List of world's most expensive single objects
This is a list of the world's Most Expensive single objects. The figures below represent the estimated cost to build these objects, not taking into account inflation. This list is not limited to objects of commercial use. It is for the sole purpose of identifying expensive man-made objects and the respective economic costs involved in building them.
Country |
Total cost (in USD) |
Object |
Description |
Year of completion |
Image |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
European Space Agency |
157 billion |
International Space Station (under construction) |
Space station |
2011 (expected) |
|
80 billion |
Al Maktoum International Airport (under construction) |
Airport |
2021 (expected) |
||
25 billion |
Three Gorges Dam (under construction) |
Hydroelectric river dam |
2011 (expected) |
||
14.6 billion |
Big Dig (Boston, Massachusetts) |
Tunnel system |
2007 |
||
10 billion |
Channel Tunnel |
Undersea railway tunnel |
1994 |
||
8.1 billion per unit |
CVN-78 class aircraft carrier (under construction) |
United States Navy supercarrier |
2015 (expected) |
||
8 billion (1977 dollars) |
Alaska Pipeline |
Oil pipeline |
1977 |
||
6.5 billion |
ITER (under construction) |
Experimental fusion reactor |
2016 (expected) |
||
6.3 billion |
New Bay Bridge (San Francisco & Oakland, California) (under construction) |
2013 |
|||
CERN |
6 billion |
Large Hadron Collider (LHC) |
Particle accelerator |
2008 |
|
5 billion |
Akashi-Kaikyō Bridge |
World's longest suspension bridge |
1998 |
||
4.3 billion |
Mir (de-orbited in 2001) |
Space station |
1996 |
||
4.2 billion |
National Ignition Facility (NIF) |
Research Facility |
2009 |
||
4.1 billion |
Burj Dubai (under construction) |
Supertall skyscraper |
2009 (expected) |
||
3.9 billion |
Queen Elizabeth class aircraft carrier |
Royal Navy supercarrier |
2014 (expected) |
||
3.8 billion |
Deer Island Waste Water Treatment Plant |
Sewage treatment |
2000 |
||
3.75 billion |
Oosterscheldekering |
Storm surge barrier and floodgate |
1986 |
||
3.2 billion |
Rivercity Motorway - North-South Bypass Tunnel (1 of 5 proposed) |
Tunnel transportation system |
2010 |
||
3.2 billion |
USS Jimmy Carter |
Seawolf class submarine |
2004 |
||
2.2 billion per unit |
B-2 Spirit Stealth Bomber |
Multi-role stealth heavy bomber operated by the United States Air Force |
1988 |
||
1.8 billion |
Taipei 101 |
World's tallest completed skyscraper |
2004 |
||
~ 1.7 billion per unit |
Space Shuttle |
Partially reusable launch system created by NASA |
1977 |
||
1.57 billion |
Wembley Stadium |
Stadium |
2007 |
||
1.5 billion |
Yankee Stadium |
Stadium |
2009 |
||
1 billion |
Cowboys Stadium (under construction) |
Stadium |
2009 (expected) |
||
1 billion |
Bank of China Tower |
Skyscraper |
1990 |
||
800 million |
RMS Queen Mary 2 |
Ocean liner owned by Cunard Line |
2003 |
||
650 million |
Burj Al Arab |
World's third tallest hotel building |
1999 |
||
500 million per unit |
Titan IV |
Space booster |
1989 |
See also
- Most expensive (disambiguation)
- List of most expensive films
- List of most expensive streets by city
- List of most expensive paintings
- List of most expensive music videos
- List of most expensive photographs
- List of most expensive divorces
References
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