Published 16 June 2022
With petrol prices continuing to rise, our new infographic sheds light on how prices vary around the world and where they have risen the most in the last five years.
Published 25 November 2022
Double-digit inflation club finally begins to shrink, but newcomers are nearly all from Western Europe.
Published 09 November 2023
The past two years have seen significant changes in the costs of childcare and education in the face of high inflation. Governments around the world have used various levers to try to lower inflation, but while rates have eased in many countries, inflation continues to drive ...
Published 06 October 2021
Nattayaporn Cocconi, Client Solutions Executive, provides an overview of Cost of Living data for international assignments. This session is delivered in Thai.
Published 23 March 2023
This free report explains how ECA's indices are calculated and applied to protect the buying power of people moving between countries as well as looking at what causes them to change over time.
Published 14 June 2024
Canned corned beef, camera film, DVD hire and MP3 player - all items once included in ECA's cost of living basket, representative of consumer tastes in their time which have since fallen out of favour. Here we look at how ECA's cost of living team ensures the basket is always...
Published 21 March 2023
The typical daily cost of business travel in Singapore is now USD 515 – the second highest in Asia and 19 th globally.
Published 18 December 2025
Childcare costs vary tenfold worldwide. Discover how global mobility teams are adapting benefits and benchmarking support for relocating families.
Published 09 August 2018
Accommodation is often the most expensive component of an international assignment package, but monthly rent payments do not always represent the full scale of the accommodation costs that might be incurred.
Published 20 May 2021
Cost of living adjustments can be tough to navigate and some of the details can often be challenging for assignees to understand. We tackle some of the most common misconceptions.