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Cost of living index > Cheapest countries in Africa by cost of living

2025 - Cheapest Countries In Africa By Cost Of Living

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Top Cheapest countries in Africa to live in 2025

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Rent to salary ratio

Rent/Salary
🏅 1
🇪🇬   Egypt
7.54
0.29
0.86
🥈 2
🇱🇾   Libya
9.52
0.71
0.49
🥉 3
🇩🇿   Algeria
9.85
0.42
0.81
4
🇹🇳   Tunisia
12.15
0.41
0.60
5
🇧🇮   Burundi
13.92
0.42
0.44
6
🇱🇸   Lesotho
14.27
0.70
0.21
7
🇲🇬   Madagascar
14.77
0.17
1.19
8
🇰🇪   Kenya
15.61
0.40
0.43
9
🇧🇼   Botswana
15.97
0.72
0.37
10
🇬🇭   Ghana
15.98
0.31
0.82
11
🇷🇼   Rwanda
16.00
0.28
0.87
12
🇸🇴   Somalia
16.04
0.33
0.83
13
🇲🇦   Morocco
16.40
0.43
0.51
14
🇸🇿   Eswatini
16.40
0.52
0.43
15
🇬🇲   The Gambia
16.71
0.17
1.26
16
🇲🇼   Malawi
16.94
0.20
0.90
17
🇹🇿   Tanzania
17.23
0.25
1.18
18
🇺🇬   Uganda
17.25
0.18
1.14
19
🇳🇬   Nigeria
17.36
0.26
2.58
20
🇧🇫   Burkina Faso
18.39
0.32
0.91
21
🇧🇯   Benin
18.46
0.07
3.49
22
🇹🇬   Togo
18.47
0.30
1.05
23
🇸🇩   Sudan
18.91
0.15
1.48
24
🇹🇩   Chad
19.00
0.19
1.08
25
🇲🇷   Mauritania
19.66
0.40
0.56
26
🇿🇲   Zambia
19.98
0.31
0.91
27
🇪🇭   Western Sahara
20.36
0.19
1.64
28
🇨🇲   Cameroon
20.77
0.19
1.58
29
🇳🇦   Namibia
20.90
0.54
0.53
30
🇸🇳   Senegal
21.02
0.25
0.90
31
🇬🇼   Guinea-Bissau
21.31
0.86
0.28
32
🇲🇿   Mozambique
21.37
0.29
0.92
33
🇨🇮   Ivory Coast
21.74
0.19
1.48
34
🇿🇼   Zimbabwe
21.88
0.26
0.86
35
🇦🇴   Angola
22.50
0.84
1.08
36
🇲🇺   Mauritius
22.91
0.48
0.59
37
🇲🇱   Mali
22.95
0.22
1.72
38
🇿🇦   South Africa
23.97
0.89
0.41
39
🇪🇹   Ethiopia
24.10
0.15
2.05
40
🇸🇹   Sao Tome and Principe
24.17
0.17
1.26
41
🇱🇷   Liberia
25.63
0.25
1.55
42
🇨🇻   Cabo Verde
25.70
0.22
1.30
43
🇬🇦   Gabon
25.72
0.31
0.99
44
🇬🇶   Equatorial Guinea
26.73
0.32
0.60
45
🇳🇪   Niger
26.84
0.19
1.97
46
29.87
0.42
1.01
47
🇬🇳   Guinea
29.98
1.06
0.30
48
🇪🇷   Eritrea
31.52
0.32
0.90
49
🇰🇲   Comoros
34.76
0.28
1.14
50
🇸🇱   Sierra Leone
40.81
0.75
0.60
51
🇨🇬   Republic of the Congo
47.41
0.16
2.95
52
🇸🇨   Seychelles
48.26
0.30
1.02
53
🇩🇯   Djibouti
50.16
0.80
1.00
54
73.07
0.08
6.72
55
🇸🇸   South Sudan
88.53
0.24
2.17

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