Africa: Cost of Living Index by City 2021 Mid-Year

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City
Cost of Living Index
Rent Index
Cost of Living Plus Rent Index
Groceries Index
Restaurant Price Index
Local Purchasing Power Index
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 56.4 16.9 38.1 36.5 21.3 8.9
Abidjan, Ivory Coast 52.2 26.3 40.2 44.1 35.0 5.0
Dakar, Senegal 52.0 22.5 38.3 44.6 39.9 21.7
Pretoria, South Africa 48.5 16.3 33.6 37.9 44.8 75.6
Johannesburg, South Africa 47.3 18.4 33.9 37.9 41.3 60.8
Harare, Zimbabwe 47.2 10.5 30.2 36.2 39.8 15.2
Gaborone, Botswana 43.6 12.0 29.0 37.4 49.8 46.5
Cape Town, South Africa 43.5 24.5 34.7 37.5 40.9 75.9
Marrakech, Morocco 42.3 10.9 27.8 33.5 37.9 27.4
Accra, Ghana 41.3 22.6 32.6 43.4 33.7 19.0
Durban, South Africa 40.9 16.4 29.6 35.3 37.0 62.2
Tangier, Morocco 39.0 12.2 26.6 35.2 30.4 28.9
Casablanca, Morocco 37.9 14.4 27.0 32.9 27.2 28.7
Nairobi, Kenya 37.8 14.3 26.9 33.8 32.3 23.6
Rabat, Morocco 36.7 14.2 26.3 32.5 27.5 30.8
Lagos, Nigeria 36.4 49.2 42.3 38.5 28.3 8.7
Agadir, Morocco 36.4 8.4 23.5 33.9 27.5 23.9
Kampala, Uganda 35.6 10.4 23.9 31.9 27.1 10.3
Kigali, Rwanda 33.7 17.0 26.0 28.4 30.9 23.1
Lusaka, Zambia 33.5 9.9 22.6 32.0 24.1 49.4
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania 33.3 18.1 26.3 28.7 21.6 14.3
La Marsa (Al Marsa), Tunisia 32.9 10.2 22.4 31.3 21.2 21.5
Tunis, Tunisia 31.4 7.0 20.1 29.8 18.4 24.1
Cairo, Egypt 31.4 8.0 20.6 26.7 27.6 21.1
Algiers, Algeria 31.3 7.5 20.3 31.1 21.1 21.0
Aryanah (Ariana), Tunisia 29.9 5.7 18.7 29.5 15.0 24.9
Alexandria, Egypt 28.1 6.6 18.1 26.9 21.6 16.8