Mercer Quality of Living Survey

The Mercer Quality of Living Survey ranks 231 cities from Vienna to Baghdad on quality of life. Countries with cities commonly ranked in the top 50 include Austria, Switzerland, Germany, New Zealand, Canada, Denmark, Finland, Australia, Sweden and the United States. Vienna (Austria) has been ranked first for ten consecutive years. Germany (Munich, Düsseldorf and Frankfurt) and Switzerland (Zürich, Geneva and Basel) dominate the top 10 with 3 cities each.

The quality of living survey is conducted to help governments and major companies place employees on international assignments. The survey also identifies those cities with the highest personal safety ranking based upon internal stability, crime, effectiveness of law enforcement and relationships with other countries. In this case, Luxembourg is top, followed by Bern, Helsinki and Zürich, all equally placed at number 2.

Scoring

The 231 cities are evaluated on 39 factors including political, economic, environmental, personal safety, health, education, transportation and other public service factors. In 2010, cities were compared to New York City which was given a base score of 100.

Vienna, Austria

Zürich, Switzerland

Munich, Germany

Auckland, New Zealand

Vancouver, Canada

Basel, Switzerland

2019 rank	2018 rank	2016 rank	2015 rank	2014 rank	2012 rank	2010 rank	City	Country	Index 2010
1	1	1	1	1	1	1	Vienna	Austria	108.6
2	2	2	2	2	2	2	Zürich	Switzerland	108.0
3	3	4	4	4	4	7	Munich	Germany	107.0
3	4	3	3	3	3	4	Auckland	New Zealand	107.4
3	5	5	5	5	5	3	Vancouver	Canada	107.4
6	6	6	6	6	6	6	Düsseldorf	Germany	107.2
7	7	7	7	7	7	7	Frankfurt	Germany	107.0
8	9	9	9	9	9	11	Copenhagen	Denmark	106.2
9	8	8	8	8	8	3	Geneva	Switzerland	107.9
10	10						Basel	Switzerland
11	10	10	10	10	10	10	Sydney	Australia	106.3
11	12	11	11	11	12	13	Amsterdam	Netherlands	105.7
13	13	13	14		16	17	Berlin	Germany	105.0
14	14	14	13	10	10	9	Bern	Switzerland	106.5
15	15	12	12	12	13	12	Wellington	New Zealand	105.9
16	16	15	15	15	15	16	Toronto	Canada	105.3
17	16	15	16		17	18	Melbourne	Australia	104.8
18	18	19	19		19	19	Luxembourg	Luxembourg	104.6
19	19	17	16	14	14	14	Ottawa	Canada	105.5
19	19	18	16		17	23	Hamburg	Germany	104.1
21	21	21	22		21	21	Perth	Australia	104.2
21	21	23	24	23	23	21	Montreal	Canada	104.2
23	23	19	19		19	20	Stockholm	Sweden	104.5
23	23	25	25		24	24	Nuremberg	Germany	103.9
25	25	26	26		25	28	Singapore	Singapore	103.5
25	25	30	31		32	24	Oslo	Norway	103.9
27	28	24	21		27	30	Stuttgart	Germany	103.3
28	27	21	22		22	15	Brussels	Belgium	105.4
29	29	27	27		29	32	Adelaide	Australia	103.0
30	30	28	30		26	26	Canberra	Australia	103.6
31	32	30	31		32	35	Helsinki	Finland	102.6
32	33	32	33		32	28	Calgary	Canada	103.5
33	34	33	34	34	35	26	Dublin	Ireland	103.6
34	30	28	27	27	29	32	San Francisco	United States	103.0
35	37	36	37		37	36	Brisbane	Australia	102.4
36	35	34	34		35	37	Boston	United States	102.2
37	36	35	36		28	31	Honolulu	United States	103.1
37	38	42	41	43	44	45	Lisbon	Portugal	100.3
39	39	37	27		29	34	Paris	France	102.9
40	40	38	39		39	38	Lyon	France	101.9
41	41	39	40		38	39	London	United Kingdom	101.6
41	42	41	41		41	41	Milan	Italy	100.8
43	43	39	38		40	44	Barcelona	Spain	100.6
44	45	44	44		44	49	New York City	United States	100.0
45	46	46					Edinburgh	United Kingdom
46	44	46	44		44	50	Seattle	United States	99.8
46	49						Madrid	Spain
48	50						Glasgow	United Kingdom
49	47	43	43		42	45	Chicago	United States	100.3
49	50	44	44		44	40	Tokyo	Japan	101.4
49	50	46	47		48	41	Kobe	Japan	100.8
49	50						Birmingham	United Kingdom
53	48	51	50		43	45	Washington, D.C.	United States	100.3
54	50						Philadelphia	United States
55							Yokohama	Japan
56							Rome	Italy
57							Aberdeen	United Kingdom
58							Osaka	Japan
59							Pittsburgh	United States
60							Leipzig	Germany
61							Minneapolis	United States
62							Nagoya	Japan
63							Dallas	United States
64							Atlanta	United States
64							Belfast	United Kingdom
66							Houston	United States
66							Los Angeles	United States
66							Miami	United States
69							Prague	Czech Republic
70							St. Louis	United States
71							Hong Kong	Hong Kong SAR
72							Detroit	United States
72							Pointe-à-Pitre	Guadeloupe
74							Dubai	United Arab Emirates
74							Ljubljana	Slovenia
76							Budapest	Hungary
77							Seoul	South Korea
78							Abu Dhabi	United Arab Emirates
78							Montevideo	Uruguay
80							Bratislava	Slovakia
81							Vilnius	Lithuania
82							Warsaw	Poland
83							Port Louis	Mauritius
84							Taipei	Taiwan
85							Kuala Lumpur	Malaysia
86							Limassol	Cyprus
86							Tallinn	Estonia
88							Durban	South Africa
89							Athens	Greece
90							Riga	Latvia
91							Buenos Aires	Argentina
92							San Juan	Puerto Rico
93							Santiago	Chile
94							Busan	South Korea
95							Cape Town	South Africa
96							Johannesburg	South Africa
97							Panama City	Panama
98							Victoria	Seychelles
98							Zagreb	Croatia
100							Wroclaw	Poland

