Cost of Living inFranceville, Gabon
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Purchasing Power vs. United States
Based on GDP per capita (PPP). Gabon: $18,924/capita.
How Far Your Money Goes
Prices are 37% higher 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
Happiness
5.1 / 10
#93 globally
GDP per Capita
City Population
Child Education
Public-schooling rules and international-school pricing are not sourced for Gabon 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 Franceville. 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.Franceville is still missing a verified walkability, transit, airport, and rideshare profile.
Healthcare
System strength, outcome signals, facility coverage, and self-pay visibility in Gabon.
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.
Hospital and clinic listings for Franceville are still being verified. The country-level health-system summary for Gabon applies; named facilities and direct self-pay prices appear here only after they are source-backed.
Healthcare system
LimitedCoverage looks thinner, doctor staffing is lighter, and headline outcomes are weaker weigh on this rating.
Public care
LimitedRelatively low patient cost-sharing help, but public coverage looks thinner and country-level outcomes are weaker.
Private care
LimitedThis is an inferred read based on facility depth, private ownership signals, and available self-pay pricing.
UHC coverage
48/100
2023
Physicians
0.52/1k
2022
Hospital beds
1.95/1k
2011
Out of pocket
17%
2023
Outcome signals
Life expectancy
68.5 yrs
2024
Maternal mortality
233/100k
2023
Neonatal mortality
16.3/1k
2024
International patient readiness
LimitedPrice transparency is still sparse and headline outcomes are less reassuring weigh on this rating.
Pricing transparency
LimitedPublished self-pay prices are scarce weigh on this rating.
Facility coverage
Self-pay pricing visibility
No verified self-pay prices are published for the tracked facilities in Gabon yet.
This usually reflects low online price transparency rather than a lack of healthcare providers.
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 Franceville, Gabon · Source: GDP-derived estimate (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 Franceville compared with the US?
Your money goes about 2.5x further in Franceville than in the US, based on the current PPP estimate. We are using the country-level cost index for Gabon here because a defensible city-level aggregate index is not available yet.
Is Franceville cheaper or more expensive overall than New York City?
Franceville is more expensive overall than New York City — overall living costs are about 37% more expensive than the global benchmark (New York City) for Franceville. We are using the country-level cost index for Gabon here because a defensible city-level aggregate index is not available yet.
How does rent in Franceville compare with New York City?
Rent in Franceville is about 75% cheaper than the global benchmark (New York City). We are using the country-level cost index for Gabon here because a defensible city-level aggregate index is not available yet.
How expensive are groceries and restaurants in Franceville?
Groceries in Franceville are about 31% cheaper than the global benchmark (New York City), and restaurant prices are about 11% cheaper than the same benchmark. We are using the country-level cost index for Gabon here because a defensible city-level aggregate index is not available yet.
About Franceville
Franceville is the third-largest city in Gabon, sitting in the southeastern Haut-Ogooué Province in the country's interior plateaus. Its roughly 133,000 residents live in a town whose economy is built almost entirely around manganese mining at nearby Moanda (one of the world's largest manganese deposits, operated by Comilog) and the associated rail and processing infrastructure. French is the working language alongside local Bantu languages. The climate is equatorial with high year-round rainfall and stable warm temperatures. Franceville is connected to Libreville and Port-Gentil by the Trans-Gabon Railway and by domestic flights. The town has a small expat community tied to the mining sector and the international scientific research center CIRMF; relocation outside those institutions is uncommon.
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