100 Best places to live in the World

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We ranked 9294 cities in 197 countries by quality & cost of living (13 factors assessed) to find the 100 best places in the world to live and work for singles and families.

7 indicators are country-specific:

  1. Human Freedom Index (The Cato Institute)
  2. Gross Domestic Product per capita (The World Bank)
  3. GDP per capita based on purchasing power parity (The World Bank)
  4. Life expectancy (The World Bank)
  5. Homicide rate (WHO, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime)
  6. Mortality caused by road traffic injury (The World Bank)
  7. Corruption Perceptions Index (transparency.org)

6 indicators are city-specific:

  1. Average salary (our data)
  2. Average salary divided by cost of living (our data)
  3. Cost of living (our data)
  4. Annual average air quality (iqair.com)
  5. Distance adjusted airports score (ourairports.com)
  6. Distance adjusted universities score (edurank.org)

The last point reflects observation that good cities tend to have good universities.

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Best countries to live and work

Rank Country Quality of life Cost of living
1 Switzerland
100
$2978
2 Denmark
95
$2020
3 Liechtenstein
95
$2580
4 Australia
95
$2363
5 Singapore
94
$3160
6 Ireland
93
$2547
7 Norway
93
$2035
8 Netherlands
93
$2088
9 Luxembourg
93
$2438
10 Sweden
92
$1571
11 Iceland
92
$2685
12 Germany
92
$1671
13 United Kingdom
91
$2292
14 Finland
90
$1615
15 New Zealand
89
$1935
16 Japan
89
$1160
17 Austria
88
$1840
18 Belgium
88
$1618
19 Canada
88
$2076
20 United States
87
$2454
21 Monaco
86
$7366
22 South Korea
85
$1139
23 San Marino
85
$1263
24 France
84
$1616
25 Cayman Islands
82
$3644
26 Estonia
81
$1287
27 Israel
81
$1836
28 Andorra
79
$1688
29 Spain
79
$1480
30 United Arab Emirates
78
$1904
31 Taiwan
78
$963
32 Cyprus
78
$1600
33 Italy
78
$1493
34 Czech Republic
77
$1296
35 Qatar
77
$1807
36 Malta
77
$1562
37 Slovenia
76
$1343
38 Portugal
75
$1365
39 Lithuania
73
$1167
40 Brunei
73
$1122
41 Poland
72
$1248
42 Latvia
72
$1102
43 Slovakia
71
$1179
44 Croatia
70
$1186
45 Greece
68
$1185
46 Vatican
68
$928
47 Hungary
67
$991
48 Kuwait
66
$1456
49 Bulgaria
65
$841
50 Uruguay
65
$1188
51 Bahrain
65
$1249
52 Chile
64
$1035
53 Barbados
64
$1361
54 Romania
63
$860
55 Saudi Arabia
63
$1194
56 Oman
61
$1031
57 Curacao
61
$1395
58 Malaysia
60
$687
59 Antigua and Barbuda
60
$1083
60 Serbia
58
$990
61 Mauritius
58
$762
62 Montenegro
58
$1040
63 Seychelles
58
$1552
64 Maldives
57
$1355
65 Costa Rica
56
$1195
66 Thailand
56
$876
67 Albania
56
$925
68 Bahamas
55
$2674
69 Grenada
55
$1063
70 Fiji
55
$854
71 Panama
55
$1260
72 Georgia
54
$940
73 Turkey
53
$794
74 Jordan
53
$871
75 North Macedonia
53
$699
76 Argentina
52
$702
77 Armenia
51
$1190
78 Saint Kitts and Nevis
51
$1241
79 Marshall Islands
50
$1522
80 Belarus
49
$564
81 Bosnia and Herzegovina
49
$722
82 Nauru
48
$629
83 Belize
48
$956
84 China
48
$686
85 Kazakhstan
47
$672
86 Botswana
47
$662
87 Bhutan
47
$388
88 Philippines
46
$615
89 Lebanon
46
$1062
90 Vietnam
45
$624
91 Russia
44
$687
92 Moldova
44
$817
93 Peru
44
$804
94 Saint Lucia
44
$1166
95 Vanuatu
44
$2536
96 Morocco
44
$665
97 Mexico
44
$889
98 Azerbaijan
43
$726
99 Samoa
43
$661
100 Sri Lanka
43
$547
101 Angola
43
$844
102 Trinidad and Tobago
43
$1086
103 Palau
42
$1169
104 Dominica
42
$1030
105 Tunisia
42
$481
106 Tonga
42
$962
107 Mongolia
42
$906
108 Ukraine
42
$559
109 Cape Verde
42
$854
110 Indonesia
41
$608
111 Suriname
41
$867
112 Tuvalu
41
$596
113 India
41
$440
114 Ecuador
40
$814
115 Solomon Islands
40
$1460
116 Brazil
39
$705
117 Jamaica
39
$1148
118 Sierra Leone
39
$1191
119 Algeria
39
$466
120 Palestine
39
$862
121 Saint Vincent
38
$984
122 Papua New Guinea
38
$553
123 Guyana
37
$990
124 South Africa
37
$972
125 East Timor
37
$520
126 Kenya
36
$671
127 Cambodia
36
$770
128 Dominican Republic
36
$807
129 El Salvador
36
$1098
130 Ghana
36
$615
131 Colombia
36
$735
132 Egypt
36
$356
133 Namibia
35
$821
134 Paraguay
35
$580
135 Bolivia
34
$683
136 Iran
33
$676
137 Tanzania
33
$658
138 Bangladesh
32
$388
139 Uzbekistan
32
$630
140 Cuba
32
$1227
141 Kyrgyzstan
32
$672
142 Senegal
31
$1168
143 Guatemala
31
$885
144 Mauritania
31
$677
145 Iraq
30
$745
146 Kiribati
29
$521
147 Nepal
28
$380
148 Rwanda
28
$693
149 Turkmenistan
27
$1593
150 Sao Tome and Principe
27
$878
151 Gabon
27
$696
152 Liberia
26
$526
153 Libya
26
$441
154 Nicaragua
26
$699
155 Guinea
25
$1011
156 Eswatini
25
$517
157 Zambia
25
$852
158 Pakistan
24
$381
159 Uganda
24
$665
160 Malawi
24
$579
161 Equatorial Guinea
23
$1004
162 Togo
22
$701
163 Myanmar
21
$808
164 Honduras
21
$843
165 Sudan
21
$907
166 Tajikistan
19
$667
167 Laos
19
$1171
168 Zimbabwe
19
$896
169 Burkina Faso
19
$798
170 Djibouti
18
$579
171 Madagascar
18
$478
172 Cameroon
18
$948
173 Venezuela
18
$791
174 Mozambique
16
$1075
175 Ethiopia
16
$1002
176 Mali
16
$565
177 Benin
15
$729
178 Congo
15
$582
179 Haiti
15
$534
180 Ivory Coast
15
$1120
181 Niger
14
$1062
182 Gambia
14
$541
183 Guinea-Bissau
14
$888
184 DR Congo
12
$954
185 Burundi
12
$536
186 Lesotho
12
$606
187 Yemen
12
$530
188 Comoros
12
$1091
189 Nigeria
11
$870
190 Eritrea
8
$519
191 North Korea
8
$1597
192 Syria
7
$549
193 Chad
5
$523
194 South Sudan
4
$513
195 Afghanistan
4
$547
196 Somalia
3
$707
197 Central African Republic
0
$514

100 Best cities to live in the World