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Which city is the cheapest in the world?

The cost of living there is a little over a tenth of what it is in New York

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THE LEAST expensive city in the world this year may sound familiar. It has propped up the Worldwide Cost of Living survey by EIU, our sister company, since 2017. Our map below shows how it and its neighbours compare with New York, the index’s benchmark city.

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