West Virginia and Kansas had the lowest cost of living across all U.S. states, with composite costs being half of those found in Hawaii. This was according to a composite index that compares prices for various goods and services on a state-by-state basis. In West Virginia, the cost of living index amounted to 84.8 - well below the national benchmark of 100. Nevada - which had an index value of 100.1 - was only slightly above that benchmark. Expensive places to live included Hawaii, Massachusetts, and California Housing costs in the U.S. Housing is usually the highest expense in a household’s budget. In 2023, the average house sold for approximately 427,000 U.S. dollars, but house prices in the Northeast and West regions were significantly higher. Conversely, the South had some of the least expensive housing. In West Virginia, Mississippi, and Louisiana, the median price of the typical single-family home was less than 200,000 U.S. dollars. That makes living costs in these states significantly lower than in states such as Hawaii and California, where housing is much more expensive. What other expenses affect the cost of living? Utility costs such as electricity, natural gas, water, and internet also influence the cost of living. In Alaska, Hawaii, and Connecticut, the average monthly utility cost exceeded 500 U.S. dollars. That was because of the significantly higher prices for electricity and natural gas in these states.
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Ireland: Cost of living index, world average = 100: The latest value from 2021 is 175.68 index points, an increase from 157.19 index points in 2017. In comparison, the world average is 79.81 index points, based on data from 165 countries. Historically, the average for Ireland from 2017 to 2021 is 166.44 index points. The minimum value, 157.19 index points, was reached in 2017 while the maximum of 175.68 index points was recorded in 2021.
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The average for 2021 based on 41 countries was 107.05 index points. The highest value was in Switzerland: 211.98 index points and the lowest value was in Belarus: 40.99 index points. The indicator is available from 2017 to 2021. Below is a chart for all countries where data are available.
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This dataset provides values for LIVING WAGE INDIVIDUAL reported in several countries. The data includes current values, previous releases, historical highs and record lows, release frequency, reported unit and currency.
Household furnishings, consumer habits, evaluation of country image and general attitude to the EEC. Topics: 1. consumption and furnishing questions: assessment of personal as well as national economic situation in the last 5 years; relative assessment of the standard of living in one´s country, compared with the other countries; detailed recording of type, age and repeated acquisition of durable economic goods; country image regarding product, price and fashion; judgement on the quantitative product selection from abroad; residential furnishings; having a yard; type of film used for the camera and film use in the last year; flash pictures. 2. questions on car: possession of delivery vehicle and car, organized according to number, brand, model, form of vehicle, displacement and year of manufacture; new purchase or used car; car radio possession and kilometers driven annually; getting gas self-service; personally conducting vehicle maintenance and use of car cleanser as well as car wax; possession of bicycle. 3. detailed recording of drinking habits with softdrinks, beer, wine and schnapps. 4. attitude to the EEC: knowledge about the member countries of the EEC; countries that should join the EEC; countries that have drawn the greatest or the least benefit from the EEC; EEC membership for the benefit of the country and to raise the standard of living; most important political goals of the EEC. 5. socio-cultural attitudes: attitude to law-breakers; social justice; social and ethnic tolerance; general attitude to young people and older people. 6. attitude to advertising: purchase of a watch during the last five years and price paid for it; activities and jobs conducted oneself in the household; attitude to fashion (scale); social prestige of selected occupations; church attendance on Christmas Day; desire for a life 50 years from now; number of rooms with carpeting. 