2019 Quality of living ranking of 231 cities around the world

[Kailash Kumar]

2019 QUALITY OF LIVING RANKING

13 March 2019

What Factors Determine Quality of Living?
These factors are evaluated in Mercer’s Quality of Living Reports, which offer city-to-city comparisons for nearly 500 global assignment destinations.

2019 CITY RANKING

Rank. City, Country/Region
1. Vienna, Austria
2. Zürich, Switzerland
3. Vancouver, Canada
3. Munich, Germany
3. Auckland, New Zealand
6. Düsseldorf, Germany
7. Frankfurt, Germany
8. Copenhagen, Denmark
9. Geneva, Switzerland
10. Basel, Switzerland

11. Sydney, Australia
11. Amsterdam, Netherlands
13. Berlin, Germany
14. Bern, Switzerland
15. Wellington, New Zealand
16. Toronto, Canada
17. Melbourne, Australia
18. Luxembourg, Luxembourg
19. Ottawa, Canada
19. Hamburg, Germany

21. Perth, Australia
21. Montréal, Canada
23. Nuremburg, Germany
23. Stockholm, Sweden
25. Oslo, Norway
25. Singapore, Singapore
27. Stuttgart, Germany
28. Brussels, Belgium
29. Adelaide, Australia
30. Canberra, Australia

31. Helsinki, Finland
32. Calgary, Canada
33. Dublin, Ireland
34. San Francisco, United States
35. Brisbane, Australia
36. Boston, United States
37. Lisbon, Portugal
37. Honolulu, United States
39. Paris, France
40. Lyon, France

41. Milan, Italy
41. London, United Kingdom
43. Barcelona, Spain
44. New York, United States
45. Edinburgh, United Kingdom
46. Madrid, Spain
46. Seattle, United States
48. Glasgow, United Kingdom
49. Kobe, Japan
49. Tokyo, Japan

49. Birmingham, United Kingdom
49. Chicago, United States
53. Washington, United States
54. Philadelphia, United States
55. Yokohama, Japan
56. Rome, Italy
57. Aberdeen, United Kingdom
58. Osaka, Japan
59. Pittsburgh, United States
60. Leipzig, Germany

61. Minneapolis, United States
62. Nagoya, Japan
63. Dallas, United States
64. Belfast, United Kingdom
64. Atlanta, United States
66. Houston, United States
66. Los Angeles, United States
66. Miami, United States
69. Prague, Czech Republic
70. St. Louis, United States

71. Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR
72. Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe (France)
72. Detroit, United States
74. Ljubljana, Slovenia
74. Dubai, United Arab Emirates
76. Budapest, Hungary
77. Seoul, South Korea
78. Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
78. Montevideo, Uruguay
80. Bratislava, Slovakia

81. Vilnius, Lithuania
82. Warsaw, Poland
83. Port Louis, Mauritius
84. Taipei, Taiwan
85. Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
86. Limassol, Cyprus
86. Tallinn, Estonia
88. Durban, South Africa
89. Athens, Greece
90. Riga, Latvia

91. Buenos Aires, Argentina
92. San Juan, Puerto Rico
93. Santiago, Chile
94. Busan, South Korea
95. Cape Town, South Africa
96. Johannesburg, South Africa
97. Panama City, Panama
98. Zagreb, Croatia
98. Victoria, Seychelles
100. Wroclaw, Poland

101. Johor Bahru, Malaysia
101. Taichung, Taiwan
103. Shanghai, China
104. Tel Aviv, Israel
105. Muscat, Oman
106. Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei
107. Brasilia, Brazil
108. San José, Costa Rica
109. Bucharest, Romania
110. Noumea,New Caledonia

110. Doha, Qatar
112. Nassau, Bahamas
113. Monterrey, Mexico
114. Tunis, Tunisia
115. Asunción, Paraguay
116. Sofia, Bulgaria
117. Rabat, Morocco
118. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
119. São Paulo, Brazil
120. Beijing, China

120. Amman, Jordan
122. Guangzhou, China
122. Quito, Ecuador
124. Casablanca, Morocco
124. Lima, Peru
126. Kuwait City, Kuwait
127. Manaus, Brazil
128. Bogotá, Colombia
129. Mexico City, Mexico
130. Istanbul, Turkey

131. Windhoek, Namibia
132. Shenzhen, China
133. Bangkok, Thailand
134. Chengdu, China
135. Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
136. Manama, Bahrain
137. Manila, Philippines
138. Colombo, Sri Lanka
139. Belgrade, Serbia
140. Nanjing, China

141. Gaborone, Botswana
142. Jakarta, Indonesia
143. Hyderabad, India
143. Pune, India
145. Xian, China
146. Qingdao, China
147. Port of Spain, Trinidad & Tobago
148. Chongqing, China
149. Bengaluru, India
150. Lusaka, Zambia

151. Chennai, India
152. Kingston, Jamaica
153. Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
154. Mumbai, India
155. Hanoi, Vietnam
156. La Paz, Bolivia
156. Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina
158. Shenyang, China
158. Guatemala City, Guatemala
160. Kolkata, India

161. Skopje, Macedonia
162. New Delhi, India
163. Dakar, Senegal
164. Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
165. Accra, Ghana
166. Libreville, Gabon
167. Moscow, Russia
168. Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
169. Jilin, China
170. Yerevan, Armenia

