Like the Big Mac Index, but for the cheapest commuter Toyota you can buy. Measuring how badly your country screws you for the privilege of owning a car. Singapore = 1.00. Everyone else is living the dream. Or are they? Maybe?
We take the cheapest Toyota sedan or hatchback you can buy new in each country. In markets that sell the Vios/Yaris Sedan, we use that. In markets where it's not available, we use the closest equivalent — the Yaris hatchback, Corolla sedan, or Aygo X. All prices are base spec, on-the-road. All Toyota, all pain.
Exchange rates: ECB / market data, Feb 2026 · Salary data: CEOWORLD 2025 / OECD / Numbeo
Months of median net salary to buy the car outright. Higher = more miserable.
Enter your payslip gross. Find out how screwed you are.
Real-time data from data.gov.sg (LTA Open Data API). Updates after every bidding exercise (twice monthly).
COE bidding happens on the 1st and 3rd Monday of each month, results released Wednesday 4pm SGT.
Historical Certificate of Entitlement premiums from data.gov.sg (LTA Open Data). Every bidding round since 2002.
Source: data.gov.sg (LTA) · Hover/tap for details · 2 bidding rounds per month
THE COMMUTER SHITBOX INDEX™ · A CHASER MEDIA PROJECT
NOT AFFILIATED WITH THE ECONOMIST (OBVIOUSLY)
Prices verified Feb 2026 · Base spec, on-road pricing · 14 countries compared
COE data from data.gov.sg (LTA) · Auto-refreshed from government open data API
Built with tears, COE receipts, and the broken dreams of Singapore car enthusiasts
Singapore: where dreams of car ownership go to die since 1990