Tuesday, August 5, 2008

Full city rankings for overall quality of living

How does your city rank among others in the world, in terms of overall quality of living?

(Source: www.finfacts.ie )

Rank 2007


Rank 2006


City


Country


Index 2007










1


1


ZURICH


Switzerland


108.1

2


2


GENEVA


Switzerland


108.0

3


3


VANCOUVER


Canada


107.7

3


4


VIENNA


Austria


107.7

5


5


AUCKLAND


New Zealand


107.3

5


6


DUSSELDORF


Germany


107.3

7


7


FRANKFURT


Germany


107.1

8


8


MUNICH


Germany


106.9

9


9


BERN


Switzerland


106.5

9


9


SYDNEY


Australia


106.5

11


11


COPENHAGEN


Denmark


106.2

12


12


WELLINGTON


New Zealand


105.8

13


13


AMSTERDAM


The Netherlands


105.7

14


14


BRUSSELS


Belgium


105.6

15


15


TORONTO


Canada


105.4

16


16


BERLIN


Germany


105.2

17


17


MELBOURNE


Australia


105.0

18


18


LUXEMBOURG


Luxembourg


104.8

18


18


OTTAWA


Canada


104.8

20


20


STOCKHOLM


Sweden


104.7

21


21


PERTH


Australia


104.5

22


22


MONTREAL


Canada


104.3

23


23


NURNBERG


Germany


104.2

24


25


CALGARY


Canada


103.6

24


26


HAMBURG


Germany


103.6

26


31


OSLO


Norway


103.5

27


24


DUBLIN


Ireland


103.3

27


27


HONOLULU, HI


United States


103.3

29


28


SAN FRANCISCO, CA


United States


103.2

30


29


ADELAIDE


Australia


103.1

30


29


HELSINKI


Finland


103.1

32


31


BRISBANE


Australia


102.8

33


33


PARIS


France


102.7

34


34


SINGAPORE


Singapore


102.5

35


35


TOKYO


Japan


102.3

36


37


LYON


France


101.9

36


36


BOSTON, MA


United States


101.9

38


37


YOKOHAMA


Japan


101.7

39


39


LONDON


United Kingdom


101.2

40


40


KOBE


Japan


101.0

41


44


BARCELONA


Spain


100.6

42


45


MADRID


Spain


100.5

42


51


OSAKA


Japan


100.5

44


41


WASHINGTON, DC


United States


100.4

44


41


CHICAGO, IL


United States


100.4

46


43


PORTLAND, OR


United States


100.3

47


53


LISBON


Portugal


100.1

48


46


NEW YORK CITY, NY


United States


100.0

49


51


MILAN


Italy


99.9

49


47


SEATTLE, WA


United States


99.9

51


48


LEXINGTON, KY


United States


99.8

52


49


PITTSBURGH, PA


United States


99.7

52


49


