Antananarivo Scores

  • Expenses: Prices for everything are very affordable. There are many very decent pizzerias, cafes, restaurants at reasonable prices. Usual monthly spendings are around $1200.
  • Startup friendly: Unfortunately, startup score is pretty low. Most startups struggle due to different obstacles.

  • LGBTQ friendly: The majority of respondents in Antananarivo are against equal rights for gays and lesbians.

  • Entertainment: Unfortunately, Antananarivo does not have a lot of cafes and restaurants, places to relax and to have some entertainment.

  • Racial tolerance: Cases of racial and ethnic discrimination are extremely rare.

  • Education: In terms of the quality of education in Antananarivo, students do not score enough for the average level in reading literacy, mathematics, and science.

  • Walkability: Unfortunately, hiking through the city is not comfortable. It is much better to use motor transport to move.

  • Friendliness to outsiders: Unfortunately, the locals are not hospitable and unfriendly to visitors.

  • Free WiFi: Unfortunately, there are very few points in Antananarivo that provide free Wi-Fi, and those that do have a weak Internet signal, so in many cafes wifi Internet is available only at a low speed.

  • Freedom of speech: Freedom of speech is spelled out in the constitution. But local authorities are enforcing laws that will somewhat complicate the work of journalists and restrict freedom of speech for all citizens.

  • Fits for families: Unfortunately, does not provide the necessary infrastructure for families with children. There are no children’s entertainment centers, mini-clubs, children’s pools, etc.

  • Level of happiness: Low level of satisfaction and fatigue from life in the current conditions.

  • Workspaces: Unfortunately, it is hard to find places to work from in Antananarivo.

  • English: It will not be easy to communicate in Antananarivo directly with the locals – few people speak English, except for the staff of large hotels and restaurants.

  • Safety: According to the criterion of calmness, safety and peacefulness of the inhabitants, the situation in Antananarivo is perfect.
  • Income: Unfortunately, the local population in Antananarivo has very low salaries as low as $38 a month.
  • Female friendly: Women are still not only dependent on the will of men, but also systematically continue to be subjected to humiliation and discrimination on the basis of gender.

  • Nightlife: The nightlife in Antananarivo is quite low. You will have to organize the evening in a different way.

  • Internet: There is high-speed Internet in Antananarivo.
  • Quality of life: Antananarivo performs above average in subjective well-being, jobs and wages, income and well-being, health, social connections, environmental quality, education and skills, work and leisure balance, housing and personal safety.

  • Traffic safety: Terrible road conditions, traffic is extremely difficult.

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