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
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Rank 2014 |
Rank 2013 | City | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Luanda | Angola | |
| 2 | 4 | N’Djamena | Chad | |
| 3 | 6 | 香港 | 中国 | |
| 4 | 5 | Singapore | Singapore | |
| 5 | 8 | Zurich | Switzerland | |
| 6 | 7 | Geneva | Switzerland | |
| 7 | 3 | Tokyo | Japan | |
| 8 | 9 | Bern | Switzerland | |
| 9 | 2 | Moscow | Russia | |
| 10 | 14 | 上海 | 中国 | |
| 11 | 15 | 北京 | 中国 | |
| 12 | 25 | London | United Kingdom | |
| 13 | 22 | Victoria | Seychelles | |
| 14 | 13 | Seoul | South Korea | |
| 15 | 17 | Copenhagen | Denmark | |
| 16 | 24 | New York City | United States | |
| 17 | 29 | 深圳 | 中国 | |
| 18 | 32 | Tel Aviv | Israel | |
| 19 | 21 | Libreville | Gabon | |
| 20 | 33 | Kinshasa | Congo, Democratic Republic of | |
| 20 | 11 | Oslo | Norway | |
| 22 | 45 | Noumea | New Caledonia | |
| 23 | 12 | Osaka | Japan | |
| 24 | 35 | 广州 | 中国 | |
| 25 | 36 | Lagos | Nigeria | |
| 26 | 9 | Sydney | Australia | |
| 27 | 37 | Paris | France | |
| 28 | 40 | Brazzaville | Congo, Republic of | |
| 29 | 39 | Bamako | Mali | |
| 30 | 41 | Milan | Italy | |
| 31 | 44 | Rome | Italy | |
| 32 | 48 | Vienna | Austria | |
| 33 | 16 | Melbourne | Australia | |
| 34 | 46 | Conakry | Guinea | |
| 35 | 23 | St. Petersburg | Russia | |
| 36 | 49 | Abuja | Nigeria | |
| 37 | 18 | Perth | Australia | |
| 38 | 42 | Stockholm | Sweden | |
| 39 | 52 | Amsterdam | Netherlands | |
| 40 | 51 | Dakar | Senegal | |
| 40 | 26 | Nagoya | Japan | |
| 42 | 55 | Helsinki | Finland | |
| 43 | 38 | Abidjan | Cote d’Ivoire | |
| 44 | 46 | Douala | Cameroon | |
| 44 | 55 | Yaounde | Cameroon | |
| 46 | 57 | Baku | Azerbaijan | |
| 47 | 69 | 南京 | 中国 | |
| 48 | 65 | 青岛 | 中国 | |
| 49 | 19 | Sao Paulo | Brazil | |
| 50 | 67 | 天津 | 中国 | |
| 51 | 61 | Dublin | Ireland | |
| 52 | 28 | Brisbane | Australia | |
| 53 | 27 | Canberra | Australia | |
| 54 | 79 | 沈阳 | 中国 | |
| 55 | 81 | Munich | Germany | |
| 56 | 69 | Brussels | Belgium | |
| 56 | 77 | Luxembourg | Luxembourg | |
| 58 | 54 | Auckland | New Zealand | |
| 59 | 34 | Adelaide | Australia | |
| 59 | 83 | Frankfurt | Germany | |
| 61 | 62 | Taipei | Taiwan | |
| 62 | 72 | Los Angeles, CA | United States | |
| 63 | 76 | Beirut | Lebanon | |
| 63 | 81 | Madrid | Spain | |
| 65 | 29 | Rio de Janeiro | Brazil | |
| 66 | 57 | Yangon | Myanmar | |
| 67 | 90 | Dubai | United Arab Emirates | |
| 68 | 79 | Abu Dhabi | United Arab Emirates | |
| 68 | 99 | Berlin | Germany | |
| 70 | 85 | Pointe-a-Pitre | Guadeloupe | |
| 71 | 84 | Barcelona | Spain | |
| 71 | 97 | 成都 | 中国 | |
| 73 | 100 | Dusseldorf | Germany | |