WINSTON SALEM, NC


United States


99.7

54


53


NAGOYA


Japan


99.5

55


55


BIRMINGHAM


United Kingdom


98.3

55


55


TSUKUBA


Japan


98.3

55


55


GLASGOW


United Kingdom


98.3

55


55


LOS ANGELES, CA


United States


98.3

59


59


CLEVELAND, OH


United States


98.2

60


60


MINNEAPOLIS, MN


United States


97.9

61


62


ROME


Italy


97.4

62


63


MIAMI, FL


United States


96.3

63


64


YOKKAICHI


Japan


96.2

64


65


DETROIT, MI


United States


96.1

64


61


ST. LOUIS, MO


United States


96.1

66


66


ATLANTA, GA


United States


95.7

67


68


LEIPZIG


Germany


95.5

68


68


HOUSTON, TX


United States


95.4

69


67


OMUTA


Japan


94.9

70


68


HONG KONG


Hong Kong


94.3

71


72


SAN JUAN


Puerto Rico


92.9

72


73


PRAGUE


Czech Republic


92.3

73


71


KATSUYAMA


Japan


91.4

74


74


BUDAPEST


Hungary


90.2

75


75


KUALA LUMPUR


Malaysia


88.9

76


76


MONTEVIDEO


Uruguay


88.2

77


77


PORT LOUIS


Mauritius


87.7

78


79


ATHENS


Greece


87.6

79


78


BUENOS AIRES


Argentina


87.4

80


80


LJUBLJANA


Slovenia


87.0

80


85


DUBAI


United Arab Emirates


87.0

82


84


VILNIUS


Lithuania


86.6

83


81


SANTIAGO


Chile


86.5

83


81


TAIPEI


Taiwan


86.5

85


83


CAPE TOWN


South Africa


85.7

85


86


WARSAW


Poland


85.7

87


89


SEOUL


South Korea


85.2

88


92


ABU DHABI


United Arab Emirates


84.1

89


91


TALLINN


Estonia


83.7

90


87


JOHANNESBURG


South Africa


83.3

91


88


LIMASSOL


Cyprus


83.2

92


98


RIGA


Latvia


82.9

92


90


PANAMA CITY


Panama


82.9

94


94


MONTERREY


Mexico


82.6

95


94


TUNIS


Tunisia


82.4

96


94


VICTORIA


Seychelles


82.2

97


97


PAPEETE


French Polynesia


82.0

97


93


PORT ELIZABETH


South Africa


82.0

99


102


BRATISLAVA


Slovakia


81.7

100


103


SHANGHAI


China


81.6

101


99


JOHOR BAHARU


Malaysia


81.2

102


100


NOUMEA


New Caledonia


81.0

103


101


KAOHSIUNG


Taiwan


80.7

104


104


BRASILIA


Brazil


78.8

105


105


TEL AVIV


Israel


78.5

106


106


SAN JOSE


Costa Rica


77.8

107


111


ZAGREB


Croatia


77.6

108


111


BUCHAREST


Romania


76.9

109


107


BANGKOK


Thailand


76.8

110


110


YEOCHUN (YOSU)