171. Vientiane, People's Democratic Republic of Laos
172. Kampala, Uganda
173. Kyiv, Ukraine
174. St. Petersburg, Russia
175. Tirana, Albania
175. San Salvador, El Salvador
177. Cairo, Eqypt
177. Almaty, Kazakhstan
179. Banjul, Gambia
180. Managua, Nicaragua

181. Blantyre, Malawi
182. Cotonou, Benin
183. Maputo, Mozambique
184. Beirut, Lebanon
185. Algiers, Algeria
186. Nairobi, Kenya
187. Tbilisi, Georgia
188. Minsk, Belarus
189. Djibouti, Djibouti
189. Tegucigalpa, Honduras

191. Kigali, Rwanda
192. Havana, Cuba
193. Yaounde, Cameroon
194. Islamabad, Pakistan
195. Baku, Azerbaijan
196. Phnom Penh, Cambodia
197. Douala, Cameroon
198. Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
199. Luanda, Angola
199. Tehran, Iran

201. Karachi, Pakistan
202. Caracas, Venezuela
203. Yangon, Myanmar
203. Lome, Togo
203. Tashkent, Uzbekistan
206. Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
207. Lahore, Pakistan
208. Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire
209. Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
210. Harare, Zimbabwe

211. Ashgabat, Turkmenistan
212. Lagos, Nigeria
213. Abuja, Nigeria
214. Antananarivo, Madagascar
215. Dushanbe, Tajikistan
216. Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
217. Dhaka, Bangladesh
218. Tripoli, Libya
218. Niamey, Niger
220. Bamako, Mali

221. Nouakchott, Mauritania
222. Conakry, Guinea Republic
223. Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo
224. Brazzaville, Congo
225. Damascus, Syria
226. N'Djamena, Chad
227. Khartoum, Sudan
228. Port au Prince, Haiti
229. Sana'a, Yemen Arab Republic
230. Bangui, Central African Republic

231. Baghdad, Iraq

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[El Sidd]

201 Karachi
207 Lahore

@Moonlight lakh di !!

 

[Death Professor]

194 Islamabad. Feel like that's not true, way too low to be true.

 

[Gibbs]

I may be a bit biased but Melbourne has to be way more higher than that, Atleast in the top 10.. No way should Sydney be higher ranked than Melbourne when it comes to quality of life

Colombo 138. Tops South Asia as excepted.. Not bad for a city that was barricaded only a decade ago in fear of Terror attacks

@Godman With the Monorail coming in i'd expect Colombo to rise in the rankings in the coming years.. Atrocious public transport is a major impediment for the growth of the city

 

[Homo Sapiens]

Thank God, Dhaka lost the dubious reputation of being the 2nd worst city to live in. Inclusion of more African cities helped.

 

[war&peace]

194 Islamabad. Feel like that's not true, way too low to be true.

This list seems to be crappy. Vienna is number one on this list... which is pretty unhealthy city compared to Scandinavian cities. There are no dedicated bike lanes, people do not like to walk ... and unhealthy food so a lot of fat people..

And Stockholm is on 23 in this crappy list while Stockholm has consistently been voted the most green capital in Europe, a lot more nature and open space..so I really wonder how they listed it.

 

[LeGenD]

Lahore at 207 - yikes.

Somebody contact Showbaaz Sharif...

 

[Michael Corleone]

Thank God, Dhaka lost the dubious reputation of being the 2nd worst city to live in. Inclusion of more African cities helped.

Withe you proud of it? i scrolled right down to find dhaka.... it's a shame how this ones good city have been turned into shitshow

 

[SSGcommandoPAK]

Islamabad, Pakistan
201. Karachi, Pakistan
207 Lahore, Pakistan

 

[JF-17ThunderBlock3]

201 Karachi
207 Lahore

@Moonlight lakh di !!

Yeh awaam be like A typical PMLN fan " Mian Saab NY Lahore ko Parish bna deya hai"

 

[Moonlight]

201 Karachi
207 Lahore

@Moonlight lakh di !!

Aap ka matloba # fil hal masroof hai

 

[Homo Sapiens]

Withe you proud of it? i scrolled right down to find dhaka.... it's a shame how this ones good city have been turned into shitshow

Not proud at all. Dhaka's ranking is still at the bottom.But at least ''2nd worst'' designation have been removed. Worst, 2nd worst, 3rd worst such designation are much more damaging than just 'one of the worst' designation. Dhaka did not improved, but inclusion of other dysfunctional cities helped it to camouflage among the crowd.If you are branded as the only criminal in the group, it is much more damaging for your mental happiness and reputation then turning out to be only one of the 10 criminal in the group. I hope you gasped my points.

 

[JF-17ThunderBlock3]

194 Islamabad. Feel like that's not true, way too low to be true.

Or else too good to be true they put Jeddah 167

 

[El Sidd]

Yeh awaam be like A typical PMLN fan " Mian Saab NY Lahore ko Parish bna deya hai"

Actually Lahore has seen development on a scale which would make other cities jealous.

These lists are pointless actually. Just show the next possible trend in terms of development which makes it good to be lower down the number.

 

[N.Siddiqui]

194 Islamabad. Feel like that's not true, way too low to be true.

Islamabad in many such listings are clubbed together with Rawalpindi, the twin city...

Otherwise Islamabad scores well in all the parameters listed above, except for public transport, overall even with the BRTS, housing is expensive as well...rest of the indices are present in Islamabad...

Small expensive cities with fewer inhabitants will always tops the list, some exceptions here.