* indicates monthly or quarterly data series

Housing and utilities price index, world average = 100, 2021:

The average for 2021 based on 165 countries was 77.639 index points. The highest value was in New Zealand: 291.42 index points and the lowest value was in Tajikistan: 12.89 index points. The indicator is available from 2017 to 2021. Below is a chart for all countries where data are available.

Measure: index points; Source: World Bank International Comparison Program
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* indicates monthly or quarterly data series


Countries Housing and utilities prices, 2021 Global rank Available data
New Zealand 291.42 1 2017 - 2021
Switzerland 286.56 2 2017 - 2021
Ireland 279.49 3 2017 - 2021
Bermuda 276.19 4 2017 - 2021
Luxembourg 272.61 5 2017 - 2021
Israel 268.76 6 2017 - 2021
Denmark 257.84 7 2017 - 2021
Australia 257.5 8 2017 - 2021
UK 240.53 9 2017 - 2021
Iceland 219.7 10 2017 - 2021
USA 214.62 11 2017 - 2021
Canada 201.22 12 2017 - 2021
Finland 197.61 13 2017 - 2021
Netherlands 194.89 14 2017 - 2021
Sweden 184.51 15 2017 - 2021
Norway 178.67 16 2017 - 2021
Japan 177.42 17 2017 - 2021
Belgium 177.36 18 2017 - 2021
France 173.17 19 2017 - 2021
Germany 168.92 20 2017 - 2021
Austria 159.33 21 2017 - 2021
Qatar 154.65 22 2017 - 2021
Spain 148.49 23 2017 - 2021
Italy 142.71 24 2017 - 2021
Maldives 136.92 25 2017 - 2021
Hong Kong 135.85 26 2017 - 2021
Singapore 135 27 2017 - 2021
Jamaica 134.92 28 2017 - 2021
Estonia 118.85 29 2017 - 2021
Slovakia 118.04 30 2017 - 2021
Portugal 116.55 31 2017 - 2021
Cyprus 110.5 32 2017 - 2021
Peru 109.71 33 2017 - 2021
South Korea 108.66 34 2017 - 2021
Czechia 108.33 35 2017 - 2021
Slovenia 108.05 36 2017 - 2021
Aruba 107.07 37 2017 - 2021
UA Emirates 102.07 38 2017 - 2021
Uruguay 101.7 39 2017 - 2021
Greece 101.53 40 2017 - 2021
Ant.& Barb. 97.8 41 2017 - 2021
Chile 95.26 42 2017 - 2021
Latvia 93.61 43 2017 - 2021
El Salvador 92.17 44 2017 - 2021
Zimbabwe 91.5 45 2017 - 2021
Malta 87.53 46 2017 - 2021
Hungary 81.92 47 2017 - 2021
Mexico 81.86 48 2017 - 2021
Gabon 81.03 49 2017 - 2021
Namibia 80.52 50 2017 - 2021
South Africa 76.16 51 2017 - 2021
Kuwait 76.03 52 2017 - 2021
Oman 75.29 53 2017 - 2021
Cape Verde 73.02 54 2017 - 2021
DR Congo 71.82 55 2017 - 2021
Panama 71.67 56 2017 - 2021
Taiwan 70.95 57 2017 - 2021
Belize 69.27 58 2017 - 2021
China 69.21 59 2017 - 2021
Bahrain 68.97 60 2017 - 2021
Guatemala 68.78 61 2021 - 2021
Lithuania 68.54 62 2017 - 2021
Costa Rica 67.36 63 2017 - 2021
Seychelles 66.99 64 2017 - 2021
Liberia 66.97 65 2017 - 2021
Romania 65.8 66 2017 - 2021
Croatia 64.5 67 2017 - 2021
Albania 63.74 68 2017 - 2021
St. Vincent & ... 61.72 69 2017 - 2021
Djibouti 60.42 70 2017 - 2021
Dominica 58.67 71 2017 - 2021
Philippines 57.91 72 2017 - 2021
Cambodia 57.85 73 2017 - 2021
Colombia 57.84 74 2017 - 2021
Russia 56.16 75 2017 - 2021
Swaziland 55.87 76 2017 - 2021
Honduras 55.7 77 2017 - 2021
Grenada 55.53 78 2017 - 2021
Poland 55.13 79 2017 - 2021
Paraguay 54.57 80 2017 - 2021
Botswana 54.16 81 2017 - 2021
Somalia 53.8 82 2021 - 2021
Brazil 53.79 83 2017 - 2021
Serbia 53.4 84 2017 - 2021
Morocco 52.82 85 2017 - 2021
Bulgaria 52.37 86 2017 - 2021
Jordan 51.81 87 2017 - 2021
Ecuador 51.68 88 2017 - 2021
Nigeria 51.54 89 2017 - 2021
Kazakhstan 50.69 90 2017 - 2021
Saint Lucia 49.8 91 2017 - 2021
Montenegro 49.59 92 2017 - 2021
Uganda 49.23 93 2017 - 2021
Lesotho 48.91 94 2017 - 2021
Mongolia 48.81 95 2017 - 2021
Saudi Arabia 47.33 96 2017 - 2021
North Macedonia 46.97 97 2017 - 2021
Brunei 46.74 98 2017 - 2021
Ghana 46.69 99 2017 - 2021
Ivory Coast 45.18 100 2017 - 2021
Guyana 43.92 101 2017 - 2021
Fiji 43.55 102 2017 - 2021
Tr.&Tobago 42.36 103 2017 - 2021
Lebanon 41.63 104 2021 - 2021
S.T.&Principe 40.88 105 2017 - 2021
R. of Congo 40.36 106 2017 - 2021
Eq. Guinea 40.33 107 2017 - 2021
Chad 39.92 108 2017 - 2021
Kenya 39.48 109 2017 - 2021
Bosnia & Herz. 38.93 110 2017 - 2021
Argentina 38.33 111 2017 - 2021
Senegal 38.33 112 2017 - 2021
Bolivia 38.11 113 2017 - 2021
Vietnam 37.64 114 2017 - 2021
Indonesia 37.21 115 2017 - 2021
Comoros 37.12 116 2017 - 2021
Mozambique 36.54 117 2017 - 2021
Iraq 36.49 118 2017 - 2021
Mauritius 35.47 119 2017 - 2021
Laos 35.08 120 2017 - 2021
Malaysia 34.45 121 2017 - 2021
Rwanda 34.41 122 2017 - 2021
Moldova 34.07 123 2017 - 2021
Zambia 33.91 124 2017 - 2021
Georgia 33.81 125 2017 - 2021
Madagascar 33.76 126 2017 - 2021
Pakistan 33.26 127 2017 - 2021
Tanzania 33.2 128 2017 - 2021
Ukraine 32.77 129 2017 - 2021
Togo 32.7 130 2017 - 2021
Angola 32.52 131 2017 - 2021
Mauritania 31.53 132 2017 - 2021
Nepal 31.47 133 2017 - 2021
Bangladesh 31.31 134 2017 - 2021
G.-Bissau 31.29 135 2017 - 2021
Burkina Faso 30.89 136 2017 - 2021
Nicaragua 30.75 137 2017 - 2021
Turkey 30.68 138 2017 - 2021
Sudan 30.5 139 2017 - 2021
Ethiopia 29.97 140 2017 - 2021
Belarus 29.54 141 2017 - 2021
India 28.84 142 2017 - 2021
Malawi 28.14 143 2017 - 2021
Benin 28.1 144 2017 - 2021
Guinea 28.05 145 2017 - 2021
Armenia 27.8 146 2017 - 2021
Tunisia 26.56 147 2017 - 2021
Niger 25.96 148 2017 - 2021
Thailand 25.94 149 2017 - 2021
Domin. Rep. 25.5 150 2017 - 2021
Cameroon 24.44 151 2017 - 2021
Algeria 23.5 152 2017 - 2021
Burundi 23.45 153 2017 - 2021
Azerbaijan 21.92 154 2017 - 2021
Gambia 21.8 155 2017 - 2021
Egypt 21.64 156 2017 - 2021
Sri Lanka 21.48 157 2017 - 2021
Sierra Leone 21.35 158 2017 - 2021
Bhutan 19.87 159 2017 - 2021
Mali 18.5 160 2017 - 2021
Kyrgyzstan 18.2 161 2017 - 2021
Suriname 16.67 162 2017 - 2021
Syria 16.33 163 2021 - 2021
Uzbekistan 16.12 164 2021 - 2021
Tajikistan 12.89 165 2017 - 2021



