Damascus Named World's Least Expensive City as Middle East and Africa Dominate Cheapest Spots
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Damascus, Syria is the world's least expensive city in 2022, with a score of 13 compared to New York's benchmark of 100.
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Middle East and Africa have 6 of the 10 cheapest cities; Tel Aviv and Amman are the priciest in the Middle East.
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Harare, Zimbabwe is the most expensive city in sub-Saharan Africa; Douala, Cameroon had the biggest climb at 16 places to 112th.
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Low rankings provide little comfort to locals as wages are not accounted for; Egypt, Iran and Syria continued to see double-digit inflation.
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Singapore and Zurich are the world's most expensive cities this year, both scoring 104.