The most expensive cities in the world have been discovered and the first country does not belong to a single city but to three destinations. Paris, Singapore and Hong Kong are joint leaders in the 2019 World Economic Information Survey.

The French capital, which has been one of the ten most expensive countries to live in the world since 2003, climbed this year, while the fourth most expensive city last year, Hong Kong, rose to three positions, ranking at the top for the first time.

The annual survey, which estimates the cost of over 150 items in 133 cities around the world, features a top list dominated mainly by Asian and European cities.

Japan's Osaka climbed six positions and now splits fifth with Geneva Switzerland. New York and Los Angeles are the only North American cities in the top 10, with Big Apple growing six places in seventh place, a position that divides Denmark's Copenhagen.

The City of Angels (LA) was named the 10th most expensive city in the world, along with Israeli Tel Aviv.

According to the survey, American cities were among the most vulnerable when they came to public services and internal aid.

Above Europe, the Swiss cities of Zurich and Geneva, which came to the fourth and fifth place (with Osaka), had the highest costs when they were dealing with household expenses5, personal care, recreation and entertainment.

However, the high level of Copenhagen, the common one (along with Seoul), was thought to be due to relatively high transport, recreation and personal spending.

Meanwhile, Turkey's Istanbul has become much less expensive, with 48 places to unite due to the fall in the value of the Turkish lira.

Uzbekistan's Tashkent also experienced a major downturn, dropping from 19 to 131, while Moscow is below 16 to 102.

Moving the list is the Bulgarian capital Sofia, which has reached 29 countries in the 90th joint position, thanks to the rise in the price of food products, services, and so on.

Surprisingly, the cheapest cities to live were mostly composed of those who experienced a well-documented political or economic disagreement (or both in the same cases). Karakas, the capital of Venezuela, was at the bottom of the list this year, a position previously occupied by war-torn Syria in Damascus for obvious reasons. The deteriorating economic conditions in Venezuela and hyperinflation are at the root of its declining downward position.