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Islamabad: According to World of Statistics, Pakistan is the cheapest country in the world to live in.
A list of 139 countries was shared by World of Statistics on Twitter on Friday, in which Pakistan topped the list. Four South Asian countries are among the top ten countries in the list of cheapest countries.
According to the list, Pakistan was first, Sri Lanka was second, Nepal was third, Colombia was fourth, Libya was fifth, war-torn Ukraine was eighth, Kyrgyzstan was ninth and long-term civil war-prone Syria was at tenth.
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Cost of living in Pakistan is $294, Sri Lanka $316, Nepal $385, Afghanistan $397, Libya and India $416.
Meanwhile, according to the Bureau of Statistics, the per capita income of the current financial year was 1568 dollars, which was 1766 dollars in the previous financial year.
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