7. leisure time and further education: knowledge of a foreign language; television habits and reading habits with magazines; total reading times and whereabouts of the magazines; number of books read and bought in the last year; book price; manner of book purchase (mail-order or bookstore); pet possession and manner as well as extent of obtaining feed; participation in further education courses and motives for this; vacation behavior; vacation destinations abroad; package tours; relatives and friends traveling along; trip duration; trip costs; means of transport used; trips by airplane; scheduled or charter flight; frequency of trips to the hairdresser; (among women: use of toiletries and cosmetics); (among men: use of washing and shaving utensils; custom-made or off-the-shelf suit; type of store and price of suit last purchased); use or provisions of nutrition and semi-luxury foods, tobacco and alcohol; use of dish-washing liquids and household cleansers or cleaning products; use of communal washing machines or use of a laundry; age of one´s own washing machine; forms of assets and bank account possession; second home; Readers´ Digest subscriber. Demography: age; sex; marital status; religious denomination; occupational position; employment; company size; household income; possession of durable economic goods; composition of household; respondent is head of household; characteristics of head of household; housing situation; residential status; degree of urbanization. Interviewer rating: social class of respondent; weekday of interview. Haushaltsausstattung, Konsumverhalten, Bewertung des Länderimages und allgemeine Einstellung zur EWG. Themen: 1.) Konsum und Ausstattungsfragen: Einschätzung der eigenen sowie der nationalen wirtschaftlichen Lage in den letzten fünf Jahren; relative Einschätzung des Lebensstandards im eigenen Land, verglichen mit den übrigen Ländern; detaillierte Erfassung von Art, Alter und wiederholter Anschaffung langlebiger Wirtschaftsgüter; produkt-, preis- und modebezogenes Länderimage; Beurteilung des quantitativen Warenangebots aus dem Ausland; Wohnungsausstattung; Gartenbesitz; verwendeter Filmtyp für die Fotokamera und Filmverbrauch im letzten Jahr; Blitzlichtaufnahmen. 2.) Fragen zum Auto: Lieferwagen- und PKW-Besitz, aufgegliedert nach Anzahl, Marke, Modell, Wagenform, Hubraum und Baujahr; Neukauf oder Gebrauchtwagenkauf; Autoradiobesitz und Jahreskilometerleistung; Selbsttanken; persönliches Durchführen der Wagenpflege und Benutzung von Auto-Shampoo sowie Auto-Politur; Zweiradbesitz. 3.) Detaillierte Erfassung der Trinkgewohnheiten bei Softdrinks, Bier, Wein und Schnaps. 4.) Einstellung zur EWG: Kenntnis der Mitgliedsländer der EWG; Länder, die der EWG beitreten sollten; Länder die den größten bzw. den geringsten Nutzen aus der EWG gezogen haben; EWG-Mitgliedschaft zum Nutzen des Landes und zur Hebung des Lebensstandards; wichtigste politische Ziele der EWG. 5.) Soziokulturelle Einstellungen: Einstellung zu Gesetzesbrechern; soziale Gerechtigkeit; soziale und ethnische Toleranz; allgemeine Einstellung zu Jugendlichen und älteren Menschen. 6.) Einstellung zur Werbung: Kauf einer Armbanduhr während der letzten fünf Jahre und dafür gezahlter Preis; selbst durchgeführte Tätigkeiten und Handarbeiten im Haushalt; Einstellung zur Mode (Skala); Sozialprestige ausgewählter Berufe; Kirchenbesuch am Weihnachtstag; Wunsch nach einem Leben 50 Jahre später; Anzahl der Räume mit Teppichboden. 7.) Freizeit und Weiterbildung: Fremdsprachenkenntnis; Fernsehgewohnheiten und Lesegewohnheiten von Zeitschriften; gesamte Lesezeiten und Verbleib der Zeitschriftenexemplare; Anzahl der gelesenen und gekauften Bücher im letzten Jahr; Buchpreis; Art des Bucherwerbs (Versand oder Buchhandel); Haustierbesitz und Art sowie Umfang der Futtermittelbeschaffung; Teilnahme an Weiterbildungskursen und Motive dafür; Urlaubsverhalten; Urlaubsziele im Ausland; Pauschalreisen; mitreisende Verwandte und Bekannte; Reisedauer; Reisekosten; benutztes Verkehrsmittel; Flugreisen; Linien- oder Charterflug; Häufigkeit des Friseurbesuchs; (bei Frauen: Verwendung von Toiletten- und Kosmetikartikeln); (bei Männern: Verwendung von Wasch- und Rasierutensilien; Maß- oder Konfektionsanzug; Geschäftstyp und Preis des zuletzt gekauften Anzugs); Verwendung bzw. Bevorratung von Nahrungs- und Genußmitteln; Verwendung von Spülmitteln und Haushaltsreinigern bzw. Pflegemitteln; Nutzung von Gemeinschaftswaschmaschinen oder Benutzung einer Wäscherei; Alter der eigenen Waschmaschine; Vermögensformen und Kontenbesitz; Zweitwohnung; Readers' Digest-Abonnent. Demographie: Alter; Geschlecht; Familienstand; Konfession; Berufliche Position; Berufstätigkeit; Betriebsgröße; Haushaltseinkommen; Besitz langlebiger Wirtschaftsgüter; Haushaltszusammensetzung; Befragter ist Haushaltsvorstand; Charakteristika des Haushaltsvorstands; Wohnsituation; Wohnstatus; Urbanisierungsgrad. Interviewerrating: Schichtzugehörigkeit des Befragten; Wochentag des Interviews.
