Cost of Living in Durban

The data shown here for purchasing power might be true for the lucky few, upper strata of society, but it's enough to take a walk down most streets in the center, let alone go into townships...to realize there is no way the "average" people in Durban or pretty much anywhere in South-Africa do so well. In fact the reality is quite tragic, a large chunk of the population have nothing, and I mean nothing, living in squalid conditions.

Based on GDP per capita, as well as other figures, I would guesstimate South-Africa is at a similar level to countries like Ukraine, Albania if we had to use examples from Europe. But according to numbeo figures, its close to being on par with Spain, Italy, and much higher than countries like Czech Republic or Poland, which of course is just non-sense.

I'm sorry to say but all this information is un-realistic.

When it comes to South-Africa, I look at all the cities, Joburg, Cape Town, Durban, and they show as having a higher standard of living than some European cities I've lived in as well, and can easily compare. When I say unrealistic, what I mean is that those salaries they show as "average" for South-Africa, they are NOT average at all. When compiling all this data, I am sure they only include the upper class, because I assure you, 80-90% of people in S. Africa cannot even dream of the net income/disposable income as its being described here. Its only the engineers, the doctors, the bankers, etc. who make this kind of money, the rest of the people are struggling on few thousands rands per month...