Vienna has once again become the most liveable city in the world

Vienna has once again become the most liveable city in the world
Vienna has once again become the most liveable city in the world

Vienna has once again claimed the title of the world’s most livable city, with Tel Aviv suffering the biggest drop due to the war between Israel and the Islamist movement Hamas, according to an annual report published Thursday.

Already at the top in 2018 and 2019, the Austrian capital, with its green spaces, its great cultural offering and its quality services, took back the top spot in 2022 in this ranking produced by “The Economist Intelligence Unit” (EIU), the research and analysis unit affiliated with the British weekly.

It is followed in the top ten by Copenhagen in Denmark, Zurich and Geneva in Switzerland, Melbourne and Sydney in Australia, Calgary in Canada, and Osaka in Japan.

Paris has moved up slightly, ranking 21st, tied with Berlin, while New York is virtually stationary (70th). Moscow is ranked 98th.

While the quality of life has improved on average across the world, “this improvement is marginal due to geopolitical conflicts, social unrest and a housing crisis,” the study notes.

In the Middle East, Tel Aviv plunged twenty places (112th) following the unprecedented bloody attack carried out on October 7 by Hamas in southern Israel. In response, the Israeli army launched a large-scale offensive in the Gaza Strip.

The Russian invasion of Ukraine keeps kyiv in the depths of the ranking (165th), while the Syrian city of Damascus, devastated by thirteen years of civil war, remains the least welcoming city in the world.

Europe has seen its stability affected by the increase in demonstrations “in various areas”, against the rise of the extreme right, the EU’s agricultural policy or immigration, notes the EIU.

The study covers 173 cities, evaluated on the basis of thirty criteria in the following areas: stability, health system, culture and environment, education, infrastructure.

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