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The average for 2021 based on 165 countries was 105.854 index points. The highest value was in South Korea: 208.84 index points and the lowest value was in India: 58.17 index points. The indicator is available from 2017 to 2021. Below is a chart for all countries where data are available.
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Turkey Cost of Living Index: 95=100: Istanbul data was reported at 19,605.000 1995=100 in Oct 2018. This records an increase from the previous number of 18,947.300 1995=100 for Sep 2018. Turkey Cost of Living Index: 95=100: Istanbul data is updated monthly, averaging 6,559.050 1995=100 from Jan 1996 (Median) to Oct 2018, with 274 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 19,605.000 1995=100 in Oct 2018 and a record low of 138.000 1995=100 in Jan 1996. Turkey Cost of Living Index: 95=100: Istanbul data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Istanbul Chamber of Commerce. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Turkey – Table TR.I012: Cost of Living Index: Wage Earners: Istanbul: 1995=100.
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Contains data from the World Bank's data portal. There is also a consolidated country dataset on HDX.
Effective governments improve people's standard of living by ensuring access to essential services – health, education, water and sanitation, electricity, transport – and the opportunity to live and work in peace and security. Data here includes World Bank staff assessments of country performance in economic management, structural policies, policies for social inclusion and equity, and public sector management and institutions for the poorest countries. Also included are indicators on revenues and expenses from the International Monetary Fund's Government Finance Statistics, and on tax policies from various sources.
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This dashboard highlights the living situation in Syria by showing the prices of basic market items. How to use this product: The first three pages track price change chronologically on governorate level, with ability to compare between them by choosing one or more. The subsequent pages show the prices of market items on the governorate and sub-district level with an item availability heat map of any selected item on any selected level and period. You can select one of the listed items in one sub-district or more. When you choose a governorate its subdistrict(s) will be highlighted according to the availability of the selected item in the selected governorate(s).
Household furnishings, consumer habits, evaluation of country image and general attitude to the EEC. Topics: 1. consumption and furnishing questions: assessment of personal as well as national economic situation in the last 5 years; relative assessment of the standard of living in one´s country, compared with the other countries; detailed recording of type, age and repeated acquisition of durable economic goods; country image regarding product, price and fashion; judgement on the quantitative product selection from abroad; residential furnishings; having a yard; type of film used for camera and film use in the last year; flash pictures. 2. questions on car: possession of delivery vehicle and car, organized according to number, brand, model, type of vehicle, displacement and year of manufacture; new purchase or used car; car radio possession and kilometers driven annually; getting gas self-service; personally conducting vehicle maintenance and use of car cleansers as well as car wax; possession of bicycle. 3. detailed recording of drinking habits with softdrinks, beer, wine and schnapps. 4. attitude to the EEC: knowledge about the member countries of the EEC; countries that should join the EEC; countries that have drawn the greatest or the least benefit from the EEC; EEC membership for the benefit of the country and to raise the standard of living; most important political goals of the EEC. 5. Socio-cultural attitudes: attitude to law-breakers; social justice; social and ethnic tolerance; general attitude to young people and older people. 