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Housing and utilities price level Ranking Map for 172 countries and territories Limited coverage: Economies covered by the World Bank International Comparison Program. 172 countries and territories included; reference period: 2021.
In the available data, New Zealand has the highest recorded value at 291.4 (rank #1); Japan ranks #18 at 177.4. Coverage: 172 countries and territories. Reference years: New Zealand 2021; Japan 2021. This compares the price level of housing, water, electricity, gas and related services, not the share of income households spend on them.
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Compare housing and utilities price level within the covered dataset. Economies covered by the World Bank International Comparison Program.
Japan 177.4
Japan, world rank 18 for Housing and utilities price level, 177.4
Fiji: 43.6 Tanzania: 33.2 Western Sahara: Not included in this limited dataset Canada: 201.2 United States: 214.6 Kazakhstan: 50.7 Uzbekistan: 16.1 Papua New Guinea: Not included in this limited dataset Indonesia: 37.2 Argentina: 38.3 Chile: 95.3 Democratic Republic of the Congo: 71.8 Somalia: 53.8 Kenya: 39.5 Sudan: 30.5 Chad: 39.9 Haiti: Not included in this limited dataset Dominican Republic: 25.5 Russia: Not included in this limited dataset Bahamas: Not included in this limited dataset Falkland Islands: Not included in this limited dataset Norway: 178.7 Greenland: Not included in this limited dataset Fr. S. Antarctic Lands: No data Timor-Leste: Not included in this limited dataset South Africa: 76.2 Lesotho: 48.9 Mexico: 81.9 Uruguay: 101.7 Brazil: 53.8 Bolivia: 38.1 Peru: 109.7 Colombia: 57.8 Panama: 71.7 Costa Rica: 67.4 Nicaragua: 30.8 Honduras: 55.7 El Salvador: 92.2 Guatemala: 68.8 Belize: 69.3 Venezuela: Not included in this limited dataset Guyana: 43.9 Suriname: 16.7 France: 173.2 Ecuador: 51.7 Puerto Rico: Not included in this limited dataset Jamaica: 134.9 Cuba: Not included in this limited dataset Zimbabwe: 91.5 Botswana: 54.2 Namibia: 80.5 Senegal: 38.3 Mali: 18.5 Mauritania: 31.5 Benin: 28.1 Niger: 26 Nigeria: 51.5 Cameroon: 24.4 Togo: 32.7 Ghana: 46.7 Côte d’Ivoire: 45.2 Guinea: 28.1 Guinea-Bissau: 31.3 Liberia: 67 Sierra Leone: 21.3 Burkina Faso: 30.9 Central African Republic: 63.2 Republic of the Congo: 40.4 Gabon: 81 Equatorial Guinea: 40.3 Zambia: 33.9 Malawi: 28.1 Mozambique: 36.5 Eswatini: 55.9 Angola: 32.5 Burundi: 23.5 Israel: 268.8 Lebanon: 41.6 Madagascar: 33.8 Palestine: 88.7 Gambia: 21.8 Tunisia: 26.6 Algeria: 23.5 Jordan: 51.8 United Arab Emirates: 102.1 Qatar: 154.7 Kuwait: 76 Iraq: 36.5 Oman: 75.3 Vanuatu: Not included in this limited dataset Cambodia: 57.8 Thailand: 25.9 Laos: 35.1 Myanmar: Not included in this limited dataset Vietnam: 37.6 North Korea: Not included in this limited dataset South Korea: 108.7 Mongolia: 48.8 India: 28.8 Bangladesh: 31.3 Bhutan: 19.9 Nepal: 31.5 Pakistan: 33.3 Afghanistan: Not included in this limited dataset Tajikistan: 12.9 Kyrgyzstan: 18.2 Turkmenistan: Not included in this limited dataset Iran: Not included in this limited dataset Syria: 16.3 Armenia: 27.8 Sweden: 184.5 Belarus: 29.5 Ukraine: 32.8 Poland: 55.1 Austria: 159.3 Hungary: 81.9 Moldova: 34.1 Romania: 65.8 Lithuania: 68.5 Latvia: 93.6 Estonia: 118.9 Germany: 168.9 Bulgaria: 52.4 Greece: 101.5 Türkiye: 30.7 Albania: 63.7 Croatia: 64.5 Switzerland: 286.6 Luxembourg: 272.6 Belgium: 177.4 Netherlands: 194.9 Portugal: 116.6 Spain: 148.5 Ireland: 279.5 New Caledonia: Not included in this limited dataset Solomon Islands: Not included in this limited dataset New Zealand: 291.4 Australia: 257.5 Sri Lanka: 21.5 China: 69.2 Taiwan: 70.9 Italy: 142.7 Denmark: 257.8 United Kingdom: 240.5 Iceland: 219.7 Azerbaijan: 21.9 Georgia: 33.8 Philippines: 57.9 Malaysia: 34.4 Brunei: 46.7 Slovenia: 108 Finland: 197.6 Slovakia: 118 Czechia: 108.3 Eritrea: Not included in this limited dataset Japan: 177.4 Paraguay: 54.6 Yemen: Not included in this limited dataset Saudi Arabia: 47.3 Antarctica: No data N. Cyprus: No data Cyprus: 110.5 Morocco: 52.8 Egypt: 21.6 Libya: Not included in this limited dataset Ethiopia: 30 Djibouti: 60.4 Somaliland: No data Uganda: 49.2 Rwanda: 34.4 Bosnia and Herzegovina: 38.9 North Macedonia: 47 Serbia: 53.4 Montenegro: 49.6 Kosovo: No data Trinidad and Tobago: 42.4 South Sudan: 45.3 Japan New Zealand 1 Switzerland 2 Ireland 3 Luxembourg 5 Kyrgyzstan 168 Suriname 169 Syria 170 Uzbekistan 171 Tajikistan 172 Australia United States Canada Finland Iceland Move map ⛶ Expand map+ − Reset
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View Japan's profile and all rankings→ Housing and utilities price levelRankings 18/172 177.4
Area 377,969 km² World # 63
Population 123,366,734 people World # 12 Did you know? Japan ranks #18 for housing and utilities price level. Switch themes to see how the same country changes across the map.
1 New Zealand 291.4 2 Switzerland 286.6 3 Ireland 279.5 4 Bermuda 276.2 5 Luxembourg 272.6
172 Tajikistan 12.9 171 Uzbekistan 16.1 170 Syria 16.3 169 Suriname 16.7 168 Kyrgyzstan 18.2 2021 / 172 countries and territories / PX.WL / 9060000: housing, water, electricity, gas and other fuels (World = 100) / ten-level ranking colors / gray means no data / Data sources and terms
02 / ABOUT THIS DATA
How to read the Housing and utilities price level ranking map Economies covered by the World Bank International Comparison Program. This page orders 172 countries and territories by value and divides the ranking into ten map colors.
Top 3 #1 New Zealand (291.4), #2 Switzerland (286.6), #3 Ireland (279.5)
Japan’s position World #18 (177.4)
Data period 2021 All displayed observations use the reference period above. Check the source and definition before interpreting small differences.
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Housing and utilities price level Full ranking172 countries #42 United Arab Emirates 102.1 Profile #60 Democratic Republic of the Congo 71.8 Profile #75 Central African Republic 63.2 Profile #76 St. Vincent and the Grenadines 61.7 Profile #112 Sao Tome and Principe 40.9 Profile #113 Republic of the Congo 40.4 Profile #117 Bosnia and Herzegovina 38.9 Profile