(Newswire.net — August 18, 2017) —Australia’s second largest city has once again been named as the world’s most livable city, according to the Economist Intelligence Unit’s (EUI) Liveability Index.
After ranking 140 destinations each year on healthcare, education, stability, culture, environment and infrastructure, The Economist has revealed the best and worst places to live in the world.
Melbourne has been the best for the last seven years, with a near-perfect rating of 97.5 out of 100.
Vienna is ranked second with a score of 97.4, and the Austrian city is closely followed by three other Canadian cities: Vancouver (97.3), Toronto (97.2) and Calgary (96.6) .
The next five cities on the list of top 10 most livable are: Adelaide, Australia (96.6), Perth, Australia (95.9), Auckland, New Zealand (95.7), Helsinki, Finland (95.6) and Hamburg, Germany (95).
Melbourne scored 100 points in healthcare, education and infrastructure, and 95.1 for culture and environment, and 95 for stability.
The Economist reports that the best ranked cities are medium size and from rich countries, with a relatively low population density.
Another indicator would be that six of the 10 top-scoring cities are located in Australia and Canada, with those countries having low population densities of 2.9 and 3.7 people per square kilometer, respectively.
They can provide a wide range of recreational activities accompanied by a low crime rate and overloaded infrastructure.
Metropolises such as New York, London, Paris and Tokyo were well rated in the area of activities, but they lost points due to high crime rates and overpopulated public transport systems.
Also, The Economist reports that acts of terrorism have been documented in many countries, including Australia, Bangladesh, Belgium, France, Pakistan, Sweden, Turkey, the United Kingdom and the United States.
The ten least livable cities are: Damascus, Syria (30.2), Lagos, Nigeria (36), Tripoli, Libya (36.6), Dhaka, Bangladesh (38.7), Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea (39.6), Algiers, Algeria (40.9), Karachi, Pakistan (40.9), Harare, Zimbabwe (42.6), Doual, Cameroon (44) and Kiev, Ukraine (47.8).