Countries with the Cheapest Rent (2026)
Afghanistan offers the cheapest average one-bedroom rent in our dataset at just $0/month, making it a top pick for digital nomads and budget-conscious expats.
Updated March 2026
Key takeaways
- Afghanistan tops the ranking for cheapest rent at $0 / $0 /mo.
- 168 countries scored — top 3 are Afghanistan, Cuba, Iran.
- Methodology: deterministic, sourced from NoodlePants' tracked dataset, refreshed March 2026.
Top 10 at a glance
Afghanistan
$0 / $0 /mo
Cuba
$0 / $0 /mo
Iran
$0 / $0 /mo
North Korea
$0 / $0 /mo
South Sudan
$0 / $0 /mo
Syria
$0 / $0 /mo
Yemen
$0 / $0 /mo
Nepal
$180 / $280 /mo
Pakistan
$180 / $280 /mo
Algeria
$220 / $350 /mo
| # | Country | Avg Rent (1BR / 2BR) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Afghanistan | $0 / $0 /mo | View → |
| 2 | Cuba | $0 / $0 /mo | View → |
| 3 | Iran | $0 / $0 /mo | View → |
| 4 | North Korea | $0 / $0 /mo | View → |
| 5 | South Sudan | $0 / $0 /mo | View → |
| 6 | Syria | $0 / $0 /mo | View → |
| 7 | Yemen | $0 / $0 /mo | View → |
| 8 | Nepal | $180 / $280 /mo | View → |
| 9 | Pakistan | $180 / $280 /mo | View → |
| 10 | Algeria | $220 / $350 /mo | View → |
| 11 | Bangladesh | $220 / $350 /mo | View → |
| 12 | Egypt | $220 / $350 /mo | View → |
| 13 | Eritrea | $220 / $350 /mo | View → |
| 14 | Madagascar | $220 / $350 /mo | View → |
| 15 | Gambia | $240 / $380 /mo | View → |
| 16 | Guinea-Bissau | $240 / $380 /mo | View → |
| 17 | Niger | $240 / $380 /mo | View → |
| 18 | Sierra Leone | $240 / $380 /mo | View → |
| 19 | Tajikistan | $240 / $380 /mo | View → |
| 20 | Uganda | $240 / $380 /mo | View → |
| 21 | India | $250 / $410 /mo | View → |
| 22 | Tunisia | $250 / $390 /mo | View → |
| 23 | Burkina Faso | $260 / $400 /mo | View → |
| 24 | Central African Republic | $260 / $410 /mo | View → |
| 25 | Liberia | $260 / $410 /mo | View → |
| 26 | Mali | $260 / $410 /mo | View → |
| 27 | Sri Lanka | $260 / $410 /mo | View → |
| 28 | Turkmenistan | $260 / $410 /mo | View → |
| 29 | Bhutan | $280 / $440 /mo | View → |
| 30 | Chad | $280 / $440 /mo | View → |
| 31 | Comoros | $280 / $440 /mo | View → |
| 32 | Guinea | $280 / $440 /mo | View → |
| 33 | Laos | $280 / $440 /mo | View → |
| 34 | North Macedonia | $280 / $430 /mo | View → |
| 35 | Somalia | $280 / $440 /mo | View → |
| 36 | Sudan | $280 / $440 /mo | View → |
| 37 | Tanzania | $280 / $430 /mo | View → |
| 38 | Venezuela | $280 / $430 /mo | View → |
| 39 | Bolivia | $290 / $450 /mo | View → |
| 40 | Moldova | $290 / $450 /mo | View → |
| 41 | Uzbekistan | $290 / $450 /mo | View → |
| 42 | Myanmar | $310 / $480 /mo | View → |
| 43 | Argentina | $320 / $500 /mo | View → |
| 44 | Belarus | $320 / $500 /mo | View → |
| 45 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | $320 / $500 /mo | View → |
| 46 | Ethiopia | $320 / $500 /mo | View → |
| 47 | Ghana | $320 / $500 /mo | View → |
| 48 | Kyrgyzstan | $320 / $500 /mo | View → |
| 49 | Rwanda | $320 / $500 /mo | View → |
| 50 | Timor-Leste | $320 / $500 /mo | View → |
| 51 | Indonesia | $340 / $540 /mo | View → |
| 52 | Kosovo | $340 / $520 /mo | View → |
| 53 | Libya | $340 / $520 /mo | View → |
