Cost of Living inChitungwiza, Zimbabwe
Purchasing Power vs. United States
Based on GDP per capita (PPP). Zimbabwe: $5,215/capita.
How Far Your Money Goes
Prices are 65% 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
3.3 / 10
#136 globally
GDP per Capita
City Population
Child Education
Public-schooling rules and international-school pricing are not sourced for Zimbabwe 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 Chitungwiza. We publish this section only when we can tie it to local job-board, agency, or country fallback evidence.
Getting Around
The concrete mobility picture for Chitungwiza: airport access, urban transit, and rideshare practicality.
Airport
Harare international airport access
The refreshed local city data-type matrix lists Harare as a missing Zimbabwe mobility/walkability row; add conservative first-city coverage through harare international airport access instead of leaving the country at zero direct family mobility coverage.
Urban transit
Road-led mobility with central errand access
Daily movement remains road-led, but buses, minibuses, taxis, and central errands provide a conservative non-car baseline until richer city-specific sources land.
Rideshare
Taxi-first mobility
Taxis or arranged rides are the dependable fallback for airport transfers and neighborhoods beyond fixed-route service.
Source: User-curated family relocation research (initial seed) (2026-04-14)
Healthcare
System strength, outcome signals, facility coverage, and self-pay visibility in Zimbabwe.
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
LimitedA clearly private facility base help, but the tracked private-style network still looks thin and self-pay pricing transparency is still sparse.
UHC coverage
59/100
2023
Physicians
0.14/1k
2023
Hospital beds
1.95/1k
2014
Out of pocket
11%
2023
Outcome signals
Life expectancy
63.1 yrs
2024
Maternal mortality
358/100k
2023
Neonatal mortality
33.7/1k
2024
International patient readiness
LimitedA visible private hospital base 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 Zimbabwe yet.
This usually reflects low online price transparency rather than a lack of healthcare providers.
Notable facilities
System metrics: World Bank WDI Β· Updated 2026-07-01
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
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2015 annual wages in Chitungwiza, Zimbabwe Β· Source: ILO ILOSTAT
Price Comparison vs. US
Visa Information (US passport)
Short-stay entry
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Quick comparison FAQ
Structured from the deltas already shown on this page β no invented facts, no extra data sources.
How far does your money go in Chitungwiza compared with the US?
Your money goes about 3.0x further in Chitungwiza than in the US, based on the current PPP estimate. We are using the country-level cost index for Zimbabwe here because a defensible city-level aggregate index is not available yet.
Is Chitungwiza cheaper or more expensive overall than New York City?
Chitungwiza is cheaper overall than New York City β overall living costs are about 65% cheaper than the global benchmark (New York City) for Chitungwiza. We are using the country-level cost index for Zimbabwe here because a defensible city-level aggregate index is not available yet.
How does rent in Chitungwiza compare with New York City?
Rent in Chitungwiza is about 92% cheaper than the global benchmark (New York City). We are using the country-level cost index for Zimbabwe here because a defensible city-level aggregate index is not available yet.
How expensive are groceries and restaurants in Chitungwiza?
Groceries in Chitungwiza are about 66% cheaper than the global benchmark (New York City), and restaurant prices are about 68% cheaper than the same benchmark. We are using the country-level cost index for Zimbabwe here because a defensible city-level aggregate index is not available yet.
About Chitungwiza
Chitungwiza is a satellite city roughly 25 kilometers south of Harare in Zimbabwe, originally established in the 1970s as a high-density township to house workers commuting to the capital. It functions almost entirely as a residential dormitory for Harare, with most working residents traveling daily by minibus or rail into central Harare for jobs, and limited local industry of its own. The climate is subtropical highland with mild temperatures year-round, a wet season from November through March, and cool dry winters. English, Shona, and Ndebele are all widely spoken. Chitungwiza has no foreign expat community and chronic infrastructure challenges around water supply and electricity reliability that have intensified through Zimbabwe's prolonged economic crisis.
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