Nigeria’s commercial hub, Lagos, has been ranked as the 170th most liveable city in the world. This is even as Vienna in Austria, is named the world’s most liveable city. Vienna has been so named for the third time in a row, according to a new survey published Thursday.
According to the survey, the Economic Intelligence Unit (EIU), a sister organization of The Economist, ranked 173 cities around the world. The organization employed some significant factors in the survey that 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.
From the report “the city received perfect scores of 100 for stability, healthcare, education, and infrastructure. It was stated that it has room for improvement in culture and environment.”
The top 10 countries included Copenhagen (Denmark), Zurich (Switzerland), Melbourne (Australia), Calgary (Canada), Geneva (Switzerland) and Sydney (Australia). Others are Vancouver (Canada), Osaka (Japan), and Auckland (New Zealand).
The report also ranked Western Europe as the most liveable region.
It stated “Western Europe remains the most liveable region. But, however, the region has seen a decline in stability scores amid increasing instances of protests…. on a variety of issues.”
“Those issues included the rise of far-right extremism, EU agricultural policy, and anti-immigration,” EIU said in a press release.
It stated that overall global liveability increased by just 0.06 points over the past year. This is compared with 2.84 in the 12 months to June 2023.
EIU, however, stated that the “improvement is only marginal. Held back by geopolitical conflicts, civil unrest, and a housing crisis across many of the cities” amidst inflation.
According to the list, Tel Aviv (Israel) was the biggest mover down the ranking. The city tumbled from 92nd to 112th. This is based on scores on stability, culture and environment, and infrastructure deteriorated.
Hong Kong (Hong Kong), on the other hand, was the biggest mover up the ranking, moving to 50 in the world.
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