Tuesday 07, July 2009 by

Cost of living rises for expats in Abu Dhabi and Dubai

The cost of living for expats based elsewhere in the GCC has also risen, with Kuwait City, Kuwait moving from 94th to 77th; Manama, Bahrain from 112th to 82nd; Riyadh, Saudi Arabia from 119th to 90th, and Jeddah is the least expensive city in the region ranking 109th from 126th. The remaining cities in the GCC didn't fall in the 143 rankings of the study.

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