As of 2019, Hong Kong was the most unaffordable city in the world to buy a home, as it would take the average skilled service worker 21 years to be able to purchase a 650-square foot apartment in the city. In 2018, the average price for a home in the city was 1.24 million U.S. dollars.
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CNBC. (October 3, 2019). Number of years a skilled service worker needs to work to buy a 650 square foot apartment in selected cities worldwide in 2019 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved August 25, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1058297/years-skilled-service-worker-buy-apartment-most-expensive-global-cities/
CNBC. "Number of years a skilled service worker needs to work to buy a 650 square foot apartment in selected cities worldwide in 2019." Chart. October 3, 2019. Statista. Accessed August 25, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1058297/years-skilled-service-worker-buy-apartment-most-expensive-global-cities/
CNBC. (2019). Number of years a skilled service worker needs to work to buy a 650 square foot apartment in selected cities worldwide in 2019. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: August 25, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1058297/years-skilled-service-worker-buy-apartment-most-expensive-global-cities/
CNBC. "Number of Years a Skilled Service Worker Needs to Work to Buy a 650 Square Foot Apartment in Selected Cities Worldwide in 2019." Statista, Statista Inc., 3 Oct 2019, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1058297/years-skilled-service-worker-buy-apartment-most-expensive-global-cities/
CNBC, Number of years a skilled service worker needs to work to buy a 650 square foot apartment in selected cities worldwide in 2019 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1058297/years-skilled-service-worker-buy-apartment-most-expensive-global-cities/ (last visited August 25, 2024)
Number of years a skilled service worker needs to work to buy a 650 square foot apartment in selected cities worldwide in 2019 [Graph], CNBC, October 3, 2019. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1058297/years-skilled-service-worker-buy-apartment-most-expensive-global-cities/