* indicates monthly or quarterly data series

Recreation and culture price index, world average = 100, 2017:

The average for 2017 based on 167 countries was 77.12 index points. The highest value was in Iceland: 191.42 index points and the lowest value was in Nepal: 28.16 index points. The indicator is available from 2017 to 2017. 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 Recreation and culture prices, 2017 Global rank Available data
Iceland 191.42 1 2017 - 2017
Bermuda 177.78 2 2017 - 2017
Switzerland 173.5 3 2017 - 2017
Norway 171.39 4 2017 - 2017
Denmark 162.05 5 2017 - 2017
Bahamas 161.29 6 2017 - 2017
Sweden 143.83 7 2017 - 2017
Barbados 139.79 8 2017 - 2017
Israel 138.4 9 2017 - 2017
Finland 135.32 10 2017 - 2017
Japan 133.13 11 2017 - 2017
Saint Lucia 132.36 12 2017 - 2017
Australia 129.86 13 2017 - 2017
Austria 126.38 14 2017 - 2017
Luxembourg 124.3 15 2017 - 2017
New Zealand 123.75 16 2017 - 2017
Ireland 122.55 17 2017 - 2017
Canada 121.52 18 2017 - 2017
Brazil 119.87 19 2017 - 2017
France 119.58 20 2017 - 2017
Ant.& Barb. 118.38 21 2017 - 2017
USA 117.83 22 2017 - 2017
Belgium 116.88 23 2017 - 2017
Germany 115.91 24 2017 - 2017
Netherlands 113.8 25 2017 - 2017
UK 112.07 26 2017 - 2017
Italy 112.03 27 2017 - 2017
South Korea 111.52 28 2017 - 2017
Uruguay 110.75 29 2017 - 2017
Dominica 110.3 30 2017 - 2017
Grenada 106.33 31 2017 - 2017
Qatar 104.13 32 2017 - 2017
Spain 103.55 33 2017 - 2017
Aruba 102.95 34 2017 - 2017
Belize 102.79 35 2017 - 2017
Slovenia 102.75 36 2017 - 2017
Argentina 101.92 37 2017 - 2017
Portugal 100.03 38 2017 - 2017
Cyprus 99.6 39 2017 - 2017
UA Emirates 98.36 40 2017 - 2017
Kuwait 98.04 41 2017 - 2017
Estonia 95.18 42 2017 - 2017
Malta 94.11 43 2017 - 2017
Greece 93.79 44 2017 - 2017
Chile 92.25 45 2017 - 2017
Djibouti 88.87 46 2017 - 2017
Latvia 88.67 47 2017 - 2017
Seychelles 86.63 48 2017 - 2017
Ecuador 85.32 49 2017 - 2017
Slovakia 85.26 50 2017 - 2017
Tr.&Tobago 84.13 51 2017 - 2017
Domin. Rep. 83.75 52 2017 - 2017
Bahrain 83.14 53 2017 - 2017
Oman 83.01 54 2017 - 2017
Costa Rica 82.57 55 2017 - 2017
Maldives 81.58 56 2017 - 2017
Croatia 81.14 57 2017 - 2017
Paraguay 80.76 58 2017 - 2017
Peru 80.48 59 2017 - 2017
Saudi Arabia 79.49 60 2017 - 2017
Jamaica 79.44 61 2017 - 2017
St. Vincent & ... 78.13 62 2017 - 2017
Lithuania 77.33 63 2017 - 2017
Angola 77.13 64 2017 - 2017
Czechia 76.23 65 2017 - 2017
Panama 75.44 66 2017 - 2017
Brunei 75.23 67 2017 - 2017
Montserrat 74.32 68 2017 - 2017
Botswana 74.22 69 2017 - 2017
Cape Verde 74.04 70 2017 - 2017
El Salvador 72.98 71 2017 - 2017
South Africa 72.86 72 2017 - 2017
S.T.&Principe 72.31 73 2017 - 2017
Guyana 72.09 74 2017 - 2017
Iraq 72.09 75 2017 - 2017
C.A. Republic 71.78 76 2017 - 2017
Comoros 71.68 77 2017 - 2017
Hungary 71.28 78 2017 - 2017
Montenegro 70.3 79 2017 - 2017
Namibia 70.13 80 2017 - 2017
Mexico 70.1 81 2017 - 2017
Hong Kong 70.05 82 2017 - 2017
Gabon 69.93 83 2017 - 2017
China 69.23 84 2017 - 2017
Morocco 69.19 85 2017 - 2017
Ivory Coast 68.06 86 2017 - 2017
Russia 67.85 87 2017 - 2017
Colombia 67.71 88 2017 - 2017
Poland 66.71 89 2017 - 2017
Bosnia & Herz. 66.42 90 2017 - 2017
Haiti 66.18 91 2017 - 2017
Jordan 65.85 92 2017 - 2017
R. of Congo 65.35 93 2017 - 2017
Bulgaria 64.73 94 2017 - 2017
Turkey 64.62 95 2017 - 2017
Serbia 64.5 96 2017 - 2017
Romania 64.15 97 2017 - 2017
Armenia 63.33 98 2017 - 2017
G.-Bissau 63.27 99 2017 - 2017
Zambia 62.69 100 2017 - 2017
Chad 62.18 101 2017 - 2017
Moldova 61.96 102 2017 - 2017
Singapore 59.52 103 2017 - 2017
Kazakhstan 59.51 104 2017 - 2017
Taiwan 58.9 105 2017 - 2017
Mauritius 58.69 106 2017 - 2017
Nicaragua 58.43 107 2017 - 2017
Cameroon 58.22 108 2017 - 2017
Mozambique 57.28 109 2017 - 2017
Eq. Guinea 57.24 110 2017 - 2017
Honduras 57.21 111 2017 - 2017
Malawi 57.16 112 2017 - 2017
Togo 56.84 113 2017 - 2017
Senegal 56.8 114 2017 - 2017
Benin 56.75 115 2017 - 2017
Albania 56.64 116 2017 - 2017
Belarus 56.55 117 2017 - 2017
Bolivia 55.59 118 2017 - 2017
Iran 55.08 119 2017 - 2017
Tajikistan 54.73 120 2017 - 2017
North Macedonia 54.54 121 2017 - 2017
Lesotho 54.4 122 2017 - 2017
Liberia 54.2 123 2017 - 2017
Fiji 53.8 124 2017 - 2017
Mali 53.27 125 2017 - 2017
Kenya 53.23 126 2017 - 2017
Swaziland 53.17 127 2017 - 2017
Kyrgyzstan 52.91 128 2017 - 2017
Thailand 52.64 129 2017 - 2017
Indonesia 52.41 130 2017 - 2017
DR Congo 52.11 131 2017 - 2017
Suriname 51.79 132 2017 - 2017
Azerbaijan 51.31 133 2017 - 2017
Uganda 51.2 134 2017 - 2017
Burkina Faso 50.99 135 2017 - 2017
Malaysia 50.91 136 2017 - 2017
Rwanda 50.1 137 2017 - 2017
Zimbabwe 49.59 138 2017 - 2017
Mauritania 49.37 139 2017 - 2017
Burundi 48.97 140 2017 - 2017
Niger 48.71 141 2017 - 2017
Sri Lanka 48.69 142 2017 - 2017
Tunisia 48.55 143 2017 - 2017
Laos 48.43 144 2017 - 2017
Georgia 47.88 145 2017 - 2017
Cambodia 47.72 146 2017 - 2017
Algeria 47.04 147 2017 - 2017
Tanzania 46.66 148 2017 - 2017
Ghana 46.49 149 2017 - 2017
Mongolia 45.12 150 2017 - 2017
Philippines 44.47 151 2017 - 2017
Bhutan 43.12 152 2017 - 2017
Bangladesh 43.06 153 2017 - 2017
Ethiopia 41.39 154 2017 - 2017
Pakistan 41.39 155 2017 - 2017
Madagascar 41.34 156 2017 - 2017
Sudan 41.11 157 2017 - 2017
Nigeria 40.96 158 2017 - 2017
Vietnam 40.45 159 2017 - 2017
India 38.23 160 2017 - 2017
Gambia 37.74 161 2017 - 2017
Burma 37.71 162 2017 - 2017
Guinea 37.12 163 2017 - 2017
Sierra Leone 37.12 164 2017 - 2017
Ukraine 37.07 165 2017 - 2017
Egypt 29.54 166 2017 - 2017
Nepal 28.16 167 2017 - 2017



