Cost of Living inMatola, Mozambique
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Purchasing Power vs. United States
Based on GDP per capita (PPP). Mozambique: $1,500/capita.
How Far Your Money Goes
Prices are 63% 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
Happiness
5.2 / 10
#87 globally
GDP per Capita
City Population
Child Education
Public-schooling rules and international-school pricing are not sourced for Mozambique 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 Matola. 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.Matola is still missing a verified walkability, transit, airport, and rideshare profile.
Healthcare
System strength, outcome signals, facility coverage, and self-pay visibility in Mozambique.
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
LimitedLow out-of-pocket burden help, but coverage looks thinner and doctor staffing is lighter.
Public care
LimitedRelatively low patient cost-sharing help, but public coverage looks thinner and public funding looks lighter.
Private care
LimitedSelf-pay pricing transparency is still sparse weigh on this rating.
UHC coverage
50/100
2023
Physicians
0.17/1k
2022
Hospital beds
0.74/1k
2021
Out of pocket
10%
2023
Outcome signals
Life expectancy
63.8 yrs
2024
Maternal mortality
99/100k
2023
Neonatal mortality
25.1/1k
2024
International patient readiness
LimitedThere is visible specialty depth help, but price transparency is still sparse and headline outcomes are less reassuring.
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 Mozambique 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 Matola, Mozambique · 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 Matola compared with the US?
Your money goes about 2.6x further in Matola than in the US, based on the current PPP estimate. We are using the country-level cost index for Mozambique here because a defensible city-level aggregate index is not available yet.
Is Matola cheaper or more expensive overall than New York City?
Matola is cheaper overall than New York City — overall living costs are about 63% cheaper than the global benchmark (New York City) for Matola. We are using the country-level cost index for Mozambique here because a defensible city-level aggregate index is not available yet.
How does rent in Matola compare with New York City?
Rent in Matola is about 88% cheaper than the global benchmark (New York City). We are using the country-level cost index for Mozambique here because a defensible city-level aggregate index is not available yet.
How expensive are groceries and restaurants in Matola?
Groceries in Matola are about 66% 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 Mozambique here because a defensible city-level aggregate index is not available yet.
About Matola
Matola is the largest city in Mozambique by population, with about 1.2 million residents immediately west of the capital Maputo and functioning as the industrial half of the Maputo metropolitan agglomeration. It hosts the Mozal aluminum smelter, one of the largest industrial operations in southern Africa, alongside cement plants, food processing, and the country's principal heavy-industrial corridor. Climate is tropical savanna with a hot wet summer and a mild dry winter. Portuguese is the working language. Relocators should weigh that Matola is overwhelmingly a working industrial city rather than an expat destination: foreign presence is concentrated in Maputo proper, healthcare and international schooling are accessed in the capital, and Matola functions effectively as a residential and industrial extension of greater Maputo.
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