{"id":57938,"date":"2024-05-10T17:27:14","date_gmt":"2024-05-10T17:27:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/?p=57938"},"modified":"2024-05-10T17:18:46","modified_gmt":"2024-05-10T17:18:46","slug":"which-african-countries-have-best-quality-of-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/which-african-countries-have-best-quality-of-life","title":{"rendered":"Which African Countries Have Best Quality of Life?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Gambia. <\/strong><\/span><b>The quality of life index (the higher, the better) is a measure of overall quality of life using a formula that takes into account purchasing power, pollution, house price-to-income ratio, safety, and other indicators.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>South Africa, Kenya and Morocco topped the list of African countries with the highest quality of life index, according to Numbeo, a crowdsourced global database of quality of life data.<\/p>\n<p>The three countries are ranked between 39th and 69th in the world, with Luxembourg first, the Netherlands second, and Iceland rounding out the top three.<\/p>\n<p>Press has looked at the five African countries with the highest quality of life.South Africa outperformed its peers in the purchasing power index, health care, house price-to-income ratio, and pollution index.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"746\" height=\"345\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-57935 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/gambia\/sites\/19\/2024\/05\/sm_1715348707.059889.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/gambia\/sites\/19\/2024\/05\/sm_1715348707.059889.jpg 746w, https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/gambia\/sites\/19\/2024\/05\/sm_1715348707.059889-300x139.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 746px) 100vw, 746px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Kenya has the best climate index; Morocco tops the commute time index and the safety index, according to Numbeo.<\/p>\n<p>In the world rankings, the 10 countries with the highest quality of life are in Europe, with the only exception being Oman, which is ranked sixth with an index of 187.<\/p>\n<p>According to the global ranking, the UAE has the highest purchasing power, Pakistan has the best cost of living, and Venezuela has the best climate index.<\/p>\n<p>In South America, the ranking was led by Uruguay, with an index of 139.1.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\">Gambia<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Gambia. The quality of life index (the higher, the better) is a measure of overall quality of life using a formula that takes into account purchasing power, pollution, house price-to-income ratio, safety, and other indicators. South Africa, Kenya and Morocco topped the list of African countries with the highest quality of life index, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":57937,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,9],"tags":[2355,2361,260],"class_list":["post-57938","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-miscellaneous","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-gambia","tag-gambia"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Which African Countries Have Best Quality of Life? - Gambia<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The quality of life index (the higher, the better) is a measure of overall quality of life using a formula that takes ...\" \/>\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.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/which-african-countries-have-best-quality-of-life\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Which African Countries Have Best Quality of Life?\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The quality of life index (the higher, the better) is a measure of overall quality of life using a formula that takes ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/which-african-countries-have-best-quality-of-life\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Gambia\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-05-10T17:27:14+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/gambia\/sites\/19\/2024\/05\/sm_1715348714.713134.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1280\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/which-african-countries-have-best-quality-of-life#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/which-african-countries-have-best-quality-of-life\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Which African Countries Have Best Quality of Life?\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-05-10T17:27:14+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/which-african-countries-have-best-quality-of-life\"},\"wordCount\":228,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/which-african-countries-have-best-quality-of-life#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/gambia\/sites\/19\/2024\/05\/sm_1715348714.713134.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Gambia\",\"Gambia\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"miscellaneous\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/which-african-countries-have-best-quality-of-life#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/which-african-countries-have-best-quality-of-life\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/which-african-countries-have-best-quality-of-life\",\"name\":\"Which African Countries Have Best Quality of Life? 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