| 54 | Nicaragua | $340 / $520 /mo | View → |
| 55 | São Tomé and Príncipe | $340 / $520 /mo | View → |
| 56 | Kazakhstan | $350 / $540 /mo | View → |
| 57 | Ukraine | $350 / $540 /mo | View → |
| 58 | Cameroon | $360 / $560 /mo | View → |
| 59 | Colombia | $360 / $560 /mo | View → |
| 60 | Côte d'Ivoire | $360 / $560 /mo | View → |
| 61 | Honduras | $360 / $560 /mo | View → |
| 62 | Kenya | $360 / $560 /mo | View → |
| 63 | Morocco | $360 / $560 /mo | View → |
| 64 | Paraguay | $360 / $560 /mo | View → |
| 65 | Zimbabwe | $360 / $560 /mo | View → |
| 66 | Brazil | $380 / $580 /mo | View → |
| 67 | Ecuador | $380 / $580 /mo | View → |
| 68 | Guatemala | $380 / $580 /mo | View → |
| 69 | Mongolia | $380 / $580 /mo | View → |
| 70 | Nigeria | $380 / $580 /mo | View → |
| 71 | Senegal | $380 / $580 /mo | View → |
| 72 | Zambia | $380 / $580 /mo | View → |
| 73 | Peru | $410 / $630 /mo | View → |
| 74 | Philippines | $410 / $640 /mo | View → |
| 75 | Albania | $420 / $620 /mo | View → |
| 76 | Cabo Verde | $420 / $650 /mo | View → |
| 77 | Cambodia | $420 / $650 /mo | View → |
| 78 | DR Congo | $420 / $650 /mo | View → |
| 79 | El Salvador | $420 / $650 /mo | View → |
| 80 | Malaysia | $420 / $650 /mo | View → |
| 81 | Mongolia | $420 / $650 /mo | View → |
| 82 | Mozambique | $420 / $650 /mo | View → |
| 83 | Serbia | $420 / $640 /mo | View → |
| 84 | Azerbaijan | $460 / $700 /mo | View → |
| 85 | Bulgaria | $460 / $700 /mo | View → |
| 86 | Dominican Republic | $460 / $700 /mo | View → |
| 87 | Namibia | $460 / $700 /mo | View → |
| 88 | Romania | $460 / $700 /mo | View → |
| 89 | Thailand | $460 / $720 /mo | View → |
| 90 | Tonga | $460 / $700 /mo | View → |
| 91 | Vietnam | $470 / $730 /mo | View → |
| 92 | Chile | $480 / $740 /mo | View → |
| 93 | Georgia | $480 / $720 /mo | View → |
| 94 | Jordan | $480 / $740 /mo | View → |
| 95 | Republic of the Congo | $480 / $740 /mo | View → |
| 96 | Samoa | $480 / $740 /mo | View → |
| 97 | South Africa | $480 / $740 /mo | View → |
| 98 | Turkey | $480 / $740 /mo | View → |
| 99 | Botswana | $520 / $800 /mo | View → |
| 100 | Equatorial Guinea | $520 / $800 /mo | View → |
| 101 | Greece | $520 / $800 /mo | View → |
| 102 | Mexico | $520 / $790 /mo | View → |
| 103 | Montenegro | $520 / $800 /mo | View → |
| 104 | Armenia | $540 / $820 /mo | View → |
| 105 | Djibouti | $540 / $820 /mo | View → |
| 106 | Gabon | $540 / $820 /mo | View → |
| 107 | Hungary | $540 / $820 /mo | View → |
| 108 | Latvia | $540 / $820 /mo | View → |
| 109 | Croatia | $580 / $880 /mo | View → |
| 110 | Fiji | $580 / $880 /mo | View → |
| 111 | Taiwan | $580 / $880 /mo | View → |
| 112 | Uruguay | $580 / $880 /mo | View → |
| 113 | Angola | $600 / $920 /mo | View → |
| 114 | Lebanon | $600 / $920 /mo | View → |
| 115 | Slovakia | $600 / $900 /mo | View → |
| 116 | Mauritius | $620 / $950 /mo | View → |
| 117 | Oman | $620 / $950 /mo | View → |
| 118 | Papua New Guinea | $620 / $950 /mo | View → |
| 119 | Vanuatu | $650 / $950 /mo | View → |
| 120 | Poland | $680 / $1,020 /mo | View → |
| 121 | Estonia | $700 / $1,050 /mo | View → |
| 122 | Slovenia | $700 / $1,050 /mo | View → |
