Economist most liveable cities

Three Canadian cities cracked this year's top 10 list, but only one ranked in the top three.

“Life is almost back to normal in these cities on account of high COVID-19 vaccination rates and the easing of restrictions.” The city garnered a score of 96.3. Each year the list typically has many North America and western European cities claim top honours, and this year is no exception. “The concept of liveability is simple: It assesses which locations around the world provide the best or the worst living conditions,” the Economist report states. Vancouver followed just behind, claiming the fifth position. Similarly, while Australia claimed four spots in the top 10 last year due to excellent quality of life and limited restrictions during the pandemic, three of those cities – Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth – fell out of the top 10 this year as much of the world lifted COVID restrictions.

The Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU), a research organization owned by the Economist media outlet, releases an annual Global Liveability Index, a ranking of ...

This year, it’s the only Australian city in the top 10, tied with Osaka. “In Australia, some states were slower to lift restrictions than others,” wrote the EIU in its report. Prior to this year, Osaka had landed spots at the very top of the EIU’s index since 2018, reaching its peak at number two last year. Between 2011 and 2017, Melbourne ranked number one on the list every year, with other Australian cities like Adelaide, Perth, Brisbane, and Sydney consistently in the top 10 alongside it. “This has changed with COVID-19 in the process of becoming endemic and normalcy largely being restored.” This year, it scored 100 for stability, education, and infrastructure, bringing it up to the top. There are three Canadian cities in the top 10 this year, with the country’s third largest city, Calgary, placing highest. Vancouver is typically a mainstay on the EIU’s list, holding strong at number one for nearly a decade between 2002 and 2010. Vienna also held the number one spot in 2018 and 2019. The EIU measures liveability using several factors like political stability, culture and environment, education, and infrastructure, which allow it to asscopign a score between 1 and 100 to every city. “The concept of liveability is simple,” the organization wrote in its 2022 report, which ranks 172 cities. While New Zealand topped the list last year as its closed borders let residents have relatively normal lives, it has since lost its edge as most pandemic-era restrictions have been lifted across the globe. Every year, one organization tries to figure it out.

Based on the survey conducted between February 14th and March 13th of this year, Global Liveability Index ranks 172 cities based on five categories: stability, ...

- Damascus Syria — Rank – 172 - Lagos Nigeria — Rank – 171 - Tehran, Iran — Rank – 163 Shops, restaurants and museums have reopened, as have schools, and pandemic-led hospitalisation has declined, leading to less stress on healthcare resources and services, and even the requirement to wear masks is no longer in force in most situations. 4. Calgary Canada — Rank 3, Index – 96.3 The total score for each category was then converted to a range of 1-100.

This year, Vienna was again ranked as the best city in the world to live in according to the ranking. It was followed by Copenhagen, Denmark; Zurich, and ...

Other major cities on the list include New York, which ranked 51st, Paris at 19th place (23 places higher than last year), and London, which is 33rd. Overall, this year’s index rose sharply in the survey. It will be bigger than both London’s Hyde Park and New York City’s Central Park and will be the largest coastal park in all of Europe. This year, Athens notched 74.5, a range where the index says, “Day-to-day living is fine, in general.” Some of the index’s key factors include, healthcare, stability, education infrastructure and culture and environment. Lamda stated that the Hellinikon Park will be completed in 2025. A major development project, Hellinikon Park, is on the way, however.