South Korea


76.3

111


113


ASUNCION


Paraguay


76.1

112


114


NASSAU


Bahamas


75.9

113


115


ULSAN


South Korea


75.0

114


108


SAO PAULO


Brazil


74.6

115


116


RIO DE JANEIRO


Brazil


74.5

116


121


BEIJING


China


74.3

116


118


SOFIA


Bulgaria


74.3

118


117


QUITO


Ecuador


74.2

119


123


CASABLANCA


Morocco


73.7

120


122


LIMA


Peru


73.6

121


108


ISTANBUL


Turkey


73.4

122


124


JERUSALEM


Israel


72.5

123


125


MANAMA


Bahrain


72.3

123


118


MANILA


Philippines


72.3

125


127


GUAYAQUIL


Ecuador


72.0

126


129


MANAUS


Brazil


71.5

127


130


SANTO DOMINGO


Dominican Republic


71.4

128


128


MEXICO CITY


Mexico


71.3

129


126


AMMAN


Jordan


71.2

129


131


CAIRO


Egypt


71.2

131


133


GUANGZHOU


China


70.3

132


132


RAYONG


Thailand


69.3

133


134


KUWAIT CITY


Kuwait


69.0

134


135


BLANTYRE


Malawi


66.9

135


136


NANJING


China


66.8

136


120


COLOMBO


Sri Lanka


66.3

137


138


LUSAKA


Zambia


65.5

138


139


KINGSTON


Jamaica


65.3

139


137


LA PAZ


Bolivia


64.5

140


141


GUATEMALA CITY


Guatemala


64.3

141


140


CARACAS


Venezuela


64.1

142


142


JAKARTA


Indonesia


63.7

143


143


BOGOTA


Colombia


63.6

144


145


MEDELLIN


Colombia


63.3

145


147


SHENYANG


China


63.0

146


144


DAKAR


Senegal


62.7

147


158


BELGRADE


Serbia


62.6

148


150


NEW DELHI


India


62.4

149


145


SANTA CRUZ


Bolivia


62.1

150


148


HO CHI MINH CITY


Vietnam


62.0

151


150


MUMBAI


India


61.7

152


156


SKOPJE


Macedonia


61.4

153


153


BANGALORE


India


61.3

154


152


ACCRA


Ghana


60.9

155


153


LIBREVILLE


Gabon


60.6

156


148


NAIROBI


Kenya


60.2

157


155


HANOI


Vietnam


60.1

158


157


ISLAMABAD


Pakistan


59.8

159


159


CHENNAI (MADRAS)


India


59.3

160


163


SARAJEVO


Bosnia-Herzegovina


58.7

161


160


JILIN


China


57.9

162


161


JEDDAH


Saudi Arabia


57.3

163


163


LAHORE


Pakistan


56.5

164


165


RIYADH


Saudi Arabia


56.4

164


162


ST. PETERSBURG


Russia


56.4

164


167


SAN SALVADOR


El Salvador


56.4

167


165


KIEV


Ukraine


56.2

168


168


HARARE


Zimbabwe


55.2

169


169


VIENTIANE


Laos, People's Dem. Republic Of


55.0

170


170


MANAGUA


Nicaragua


54.9

171


172


MOSCOW


Russia


54.4

172


174


COTONOU


Benin


54.3

173


175


DJIBOUTI


Djibouti


54.2

173


177


TRIPOLI


Libya


54.2

175


170


KARACHI


Pakistan


52.9

176


173


DAMASCUS


Syria


52.8

176


176


TEHRAN


Iran


52.8

178


178


ALGIERS


Algeria


52.6

179


179


BEIRUT


Lebanon


52.5

180


181


SAN PEDRO SULA


Honduras


51.8

181


180


TIRANA


Albania


51.7

182


182


YAOUNDE


Cameroon


51.3

183


184


MINSK


Belarus


49.5

184


183


ALMATY


Kazakhstan


49.4

185


185


YANGON


Myanmar


49.3

186


186


DOUALA


Cameroon


49.2

187


187


MAPUTO


Mozambique


48.7

188


189


NOVOSIBIRSK


Russia


47.9

189


187


HAVANA


Cuba


47.8

190


190


DAR ES SALAAM


Tanzania


47.4

191


191


KAZAN


Russia


46.7

192


193


LOME


Togo


45.1

193


192


BAKU


Azerbaijan


44.8

194


195


BAMAKO


Mali


43.9

195


196


ABIDJAN


Ivory Coast


43.7

196


197


LUANDA


Angola


43.4

197


194


ADDIS ABABA


Ethiopia


43.1

198


198


TASHKENT


Uzbekistan


43.0

199


199


LAGOS


Nigeria


41.8

200


202


PORT AU PRINCE


Haiti


41.4

201


202


ANTANANARIVO


Madagascar


41.1

202


202


NIAMEY


Niger


40.8

203


200


DHAKA


Bangladesh


40.5

203


206


OUAGADOUGOU


Burkina Faso


40.5

205


201


CONAKRY


Guinea Republic


40.4

206


207


NOUAKCHOTT


Mauritania


39.0

207


205


KINSHASA


Dem. Rep. Of The Congo


38.3

208


207


PORT HARCOURT


Nigeria


38.2

208


207


SANAA


Yemen Arab Republic


38.2

210


210


NDJAMENA


Chad


34.0

211


211


POINTE NOIRE


Congo


33.0

212


212


KHARTOUM


Sudan


31.0

213


213


BANGUI


Central African Republic


30.6

214


214


BRAZZAVILLE


Congo


29.5

215


215


BAGHDAD


Iraq


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1 comment:

David Lim said...

Thanks for your kind thought! Any way, Alisha, please tell me where to get your widget

Cheers!

David Lim
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