Harare Scores

  • Traffic safety: A lot of work has been done in Harare to ensure road safety. That’s why the road accident rate can be considered as low.

  • English: The locals speak English perfect.

  • Friendliness to outsiders: The locals are not super friendly to outsiders, but nevertheless polite.

  • Workspaces: There is an great environment for working and lots of great coworking spots in Harare.

  • Safety: The crime rate in Harare is low, but this does not mean that you need to stop being vigilant at night.
  • Fits for families: There are not so many places where you can spend a good time with your family and children, but almost all of them provide excellent service.

  • Income: Unfortunately, the local population has very low salaries as low as $83 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.

  • Entertainment: There are many interesting places, where you can take a fun with your friends or to spend romantic date.

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

  • Freedom of speech: People have full access to free media for accurate information and analysis. Journalists in most cases do their jobs without fear of detention or restraints.

  • Expenses: Prices for everything are very affordable. There are many very decent pizzerias, cafes, restaurants at reasonable prices. Usual monthly spendings are around $2300.
  • Quality of life: 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.

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

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

  • Internet: Slow-moving Internet in Harare can interfere with normal work rhythm and communication.
  • Startup friendly: In the past few years, startups in Harare have gained high popularity, increasing the flow of money invested.

  • Education: In terms of the quality of education in Harare, 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.

  • Healthcare: The level of local medical institutions is very low, there are no modern clinics. There is a certain lack of modern medical equipment and qualified personnel.

  • Free WiFi: Unfortunately, there are very few points in Harare 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.

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