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title: "Cheapest Countries to Rent In — Geo-Parity"
description: "Monthly rent for a one-bedroom flat across 41 countries, cheapest first, from measured city rents where they exist and a modelled figure where they do not."
canonical: "https://geo-parity.com/best/cheapest-rent-countries/"
generator: geo-parity markdown twin
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# Where is rent cheapest?

Nigeria leads on monthly rent at $79/mo rent; Uzbekistan is last of the 15 shown at $217/mo rent.

Rent is the largest line in most budgets and the one that varies most between countries, so it deserves its own ranking rather than being buried in an index.

Where a figure is measured it comes from Eurostat city rents or HUD Fair Market Rents; elsewhere it is modelled from the country's price level. The country pages say which applies, and a modelled figure can be wrong by roughly a third in either direction — it is an orientation, not a quote.

| # | Country | Monthly rent |  |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | [🇳🇬 Nigeria](https://geo-parity.com/ppp/nigeria/) | $79/mo rent | 23% of income |
| 2 | [🇲🇲 Myanmar](https://geo-parity.com/ppp/myanmar/) | $91/mo rent | 5% of income |
| 3 | [🇪🇬 Egypt](https://geo-parity.com/ppp/egypt/) | $102/mo rent | 26% of income |
| 4 | [🇸🇾 Syria](https://geo-parity.com/ppp/syria/) | $104/mo rent | 5% of income |
| 5 | [🇱🇦 Laos](https://geo-parity.com/ppp/laos/) | $164/mo rent | 8% of income |
| 6 | [🇵🇰 Pakistan](https://geo-parity.com/ppp/pakistan/) | $165/mo rent | 8% of income |
| 7 | [🇮🇳 India](https://geo-parity.com/ppp/india/) | $180/mo rent | 28% of income |
| 8 | [🇸🇱 Sierra Leone](https://geo-parity.com/ppp/sierra-leone/) | $181/mo rent | 8% of income |
| 9 | [🇧🇹 Bhutan](https://geo-parity.com/ppp/bhutan/) | $185/mo rent | 8% of income |
| 10 | [🇸🇩 Sudan](https://geo-parity.com/ppp/sudan/) | $191/mo rent | 9% of income |
| 11 | [🇳🇵 Nepal](https://geo-parity.com/ppp/nepal/) | $193/mo rent | 9% of income |
| 12 | [🇹🇯 Tajikistan](https://geo-parity.com/ppp/tajikistan/) | $197/mo rent | 9% of income |
| 13 | [🇱🇰 Sri Lanka](https://geo-parity.com/ppp/sri-lanka/) | $215/mo rent | 10% of income |
| 14 | [🇧🇮 Burundi](https://geo-parity.com/ppp/burundi/) | $217/mo rent | 10% of income |
| 15 | [🇺🇿 Uzbekistan](https://geo-parity.com/ppp/uzbekistan/) | $217/mo rent | 10% of income |

**How this is worked out:** Median one-bedroom rent per month. Measured from Eurostat Urban Audit or HUD FMR where available, otherwise modelled from the country price level. Estimates for comparison, not advice.

## Check your own numbers

A ranking is a starting point, not an answer — your income, household and destination change the order. The [Housing costs](https://geo-parity.com/expenses/?tab=housing) runs the same engine against your own figures, and every country above links to its own page.

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Source: Geo-Parity — https://geo-parity.com/best/cheapest-rent-countries/