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Ever wondered what 1 square metre of an apartment really costs around the world? 🏙️
Using data from Numbeo — the world’s largest cost-of-living and property price database — we compared city centre apartment prices per square metre, averaged at the country level.

Instead of looking at full apartment prices, focusing on 1 sqm removes size bias and shows how expensive urban space itself has become.

📈 Ultra-Premium Markets

🇭🇰 Hong Kong – ~$25,400 per sqm
Here, price isn’t driven by income alone. A very small physical territory, extreme land scarcity, investor demand, and global capital flows push prices far beyond what local wages can justify.

🇸🇬 Singapore – ~$23,300 per sqm
Strict land-use planning and controlled supply keep prices high even with strong middle-class incomes.

🇨🇭 Switzerland – ~$19,400 per sqm
High wages matter — but regulation, limited buildable land, and strong currency matter just as much.

📊 Mid-Range Price Markets

🇩🇪 Germany – ~$6,600 per sqm
High demand, but buying typically requires significant upfront capital, which slows price escalation compared to global hotspot markets.

🇫🇷 France – ~$5,900 per sqm
Paris heavily skews the average, but secondary cities prevent prices from reaching global extremes.

🇳🇱 Netherlands – ~$6,800 per sqm
Dense cities, limited land, and population growth push prices up — but still well below Asian financial hubs.

📉 Lower-Price Entry Markets

🇪🇸 Spain – ~$4,400 per sqm
Wages are lower, but housing remains accessible compared to Northern Europe.

🇵🇹 Portugal – ~$4,300 per sqm
Rapid price growth driven by foreign demand — yet still affordable in global terms.

🇺🇸 United States – ~$3,350 per sqm
A key outlier: high incomes with comparatively low city centre sqm prices. Demand is spread across large metro areas with more affordable city centres — like Houston (~$2,540/sqm), Indianapolis (~$2,500/sqm), and Atlanta (~$3,780/sqm) — which reduces pressure on national averages, even with very expensive cities like New York or San Francisco.

Would you pay this price per 1 sqm… or just move? 👇

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