6. attitude to advertising: purchase of a watch during the last five years and price paid for it; activities and jobs conducted oneself in the household; attitude to fashion (scale); social prestige of selected occupations; church attendance on Christmas Day; desire for a life 50 years from now; number of rooms with carpeting. 7. leisure time and further education: knowledge of a foreign language; television habits and reading habits with magazines; total reading times and whereabouts of the magazines; number of books read and bought in the last year; book price; manner of book purchase (mail-order or book store); pet possession and manner as well as extent of obtaining feed; participation in further education courses and motives for this; vacation behavior; vacation destinations abroad; package tours; relatives and friends traveling along; trip duration; trip costs; means of transport used; trips by airplane; scheduled or charter flight; frequency of trips to the hairdresser; (among women: use of toiletries and cosmetics); (among men: use of washing and shaving utensils; custom-made or off-the-shelf suit; type of store and price of suit last purchased); use or provisions of nutrition and semi-luxury foods, tobacco and alcohol; use of dish-washing liquids and household cleansers or cleaning products; use of communal washing machines or use of a laundry; age of one´s own washing machine; forms of assets and bank account possession; second home; Readers´ Digest subscriber. Demography: age; sex; marital status; religious denomination; occupational position; employment; company size; household income; possession of durable economic goods; composition of household; respondent is head of household; characteristics of head of household; housing situation; residential status; degree of urbanization. Interviewer rating: social class of respondent; weekday of interview. Haushaltsausstattung, Konsumverhalten, Bewertung des Länderimages und allgemeine Einstellung zur EWG. Themen: 1.) Konsum und Ausstattungsfragen: Einschätzung der eigenen sowie der nationalen wirtschaftlichen Lage in den letzten fünf Jahren; relative Einschätzung des Lebensstandards im eigenen Land, verglichen mit den übrigen Ländern; detaillierte Erfassung von Art, Alter und wiederholter Anschaffung langlebiger Wirtschaftsgüter; produkt-, preis- und modebezogenes Länderimage; Beurteilung des quantitativen Warenangebots aus dem Ausland; Wohnungsausstattung; Gartenbesitz; verwendeter Filmtyp für die Fotokamera und Filmverbrauch im letzten Jahr; Blitzlichtaufnahmen. 2.) Fragen zum Auto: Lieferwagen- und PKW-Besitz, aufgegliedert nach Anzahl, Marke, Modell, Wagenform, Hubraum und Baujahr; Neukauf oder Gebrauchtwagenkauf; Autoradiobesitz und Jahreskilometerleistung; Selbsttanken; persönliches Durchführen der Wagenpflege und Benutzung von Auto-Shampoo sowie Auto-Politur; Zweiradbesitz. 3.) Detaillierte Erfassung der Trinkgewohnheiten bei Softdrinks, Bier, Wein und Schnaps. 4.) Einstellung zur EWG: Kenntnis der Mitgliedsländer der EWG; Länder, die der EWG beitreten sollten; Länder die den größten bzw. den geringsten Nutzen aus der EWG gezogen haben; EWG-Mitgliedschaft zum Nutzen des Landes und zur Hebung des Lebensstandards; wichtigste politische Ziele der EWG. 5.) Soziokulturelle Einstellungen: Einstellung zu Gesetzesbrechern; soziale Gerechtigkeit; soziale und ethnische Toleranz; allgemeine Einstellung zu Jugendlichen und älteren Menschen. 6.) Einstellung zur Werbung: Kauf einer Armbanduhr während der letzten fünf Jahre und dafür gezahlter Preis; selbst durchgeführte Tätigkeiten und Handarbeiten im Haushalt; Einstellung zur Mode (Skala); Sozialprestige ausgewählter Berufe; Kirchenbesuch am Weihnachtstag; Wunsch nach einem Leben 50 Jahre später; Anzahl der Räume mit Teppichboden. 