Top cities by region

Europe

Rank	City	Overall Ranking 2019
1	Vienna	1
2	Zürich	2
3	Munich	3
4	Düsseldorf	6
5	Frankfurt	7

Oceania

Rank	City	Overall Ranking 2019
1	Auckland	3
2	Sydney	11
3	Wellington	15
4	Melbourne	17
5	Perth	21

Northern America

Rank	City	Overall Ranking 2019
1	Vancouver	3
2	Toronto	16
3	Ottawa	19
4	Montreal	21
5	Calgary	32

Asia

Rank	City	Overall Ranking 2019
1	Singapore	25
2	Kobe	49
2	Tokyo	49
4	Yokohama	55
5	Osaka	58

Latin America

Rank	City	Overall Ranking 2019
1	Pointe-à-Pitre	72
2	Montevideo	78
3	Buenos Aires	91
4	San Juan	92
5	Santiago	93

Africa

Rank	City	Overall Ranking 2019
1	Port Louis	83
2	Durban	88
3	Cape Town	95
4	Johannesburg	96
5	Victoria	98

See also

• Global Liveability Ranking
• List of most expensive cities for expatriate employees
• Monocle (UK magazine)

External links

• Mercer's Quality of Living survey page
• 2011 Quality of Living Worldwide Survey – city rankings (press release ). Mercer.com. Archived from the original on 28.11.2012.
• 2011 Mercer Quality of Living Interactive World Map
• 2012 Quality of Living Worldwide Survey – city rankings (press release)
• Full rankings
• 2018 Mercer Quality of Living City Rankings
• Best States to Live in the USA Global Report (Statistics & Facts)

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