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title: "Is Central African Republic a Good Place to Live? — Geo-Parity"
description: "Central African Republic (Bangui): 35.9 Mbps internet, safety 0/100, healthcare 39/100 — essentials ≈ $809/month, so $3k lives \"like royalty\". Full quality-vs-cost breakdown."
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Livability · rank 167/167

# Is 🇨🇫 Central African Republic (Bangui) a good place to live?

Quality score **26/100** against essentials of **$809/month**.

## The five metrics

Internet 14 35.9 Mbps median broadband, 13.8% online

Safety 0 20.1 homicides/100k (2016)

Healthcare 39 UHC service coverage 39/100 (2023)

Air quality 51 PM2.5 27.1 µg/m³ (2023)

## Beside the score, not inside it

Neither of these is part of the composite above, deliberately. Folding governance into a quality-of-life number would bury a political judgement where you could not see it or argue with it, and connection *price* is a different question from connection *speed* — somewhere fast and expensive and somewhere slow and cheap are different trade-offs, not one average.

- **Rule of law**: very weak
- World Bank WGI estimate -1.71 · corruption control -1.31 · stability -1.83 (2024). Scale −2.5 to +2.5, higher is better.
- **What connectivity costs**: $33.96 /mo broadband
- Mobile 10GB $34/month. ITU price basket. The speed above is scored; this price is not.

## What your budget buys

| Monthly budget | vs essentials ($809) | Verdict |
| --- | --- | --- |
| $2,000 | 2.5× | very comfortable |
| $3,000 | 3.7× | like royalty |
| $5,000 | 6.2× | like royalty |

Essentials from the [Pint & Property basket](https://geo-parity.com/expenses/?tab=prices). Rank countries by your own priorities in the [interactive matrix](https://geo-parity.com/livability/).

## Similar value-for-money

- [🇮🇸 Iceland](https://geo-parity.com/livability/iceland/) — quality 94.7, essentials $2,905/mo
- [🇨🇩 DR Congo](https://geo-parity.com/livability/dr-congo/) — quality 32.6, essentials $994/mo
- [🇸🇧 Solomon Islands](https://geo-parity.com/livability/solomon-islands/) — quality 55.7, essentials $1,786/mo
- [🇨🇭 Switzerland](https://geo-parity.com/livability/switzerland/) — quality 85.1, essentials $2,753/mo

See also: [everyday prices](https://geo-parity.com/ppp/central-african-republic/) · [retiring in Central African Republic](https://geo-parity.com/fire/central-african-republic/)

## Frequently asked questions

- **Is Central African Republic a good place to live for remote workers?**: Central African Republic scores 26/100 on our equal-weighted livability composite (internet 35.9 Mbps, safety 0, healthcare 39, air quality 51; English not scored) — rank 167 of 167.
- **How fast is the internet in Central African Republic?**: Median fixed broadband is around 35.9 Mbps.
- **What does $3,000/month get you in Central African Republic?**: Single-person essentials run about $809/month at local prices, so $3,000 lives "like royalty" (3.7× essentials).

Safety, healthcare and air quality are objective figures from the World Bank (homicide rate, life expectancy) and WHO (PM2.5); internet speed and English are curated. City variation is real — verify locally. Agents: GET /api/livability.json?budget=3000.

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