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Beirut ahead of L.A, Munich & Montreal in cost of living

According to the cost of living survey by Mercer Human Resource Consulting, Beirut ranked as the 75th most expensive city worldwide in 2011, out of 214 cities included in the survey, while it ranked 80th last year. Beirut ranked 3rd most expensive across 18 surveyed MENA cities, while it ranked in 4th position last year. [Link]

I truly hope our government doesn’t take this ranking as a compliment as such a high cost of living, with so few services offered, a weak infrastructure and ridiculous minimum wages, is not something to be proud of.


Aug 16, 2011


4 comments, add your own...


  1. Blog Baladi – A Lebanese Blog » Quote of the day says:
    August 16, 2011 at 11:39 am

    [...] was just saying in my previous post that the government should not be proud of having one of the the highest cost of living in the [...]

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  2. Andre says:
    August 16, 2011 at 1:10 pm

    Its Mercer not Mercel

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  3. Najib says:
    August 16, 2011 at 1:32 pm

    Noted and corrected.

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  4. Nation Blanding: Hedonism and the Underselling of Beirut | Our Man in Beirut says:
    September 5, 2011 at 1:25 pm

    [...] retailers, restaurateurs and club owners are sure as hell happy to increase prices. Lebanon now ranks 75th in the world in terms of cost of living. That’s ahead of LA and Munich. Yeah, you read that [...]

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