Libreville Scores

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

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

  • Internet: Slow-moving Internet in Libreville can interfere with normal work rhythm and communication.
  • Safety: The crime rate is low, but this does not mean that you need to stop being vigilant at night.
  • Walkability: Unfortunately, hiking through the city is not comfortable. It is much better to use motor transport to move.

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

  • Income: Unfortunately, the local population in Libreville has very low salaries as low as $600 a month.
  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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: Libreville has quite high prices for food and accommodation. Usual monthly spendings are around $3300
  • Nightlife: The nightlife is quite low. You will have to organize the evening in a different way.

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

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

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

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

  • Education: Secondary and higher education institutions provide a very mediocre level of knowledge, which indicates the need to reform them and introduce new, more effective programs and trained teachers in Libreville.

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

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

  • Startup friendly: Unfortunately, startup score is pretty low. Most startups struggle due to different obstacles.

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

  • 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.

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