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No. 23 Most Expensive City: Rio de Janeiro

Quick lunch: $26.10
Beer at a bar: $5.82
Kilogram of rice: $1.70
Dozen eggs: $3.10
Movie theater ticket: $12.90

Brazil's second-largest city and former capital, Rio is home to companies such as Petrobras, Electrobras, and Vale. Services make up the bulk of the economy, with the city home to many banks, the Rio de Janeiro Stock Exchange, and an active tourism industry. Consumer costs are not the only big expense in Rio: According to Cushman & Wakefield, the city topped New York last year as the Americas' most expensive for renting an office.