Madagascar living cost

Madagascar living cost

Madagascar living cost

Madagascar living cost

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The Madagascar living cost is an important aspect for many people. That perhaps to make tourism in Madagascar, to work in short or long term or for the expatriates who want to come to live definitively in Madagascar.

Madagascar living cost. Madagascar is one of the least expensive countries in the world according to a report published by the Xpatulator site which indexes the general costs according to the countries. On a ranking of 780 countries, Madagascar is 608th on a world level and the 780th, which means that the country the least expensive in the world is the Ali Areas area situated in Bhoutan whereas the most expensive city in the world is Zurich in Switzerland. In many fields, the cost of living in Madagascar is relatively low compared to other countries even in Africa or in the Indian Ocean, thus Mauritius is twice more expensive in all the sectors than Madagascar. The result of this report on the cost of living in Madagascar bases over the last 12 months by using international indices, rates obtained by the persons in charge and local statistical institutes.

• Alcohol and Tobacco: The costs of these two products are average compared to other countries on articles such as the beer, the wine and the cigarette. There 361 countries which are more expensive than Madagascar in this sector.

• Clothing: The costs of clothing in Madagascar are average compared to other countries. The sector includes the prices of clothing for the children and the adults as well as the shoes. There are 324 countries which are more expensive than Madagascar in this field, but 455 countries which are less expensive than Madagascar.

• Communication and Internet: The costs of the communication and the Internet in Madagascar are among the most expensive in the world. That includes internet connection, the fixed lines and the communications via the mobile. There are 12 countries which are more expensive than Madagascar and 767 countries which are less expensive. Let us note on the way that we must add abusive practise such as contracts with long life of commitment, any criteria for reimbursement or any defense for the consumer.
• Education: The education costs are very weak in Madagascar compared to other countries. That includes the rates of the cribs, of the elementary schools, secondaries as well as vocational trainings. There are 752 countries which are more expensive than Madagascar and 27 countries which are less expensive. Let us note that relates to only the prices and not the quality of education.
• Supplies and domestic appliances: The costs of the supplies and the household appliances are average compared to other country. That includes furniture, electronic equipments, the supplies of kitchen and the living rooms. There are 347 countries which are more expensive and 432 countries which are less expensive than Madagascar.
• Grocer: The costs of the PPN are very low compared to the other countries and that includes the consumable ones, the products of cleaning, the dairy, the fruit and vegetables, the general products, the snacks and the soft drinks. There are 757 countries which are more expensive than Madagascar and 22 countries which are less expensive.
• Health: The costs of the treatment are very weak in Madagascar compared to other countries and that includes the medical visits, the hospitalizations, the drugs available without ordinance and the health insurance. There are 712 countries which are more expensive and 67 countries which are less expensive. As with education, let us note that it relates to only the prices and not the quality of the treatments and I speak again about it at the end of the article on the criterion of the difficulty of the living standard.
• Real estate: The costs of the real estate are very weak compared to other countries for things such as the purchase of apartments, the rate of rent and the lease. There are 771 countries which are more expensive and 8 countries which are less expensive than Madagascar. We must balance this assertion by excluding the case of Tananarive which suffers from a real higher bid.
• Diverses: The costs of the various services are very weak compared to other countries and that includes things such as cleaning, the price of the newspapers and the magazines, the office supplies and postage rate. There are 753 countries which are more expensive and 26 countries which are less expensive than Madagascar.
• Beauty cares: The costs are low compared to other countries on things such as the cosmetics, the products for the hair and the necessary one to bathroom. There are 481 countries which are more expensive and 298 countries which are less expensive than Madagascar.
• Entertainment and culture: The costs of the entertainment are very low compared to other places. They are fields such as the books, the cinema, the theatre and the sport. There are 636 countries which are more expensive and 143 countries which are less expensive than Madagascar.
• Restaurants and Hotels: The costs are weak compared to other places. It concerns the rates of the nights and the dishes at the restaurants and fast-food. There are 528 countries which are more expensive and 251 countries which are less expensive than Madagascar.

• Transport: The transport costs are low in Madagascar compared to other countries. That includes the price of the fuel, of public transport, the purchase and the maintenance of vehicles. There are 470 countries which are more expensive and 309 countries which are less expensive than Madagascar.A less expensive standard of living does not mean easy standard of living

If we base ourselves only on financial indices, we can say that the cost of living in Madagascar is really low in many fields compared to other countries, but we must balance this enthusiasm, because it is not because it is less expensive that it is easier. Indeed, the report of Xpatulator introduce the Hardship criterion to compare the differences in standard of living in Madagascar compared to other countries and the news are not good…

Approximately, that implies sacrifices which we must make if we want to profit from the cost of living in Madagascar.

• Economic factors: An extreme level of poverty and thus, few opportunities
• Political factors : The level of freedom of expression and democratic respect
• Religious factors: The level of freedom of expression and of religion and various points of view on the modern society.
• Factors of the public service: Things such as the stability and the availability of the electrical communication, the access to drinking water, the medical infrastructures and the work permit.
• Environmental factors: Such as an extreme climate
• Factors of security for the individuals and the goods: Level of criminality
• Factors of education: Standards of the education, the higher education and the potentials in the various fields of study.

• Factors on transport: Quality of the road network, public transports and the security during the travel.

The difficulty of the standard of living is classified in 4 categories:

• Minimum difficulty (10% more difficult than of other countries)
• Average difficulty (20% more difficult than of other countries)
• High difficulty (30% more difficult than of other countries)
• Extreme difficulty (40% more difficult than of other countries)

Unfortunately, Madagascar gained the sad palm of an extreme difficulty in the standard of living. What means that we will have difficulty reaching a total freedom of expression, that we will suffer from the insecurity and that we will miss quality in education and health not forgetting the difficulty to create companies because of corruption not to mention a drastic rate of the crime. And we must add freedom of worship as well as the acceptance of the lifestyles such as homosexuality.

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