{"id":218005,"date":"2024-09-16T08:31:40","date_gmt":"2024-09-16T08:31:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/09\/16\/ghana-ranked-6th-in-africa-with-highest-cost-of-living-and-rent-index\/"},"modified":"2024-09-16T08:31:40","modified_gmt":"2024-09-16T08:31:40","slug":"ghana-ranked-6th-in-africa-with-highest-cost-of-living-and-rent-index","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/09\/16\/ghana-ranked-6th-in-africa-with-highest-cost-of-living-and-rent-index\/","title":{"rendered":"Ghana ranked 6th in Africa with highest Cost of Living and Rent Index"},"content":{"rendered":"<br><div id=\"article-text\">\n                        \n\n                        \n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ghana has been ranked 6th in Africa among 16 African countries with the highest Cost of Living and Rent Index.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to Numbeo, the country scored 21.0 points.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It also placed 6th in the Groceries Index with a score of 33.9.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Cameroon placed 1st on the continent with the highest Cost of Living and Rent Index (27.5).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It was followed by Nigeria (27.1) in 2nd place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Zimbabwe (24.1) and Mauritius (24.1) placed a joint 3rd, whereas South Africa placed 5th.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For local purchasing power, South Africa placed 1st with a scores of 102.8.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It was followed by Botswana in the 2nd position with a score of 64.4.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In 3rd and 4th positions were Mauritius (43.2) and Libya (42.0).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ghana placed 12th among the 16th African countries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A country&#8217;s purchasing power is a crucial indicator of its economic health and prospects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It denotes the stability of the economy, while a low one typically signals an economic crisis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A high purchasing power also indicates higher consumer spending and consequently expansion in industries and businesses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td><strong>COUNTRY<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>COST OF LIVING PLUS RENT INDEX<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>GROCERIES INDEX<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>PURCHASING POWER<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Cameroon<\/td><td>27.5<\/td><td>34.6<\/td><td>10.5<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Nigeria<\/td><td>27.0<\/td><td>37.5<\/td><td>11.1<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Zimbabwe<\/td><td>24.1<\/td><td>35.5<\/td><td>26.1<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Mauritius<\/td><td>24.1<\/td><td>40.7<\/td><td>43.2<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>South Africa<\/td><td>23.5<\/td><td>29.7<\/td><td>102.8<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Ghana<\/td><td>21.0<\/td><td>33.9<\/td><td>18.4<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Kenya<\/td><td>19.8<\/td><td>31.0<\/td><td>34.2<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n                <p><strong>DISCLAIMER: <\/strong>The Views, Comments, Opinions, Contributions and Statements made by Readers and Contributors on this platform do not necessarily represent the views or policy of Multimedia Group Limited.<\/p>      \n               \n <!-- Post Tags -->\n                \n\n                        \n\n    \n                                 \n                                             \n                    <\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ghana has been ranked 6th in Africa among 16 African countries with the highest Cost of Living and Rent Index. According to Numbeo, the country scored 21.0 points. It also placed 6th in the Groceries Index with a score of 33.9. Cameroon placed 1st on the continent with the highest Cost of Living and Rent [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":218006,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-218005","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Ghana ranked 6th in Africa with highest Cost of Living and Rent Index - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/09\/16\/ghana-ranked-6th-in-africa-with-highest-cost-of-living-and-rent-index\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Ghana ranked 6th in Africa with highest Cost of Living and Rent Index - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Ghana has been ranked 6th in Africa among 16 African countries with the highest Cost of Living and Rent Index. According to Numbeo, the country scored 21.0 points. It also placed 6th in the Groceries Index with a score of 33.9. Cameroon placed 1st on the continent with the highest Cost of Living and Rent [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/09\/16\/ghana-ranked-6th-in-africa-with-highest-cost-of-living-and-rent-index\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-09-16T08:31:40+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/image-895.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1080\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"771\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Ghana News\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Ghana News\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/09\\\/16\\\/ghana-ranked-6th-in-africa-with-highest-cost-of-living-and-rent-index\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/09\\\/16\\\/ghana-ranked-6th-in-africa-with-highest-cost-of-living-and-rent-index\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Ghana News\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/c70749f3edfbfcd92d45e933f0fe10b5\"},\"headline\":\"Ghana ranked 6th in Africa with highest Cost of Living and Rent Index\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-09-16T08:31:40+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/09\\\/16\\\/ghana-ranked-6th-in-africa-with-highest-cost-of-living-and-rent-index\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":222,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/09\\\/16\\\/ghana-ranked-6th-in-africa-with-highest-cost-of-living-and-rent-index\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/09\\\/image-895.png\",\"articleSection\":[\"Business\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/09\\\/16\\\/ghana-ranked-6th-in-africa-with-highest-cost-of-living-and-rent-index\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/09\\\/16\\\/ghana-ranked-6th-in-africa-with-highest-cost-of-living-and-rent-index\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/09\\\/16\\\/ghana-ranked-6th-in-africa-with-highest-cost-of-living-and-rent-index\\\/\",\"name\":\"Ghana ranked 6th in Africa with highest Cost of Living and Rent Index - Ghanamma.com\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/09\\\/16\\\/ghana-ranked-6th-in-africa-with-highest-cost-of-living-and-rent-index\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/09\\\/16\\\/ghana-ranked-6th-in-africa-with-highest-cost-of-living-and-rent-index\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/09\\\/image-895.png\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-09-16T08:31:40+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/c70749f3edfbfcd92d45e933f0fe10b5\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/09\\\/16\\\/ghana-ranked-6th-in-africa-with-highest-cost-of-living-and-rent-index\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/09\\\/16\\\/ghana-ranked-6th-in-africa-with-highest-cost-of-living-and-rent-index\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/09\\\/16\\\/ghana-ranked-6th-in-africa-with-highest-cost-of-living-and-rent-index\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/09\\\/image-895.