Cost of Living inCabinda, Angola
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Purchasing Power vs. United States
Based on GDP per capita (PPP). Angola: $8,902/capita.
How Far Your Money Goes
Prices are 58% lower than the global benchmark (New York City = 100).
Using the country-level NYC comparison for now. We do not have a defensible city-level aggregate cost index for this city yet.
Income Category
GDP per Capita
City Population
Child Education
Public-schooling rules and international-school pricing are not sourced for Angola yet. Quality, expat-access, instruction language, and tuition will appear here once verified.
Childcare & Domestic Help
Nanny, housekeeper, and driver pricing is not yet sourced for Cabinda. We publish this section only when we can tie it to local job-board, agency, or country fallback evidence.
Getting Around
Neighborhood mobility profiles are rolling out city by city.Cabinda is still missing a verified walkability, transit, airport, and rideshare profile.
Healthcare
System strength, outcome signals, facility coverage, and self-pay visibility in Angola.
Method: country metrics come from public system indicators, facility coverage reflects mapped providers we can inventory, direct pricing only reflects observed self-pay pages, and relative care cost can fall back to broad cost-of-living healthcare indices. Sparse pricing does not imply sparse healthcare availability.
Healthcare system
LimitedCoverage looks thinner, doctor staffing is lighter, and hospital capacity looks tighter weigh on this rating.
Public care
LimitedA visible public hospital footprint help, but public coverage looks thinner and public funding looks lighter.
Private care
LimitedThe tracked private-style network still looks thin, the private footprint is not very visible yet, and self-pay pricing transparency is still sparse weigh on this rating.
UHC coverage
44/100
2023
Physicians
0.24/1k
2022
Hospital beds
0.75/1k
2019
Out of pocket
33%
2023
Outcome signals
Life expectancy
64.8 yrs
2024
Maternal mortality
183/100k
2023
Neonatal mortality
18.1/1k
2024
International patient readiness
LimitedThe private footprint is still thin, price transparency is still sparse, and headline outcomes are less reassuring weigh on this rating.
Pricing transparency
LimitedPublished self-pay prices are scarce and few facilities expose web pages we can verify weigh on this rating.
Facility coverage
Self-pay pricing visibility
No verified self-pay prices are published for the tracked facilities in Angola yet.
This usually reflects low online price transparency rather than a lack of healthcare providers.
Notable facilities
System metrics: World Bank WDI · Updated 2026-06-01
Safety & Governance
Street Safety
Source: Numbeo where a city row is matched; otherwise World Bank WGI and country-level safety context.
Political Stability
World Bank WGI scale: -2.5 to +2.5.
Wages by Sector
| Sector | Median |
|---|---|
| Administrative & Support Services | — |
| Agriculture & Farming | — |
| Arts, Entertainment & Recreation | — |
| Construction | — |
| Education | — |
| Finance & Insurance | — |
| Healthcare & Social Work | — |
| Hospitality & Food Service | — |
| Information & Technology | — |
| Manufacturing | — |
| Mining & Quarrying | — |
| Other Services | — |
| Professional & Scientific Services | — |
| Public Administration & Defence | — |
| Real Estate | — |
| Retail & Wholesale Trade | — |
| Transport & Logistics | — |
| Utilities | — |
2024 annual wages in Cabinda, Angola · Source: ILO ILOSTAT (national)
Price Comparison vs. US
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Quick comparison FAQ
Structured from the deltas already shown on this page — no invented facts, no extra data sources.
How far does your money go in Cabinda compared with the US?
Your money goes about 3.4x further in Cabinda than in the US, based on the current PPP estimate. We are using the country-level cost index for Angola here because a defensible city-level aggregate index is not available yet.
Is Cabinda cheaper or more expensive overall than New York City?
Cabinda is cheaper overall than New York City — overall living costs are about 58% cheaper than the global benchmark (New York City) for Cabinda. We are using the country-level cost index for Angola here because a defensible city-level aggregate index is not available yet.
How does rent in Cabinda compare with New York City?
Rent in Cabinda is about 75% cheaper than the global benchmark (New York City). We are using the country-level cost index for Angola here because a defensible city-level aggregate index is not available yet.
How expensive are groceries and restaurants in Cabinda?
Groceries in Cabinda are about 61% cheaper than the global benchmark (New York City), and restaurant prices are about 65% cheaper than the same benchmark. We are using the country-level cost index for Angola here because a defensible city-level aggregate index is not available yet.
About Cabinda
Cabinda is the capital of Angola's Cabinda exclave, a small territory geographically separated from the rest of Angola by a strip of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The economy is overwhelmingly dominated by offshore oil production, with Chevron, TotalEnergies, and Sonangol operating major fields nearby; the city itself is largely a logistics and support base. A long-running low-level separatist insurgency (FLEC) has periodically affected security in the surrounding province. Portuguese is essential and English present in oil-sector workplaces. Infrastructure outside the oil compounds is modest, and serious medical cases route to Luanda, Pointe-Noire, or South Africa. Realistic almost exclusively for oil-and-gas industry personnel on rotation contracts, not general relocators.
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