Freelance Cost-of-Living Index by Country (2026)

Derived from Numbeo’s Cost of Living Index by Country (numbeo.com/cost-of-living/rankings_by_country.jsp), which Numbeo itself normalizes to New York City = 100. Each value here is that raw Numbeo figure divided by the US figure and multiplied by 100. These are national averages, not city-level figures — cost of living inside any country varies enormously between its biggest city and everywhere else — and Numbeo’s underlying index shifts over time, so treat this table as a periodically refreshed snapshot rather than a permanent constant.