Top 20 most expensive cities in Africa 2019

Africa is part of the world with the largest proportion of the poor. As a result, the cost and quality of life are of paramount importance. The Mercer cabinet has published the results of its study on the most expensive African cities in 2019. In the ranking, the Chadian capital, Ndjamena, comes first.

Mercer is the leading provider of data on the cost of living and housing for employees sent to work abroad. As part of the ongoing research, Mercer released the annual rankings of the cost of living in more than 200 of the most prevalent assignment destinations for expatriate employees.

The rankings demonstrate how currency fluctuation and shifts in the prices of goods and services can affect the purchasing power of expatriate employees.

Multinational companies rely on Mercer for timely and accurate information to compensate their skilled professionals who take on international assignments.

Discover below, the Top 20

S/NCitiesAfrican countriesRanksPositions/World
1N’DjamenaChad-311th
2Victoriaseychelles814th
3KinshasaDRC1522nd
4LibrevilleGabon-624th
5LagosNigeria1725th
6LuandaAngola-2026th
7AbidjanIvory Coast-630th
8BrazzavilleCongo-2029th
9YaoundeCameroon-952nd
10BanguiCentral Africa Republic-654th
11DjiboutiDjibouti1459th
12AccraGhana63rd
13DoualaCameroon766th
14DakarSenegal-1072nd
15AbujaNigeria1485th
16ConakryGuinea1888th
17NairobiKenya2697th
18BamakoMali-4124th
19Cotonou Benin-17128th
20CasablancaMorocco128th
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