If you like drinking alcohol, smoking cigarettes or taking drugs you’ll be interested to learn that Australia is the third most expensive country in the world to have these habits, according to the Bloomberg Vice Index.
According to the index, a specific basket of goods including tobacco, alcohol, amphetamine, cannabis, cocaine and opioids will cost you just $US41.40 in Laos, and the same basket would cost astonishing $US1,441.50 in Japan. In Australia, those 6 items will cost $US984.20. New Zealand is not far behind, at $US980.50.
The most affordable country is the tiny European Luxembourg, with a basket costing $US259.30.