Shafaq News / Numbeo website, the world's largest cost living database, stated that Erbil, the capital of Kurdistan Region, is ranked 329 among the global cities in terms of the cost of living and the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, ranked 335.

 

According to the latest update of August of 2020, Numbeo stated that Erbil registered a score of 41.76 out of 150 degrees.

 

"Zurich ranked first among the cities, with the cost of living index reaching 131.49 degrees, followed by Lugano and Basel", the report said, "Baghdad ranked 335, with the cost of living index reaching 40.96 degrees, while the Indian city of Thiruvananthapuram ranked at the top with an index of 19.85 degrees".