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How does your city rate?

Each year the Economist Intelligence Unit's Global Liveability Index Survey is released. How the evaluation is made is not all that easy to determine, but cities certainly vie for the title of Best City to live in.

Melbourne, Australia, has vaulted Vancouver to become the best city in the world to live.

Country City Rank Overall Rating (100=ideal)

Australia Melbourne 1 97.5

Austria Vienna 2 97.4

Canada Vancouver 3 97.3

Canada Toronto 4 97.2

Canada Calgary 5 96.6

Australia Sydney 6 96.1

Finland Helsinki 7 96.0

Australia Perth 8 95.9

Australia Adelaide 8 95.9

New Zealand Auckland 10 95.7



Bottom 10

Cote d'Ivoire Abidjan 131 45.9

Iran Tehran 132 45.8

Cameroon Douala 133 44

Pakistan Karachi 134 40.9

Libya Tripoli 135 40.4

Algeria Algiers 136 40.2

Nigeria Lagos 137 39.0

PNG Port Moresby 138 38.9

Bangladesh Dhaka 139 38.7

Zimbabwe Harare 140 38.2


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