Africa: Cost of Living Index by City 2023

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Rank
City
Cost of Living Index
Rent Index
Cost of Living Plus Rent Index
Groceries Index
Restaurant Price Index
Local Purchasing Power Index
Dakar, Senegal 47.2 22.2 35.2 38.4 46.0 21.4
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 44.2 17.8 31.6 34.9 27.5 10.4
Abidjan, Ivory Coast 43.0 17.0 30.6 35.7 28.5 7.4
Harare, Zimbabwe 41.3 13.6 28.0 34.3 34.0 16.9
Johannesburg, South Africa 40.5 13.7 27.6 32.3 35.1 94.5
Lagos, Nigeria 38.8 56.0 47.0 39.5 33.1 7.6
Pretoria, South Africa 37.7 12.4 25.6 29.7 32.2 92.9
Gaborone, Botswana 37.6 9.1 23.9 31.8 40.7 51.5
Cape Town, South Africa 37.2 20.4 29.2 30.5 35.0 75.2
Khartoum, Sudan 37.0 11.9 24.9 37.4 25.2 10.0
Durban, South Africa 37.0 12.0 25.0 28.4 34.6 77.1
Nairobi, Kenya 34.6 11.6 23.6 32.5 27.7 32.5
Windhoek, Namibia 34.3 12.4 23.8 30.1 36.3 41.0
Marrakech, Morocco 33.3 9.2 21.7 25.8 29.1 27.1
Casablanca, Morocco 33.0 11.3 22.6 27.3 22.7 34.9
Kampala, Uganda 32.9 11.3 22.5 28.2 23.2 12.2
Rabat, Morocco 32.1 12.2 22.6 28.0 23.4 32.3
Algiers, Algeria 31.4 6.2 19.3 33.0 18.3 24.6
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania 31.2 12.2 22.1 27.4 20.3 20.1
Tunis, Tunisia 30.7 6.4 19.0 28.3 16.4 23.8
Kigali, Rwanda 30.6 15.1 23.2 26.3 27.4 30.0
Agadir, Morocco 29.0 4.9 17.5 25.1 26.3 33.4
Tangier, Morocco 29.0 8.4 19.1 27.1 19.7 35.9
Accra, Ghana 28.6 15.7 22.4 28.1 26.4 19.1
Tripoli, Libya 26.8 6.7 17.2 24.2 26.7 29.4
Cairo, Egypt 24.1 5.6 15.2 21.0 20.9 22.9
Alexandria, Egypt 21.3 4.0 13.0 18.7 20.2 20.0
Giza, Egypt 20.6 3.0 12.2 18.5 15.6 23.6