7.) Freizeit und Weiterbildung: Fremdsprachenkenntnis; Fernsehgewohnheiten und Lesegewohnheiten von Zeitschriften; gesamte Lesezeiten und Verbleib der Zeitschriftenexemplare; Anzahl der gelesenen und gekauften Bücher im letzten Jahr; Buchpreis; Art des Bucherwerbs (Versand oder Buchhandel); Haustierbesitz und Art sowie Umfang der Futtermittelbeschaffung; Teilnahme an Weiterbildungskursen und Motive dafür; Urlaubsverhalten; Urlaubsziele im Ausland; Pauschalreisen; mitreisende Verwandte und Bekannte; Reisedauer; Reisekosten; benutztes Verkehrsmittel; Flugreisen; Linien- oder Charterflug; Häufigkeit des Friseurbesuchs; (bei Frauen: Verwendung von Toiletten- und Kosmetikartikeln); (bei Männern: Verwendung von Wasch- und Rasierutensilien; Maß- oder Konfektionsanzug; Geschäftstyp und Preis des zuletzt gekauften Anzugs); Verwendung bzw. Bevorratung von Nahrungs- und Genußmitteln; Verwendung von Spülmitteln und Haushaltsreinigern bzw. Pflegemitteln; Nutzung von Gemeinschaftswaschmaschinen oder Benutzung einer Wäscherei; Alter der eigenen Waschmaschine; Vermögensformen und Kontenbesitz; Zweitwohnung; Readers' Digest-Abonnent. Demographie: Alter; Geschlecht; Familienstand; Konfession; Berufliche Position; Berufstätigkeit; Betriebsgröße; Haushaltseinkommen; Besitz langlebiger Wirtschaftsgüter; Haushaltszusammensetzung; Befragter ist Haushaltsvorstand; Charakteristika des Haushaltsvorstands; Wohnsituation; Wohnstatus; Urbanisierungsgrad. Interviewerrating: Schichtzugehörigkeit des Befragten; Wochentag des Interviews.
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Number of persons by shelter-cost-to-income ratio, tenure, First Nations people living off reserve, Métis and Inuit and gender, Canada, provinces and territories.
In November 2024, prices had increased by 2.7 percent compared to November 2023 according to the 12-month percentage change in the consumer price index — the monthly inflation rate for goods and services in the United States. The data represents U.S. city averages. In economics, the inflation rate is a measure of the change in price level over time. The rate of decrease in the purchasing power of money is approximately equal. A projection of the annual U.S. inflation rate can be accessed here and the actual annual inflation rate since 1990 can be accessed here. InflationOne of the most important economic indicators is the development of the Consumer Price Index in a country. The change in this price level of goods and services is defined as the rate of inflation. The inflationary situation in the United States had been relatively severe in 2022 due to global events relating to COVID-19, supply chain restrains, and the Russian invasion of Ukraine. More information on U.S. inflation may be found on our dedicated topic page. The annual inflation rate in the United States has increased from 3.2 percent in 2011 to 8.3 percent in 2022. This means that the purchasing power of the U.S. dollar has weakened in recent years. The purchasing power is the extent to which a person has available funds to make purchases. According to the data published by the International Monetary Fund, the U.S. Consumer Price Index (CPI) was about 258.84 in 2020 and is forecasted to grow up to 325.6 by 2027, compared to the base period from 1982 to 1984. The monthly percentage change in the Consumer Price Index (CPI) for urban consumers in the United States was 0.1 percent in March 2023 compared to the previous month. In 2022, countries all around the world are experienced high levels of inflation. Although Brazil already had an inflation rate of 8.3 percent in 2021, compared to the previous year, while the inflation rate in China stood at 0.85 percent.
These family food datasets contain more detailed information than the ‘Family Food’ report and mainly provide statistics from 2001 onwards. The UK household purchases and the UK household expenditure spreadsheets include statistics from 1974 onwards. These spreadsheets are updated annually when a new edition of the ‘Family Food’ report is published.
The ‘purchases’ spreadsheets give the average quantity of food and drink purchased per person per week for each food and drink category. The ‘nutrient intake’ spreadsheets give the average nutrient intake (eg energy, carbohydrates, protein, fat, fibre, minerals and vitamins) from food and drink per person per day. The ‘expenditure’ spreadsheets give the average amount spent in pence per person per week on each type of food and drink. Several different breakdowns are provided in addition to the UK averages including figures by region, income, household composition and characteristics of the household reference person.
