At a time when crippling inflation is breaking records every week, Numbeo, the world’s largest cost of living database, has declared Pakistan as the cheapest country to live in the world.
According to Numbeo’s Cost of Living Index by Country 2023, Pakistan is ranked at the last place on its Cost of Living Index, strangely making it the cheapest country to live in the world.
With a Cost of Living Index score of 18, Pakistan has been ranked 140th on Numbeo’s Cost of Living Index.
A breakdown of Pakistan’s overall score shows that the country’s Rent Index score is 3.4. The Cost of Living Plus Rent Index score of Pakistan is 11. Pakistan’s Groceries Index score is 15.4, Restaurant Price Index is 13.7, and Local Purchasing Power Index score is 24.4.
Here are the ten 10 cheapest countries in the world.
| Country | Cost of Living Index | Rank |
| Pakistan | 18 | 1st |
| Egypt | 21.6 | 2nd |
| India | 22.4 | 3rd |
| Colombia | 23.1 | 4th |
| Libya | 24.2 | 5th |
| Nepal | 24.8 | 6th |
| Sri Lanka | 25.3 | 7th |
| Ukraine | 25.6 | 8th |
| Kyrgyzstan | 25.9 | 9th |
| Syria | 26.1 | 10th |
Allah maaf kare… apne indices k bajaye agar ye log awam k haalaat pe dhyan dein ge to shayad inko pata chale k cheap hai ya dear hai
It’s the cheapest if u earn in dollars
This isn’t strange at all lol
Indeed, a cheap country lol
that doesn’t make sense at all. Vehicles, Fuel , Electricity , one of the highest in the world . Real estate, rentals also very expensive
It’s because of the high dollar rate.
You are right
Are you Gul?
Actually its really not expensive. The problem is that due to weak economic state people don’t have any buying power. For example, you can buy a banana at an airport for 1 dollar. For the same price you can buy 6 top quality bananas in big cities of Pakistan during this Ramazan. But majority of people don’t even earn an equivalent of 10 dollars per day. So that means it is very hard to pay for even the low rent and buying groceries for 3 meals. New clothes, eating out and tourism are only for the wealthy.
In other countries, 10 dollars can be earned in one or two hours only.
Reality
are you a kid, DON’T you Know how the prices work due to low incomes we as Pakistani feel inflation but people who earn their pay in dollars they don’t so its the same for them even if the dollar rate goes up
Fuel and electricity are definitely not on the higher side compared to the world. We get subsidized fuel, imagine what the cost would be if we didn’t. The calculations are also not based on the cost of luxury goods my friend.
I think BD should have been included as 2nd . I recently went there and found prices almost the same as Pakistan’s
Also Kenya, same prices as Pak for basic groceries
No, you aren’t mentioning the real price of the products in BD and PAK. There is a huge different about the product price of the two countries. Pakistan is too cheaper than all other countries over the world.
I would like to add, it may be cheap for those who have money , but for the poor people who have no money it is very expensive.
don’t play with Pakistan
یہ سارے مل کر ہم کو پاگل بنا رہے ہیں
I agree with wahab sahib
Yes off course it’s a cheapest country for those who earn money only in dollars. But who earn money in Pakistani rupees that have facing difficulty for living in Pakistan
Not strange at all… its easy to figure out after you’ve lived in a few countries and then land in Pakistan… its like manna and blessings for peanuts all over…
It is cheap for the ones not earning in Pakistani currency.
It is the afact but no eourpen USA UK person like to live and enjoy this luxury.
It must be comparative with per capita earning and the purchase power of pk Rupee.
Pakistan is no more a chespest country.It is a most expensive country.
No more a cheapest country is Pakistan.
Yes pakistan is a cheap country to live if your salary is in dollars or euros.
Yes if you earn in foreign currency such as USD OR EURO.
Thats for people earning outside pakistan. It doesn’t relate to the lively hood of people earning in pak.
Allah pak save Pakistan
Best thinking in recent pk update information
A big lie…
If one earns in Dollars and Spends in Rupees then (might be) Pakistan is the cheapest country to live in….
But is it worth living anymore especially when one is also earning in local currency with such high inflation rates. Not to forget the worst kind of law and order situation it’s facing
Yeah Pakistan is cheapest country for foreigners not for the people of Pakistan.
It can be cheapest as it is said but to find healthy food, real milk, good medicine and other genuine items is near to impossible because of adultery and corruption
Mere khayal se ye sab parliament ki Cafeteria price list k mutabiq huwa. Ye poll wala local market nahi gaya ..
Don’t know the criteria of survey, have you met with the people in very miserable condition and unable to buy even daily food?
meats are almost same price north America. electricity and taxes insane only vegetables still affordable and services are cheap
fuel more expensive than canada and us
Why so strange? All other currencies are far better than our good old rupee
The thing here to understand is that pakistan is expensive because because of low value of rupee compared to dollar. If tommarrow the value of Rupee increases Pakistan will no longer be an expensive country.
For middle class fellows Pakistan is the most expensive country in entire world, because money have a buying power but Pakistani Ruppes ( Bitter Reality )