Melbourne loses most livable city title to Vienna
Austrian capital for the first time at top of EIU’s Index
15 August, 14:10"The two cities are now separated by 0.7 of a percentage point, with Vienna scoring a near-ideal 99.1 out of 100 and Melbourne scoring 98.4," the EIU report reads.
After Vienna and Melbourne, third came Osaka (Japan), with 97.7 points, Calgary (Canada, 97.5), Sidney (Australia, 97.4), Vancouver (Canada, 97.3), Toronto and Tokyo (97.2), Copenhagen (Denmark, 96.8) and Adelaide (Australia, 96.6.).
According to the Index, the ten least livable cities are Dakar (Senegal), Algiers (Algeria), Douala (Cameroon), Tripoli (Libya), Harare (Zimbabwe), Port Moresby (Papua New Guinea), Karachi (Pakistan), Lagos (Nigeria), Dhaka (Bangladesh) and Damascus (Syria), ranging from 48.3 to 30.7 points. The index takes into consideration several categories, including stability, healthcare, culture and environment, education and infrastructure. (ANSA).