Definition: The index measures the cost of recreation and culture services such as the prices of books and tickets for movies, theatre, museums and sporting events.

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191.42
177.78
173.50
171.39
162.05
161.29
143.83
139.79
138.40
135.32
133.13
132.36
129.86
126.38
124.30
123.75
122.55
121.52
119.87
119.58
118.38
117.83
116.88
115.91
113.80
112.07
112.03
111.52
110.75
110.30
106.33
104.13
103.55
102.95
102.79
102.75
101.92
100.03
99.60
98.36
98.04
95.18
94.11
93.79
92.25
88.87
88.67
86.63
85.32
85.26
84.13
83.75
83.14
83.01
82.57
81.58
81.14
80.76
80.48
79.49
79.44
78.13
77.33
77.13
76.23
75.44
75.23
74.32
74.22
74.04
72.98
72.86
72.31
72.09
72.09
71.78
71.68
71.28
70.30
70.13
70.10
70.05
69.93
69.23
69.19
68.06
67.85
67.71
66.71
66.42
66.18
65.85
65.35
64.73
64.62
64.50
64.15
63.33
63.27
62.69
62.18
61.96
59.52
59.51
58.90
58.69
58.43
58.22
57.28
57.24
57.21
57.16
56.84
56.80
56.75
56.64
56.55
55.59
55.08
54.73
54.54
54.40
54.20
53.80
53.27
53.23
53.17
52.91
52.64
52.41
52.11
51.79
51.31
51.20
50.99
50.91
50.10
49.59
49.37
48.97
48.71
48.69
48.55
48.43
47.88
47.72
47.04
46.66
46.49
45.12
44.47
43.12
43.06
41.39
41.39
41.34
41.11
40.96
40.45
38.23
37.74
37.71
37.12
37.12
37.07
29.54
28.16
0
47.9
95.7
143.6
191.42


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