Tashkent was included in the list of the ten cheapest cities in the world for foreigners, according to the rating from the Mercer consulting agency.
The agency compiles an annual rating of cities by the cost of living for expats. It measures the comparative value of more than 200 categories in each city — including housing, transportation, food, clothing, household goods and entertainment. The data was collected in March of this year.
The capital of Uzbekistan was placed tenth in the ranking of the cheapest cities for foreign workers, having lost three positions in a year.
Tashkent slightly lost to Tunis, Durban (South Africa), Ankara and Windhoek (Namibia). For expats the cheapest cities in Central Asia to live in are Dushanbe and Bishkek. Islamabad, Karachi (both Pakistan) and Havana (Cuba) are recognised as the cheapest cities in the world.
The world's top ten most expensive places include five European cities, of which four are in Switzerland, and the fifth is Copenhagen. The first two places went to Asian cities: Hong Kong and Singapore. This list also includes New York, Tel Aviv and Nassau (Bahamas).
This year, Mercer researchers note inflationary pressures in different countries of the world. When analysing the consumer basket, they identified sugar, vegetable oil and butter as the products whose prices have increased most significantly.
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