After doing a little research on cheap countries to live in and not being able to find the straightforward answers on the cost of living I was looking for, I decided to scour the web and start crunching numbers myself to put all of the info in one place.

Here is a list of most countries with monthly cost of living for a single ex-pat.

I’m continuing the crunching to include other essential information in a straightforward way - safety, internet strength, air quality, other perks (long term visas, easy citizenship, access to other countries, etc.) and will keep updating the full data in the article I’ll dedicate to this here.

Country - Monthly Cost of Living

Bangladesh $699

Tunisia $891

Egypt $925

India $929

Bhutan $935

Bolivia $1,044

Togo $1,088

Bosnia and Herzegovina $1,104

Nicaragua $1,108

Madagascar $1,112

Algeria $1,129

Zambia $1,136

Nigeria $1,155

Paraguay $1,162

Cape Verde $1,173

Tanzania $1,196

Suriname $1,214

Lesotho $1,230

Argentina $1,247

Tajikistan $1,270

Botswana $1,305

Azerbaijan $1,320

Bulgaria $1,320

Morocco $1,323

Colombia $1,329

Kyrgyzstan $1,349

Ecuador $1,371

Malaysia $1,373

Brazil $1,382

Peru $1,386

Sri Lanka $1,401

Romania $1,409

Uzbekistan $1,417

Fiji $1,430

Uganda $1,482

Moldova $1,490

Cambodia $1,510

Kazakhstan $1,562

South Africa $1,578

Honduras $1,586

Nepal $1,586

Jordan $1,595

Turkey $1,600

Belize $1,607

Dominican Republic $1,609

Albania $1,614

Guatemala $1,629

Mongolia $1,645

Vietnam $1,662

Kenya $1,667

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines $1,688

Cameroon $1,715

Indonesia $1,725

Mauritius $1,744

Chile $1,762

Hungary $1,779

Rwanda $1,801

Mexico $1,825

Greece $1,843

Guyana $1,845

Ghana $1,846

Latvia $1,866

Croatia $1,871

Slovakia $1,874

Serbia $1,886

Namibia $1,906

Costa Rica $1,914

Uruguay $1,989

Angola $2,031

Mozambique $2,042

Philippines $2,061

Brunei $2,134

Thailand $2,136

Georgia $2,160

Jamaica $2,165

Estonia $2,186

Laos $2,219

Zimbabwe $2,220

Montenegro $2,234

Armenia $2,273

Spain $2,329

Ivory Coast $2,335

Oman $2,347

Portugal $2,366

Panama $2,375

Lithuania $2,382

Poland $2,403

Ethiopia $2,455

Bahrain $2,521

Slovenia $2,572

Japan $2,611

Grenada $2,623

Aruba $2,627

Cyprus $2,649

San Marino $2,688

Turkmenistan $2,734

Maldives $2,771

France $2,836

New Caledonia $2,851

Czech Republic $2,875

Trinidad and Tobago $2,876

Belgium $2,892

Austria $2,926

Italy $2,929

Senegal $2,993

Sweden $2,995

Malta $3,057

Seychelles $3,058

Finland $3,191

Andorra $3,264

Kuwait $3,271

Germany $3,340

Norway $3,353

Canada $3,390

Bahamas $3,392

Israel $3,472

United Kingdom $3,569

Netherlands $3,570

New Zealand $3,652

Barbados $3,843

Vanuatu $3,865

Australia $3,893

United Arab Emirates $3,900

Denmark $4,131

Iceland $4,267

Luxembourg $4,470

Ireland $4,483

United States $4,596

Qatar $4,686

Cuba $4,876

Gabon $5,085

Papua New Guinea $6,125

Switzerland $6,214

Singapore $6,856

Bermuda $13,183

Monaco $16,314