Lagos, Nigeria’s commercial hub, has been ranked as the 170th world’s most liveable city, with Vienna (Austria) named the world’s liveable city for the third time in a row, according to a new survey published Thursday.
In the survey, the Economic Intelligence Unit (EIU), a sister organization of The Economist, ranked 173 cities around the world on some significant factors, including health care, education, stability, infrastructure, and environment.
In the list, Lagos, with a 42.2 per cent index score, ranked ahead of Algeria’s Algiers (42.0), Tripoli (40.1), and Damascus (30.7).
Vienna topped the rankings for 2024 due to its winning combination of stability, healthcare, education, and reliable infrastructure. The report noted that “the city received perfect scores of 100 for stability, healthcare, education, and infrastructure, but has room for improvement in culture and environment.”
Copenhagen (Denmark), Zurich (Switzerland), Melbourne (Australia), Calgary (Canada), Geneva (Switzerland), Sydney (Australia), Vancouver (Canada), Osaka (Japan), and Auckland (New Zealand) complete the top 10.
The report also ranked Western Europe as the most liveable region. “Western Europe remains the most liveable region, but has seen a decline in stability scores amid increasing instances of protests…. on a variety of issues,” said a statement from the EIU.
Those issues included the rise of far-right extremism, EU agricultural policy, and anti-immigration, EIU said in a press release.
Also, overall global liveability increased by just 0.06 points over the past year, compared with 2.84 in the 12 months to June 2023.
But the “improvement is only marginal, held back by geopolitical conflicts, civil unrest, and a housing crisis across many of the cities” amid inflation.
Tel Aviv (Israel) was the biggest mover down the ranking, tumbling from 92nd to 112th as its scores for stability, culture and environment, and infrastructure deteriorated.
On the other hand, Hong Kong (Hong Kong) was the biggest mover up the ranking, moving to 50 in the world.
