Is Zimbabwe a good place to live for remote workers?

Zimbabwe scores 53/100 on our equal-weighted livability composite (internet 40 Mbps, safety 59, healthcare 59, air quality 77; English not scored) — rank 114 of 167.

How fast is the internet in Zimbabwe?

Median fixed broadband is around 40 Mbps.

What does $3,000/month get you in Zimbabwe?

Single-person essentials run about $1,049/month at local prices, so $3,000 lives "like royalty" (2.9× essentials).

Livability · rank 114/167

Is 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe (Harare) a good place to live?

Quality score 53/100 against essentials of $1,049/month.

The five metrics

Internet 16 40 Mbps median broadband, 41.6% online

Safety 59 6.8 homicides/100k (2022)

Healthcare 59 UHC service coverage 59/100 (2023)

Air quality 77 PM2.5 15.4 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 -1.21 · corruption control -1.25 · stability -1.02 (2024). Scale −2.5 to +2.5, higher is better.
What connectivity costs: $14 /mo broadband; Mobile 10GB $51.69/month. ITU price basket. The speed above is scored; this price is not.

What your budget buys

Monthly budget	vs essentials ($1,049)	Verdict
$2,000	1.9×	very comfortable
$3,000	2.9×	like royalty
$5,000	4.8×	like royalty

Essentials from the Pint & Property basket. Rank countries by your own priorities in the interactive matrix.

Similar value-for-money

🇹🇬 Togo — quality 31.7, essentials $630/mo
🇬🇹 Guatemala — quality 43.2, essentials $855/mo
🇻🇨 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines — quality 61, essentials $1,201/mo
🇮🇶 Iraq — quality 36.7, essentials $738/mo

Frequently asked questions

Is Zimbabwe a good place to live for remote workers?: Zimbabwe scores 53/100 on our equal-weighted livability composite (internet 40 Mbps, safety 59, healthcare 59, air quality 77; English not scored) — rank 114 of 167.
How fast is the internet in Zimbabwe?: Median fixed broadband is around 40 Mbps.
What does $3,000/month get you in Zimbabwe?: Single-person essentials run about $1,049/month at local prices, so $3,000 lives "like royalty" (2.9× essentials).