African cities with the best quality of life index in Q1 2024

In many African cities, challenges such as rapid urbanization, population growth, and inadequate infrastructure are prevalent. Issues like informal settlements, insufficient housing, and limited access to clean water and sanitation are widespread.

Moreover, traffic congestion, air pollution, and environmental degradation are major concerns.

Additionally, inequality exacerbates disparities in living standards, with some residents enjoying high incomes and good services while others face financial difficulties and lack basic necessities. This uneven distribution of resources and opportunities further impacts the quality of life in cities across the continent’s 54 countries.

Numbeo, a prominent data and research platform, recently highlighted African cities with the highest quality of life. Using an aggregate score that considers factors like purchasing power index, safety index, healthcare index, cost of living index, property price to income ratio, traffic commute time, pollution index, and climate index, Numbeo ranked Pretoria in South Africa as the city with the highest quality of life in Africa, boasting a quality of life index of 156.6. Johannesburg, also in South Africa, closely follows with a quality of life index of 137.6.