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Mumbai is the world's most expensive city

Last updated on: April 16, 2012 11:29 IST

Knight Frank LLP, an international property consultancy, recently conducted a study on how many years worth of earnings would it take for an average citizen to buy a 100-square-metre luxury or a high-end apartment in the world's most important cities. These numbers are according to an analysis of real estate and wages.

So, find out which are the least affordable cities in the world.

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Mumbai is the world's most expensive city

Last updated on: April 16, 2012 11:29 IST
Mumbai skyline

Mumbai

Ranking: 1

Number of years an average citizen would take to buy a luxury apartment: 308.1

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Mumbai is the world's most expensive city

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Shanghai's new financial district skyline along the Huang Pu river

Shanghai

Ranking: 2

Number of years an average citizen would take to buy a luxury apartment: 233.3

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Mumbai is the world's most expensive city

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St Basil's Cathedral is pictured in Moscow's Red Square

Moscow

Ranking: 3

Number of years an average citizen would take to buy a luxury apartment: 143.7

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Mumbai is the world's most expensive city

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An aerial view shows Tower Bridge in London

London

Ranking: 4

Number of years an average citizen would take to buy a luxury apartment: 136.2

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Mumbai is the world's most expensive city

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The eighty-eight storey high Two IFC, the highest building in Hong Kong

Hong Kong

Ranking: 5

Number of years an average citizen would take to buy a luxury apartment: 96.4

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Mumbai is the world's most expensive city

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Paris

Ranking: 6

Number of years an average citizen would take to buy a luxury apartment: 77.7

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Mumbai is the world's most expensive city

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Rue Bellot area in Geneva.

Geneva

Ranking: 7

Number of years an average citizen would take to buy a luxury apartment: 73.5

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Mumbai is the world's most expensive city

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Emerald Buddha Temple in Bangkok

Bangkok

Ranking: 8

Number of years an average citizen would take to buy a luxury apartment: 67

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Mumbai is the world's most expensive city

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Jakarta's Welcome Statue fountain

Jakarta

Ranking: 9

Number of years an average citizen would take to buy a luxury apartment: 61.7

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Mumbai is the world's most expensive city

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Rome's ancient Colosseum

Rome

Ranking: 10

Number of years an average citizen would take to buy a luxury apartment: 60.1

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Mumbai is the world's most expensive city

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The famous Bondi beach

Sydney

Ranking: 11

Number of years an average citizen would take to buy a luxury apartment: 54.9

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Cape Town

Ranking: 12

Number of years an average citizen would take to buy a luxury apartment: 54.6

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Mumbai is the world's most expensive city

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Manhattan skyline

New York (Manhattan)

Ranking: 13

Number of years an average citizen would take to buy a luxury apartment: 48.4

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Singapore

Ranking: 14

Number of years an average citizen would take to buy a luxury apartment: 42.7