Cost of life in different countries

I’m moving to Sweden soon and a friend of mine sent me the following link (in Spanish, sorry) about the salaries in different countries. From here, I learnt about Purchasing Power Parity and using the data from the IMF I obtained the PPP ratios from Spain, Sweden and other countries. Using this list you can translate how much worth is your money in other country. For example, roughly we can say that goods you buy in Sweden using 10000€ can be purchased in Spain for only 8058€. Or saying it in another way, if I have 10000€ in Spain I have the same purchasing power than a suede that owns 12409€. Yet another way to say it is that living in Sweden is a 19,41% more expensive than living in Spain. ...

July 4, 2007