GENEVA: Tokyo is the world's most expensive city for food, followed by Zurich and Geneva, shows a report released by the Swiss bank UBS covering 72 cities in 58 countries. The food basket composed of 39 different representative products, used as the measurement unit, costs $928 in Tokyo, $715 in Geneva and $704 in Zurich, the bank's annual Prices and Earnings report said on Friday.
The two cheapest cities of the world are Mumbai and Delhi, where the same baskets of foods cost $186 and $208 respectively. The average global cost of the food basket is $424. The report also showed that Tokyo is among the three most expensive cities in general, for goods and services while Delhi and Mumbai are again the two cheapest.