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/09\\\/image-895.png\",\"width\":1080,\"height\":771},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/09\\\/16\\\/ghana-ranked-6th-in-africa-with-highest-cost-of-living-and-rent-index\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Ghana ranked 6th in Africa with highest Cost of Living and Rent Index\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/\",\"name\":\"Ghanamma.com\",\"description\":\"Ghana mma provides breaking news, top stories in Ghana, Africa, business, entertainment, politics and more.\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/c70749f3edfbfcd92d45e933f0fe10b5\",\"name\":\"Ghana News\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/22cb97c2b08df229330efb2b8c2645feaae8d3ca3ee434035fbb668b5b82f570?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/22cb97c2b08df229330efb2b8c2645feaae8d3ca3ee434035fbb668b5b82f570?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/22cb97c2b08df229330efb2b8c2645feaae8d3ca3ee434035fbb668b5b82f570?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Ghana News\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/author\\\/ghanamma\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Ghana ranked 6th in Africa with highest Cost of Living and Rent Index - Ghanamma.com","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/09\/16\/ghana-ranked-6th-in-africa-with-highest-cost-of-living-and-rent-index\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Ghana ranked 6th in Africa with highest Cost of Living and Rent Index - Ghanamma.com","og_description":"Ghana has been ranked 6th in Africa among 16 African countries with the highest Cost of Living and Rent Index. According to Numbeo, the country scored 21.0 points. It also placed 6th in the Groceries Index with a score of 33.9. Cameroon placed 1st on the continent with the highest Cost of Living and Rent [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/09\/16\/ghana-ranked-6th-in-africa-with-highest-cost-of-living-and-rent-index\/","og_site_name":"Ghanamma.com","article_published_time":"2024-09-16T08:31:40+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1080,"height":771,"url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/image-895.png","type":"image\/png"}],"author":"Ghana News","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Ghana News","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/09\/16\/ghana-ranked-6th-in-africa-with-highest-cost-of-living-and-rent-index\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/09\/16\/ghana-ranked-6th-in-africa-with-highest-cost-of-living-and-rent-index\/"},"author":{"name":"Ghana News","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/#\/schema\/person\/c70749f3edfbfcd92d45e933f0fe10b5"},"headline":"Ghana ranked 6th in Africa with highest Cost of Living and Rent Index","datePublished":"2024-09-16T08:31:40+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/09\/16\/ghana-ranked-6th-in-africa-with-highest-cost-of-living-and-rent-index\/"},"wordCount":222,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/09\/16\/ghana-ranked-6th-in-africa-with-highest-cost-of-living-and-rent-index\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/image-895.png","articleSection":["Business"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/09\/16\/ghana-ranked-6th-in-africa-with-highest-cost-of-living-and-rent-index\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/09\/16\/ghana-ranked-6th-in-africa-with-highest-cost-of-living-and-rent-index\/","url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/09\/16\/ghana-ranked-6th-in-africa-with-highest-cost-of-living-and-rent-index\/","name":"Ghana ranked 6th in Africa with highest Cost of Living and Rent Index - Ghanamma.com","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/09\/16\/ghana-ranked-6th-in-africa-with-highest-cost-of-living-and-rent-index\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/09\/16\/ghana-ranked-6th-in-africa-with-highest-cost-of-living-and-rent-index\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/image-895.png","datePublished":"2024-09-16T08:31:40+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/#\/schema\/person\/c70749f3edfbfcd92d45e933f0fe10b5"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/09\/16\/ghana-ranked-6th-in-africa-with-highest-cost-of-living-and-rent-index\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/09\/16\/ghana-ranked-6th-in-africa-with-highest-cost-of-living-and-rent-index\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/09\/16\/ghana-ranked-6th-in-africa-with-highest-cost-of-living-and-rent-index\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/image-895.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/image-895.png","width":1080,"height":771},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/09\/16\/ghana-ranked-6th-in-africa-with-highest-cost-of-living-and-rent-index\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Ghana ranked 6th in Africa with highest Cost of Living and Rent Index"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/","name":"Ghanamma.com","description":"Ghana mma provides breaking news, top stories in Ghana, Africa, business, entertainment, politics and more.","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/#\/schema\/person\/c70749f3edfbfcd92d45e933f0fe10b5","name":"Ghana News","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/22cb97c2b08df229330efb2b8c2645feaae8d3ca3ee434035fbb668b5b82f570?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/22cb97c2b08df229330efb2b8c2645feaae8d3ca3ee434035fbb668b5b82f570?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/22cb97c2b08df229330efb2b8c2645feaae8d3ca3ee434035fbb668b5b82f570?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Ghana News"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024"],"url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/author\/ghanamma\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/218005","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=218005"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/218005\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/218006"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=218005"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=218005"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=218005"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}