Kenya has beaten fellow heavyweights Morocco, Egypt and Nigeria in providing quality of life to its residents, according to Numbeo, one of the world’s leading aggregators.
The nation’s capital, Nairobi, was ranked fifth in Africa behind four South African cities: Cape Town, Pretoria, Durban and Johannesburg.
Last year, Nairobi was ranked sixth in 2022, below Casablanca in Morocco.
However, this year, Casablanca dropped out of the top seven, with Cairo in Egypt and Lagos in Nigeria ranked position six and seven, respectively.
While calculating the quality of life, the research looks at different indexes, including purchasing power, safety, health care and climate and overall well-being and satisfaction of individuals within a community.
Other indicators include cost of living, property price to income ratio, traffic commute time and pollution index.
Nairobi performed best in climate and high in traffic commute time, health and pollution indexes.
The country’s capital city could have outranked South African cities but performed poorly in purchasing power and cost of life indexes.
In safety and property to income ratio, the country performed moderately.
No other East African City was ranked among the top cities, making Nairobi continue its regional dominance streak.
The ranking comes a few days after Nairobi was announced as the best city to visit in the world in 2023 in a survey conducted by United States-based travel agency Lonely Planet.
