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Inland Empire SoCal Food Beat

Monday, August 24, 2009

Big Mac Cost of Living Index

You're money goes farther in the IE, 2 Big Mac's for $3.50.



How long you have to work to buy . . .

CityA Big Mac (minutes)An iPod Nano (hours)Annual hours worked* Cost of living

Amsterdam

19

13.5

1,745

64.4

Athens, Greece

30

24.5

1,827

54.6

Auckland, New Zealand

19

16.0

1,884

49.6

Bangkok

45

66.0

2,165

41

Barcelona, Spain

21

16.0

1,775

65.3

Beijing

44

73.0

2,052

42.5

Berlin

19

14.0

1,717

59.8

Bogotá

58

62.5

1,756

36.4

Bratislava, Slovakia

62

45.5

1,827

45.7

Brussels

19

13.0

1,698

67.6

Bucharest, Romania

42

63.5

1,712

35.7

Budapest, Hungary

59

68.5

1,909

41.8

Buenos Aires, Argentina

57

99.0

2,033

37

Cairo

82

105.0

2,373

31.9

Caracas, Venezuela

126

97.0

1,744

76.6

Chicago

12

11.5

1,825

72

Copenhagen

17

11.0

1,658

81.8

Delhi, India

49

122.5

2,166

28

Doha, Qatar

34

35.0

2,273

62.2

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

18

20.0

2,215

78.4

Dublin

15

10.0

1,807

76.3

Frankfurt

15

13.5

1,704

70.6

Geneva

17

10.0

1,830

85.5

Helsinki

27

12.5

1,738

74.4

Hong Kong

14

19.0

2,295

75.2

Istanbul

48

56.0

2,152

58.9

Jakarta, Indonesia

136

93.0

2,172

37.3

Johannesburg

26

41.5

1,913

36.2

Kiev, Ukraine

45

82.0

1,960

38.5

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

41

52.0

2,050

29.8

Lima, Peru

58

86.5

1,963

35.6

Lisbon, Portugal

23

19.5

1,792

57.8

Ljubljana, Slovenia

34

32.0

1,870

48.1

London

13

11.0

1,762

69.9

Los Angeles

13

9.5

1,928

72.7

Luxembourg

15

10.0

1,791

69.8

Lyon, France

20

15.0

1,582

62.2

Madrid

27

15.5

1,653

63.1

Manama, Bahrain

25

23.0

2,142

48.9

Manila, Philippines

88

128.5

2,032

28.7

Mexico City

129

95.0

2,260

34.3

Miami

13

10.0

1,937

69.6

Milan

27

16.0

1,808

64.4

Montreal

15

10.5

1,842

59.6

Moscow

21

36.0

1,763

50.4

Mumbai, India

61

177.0

2,196

24.9

Munich

20

13.5

1,692

69.5

Nairobi, Kenya

158

160.0

1,976

37.6

New York

14

9.0

1,955

100

Nicosia, Cyprus

18

15.0

1,680

56.6

Oslo

21

10.5

1,771

88.1

Paris

20

15.0

1,594

76.6

Prague

38

43.0

1,859

43.6

Riga, Latvia

42

51.0

1,798

44.2

Rio de Janeiro

51

56.0

1,847

44.9

Rome

27

19.5

1,771

69.4

Santiago, Chile

69

69.5

2,195

36.9

São Paulo

40

46.5

1,802

48.9

Seoul, South Korea

27

22.0

2,312

50.9

Shanghai

30

56.5

1,946

48.9

Singapore

36

27.5

2,088

70.7

Sofia, Bulgaria

56

78.0

1,993

39.3

Stockholm

20

11.0

1,777

65.5

Sydney

14

9.5

1,747

56.6

Taipei, Taiwan

20

23.5

2,074

48.3

Tallinn, Estonia

30

39.5

1,762

41.3

Tel Aviv, Israel

24

22.0

1,916

57.3

Tokyo

12

12.0

1,997

85.3

Toronto

12

10.5

1,868

63

Vienna

17

14.0

1,746

68.9

Vilnius, Lithuania

41

74.5

1,749

41.7

Warsaw, Poland

31

45.5

1,756

42.4

Zurich

15

9.0

1,896

84.7

* The cost-of-living figures are based off New York prices; if the cost-of-living column for Taipei reads 48.3, for example, the cost of living is 48.3% of that in New York.



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