Quality of Living - City Rankings 2017


SOURCE: Mercer
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These rankings indicate differences in quality of living factors affecting expatriates in popular assignment destinations. (See note below the table)

Rank City Country
1 ViennaAustria
2 ZurichSwitzerland
3 AucklandNew Zealand
4 MunichGermany
5 VancouverCanada
6 DusseldorfGermany
7 FrankfurtGermany
8 GenevaSwitzerland
9 CopenhagenDenmark
10 BaselSwitzerland
10 SydneyAustralia
12 AmsterdamNetherlands
13 BerlinGermany
14 BernSwitzerland
15 WellingtonNew Zealand
16 MelbourneAustralia
16 TorontoCanada
18 OttawaCanada
19 HamburgGermany
20 StockholmSweden
21 LuxembourgLuxembourg
22 PerthAustralia
23 MontrealCanada
24 NurnbergGermany
25 SingaporeSingapore
26 StuttgartGermany
27 BrusselsBelgium
28 AdelaideAustralia
29 CanberraAustralia
29 San Francisco, CAUnited States
31 HelsinkiFinland
31 OsloNorway
33 CalgaryCanada
34 DublinIreland
35 Boston, MAUnited States
36 Honolulu, HIUnited States
37 BrisbaneAustralia
38 ParisFrance
39 LyonFrance
40 LondonUnited Kingdom
41 MilanItaly
42 BarcelonaSpain
43 LisbonPortugal
44 New York City, NYUnited States
45 EdinburghUnited Kingdom
45 Seattle, WAUnited States
47 Chicago, ILUnited States
47 TokyoJapan
49 Washington, DCUnited States
50 KobeJapan
51 MadridSpain
51 YokohamaJapan
53 BirminghamUnited Kingdom
53 GlasgowUnited Kingdom
55 Pittsburgh, PAUnited States
56 Philadelphia, PAUnited States
57 RomeItaly
58 AberdeenUnited Kingdom
58 Los Angeles, CAUnited States
60 OsakaJapan
61 LeipzigGermany
62 Minneapolis, MNUnited States
63 NagoyaJapan
64 Dallas, TXUnited States
65 Atlanta, GAUnited States
66 BelfastUnited Kingdom
67 Houston, TXUnited States
68 Miami, FLUnited States
69 PragueCzech Republic
70 St. Louis, MOUnited States
71 Detroit, MIUnited States
71 Hong KongHong Kong
73 Pointe-a-PitreGuadeloupe
74 DubaiUnited Arab Emirates
75 San JuanPuerto Rico
76 LjubljanaSlovenia
76 SeoulSouth Korea
78 BudapestHungary
79 Abu DhabiUnited Arab Emirates
79 MontevideoUruguay
81 VilniusLithuania
81 WarsawPoland
83 BratislavaSlovakia
84 Port LouisMauritius
85 TaipeiTaiwan
86 Kuala LumpurMalaysia
87 AthensGreece
87 DurbanSouth Africa
89 LimassolCyprus
89 TallinnEstonia
91 RigaLatvia
92 BusanSouth Korea
93 Buenos AiresArgentina
94 Cape TownSouth Africa
95 SantiagoChile
96 JohannesburgSouth Africa
97 Panama CityPanama
98 VictoriaSeychelles
98 ZagrebCroatia
100 WroclawPoland
101 TaichungTaiwan
102 ShanghaiChina
103 Johor BahruMalaysia
104 Bandar Seri BegawanBrunei
105 Tel AvivIsrael
106 MuscatOman
107 BucharestRomania
108 DohaQatar
109 BrasiliaBrazil
110 MonterreyMexico
110 San JoseCosta Rica
112 NoumeaNew Caledonia
113 NassauBahamas
114 TunisTunisia
115 AsuncionParaguay
116 SofiaBulgaria
117 RabatMorocco
118 Rio de JaneiroBrazil
119 AmmanJordan
119 BeijingChina
121 GuangzhouChina
121 QuitoEcuador
121 Sao PauloBrazil
124 LimaPeru
125 CasablancaMorocco
126 Kuwait CityKuwait
127 ManausBrazil
128 Mexico CityMexico
129 BogotaColombia
130 WindhoekNamibia
131 BangkokThailand
132 ColomboSri Lanka
133 IstanbulTurkey
134 ManamaBahrain
135 ManilaPhilippines
136 ShenzhenChina
137 ChengduChina
138 BelgradeSerbia
139 Santo DomingoDominican Republic
140 NanjingChina
141 GaboroneBotswana
141 XianChina
143 JakartaIndonesia
144 HyderabadIndia
145 PuneIndia
146 BangaloreIndia
147 ChongqingChina
147 Port of SpainTrinidad & Tobago
149 QingdaoChina
150 LusakaZambia
151 ChennaiIndia
152 Ho Chi Minh CityVietnam
153 KingstonJamaica
154 MumbaiIndia
155 Guatemala CityGuatemala
156 HanoiVietnam
157 La PazBolivia
158 ShenyangChina
159 SarajevoBosnia-Herzegovina
160 KolkataIndia
161 New DelhiIndia
161 SkopjeMacedonia
163 DakarSenegal
164 LibrevilleGabon
165 CairoEgypt
166 AccraGhana
166 RiyadhSaudi Arabia
168 MoscowRussia
169 JeddahSaudi Arabia
170 JilinChina
171 VientianeLaos, People's Dem. Republic of
172 YerevanArmenia
173 KampalaUganda
174 KievUkraine
174 ManaguaNicaragua
176 St. PetersburgRussia
176 TiranaAlbania
178 AlmatyKazakhstan
179 BlantyreMalawi
180 BeirutLebanon
181 CotonouBenin
181 MaputoMozambique
183 San SalvadorEl Salvador
184 AlgiersAlgeria
185 BanjulGambia
186 NairobiKenya
187 TbilisiGeorgia
188 TegucigalpaHonduras
189 CaracasVenezuela
189 DjiboutiDjibouti
189 MinskBelarus
192 HavanaCuba
192 KigaliRwanda
194 IslamabadPakistan
194 YaoundeCameroon
196 BakuAzerbaijan
196 DoualaCameroon
198 Phnom PenhCambodia
199 Dar Es SalaamTanzania
199 TehranIran
201 LuandaAngola
202 LahorePakistan
203 YangonMyanmar
204 KarachiPakistan
205 TashkentUzbekistan
206 LomeTogo
207 BishkekKyrgyzstan
208 AbidjanCôte D'Ivoire
209 Addis AbabaEthiopia
210 HarareZimbabwe
211 AshkhabadTurkmenistan
212 LagosNigeria
213 AbujaNigeria
214 DhakaBangladesh
215 DushanbeTajikistan
216 AntananarivoMadagascar
217 OuagadougouBurkina Faso
218 TripoliLibya
219 NiameyNiger
220 BamakoMali
221 NouakchottMauritania
222 ConakryGuinea
223 KinshasaDemocratic Rep. of the Congo
224 BrazzavilleCongo
225 DamascusSyria
226 N'djamenaChad
227 KhartoumSudan
228 Port au PrinceHaiti
229 Sana'ayeman
230 BanguiCentral African Republic
231 BaghdadIraq

The total index is based on the following categories:

  • Consumer goods
  • Economic environment
  • Housing
  • Medical and health considerations
  • Natural environment
  • Political and social environment
  • Public services and transport
  • Recreation
  • Schools and education
  • Socio-cultural environmen











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