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List of cities by quality of living

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This is a list of the world's cities by quality of living, according to the "Mercer Human Resource Consulting 2007 cities by quality of living survey".

The results of the survey identified Vancouver, Zurich, Vienna and Geneva having the highest quality of living. The least desirable cities were found to be Brazzaville and Pointe Noire in the Republic of Congo which score 23 and 30.5 respectively, and Khartoum and Baghdad which each score 33.

The cities - 218 in total - were evaluated on 39 factors including political, economic, environmental, personal safety, health, education, transportation and other public service factors. Cities were compared to the city of New York which was given a base score of 100.

2007 Rank City Country Index 2007
1 Zurich Switzerland 108.1
2 Geneva Switzerland 108.0
3 Vancouver Canada 107.7
3 Vienna Austria 107.7
5 Auckland New Zealand 107.3
5 Düsseldorf Germany 107.3
7 Frankfurt Germany 107.1
8 Munich Germany 106.9
9 Bern Switzerland 106.5
9 Sydney Australia 106.5
11 Copenhagen Denmark 106.2
12 Wellington New Zealand 105.8
13 Amsterdam The Netherlands 105.7
14 Brussels Belgium 105.6
15 Toronto Canada 105.4
16 Berlin Germany 105.2
17 Melbourne Australia 105.0
18 Luxembourg Luxembourg 104.8
18 Ottawa Canada 104.8
20 Stockholm Sweden 104.7
21 Perth Australia 104.5
22 Montreal Canada 104.3
23 Nurnberg Germany 104.2
24 Calgary Canada 103.6
24 Hamburg Germany 103.6
26 Oslo Norway 103.5
27 Dublin Ireland 103.3
27 Honolulu United States 103.3
29 San Francisco United States 103.2
30 Helsinki Finland 103.1
30 Adelaide Australia 103.1
32 Brisbane Australia 102.8
33 Paris France 102.7
34 Singapore Singapore 102.5
35 Tokyo Japan 102.3
36 Lyon France 101.9
36 Boston United States 101.9
38 Yokohama Japan 101.7
39 London United Kingdom 101.2
40 Kobe Japan 101.0
41 Barcelona Spain 100.6
42 Madrid Spain 100.5
42 Osaka Japan 100.5
44 Washington DC United States 100.4
44 Chicago United States 100.4
46 Portland United States 100.3
47 Lisbon Portugal 100.1
48 New York City United States 100.0
49 Milan Italy 99.9
49 Seattle United States 99.9
51 Lexington United States 99.8
52 Pittsburgh United States 99.7
52 Winston Salem United States 99.7
54 Nagoya Japan 99.5
55 Riyadh Saudi Arabia 98.3
55 Jeddah Saudi Arabia 98.3
57 Glasgow United Kingdom 98.2
58 Los Angeles United States 98.1
58 Cleveland United States 98.1
60 Minneapolis United States 97.9
61 Rome Italy 97.4
62 Miami United States 96.3
63 Yokkaichi Japan 96.2
64 Detroit United States 96.1
64 St Louis United States 96.1
66 Atlanta United States 95.7
67 Leipzig Germany 95.5
68 Houston United States 95.4
69 Omuta Japan 94.9
70 Hong Kong China 94.3
71 San Juan Puerto Rico 92.9
72 Prague Czech Republic 92.3
73 Medinah Saudi Arabia 91.4
74 Budapest Hungary 90.2
75 Kuala Lumpur Malaysia 88.9
76 Montevideo Uruguay 88.2
77 Port Louis Mauritius 87.7
78 Athens Greece 87.6
79 Buenos Aires Argentina 87.4
80 Dubai United Arab Emirates 87.0
80 Ljubljana Slovenia 87.0
82 Vilnius Lithuania 86.6
83 Taipei Taiwan 86.5
83 Santiago Chile 86.5
85 Cape Town South Africa 85.7
85 Warsaw Poland 85.7
87 Seoul South Korea 85.2
88 Abu Dhabi United Arab Emirates 84.1
89 Tallinn Estonia 83.7
90 Johannesburg South Africa 83.3
91 Limassol Cyprus 83.2
92 Riga Latvia 82.9
92 Panama City Panama 82.9
94 Khobar Saudi Arabia 82.6
95 Tunis Tunisia 82.4
96 Victoria Seychelles 82.2
97 Papeete French Polynesia 82.0
97 Port Elizabeth South Africa 82.0
99 Bratislava Slovakia 81.7
100 Shanghai China 81.6

Top three Cities By Region

Americas
Rank Overall Ranking City Quality of living
1 3 Vancouver 107.7
2 15 Toronto 105.4
3 18 Ottawa 104.8

Oceania

Rank Overall Ranking City Quality of living
1 5 Auckland 107.3
2 9 Sydney 106.5
3 12 Wellington 105.8

Europe

Rank Overall Ranking City Quality of living
1 1 Zurich 108.1
2 2 Geneva 108.0
3 3 Vienna 107.7

Asia

Rank Overall Ranking City Quality of living
1 34 Singapore 102.5
2 35 Tokyo 102.3
3 38 Yokohama 101.7

Middle East & North Africa

Rank Overall Ranking City Quality of living
1 55 Riyadh 98.3
1 55 Jeddah 98.3
3 73 Medinah 91.4

Sub-Saharan Africa

Rank Overall Ranking City Quality of living
1 77 Port Louis 87.7
2 85 Cape Town 85.7
3 90 Johannesburg 83.3

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