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The Young Lives survey is an innovative long-term project investigating the changing nature of childhood poverty in four developing countries. The study is being conducted in Ethiopia, India, Peru and Vietnam and has tracked the lives of 12,000 children over a 20-year period, through 5 (in-person) survey rounds (Round 1-5) and, with the latest survey round (Round 6) conducted over the phone in 2020 and 2021 as part of the Listening to Young Lives at Work: COVID-19 Phone Survey.Round 1 of Young Lives surveyed two groups of children in each country, at 1 year old and 5 years old. Round 2 returned to the same children who were then aged 5 and 12 years old. Round 3 surveyed the same children again at aged 7-8 years and 14-15 years, Round 4 surveyed them at 12 and 19 years old, and Round 5 surveyed them at 15 and 22 years old. Thus the younger children are being tracked from infancy to their mid-teens and the older children through into adulthood, when some will become parents themselves.The 2020 phone survey consists of three phone calls (Call 1 administered in June-July 2020; Call 2 in August-October 2020 and Call 3 in November-December 2020) and the 2021 phone survey consists of two additional phone calls (Call 4 in August 2021 and Call 5 in October-December 2021) The calls took place with each Young Lives respondent, across both the younger and older cohort, and in all four study countries (reaching an estimated total of around 11,000 young people).The Young Lives survey is carried out by teams of local researchers, supported by the Principal Investigator and Data Manager in each country.Further information about the survey, including publications, can be downloaded from the Young Lives website. This study includes data and documentation for Round 2 only. Round 1 is available under SN 5307, Round 3 under SN 6853, Round 4 under SN 7931 and Round 5 under SN 8357.Latest edition:For the fourth edition (August 2022), the Peruvian Younger cohort data file (pechildlevel5yrold) has been updated to include the mother's health variables. Main Topics: This dataset comprises the data from the 5-year-olds' and 12-year-olds' household surveys and the 12-year-olds' child survey carried out in 2006. For each of the four countries the dataset contains files at the community, household and child level for both ages. The household/child level data file for the 12-year-olds' survey also includes data from the child questionnaire. In addition there are several files at lower levels (i.e. where there are several records per household). These include the household roster and activity schedules for livelihoods. The Peru community level data includes an additional file with community data covering new communities for children who have migrated. Topics covered in the dataset include: community characteristics (environmental, social and economic); parental background; household education; livelihoods and asset framework; household food and non-food consumption and expenditure; social capital, economic changes and recent life history; socio-economic status; child care, education and activities; child health; anthropometry; caregivers' perceptions and attitudes; school and activities, child time use; social networks, social skills and social support; feelings and attitudes; parents' and household issues; child development; perception of the future, environment and household wealth. Also included are calculated indices such as a wealth index, various social capital scores, and mental health scores, which are all detailed in the documentation. The SPSS syntax code and/or Stata 'do' files that show methods of calculation for the composite indices are also included in the dataset. 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West Virginia and Kansas had the lowest cost of living across all U.S. states, with composite costs being half of those found in Hawaii. This was according to a composite index that compares prices for various goods and services on a state-by-state basis. In West Virginia, the cost of living index amounted to 84.8 - well below the national benchmark of 100. Nevada - which had an index value of 100.1 - was only slightly above that benchmark. Expensive places to live included Hawaii, Massachusetts, and California Housing costs in the U.S. Housing is usually the highest expense in a household’s budget. In 2023, the average house sold for approximately 427,000 U.S. dollars, but house prices in the Northeast and West regions were significantly higher. Conversely, the South had some of the least expensive housing. In West Virginia, Mississippi, and Louisiana, the median price of the typical single-family home was less than 200,000 U.S. dollars. That makes living costs in these states significantly lower than in states such as Hawaii and California, where housing is much more expensive. What other expenses affect the cost of living? Utility costs such as electricity, natural gas, water, and internet also influence the cost of living. In Alaska, Hawaii, and Connecticut, the average monthly utility cost exceeded 500 U.S. dollars. That was because of the significantly higher prices for electricity and natural gas in these states.