Definition: The index reflects the cost of housing, gas, electricity and other fuels. The world average price level is set at 100. Higher values indicate more expensive housing and utilities prices relative to the world average and other countries.

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291.420
286.560
279.490
276.190
272.610
268.760
257.840
257.500
240.530
219.700
214.620
201.220
197.610
194.890
184.510
178.670
177.420
177.360
173.170
168.920
159.330
154.650
148.490
142.710
136.920
135.850
135.000
134.920
118.850
118.040
116.550
110.500
109.710
108.660
108.330
108.050
107.070
102.070
101.700
101.530
97.800
95.260
93.610
92.170
91.500
87.530
81.920
81.860
81.030
80.520
76.160
76.030
75.290
73.020
71.820
71.670
70.950
69.270
69.210
68.970
68.780
68.540
67.360
66.990
66.970
65.800
64.500
63.740
61.720
60.420
58.670
57.910
57.850
57.840
56.160
55.870
55.700
55.530
55.130
54.570
54.160
53.800
53.790
53.400
52.820
52.370
51.810
51.680
51.540
50.690
49.800
49.590
49.230
48.910
48.810
47.330
46.970
46.740
46.690
45.180
43.920
43.550
42.360
41.630
40.880
40.360
40.330
39.920
39.480
38.930
38.330
38.330
38.110
37.640
37.210
37.120
36.540
36.490
35.470
35.080
34.450
34.410
34.070
33.910
33.810
33.760
33.260
33.200
32.770
32.700
32.520
31.530
31.470
31.310
31.290
30.890
30.750
30.680
30.500
29.970
29.540
28.840
28.140
28.100
28.050
27.800
26.560
25.960
25.940
25.500
24.440
23.500
23.450
21.920
21.800
21.640
21.480
21.350
19.870
18.500
18.200
16.670
16.330
16.120
12.890
0
72.9
145.7
218.6
291.42


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