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Top 10 African cities where it is most expensive to get food

Top 10 African cities where it is most expensive to get food
  • Business Insider Africa presents the top 10 African cities where it is most expensive to eat.
  • This list is courtesy of Numbeo’s cost of living index, which is computed using food price data amongst other metrics. 
  • The food price index included in this article is based on Business Insider’s weighted average of Numbeo’s groceries index and restaurant index.

Food is a vital part of our lives and a basic requirement for living. However, the price of food could put a financial strain on a lot of individuals all around the world. The capacity of individuals to afford nourishing and healthful meals can be severely impacted by high food costs in a nation, which can eventually have an adverse effect on their health and well-being.

The availability and cost of food, sometimes influence a region's livability. Based on the region, and other factors that affect livability, the more economical food is relative to how nutrient-dense it is, the more desirable said region is.

However, there is no ignoring the fact that food is simply more pricey in some regions that others, and these expensive prices are influnced by a number of factors, including supply and demand, cost of production, processing, transportation, and the cachet of said neighborhood. Because food is the most essential commodity in any economy, considering the amount a region’s residents spend on feeding and living would help guide the decision of living there.

Numbeo, one of the world’s most profound data and research platforms, computes data that determine the cities with the highest cost of living, globally. The price of food, particularly the cost of groceries and restaurant meals, is one of the indices used to compile the list.

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For its indexes, Numbeo depends on user inputs and manually gathered information from reliable sources (such as grocery websites, taxi business websites, websites of governmental organizations, newspaper articles, other surveys, etc.).

The platform's database is then updated twice a year with personally gathered data from reliable sources. The Numbeo website provides a more thorough explanation of the process.

Below is the list of the top 10 African cities where it is most expensive to get food. The food price index is based on Business Insider’s weighted average of Numbeo’s groceries index and restaurant index. Business Insider Africa had earlier released the top 10 African countries where it is most expensive to eat.

Rank Cities Country Food Price Index Groceries Index Resturant Index
1. Douala Cameroon 51.4 42.1 60.7
2. Dakar Senegal 42.7 39.1 46.2
3. Port Louis Mauritius 37.7 43.0 32.4
4. Lagos Nigeria 35.9 39.5 32.3
5. Addis Ababa Ethiopia 33.5 38.8 28.2
6. Garborone Botswana 33.2 30.0 36.5
7. Harare Zimbabwe 32.6 34.8 30.4
8. Abidjan Ivory Coast 32.2 35.8 28.6
9. Johannesburg South Africa 30.9 28.8 33.0
10 Accra Ghana 29.7 31.6 27.8

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