Malinga ndi kafukufuku waposachedwa wa Worldwide Cost of Living, Singapore ndi Zurich adziwika kuti ndi mizinda yodula kwambiri padziko lonse lapansi chaka chino.
Kafukufukuyu anavumbula zimenezo Singapore, kwa nthaŵi yachisanu ndi chinayi m’zaka 11 zapitazi, unasungabe mkhalidwe wake monga mzinda wokwera mtengo kwambiri padziko lonse. Mzindawu uli ndi mayendedwe okwera kwambiri padziko lonse lapansi ndipo ulinso m'gulu lokwera mtengo kwambiri pazovala, zogulira, ndi mowa.
Chifukwa cha kukwera mtengo kwa chakudya, zinthu zapakhomo, ndi zosangalatsa, komanso ndalama zolimba za Swiss franc, Zurich adakwera kuchoka pampando wachisanu ndi chimodzi kufika paudindo umodzi ndi Singapore. New York City adagwera pamalo achitatu, akugawana udindo ndi Geneva, pomwe Hong Kong idapeza malo achisanu.
Omaliza khumi anali Paris, Copenhagen, Los Angeles, San Francisco, ndi Tel Aviv. Kafukufukuyu adachitika mwezi watha usanachitike ntchito yolimbana ndi uchigawenga ya Israeli ku Gaza, lipotilo likuti.
Paris, Copenhagen, Los Angeles, San Francisco, ndi Tel Aviv adamaliza mndandanda khumi wapamwamba kwambiri. Ndikoyenera kutchula kuti kafukufukuyu adachitika kusanachitike kuwonjezereka kwaposachedwa kwa ntchito yolimbana ndi uchigawenga ya Israeli yomwe ikulimbana ndi zigawenga za Hamas ku Gaza.
Malinga ndi kafukufukuyu, kukwera kwa mitengo kwa zinthu mosalekeza, makamaka m’zakudya ndi zovala, kunachititsa kuti Western Europe ikhale ndi mizinda inayi mwa mizinda khumi yodula kwambiri.
Mitengo ya katundu ndi ntchito zopitilira 200 m'mizinda ikuluikulu 173 padziko lonse lapansi idawunikidwa pa kafukufukuyu. Ofufuzawa adapeza kuti mitengo yakwera ndi 7.4% m'magulu onse andalama zam'deralo poyerekeza ndi chaka chatha. Ngakhale izi zinali zocheperapo kuposa kuchuluka kwa 8.1% komwe kunalembedwa chaka chatha, kunali kwakukulu kwambiri kuposa kukula komwe kwachitika zaka zisanu zapitazi. Makamaka, mitengo yazinthu zidakula pang'onopang'ono m'mizinda yambiri chaka chatha, pomwe mitengo ya golosale idawonetsa kupindula kwakukulu.
