City quality of life indices: Difference between revisions

Regions with cities commonly ranked in the top 50 include the [[United States]], [[Canada]], [[Western Europe]], [[Australia]], and [[New Zealand]].<ref name="MercerSurvey2015">{{cite web | title=2015 quality of living survey | work=Mercer | date=4 March 2015 |url=http://www.uk.mercer.com/newsroom/2015-quality-of-living-survey.html}}</ref> Three examples of such surveys are [[Monocle (lifestyle magazine)|Monocle]]'s "Quality of Life Survey", the [[Economist Intelligence Unit]]'s "Global Liveability Ranking", and "[[Mercer (consulting firm)|Mercer]] Quality of Living Survey". Numbeo has the largest statistics and survey data based on cities and countries.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.numbeo.com/cost-of-living/|title=Cost of Living|website=www.numbeo.com}}</ref>{{third-party inline|date=January 2023|reason=Needs an independent source, the current one is a self-published claim by Numbeo about itself.}} [[Deutsche Bank]]'s Liveability Survey is another ranking of cities by quality of life.

The [[Economist Intelligence Unit]]'s (EIU) publishes an annual Global Liveability Ranking, which ranks 140 cities for their urban [[quality of life]] based on assessments of their stability, [[health care]], culture, environment, [[education]] and [[infrastructure]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.eiu.com/topic/liveability|title=Global Liveability Ranking 2016|website=www.eiu.com|language=en|access-date=12 April 2017}}</ref>

The Syrian capital, [[Damascus]], was ranked the least livable city of the 140173 assessed in 2021 and 20222024.<ref name="auto">{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-57412997|title=Coronavirus: Auckland ranked most liveable city as pandemic shifts list|work=BBC News |date=9 June 2021}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{cite web |date=2022 |title=The Global Liveability Index 2022 |url=https://pages.eiu.com/rs/753-RIQ-438/images/liveability-index-2022.pdf?mkt_tok=NzUzLVJJUS00MzgAAAGFLkJl1fOvHGsnPKKIqhqxAU82_rfKm2DoBqxAa3JXVAVB27O2PfTFgFahJlDNPa5cr6ofvL5M4Fe5Qru9hBrIRSt9ZI1atBdTxrJiOHKEuIH7vw |website=The Economist Intelligence Unit}}</ref>

! colspan="43" | EIU's Global Liveability Ranking 20232024<ref>{{Cite news |title=The world’sworld's most liveable cities in 2023 |work=The Economist2024 |url=https://wwwpages.economisteiu.com/graphicrs/753-RIQ-detail438/2023images/06/21/theThe-worldsGlobal-mostLiveability-liveableIndex-citiesSummary-inReport-2023 final.pdf|access-date=20232024-06-2228 |newspaper=The Economist |issn=0013-0613}}</ref>

| [[MelbourneZürich]]

| {{flag|AustraliaSwitzerland}}

| [[SydneyMelbourne]]

| [[VancouverCalgary]]

| 65

| [[Zürich|ZurichGeneva]]

| [[CalgarySydney]]

| {{flag|CanadaAustralia}}

| [[GenevaVancouver]]

| 109

| 109

The 2023 Monocle Survey determined the world's most livable city was [[Vienna]], followed by [[Copenhagen]], [[Munich]] and [[Zürich]].<ref name="auto1">{{cite web | url=https://monocle.com/magazine/issues/165/paradise-cities/ | title=Paradise cities &#124; Monocle: Issue 165 |url=https://monocle.com/magazine/issues/165/}}</ref>

[[Global Finance (magazine)|Global Finance]] is an English-language monthly financial magazine that publishes a list of the world's best cities to live that is based on a score that reflects a comprehensive list of eight unique factors. These are: economic strength; research and development; cultural interaction; livability; environment; accessibility; GDP per capita (nominal in U.S. dollars); and COVID-19 deaths per million for the country.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Getzoff|first=Marc|date=14 October 2020|title=Global Finance Magazine - World's Best Cities To Live In 2020|url=https://www.gfmag.com/global-data/non-economic-data/best-cities-to-live|url-status=live|access-date=2021-08-23|website=Global Finance Magazine|language=en}}</ref>

| [[ShanghaiNew York City|New York]]

| {{flagu|ChinaUnited States}}

| [[BeijingLos Angeles]]

| {{flagu|ChinaUnited States}}

| [[New York City|New YorkShanghai]]

| {{flagu|United StatesChina}}

! colspan="4" | Mercer's Quality of Living Ranking 20192023<ref>[https://mobilityexchangewww.mercer.com/Insightsinsights/total-rewards/talent-mobility-insights/quality-of-living-rankingscity-ranking/ Quality of living city ranking 20192023] - [[Mercer (consulting firm)|Mercer]]</ref>

| [[VancouverAuckland]]

| {{flagu|CanadaNew Zealand}}

| [[MunichCopenhagen]]

| {{flagu|GermanyDenmark}}

| [[AucklandGeneva]]

| {{flagu|New ZealandSwitzerland}}

| [[DüsseldorfFrankfurt]]

| [[FrankfurtMunich]]

| [[CopenhagenVancouver]]

| {{flagu|DenmarkCanada}}

| [[GenevaSydney]]

| {{flagu|SwitzerlandAustralia}}

| [[BaselDüsseldorf]]

| {{flagu|SwitzerlandGermany}}

| [[SydneyThe Hague]]

| {{flagu|AustraliaNetherlands}}

| [[AmsterdamWellington]]

| {{flagu|NetherlandsNew Zealand}}

| [[BerlinBern]]

| {{flagu|GermanySwitzerland}}

| [[BernBasel]]

| 1514

| [[WellingtonAmsterdam]]

| {{flagu|New ZealandNetherlands}}

| [[SingaporeBerlin]]

| {{flagu|SingaporeGermany}}

| 1918

| [[HamburgMontreal]]

| {{flagu|GermanyCanada}}

| 2120

| [[PerthMelbourne]]

| [[MontrealPerth]]

| {{flagu|CanadaAustralia}}

| [[NurembergCalgary]]

| {{flagu|GermanyCanada}}

| [[Luxembourg CityStockholm]]

| {{flagu|LuxembourgSweden}}

| 2726

| [[BrusselsCanberra]]

| {{flagu|BelgiumAustralia}}

| [[HelsinkiNuremberg]]

| {{flagu|FinlandGermany}}

| [[CalgaryParis]]

| {{flagu|CanadaFrance}}

| [[DublinToulouse]]

| {{flagu|IrelandFrance}}

| [[San FranciscoHelsinki]]

| {{flagu|United StatesFinland}}

| 3534

The full ranking includes 231241 cities.

* [[{{annotated link|European Green Capital Award]]}}

* [[Healthy{{annotated link|Global city]]}}

* [[{{annotated link|List of largestmost expensive cities]] for expatriate employees}}

[[Category:Lists of cities|liveable]]