| 123 | Brunei | $720 / $1,100 /mo | View → |
| 124 | China | $720 / $1,100 /mo | View → |
| 125 | Costa Rica | $720 / $1,100 /mo | View → |
| 126 | Czech Republic | $720 / $1,100 /mo | View → |
| 127 | Jamaica | $720 / $1,100 /mo | View → |
| 128 | Lithuania | $720 / $1,080 /mo | View → |
| 129 | Saudi Arabia | $720 / $1,100 /mo | View → |
| 130 | Trinidad and Tobago | $720 / $1,100 /mo | View → |
| 131 | Italy | $780 / $1,180 /mo | View → |
| 132 | Bahrain | $800 / $1,200 /mo | View → |
| 133 | Cyprus | $850 / $1,280 /mo | View → |
| 134 | Panama | $880 / $1,350 /mo | View → |
| 135 | Spain | $900 / $1,380 /mo | View → |
| 136 | Japan | $920 / $1,450 /mo | View → |
| 137 | South Korea | $920 / $1,400 /mo | View → |
| 138 | Belgium | $950 / $1,400 /mo | View → |
| 139 | Portugal | $950 / $1,450 /mo | View → |
| 140 | Maldives | $980 / $1,500 /mo | View → |
| 141 | Seychelles | $980 / $1,500 /mo | View → |
| 142 | Sweden | $980 / $1,480 /mo | View → |
| 143 | Austria | $1,050 / $1,550 /mo | View → |
| 144 | Finland | $1,050 / $1,500 /mo | View → |
| 145 | France | $1,050 / $1,600 /mo | View → |
| 146 | Malta | $1,050 / $1,550 /mo | View → |
| 147 | Barbados | $1,100 / $1,700 /mo | View → |
| 148 | Germany | $1,100 / $1,650 /mo | View → |
| 149 | Kuwait | $1,100 / $1,700 /mo | View → |
| 150 | Israel | $1,450 / $2,150 /mo | View → |
| 151 | New Zealand | $1,450 / $2,100 /mo | View → |
| 152 | Norway | $1,450 / $2,100 /mo | View → |
| 153 | Canada | $1,550 / $2,250 /mo | View → |
| 154 | Denmark | $1,550 / $2,300 /mo | View → |
| 155 | Netherlands | $1,650 / $2,400 /mo | View → |
| 156 | Australia | $1,700 / $2,450 /mo | View → |
| 157 | Iceland | $1,700 / $2,400 /mo | View → |
| 158 | United Kingdom | $1,750 / $2,500 /mo | View → |
| 159 | United States | $1,850 / $2,650 /mo | View → |
| 160 | Luxembourg | $1,900 / $2,700 /mo | View → |
| 161 | Qatar | $1,900 / $2,900 /mo | View → |
| 162 | United Arab Emirates | $1,900 / $2,900 /mo | View → |
| 163 | Ireland | $2,050 / $2,950 /mo | View → |
| 164 | Switzerland | $2,100 / $3,100 /mo | View → |
| 165 | Cayman Islands | $2,400 / $3,600 /mo | View → |
| 166 | Hong Kong | $2,400 / $3,650 /mo | View → |
| 167 | Bermuda | $2,800 / $4,200 /mo | View → |
| 168 | Singapore | $2,900 / $4,400 /mo | View → |
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What affects cheapest rent?
Rents reflect local wages, urban density, and supply. Emerging markets in Southeast Asia, Latin America, and parts of Eastern Europe consistently offer the lowest absolute rent figures.
City-centre rents can be 2–3× suburban rents in the same country. The figures here track central one-bedroom apartments — your real budget can go further outside the core.
Short-term furnished rentals (Airbnb, nomad housing) usually run 30–80% above long-term local rates shown here.
Frequently asked
Which country has the cheapest rent?
Afghanistan currently leads with $0 / $0 /mo.
Can foreigners buy property in Afghanistan?
Foreign buyers face restrictions in Afghanistan — check local rules before committing.
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