| 74 | 92 | San Francisco, CA | United States | |
| 75 | 88 | Riga | Latvia | |
| 76 | 106 | Hamburg | Germany | |
| 77 | 53 | Tehran¹ | Iran | |
| 78 | 90 | Athens | Greece | |
| 79 | 103 | Lyon | France | |
| 79 | 75 | Wellington | New Zealand | |
| 81 | 78 | Bandar Seri Begawan | Brunei | |
| 81 | 114 | Port-au-Prince | Haiti | |
| 81 | 93 | White Plains, NY | United States | |
| 84 | 93 | Bratislava | Slovakia | |
| 85 | 101 | Chicago, IL | United States | |
| 86 | 59 | Buenos Aires | Argentina | |
| 87 | 102 | Cotonou | Benin | |
| 88 | 66 | Bangkok | Thailand | |
| 88 | 63 | Santiago | Chile | |
| 90 | 135 | Birmingham | United Kingdom | |
| 91 | 116 | Stuttgart | Germany | |
| 92 | 73 | Prague | Czech Republic | |
| 92 | 106 | Washington, D.C. | United States | |
| 94 | 128 | Aberdeen | United Kingdom | |
| 94 | 109 | Lisbon | Portugal | |
| 96 | 64 | Vancouver | Canada | |
| 97 | 117 | Honolulu, HI | United States | |
| 98 | 60 | Bogota | Colombia | |
| 98 | 103 | Kiev | Ukraine | |
| 98 | 114 | Miami, FL | United States | |
| 101 | 42 | Djibouti | Djibouti | |
| 101 | 68 | Toronto | Canada | |
| 103 | 89 | Amman | Jordan | |
| 103 | 31 | Niamey | Niger | |
| 105 | 113 | Lome | Togo | |
| 105 | 131 | Ouagadougou | Burkina Faso | |
| 107 | 125 | Casablanca | Morocco | |
| 108 | 157 | Glasgow | United Kingdom | |
| 109 | 123 | Boston, MA | United States | |
| 110 | 129 | Tallinn | Estonia | |
| 111 | 95 | Almaty | Kazakhstan | |
| 111 | 122 | Riyadh | Saudi Arabia | |
| 113 | 127 | Limassol | Cyprus | |
| 114 | 87 | Montevideo | Uruguay | |
| 115 | 111 | Kuala Lumpur | Malaysia | |
| 116 | 144 | Ljubljana | Slovenia | |
| 117 | 154 | Dhaka | Bangladesh | |
| 117 | 147 | Nairobi | Kenya | |
| 119 | 71 | Jakarta | Indonesia | |
| 120 | 158 | Belfast | United Kingdom | |
| 120 | 131 | Zagreb | Croatia | |
| 122 | 120 | Maputo | Mozambique | |
| 123 | 95 | Montreal | Canada | |
| 124 | 139 | Algiers | Algeria | |
| 125 | 97 | Calgary | Canada | |
| 125 | 135 | Dallas, TX | United States | |
| 125 | 103 | Manila | Philippines | |
| 128 | 110 | Accra | Ghana | |
| 129 | 148 | Nurnberg | Germany | |
| 130 | 139 | Vilnius | Lithuania | |
| 131 | 134 | Hanoi | Vietnam | |
| 132 | 144 | Morristown, NJ | United States | |
| 132 | 126 | San Jose | Costa Rica | |
| 134 | 106 | Havana¹ | Cuba | |
| 135 | 130 | Budapest | Hungary | |
| 135 | 141 | Ho Chi Minh City | Vietnam | |
| 135 | 85 | Istanbul | Turkey | |
| 135 | 112 | Lima | Peru | |
| 139 | 143 | San Juan | Puerto Rico | |
| 140 | 118 | Mumbai | India | |
| 141 | 153 | Leipzig | Germany | |
| 142 | 150 | Warsaw | Poland | |
| 143 | 144 | Houston, TX | United states | |
