Africa: Cost of Living Index by City 2023 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
Douala, Cameroon 52.4 22.8 38.3 41.6 61.4 6.1
Dakar, Senegal 46.7 22.2 35.0 38.5 47.1 20.2
Abidjan, Ivory Coast 45.5 15.3 31.1 37.4 28.9 6.8
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 45.2 17.6 32.1 37.9 27.8 10.8
Port Louis, Mauritius 42.7 14.5 29.2 42.1 31.2 26.9
Harare, Zimbabwe 40.2 12.2 26.9 33.5 34.8 17.6
Johannesburg, South Africa 38.2 12.0 25.7 29.1 33.0 87.3
Port Elizabeth, South Africa 37.8 13.6 26.3 28.7 38.1 60.5
Pretoria, South Africa 35.1 10.8 23.5 26.8 29.3 86.9
Cape Town, South Africa 34.8 17.7 26.7 27.8 34.2 73.9
Casablanca, Morocco 34.2 11.2 23.3 29.9 26.5 33.7
Durban, South Africa 33.7 10.5 22.7 25.0 31.2 71.1
Gaborone, Botswana 33.6 7.8 21.3 29.8 27.7 42.2
Rabat, Morocco 33.6 12.2 23.4 29.5 26.0 28.0
Marrakech, Morocco 33.3 8.7 21.6 26.9 28.9 27.9
Kampala, Uganda 32.9 10.7 22.3 28.4 24.0 12.5
Algiers, Algeria 32.5 6.0 19.9 35.8 18.9 23.5
Nairobi, Kenya 31.5 10.2 21.4 29.1 26.0 29.5
Kigali, Rwanda 31.1 12.8 22.4 31.0 24.3 21.8
Tangier, Morocco 31.0 9.4 20.7 30.7 26.8 28.8
Tunis, Tunisia 31.0 6.4 19.3 29.5 18.1 22.8
Windhoek, Namibia 30.8 11.3 21.5 27.2 32.8 39.2
Agadir, Morocco 30.8 5.1 18.6 26.7 30.7 28.7
Accra, Ghana 29.7 20.2 25.2 28.7 26.2 13.0
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania 29.4 11.5 20.9 27.9 20.9 18.9
Sfax, Tunisia 27.7 4.7 16.7 28.0 15.9 26.9
Sousse, Tunisia 26.3 4.8 16.0 26.1 14.6 33.5
Lagos, Nigeria 26.1 15.7 21.1 27.0 21.9 11.5
Tripoli, Libya 25.8 6.4 16.6 23.6 22.6 27.8
Cairo, Egypt 25.2 4.8 15.5 23.5 19.9 17.5
New Cairo, Egypt 25.1 6.0 16.0 21.0 22.6 21.9
Giza, Egypt 20.3 2.8 12.0 17.4 14.4 20.6
Alexandria, Egypt 19.8 3.1 11.8 18.6 17.1 17.3