	56	Barcelona	Spain
=31	48	Bratislava	Slovak Republic
33	45	Dakar	Senegal
34	25	Dubai	United Arab Emirates
35	45	Abidjan	Côte d'Ivorie
36	60	Glasgow	UK
37	31	Lagos	Nigeria
38	15	istanbul	Turkey
39	65	Munich	Germany
40	61	Frankfurt	Germany
41	69	Birmingham	UK
42	29	Los Angeles	USA
43	46	Luxembourg	Luxembourg
44	70	Brussels	Belgium
=45	30	Abu Dhabi	United Arab Emirates
=45	72	Berlin	Germany
=45	62	Düsseldorf	Germany
48	-	Taipei	Taiwan
49	50	Prague	Czech Republic
50	51	Algiers	Algeria

Notes:
The figures for Mercer’s cost of living comparisons are based on a survey conducted in March 2007. The 2007 comparisons are based on a similar survey conducted in March 2006. The information is used by governments and major companies to protect the purchasing power of their employees when transferred abroad. The choice of cities surveyed is based on the demand for corresponding data from companies and governmental organizations. Exchange rates used in attached table of cost comparisons: 1 GBP = 1.944390 USD; 1 GBP = 1.476181 EUR. Harare are been excluded from this year’s rankings because the severe economic crisis in Zimbabwe has rendered costs there incomparable.

EIU survey

The 10 most expensive cities in the world in 2007, with 2006 positions in brackets

Rank	City
1 (1)	Oslo
2 (4)	Paris
3 (6)	Copenhagen
4 (7)	London
5 (2)	Tokyo
=6 (3)	Reykjavik
=6 (8)	Zurich
8 (4)	Osaka
=9 (-)	Frankfurt
=9 (10)	Helsinki

Jakarta in Indonesia saw its relative cost of living jump 12 percentage points and 27 places in the ranking to 73rd.

The world’s richest cities in 2006 (A report by UBS)

Rank	Cities	Wage index
1	Zurich	124.2
2	Geneva	115.4
3	Oslo	110.8
4	Dublin	104.6
5	New York	100.0
6	Luxembourg	98.1
7	Los Angeles	97.0
8	London	96.0
9	Copenhagen	95.7
10	Chicago	94.7
11	Helsinki	89.1
12	Tokyo	87.4
13	Frankfurt	85.5
14	Munich	84.5
15	Berlin	82.1
16	Vienna	81.2
17	Toronto	80.4
18	Sydney	79.6
19	Brussels	78.2
20	Montreal	77.3
21	Stockholm	77.0
22	Miami	74.0
23	Auckland	73.4
24	Amsterdam	72.7
25	Lyon	70.5
26	Nicosia	69.5
27	Paris	68.8
28	Barcelona	66.6
29	Madrid	64.3
30	Milan	59.9
31	Dubai	57.8
32	Rome	49.7
33	Athens	48.6
34	Seoul	48.2
35	Taipei	43.3
36	Singapore	38.9
37	Lisbon	38.6
38	Johannesburg	37.3
39	Manama	36.6
40	Hong Kong	34.9
41	Sao Paulo	29.0
42	Ljubljana	28.3
43	Istanbul	25.9
44	Prague	25.8
45	Moscow	25.4
46	Santiago de Chile	24.3
47	Tallinn	22.1
48	Rio de Janeiro	21.2
49	Budapest	20.0
50	Bratislava	18.7
51	Caracas	18.7
52	Warsaw	18.4
53	Buenos Aires	18.0
54	Lima	15.8
55	Kuala	15.7
56	Vilnius	15.4
57	Riga	15.3
58	Bucharest	13.2
59	Shanghai	13.1
60	Bogotá	13.0
61	Kiev	11.6
62	Nairobi	11.1
63	Mexico	10.9
64	Beijing	10.9
65	Bangkok	10.9
66	Sofia	10.2
67	Mumbai	8.7
68	Jakarta	8.2
69	Manila	7.8
70	Delhi	7.8

Methodology: Effective hourly wages for 14 professions, weighted according to distributions. Net after deduction of taxes and social security constributions.

 

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