The most livable cities in the world

Once again, the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) has released its rankings of the world’s most livable cities and to no-one’s surprise, a couple of Australian cities made the top 10 along with a couple of Canadian ones (However, I am not sure how many readers want to be in those Canadian cities during winter time!). According to the EIU, the following are the top 10 most liveable cities as ranked by The Economist:

1. Vancouver, Canada
2. Vienna, Austria
3. Melbourne, Australia
4. Toronto, Canada
5. Calgary, Canada
6. Helsinki, Finland
7. Sydney, Australia
8. Perth, Australia
9. Adelaide, Australia
10. Auckland, New Zealand

Meanwhile and to no-one’s surprise, the bottom 10 cities included some of the usual suspects:

1. Harare, Zimbabwe
2. Dhaka, Bangladesh
3. Algiers , Algeria
4. Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea
5. Lagos, Nigeria
6. Karachi, Pakistan
7. Douala, Cameroon
8. Kathmandu, Nepal
9. Colombo, Sri Lanka
10. Dakar, Senegal

The survey had ranked 140 cities on 30 factors that include healthcare, culture and environment, and education and personal safety and these rankings are often used by employers when assigning hardship allowances as part of expatriate relocation packages.