CNN
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It’s thought of among the many most stunning cities on the earth to go to, and it appears that evidently Vienna may additionally be an unbeatable place to reside.
The Austrian metropolis has been topped essentially the most habitable metropolis on the earth but once more within the annual listing from the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU), which was launched at this time.
The EIU, a sister group to The Economist, ranked 173 cities throughout the globe on numerous vital components, together with well being care, tradition and setting, stability, infrastructure and training.
Vienna topped the listing for the third consecutive yr, receiving “excellent” scores in 4 out of 5 of the classes — the town was marked decrease for tradition and setting because of an obvious lack of great sporting occasions.
Simply behind the Austrian capital, Denmark’s Copenhagen retained its second place place, whereas Switzerland’s Zurich moved up from sixth place to 3rd on the listing.
Australia’s Melbourne fell from third to fourth place, whereas Canadian metropolis Calgary tied for fifth place with Swiss metropolis Geneva.
Canada’s Vancouver and Australia’s Sydney had been in joint seventh place, and Japan’s Osaka and New Zealand’s Auckland rounded out the highest 10 in joint ninth place.
Whereas Western Europe carried out nicely, with 30 cities scoring a median rating of 92 out of 100, the area noticed an total decline in stability scores, which was attributed to “growing cases of disruptive protests” and crime.
In twenty third place, Honolulu, Hawaii was the best US metropolis on the listing, whereas Atlanta, Georgia moved up 4 locations to quantity 29.
Los Angeles was additional down the listing in 58th place, whereas New York got here in at No. 70.
North America achieved the best common rating for training. Nevertheless, marks for infrastructure had been decrease than the earlier yr in Canada because of “an acute housing disaster,” which has affected a number of areas.
“The scenario is especially worrying in Australia and Canada, the place the supply of rental properties is at an all-time low and buy costs have continued to rise regardless of interest-rate will increase,” reads the report.
Vancouver fell backwards whereas remaining within the prime 10, and Toronto (ninth on the listing in 2023) dropped out of the highest 10 to twelfth place.
UK capital London was ranked because the forty fifth most habitable metropolis on the earth.
Over in Asia, Hong Kong noticed the most important rating enchancment since final yr, climbing from 61st place to fiftieth because of an enchancment in its stability and well being care scores.
UAE cities noticed among the greatest rating will increase this yr, with Abu Dhabi and Dubai climbing up the listing, and Saudi Arabia’s Riyadh, Jeddah and Al Khobar additionally making vital beneficial properties.
In the meantime, Israel’s Tel Aviv skilled one of many greatest declines, dropping 20 locations to 112th as a result of Israel-Hamas conflict.
“International liveability has risen fractionally over the previous yr however dangers to stability stay,” mentioned Barsali Bhattacharyya, deputy business director at EIU.
“Nonetheless-high inflation accompanied by excessive rates of interest and different financial headwinds led to a different yr of frequent protests the world over.”
There was little change on the backside of the listing, with Damascus, Syria nonetheless rating because the least habitable on the earth, with Libya’s Tripoli, Algeria’s Algiers and Nigeria’s Lagos rating simply above.
The examine famous that not one of the backside 4 cities had seen any enchancment in its total rating since 2023.
“Since we performed our survey, there have been extra cases of civil unrest and demonstrations around the globe, such because the campus protests throughout the US, suggesting persevering with stress on liveability that’s unlikely to ease within the close to future,” mentioned Bhattacharyya.
1. Vienna, Austria
2. Copenhagen, Denmark
3. Zurich, Switzerland
4. Melbourne, Australia
5. Calgary, Canada
5. Geneva, Switzerland
7. Sydney, Australia
7. Vancouver, Canada
9. Osaka, Japan
9. Auckland, New Zealand