Some findings on the world’s priciest spots

Visual: Singdhi Sokpo

The numbers are in. According to the Economic Intelligence Unit, this year’s most expensive city is… (drumroll, please)…

🥁🥁🥁🥁🥁🥁🥁🥁🥁 Tel Aviv, Israel! Congrats — er, wait — sorry?

Soaring currency, grocery, and transportation prices contributed to its rise. Some other findings of note:

• Rome saw the biggest drop in rankings, from 32nd to 48th.
• Tehran saw the biggest climb, from 79th to 29th (think: US sanctions).
• Hong Kong recorded the most expensive gas prices.
• Damascus was the cheapest city for a 2nd year in a row (think: civil war).