This special report contains a full ranking of the 131 cities found in the February 2013 edition of the EIU's Worldwide Cost of Living survey. The cites are ranked on their relative expensiveness, based on a survey which compares more than 400 individual prices across 160 products and services.

In addition to the raking table, the report looks at the key trends affecting the cost of living in different cities across the world, including currency swings, the eurozone debt crisis and the continuing rise of Asian cities.