Housing and utilities prices - Country rankings
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Housing and utilities price index, world average = 100, 2021:
The average for 2021 based on 50 countries was 42.425 index points. The highest value was in Zimbabwe: 91.5 index points and the lowest value was in Mali: 18.5 index points. The indicator is available from 2017 to 2021. Below is a chart for all countries where data are available.Measure: index points; Source: World Bank International Comparison Program
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| Countries | Housing and utilities prices, 2021 | Global rank | Available data |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 91.5 | 1 | 2017 - 2021 |
| Gabon | 81.03 | 2 | 2017 - 2021 |
| Namibia | 80.52 | 3 | 2017 - 2021 |
| South Africa | 76.16 | 4 | 2017 - 2021 |
| Cape Verde | 73.02 | 5 | 2017 - 2021 |
| DR Congo | 71.82 | 6 | 2017 - 2021 |
| Seychelles | 66.99 | 7 | 2017 - 2021 |
| Liberia | 66.97 | 8 | 2017 - 2021 |
| Djibouti | 60.42 | 9 | 2017 - 2021 |
| Swaziland | 55.87 | 10 | 2017 - 2021 |
| Botswana | 54.16 | 11 | 2017 - 2021 |
| Somalia | 53.8 | 12 | 2021 - 2021 |
| Morocco | 52.82 | 13 | 2017 - 2021 |
| Nigeria | 51.54 | 14 | 2017 - 2021 |
| Uganda | 49.23 | 15 | 2017 - 2021 |
| Lesotho | 48.91 | 16 | 2017 - 2021 |
| Ghana | 46.69 | 17 | 2017 - 2021 |
| Ivory Coast | 45.18 | 18 | 2017 - 2021 |
| S.T.&Principe | 40.88 | 19 | 2017 - 2021 |
| R. of Congo | 40.36 | 20 | 2017 - 2021 |
| Eq. Guinea | 40.33 | 21 | 2017 - 2021 |
| Chad | 39.92 | 22 | 2017 - 2021 |
| Kenya | 39.48 | 23 | 2017 - 2021 |
| Senegal | 38.33 | 24 | 2017 - 2021 |
| Comoros | 37.12 | 25 | 2017 - 2021 |
| Mozambique | 36.54 | 26 | 2017 - 2021 |
| Mauritius | 35.47 | 27 | 2017 - 2021 |
| Rwanda | 34.41 | 28 | 2017 - 2021 |
| Zambia | 33.91 | 29 | 2017 - 2021 |
| Madagascar | 33.76 | 30 | 2017 - 2021 |
| Tanzania | 33.2 | 31 | 2017 - 2021 |
| Togo | 32.7 | 32 | 2017 - 2021 |
| Angola | 32.52 | 33 | 2017 - 2021 |
| Mauritania | 31.53 | 34 | 2017 - 2021 |
| G.-Bissau | 31.29 | 35 | 2017 - 2021 |
| Burkina Faso | 30.89 | 36 | 2017 - 2021 |
| Sudan | 30.5 | 37 | 2017 - 2021 |
| Ethiopia | 29.97 | 38 | 2017 - 2021 |
| Malawi | 28.14 | 39 | 2017 - 2021 |
| Benin | 28.1 | 40 | 2017 - 2021 |
| Guinea | 28.05 | 41 | 2017 - 2021 |
| Tunisia | 26.56 | 42 | 2017 - 2021 |
| Niger | 25.96 | 43 | 2017 - 2021 |
| Cameroon | 24.44 | 44 | 2017 - 2021 |
| Algeria | 23.5 | 45 | 2017 - 2021 |
| Burundi | 23.45 | 46 | 2017 - 2021 |
| Gambia | 21.8 | 47 | 2017 - 2021 |
| Egypt | 21.64 | 48 | 2017 - 2021 |
| Sierra Leone | 21.35 | 49 | 2017 - 2021 |
| Mali | 18.5 | 50 | 2017 - 2021 |
Definition: The index reflects the cost of housing, gas, electricity and other fuels. The world average price level is set at 100. Higher values indicate more expensive housing and utilities prices relative to the world average and other countries.
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91.500
81.030
80.520
76.160
73.020
71.820
66.990
66.970
60.420
55.870
54.160
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52.820
51.540
49.230
48.910
46.690
45.180
40.880
40.360
40.330
39.920
39.480
38.330
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36.540
35.470
34.410
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33.200
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