| 144 | 73 | Brasilia | Brazil | |
| 145 | 151 | Panama City | Panama | |
| 146 | 121 | Kigali | Rwanda | |
| 147 | 151 | Atlanta, GA | United States | |
| 147 | 141 | Kuwait City | Kuwait | |
| 149 | 133 | Port of Spain | Trinidad and Tobago | |
| 150 | 154 | Manama | Bahrain | |
| 150 | 138 | Mexico | Mexico | |
| 152 | 118 | Ottawa | Canada | |
| 153 | 154 | Cairo | Egypt | |
| 153 | 163 | Khartoum¹ | Sudan | |
| 153 | 159 | Seattle, WA | United States | |
| 156 | 160 | Minneapolis, MN | United States | |
| 157 | 124 | New Delhi | India | |
| 158 | 162 | Doha | Qatar | |
| 159 | 169 | Bucharest | Romania | |
| 160 | 160 | Detroit, MI | United States | |
| 161 | 163 | St. Louis, MO | United states | |
| 162 | 168 | Pittsburgh, PA | United states | |
| 163 | 170 | Rabat | Morocco | |
| 164 | 167 | Colombo | Sri Lanka | |
| 165 | 173 | Port Louis | Mauritius | |
| 166 | 173 | Portland, OR | United States | |
| 167 | 175 | Cleveland, OH | United States | |
| 168 | 170 | Muscat | Oman | |
| 169 | 177 | Phnom Penh | Cambodia | |
| 170 | 176 | Guatemala City | Guatemala | |
| 171 | 180 | Damascus¹ | Syria | |
| 172 | 181 | Sofia | Bulgaria | |
| 173 | 172 | Santo Domingo | Dominican Republic | |
| 174 | 148 | Lusaka | Zambia | |
| 175 | 182 | Jeddah | Saudi Arabia | |
| 176 | 163 | Asuncion | Paraguay | |
| 177 | 190 | Quito | Ecuador | |
| 178 | 186 | Dar es Salaam | Tanzania | |
| 178 | 163 | Kingston | Jamaica | |
| 180 | 185 | Tashkent | Uzbekistan | |
| 181 | 193 | Harare | Zimbabwe | |
| 182 | 193 | Winston Salem, NC | United States | |
| 183 | 178 | Monterrey | Mexico | |
| 184 | 192 | Belgrade | Serbia | |
| 185 | 179 | Chennai | India | |
| 186 | 182 | Addis Ababa | Ethiopia | |
| 187 | 195 | Yerevan | Armenia | |
| 188 | 199 | Sarajevo | Bosnia and Herzegovina | |
| 189 | 202 | Tirana | Albania | |
| 190 | 198 | San Salvador | El Salvador | |
| 191 | 187 | Minsk | Belarus | |
| 191 | 199 | Nouakchott | Mauritania | |
| 193 | 203 | Skopje | Macedonia | |
| 194 | 205 | Kampala | Uganda | |
| 194 | 195 | Tbilisi | Georgia | |
| 196 | 189 | Bangalore | India | |
| 197 | 184 | Gaborone | Botswana | |
| 198 | 201 | Ashkhabad | Turkmenistan | |
| 199 | 190 | Banjul | Gambia | |
| 200 | 204 | Tegucigalpa | Honduras | |
| 201 | 209 | Blantyre | Malawi | |
| 202 | 210 | Tunis | Tunisia | |
| 203 | 187 | Johannesburg | South Africa | |
| 204 | 211 | La Paz | Bolivia | |
| 205 | 197 | Cape Town | South Africa | |
| 205 | 206 | Kolkata | India | |
| 207 | 212 | Managua | Nicaragua | |
| 208 | 208 | Islamabad | Pakistan | |
| 209 | 213 | Bishkek | Kyrgyzstan | |
| 210 | 207 | Windhoek | Namibia | |
| 211 | 214 | Karachi | Pakistan | |