How cheap is it to live in Madagascar?

Among the cheapest places CostLiving tracks. A moderate single-person lifestyle in Madagascar runs $1,000 a month, with the budget tier at $600 and the comfortable tier at $1,550. Housing is the standout: $303 a month at the moderate tier covers a one-bed, and food comes in around $225 buying mostly local produce, rice, zebu and seafood from markets. Antananarivo prices in line with the national benchmark at $1,000 a month moderate, so there is no capital premium. The honest caveats sit outside the spreadsheet: infrastructure is patchy, power cuts are routine outside the capital, imported goods carry heavy markups because almost everything arrives by sea, and private healthcare, which any foreign resident should budget for, means paying for quality where you find it or flying out for anything serious. Cheap here buys a genuinely low cost of life, not a discount version of European convenience. Full tier breakdowns are on our Madagascar cost of living page.