London is a more liveable city than Milan and Rome, according to the “Liveability Index 2024” of the research unit of the magazine “The Economist”. In the list of the 173 cities analyzed the UK capital is at the 15th position, Milan is 41st and Rome only 44th. Clearly the weather was not a factor taken in consideration….
The assessment is based on 30 indicators divided into five categories: stability, healthcare, culture and environment, education and infrastructure, with the aim of showing how comfortable these cities are to live in.
Vienna has kept its position at the top of Index 2024, for the third year running. The Austrian capital once again got perfect scores of 100 for four of the five categories, although its score for culture and environment was a less-perfect 93.5, owing to a lack of major sporting events and reducing its score to 99,1.
Three more cities in western Europe—Copenhagen (2nd place), Zurich (third) and Geneva (fifth) —are among the top ten in this year’s survey, cementing the region’s strong performance. In fourth place, Melbourne is one of the four Asia-Pacific cities in the top ten, which also includes two Canadian cities — Calgary and Vancouver. Although still towards the top of our ranking, both of the leading Australian cities (Sydney and Melbourne) have slipped down amid a significant shortfall in housing availability. For similar reasons, Toronto (Canada) has dropped out of the top ten (to 12th position) after two years.
London got the 15th position thanks to a total score of 93.9. The score of Milan is 90.8 and that of Rome is 90.5.
Overall Western Europe remains the best-performing region for liveability, coming top in four categories, while second-placed North America is best for education.
The 30 western European cities in this year’s ranking reported an impressive average score of 92 out of 100. However, the region’s overall score has slipped since last year, owing to a deterioration in the stability category, amid increasing instances of disruptive protests (such as in Germany, Ireland and Belgium) and crime. North America scores an average of 90.5 for its 25 cities, but infrastructure scores have fallen since last year in Canada, owing to an ongoing housing crisis Although both of these regions have seen their average scores slip since last year, all five of the other regions have seen their average scores rise.
Third-placed Asia-Pacific has seen only a marginal improvement, while fourth-placed eastern Europe saw the biggest jump on the back of improvements in healthcare and education. Latin America, the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), and Sub-Saharan Africa also received higher scores for healthcare and education. The bottom of our liveability rankings is dominated by cities from Sub-Saharan Africa and MENA.
Damascus is still rated as the least comfortable city in the world to live in. The overall score for the capital of Syria is nearly ten points lower than the next-worst city—Tripoli (Libya)— which also scores badly for stability.
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