What Cities have Highest Livability Scores?
What makes a city worth livable? Before choosing a place to live, one tends to consider crucial factors like safety & security, cost of living, infrastructure, level of educational institutes, and healthcare.
The world has seen immense development transformation in recent years due to the rise in competition between worldwide cities. The Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) evaluates and ranks some of the big metropolises based on their power to entice business enterprises, as well as creative people from all over the world.
The top 3 cities, which are the world’s most livable cities in 2019:
1. Vienna
The Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) declared Vienna the capital of Austria as the most livable city globally in 2019 for the second consecutive year. Vienna is the most populous city of the country as well as the 6th-largest city by population within city limits in the European Union. The Austrian capital is famous for its culture, environment, education, health, and infrastructure. A peaceful environment has made the livability score of the city is 99.1.
2. Melbourne
Melbourne, the Australian city, occupied the second place in terms of the most livable city in the world in 2019. The city is the capital of the densely populated Australian state of Victoria. It is famous for several landmarks in Australia. It is home to Melbourne Cricket Ground, the National Gallery of Victoria, and the World Heritage-listed Royal Exhibition Building. Melbourne is a peaceful city with less crime, which has made the livability score of the city 98.4
3. Sydney
Sydney is another Australian city reckoned as the third most livable city globally in 2019. It is the capital of the Australian state New South Wales. As of June 2019, the population of Sydney was around 5,312,163. People of the city love peace. Therefore it is densely populated. Its infrastructure is remarkable. The livability score of the city is 98.1.
The top 10 most livable cities in the world, and their scores as per The Global Livability Index 2019 are:
| S. No. | City | Livability Score |
| 1 | Vienna | 99.1 |
| 2 | Melbourne | 98.4 |
| 3 | Sydney | 98.1 |
| 4 | Osaka | 97.7 |
| 5 | Calgary | 97.5 |
| 6 | Vancouver | 97.3 |
| 7 | Tokyo | 97.2 |
| 8 | Toronto | 97.2 |
| 9 | Copenhagen | 96.8 |
| 10 | Adelaide | 96.6 |
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