100 Best places to live in the World

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We ranked 9294 cities in 197 countries by quality & cost of living (13 factors assessed) to find the 100 best places in the world to live and work for singles and families.

7 indicators are country-specific:

  1. Human Freedom Index (The Cato Institute)
  2. Gross Domestic Product per capita (The World Bank)
  3. GDP per capita based on purchasing power parity (The World Bank)
  4. Life expectancy (The World Bank)
  5. Homicide rate (WHO, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime)
  6. Mortality caused by road traffic injury (The World Bank)
  7. Corruption Perceptions Index (transparency.org)

6 indicators are city-specific:

  1. Average salary (our data)
  2. Average salary divided by cost of living (our data)
  3. Cost of living (our data)
  4. Annual average air quality (iqair.com)
  5. Distance adjusted airports score (ourairports.com)
  6. Distance adjusted universities score (edurank.org)

The last point reflects observation that good cities tend to have good universities.

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Best countries to live and work

Rank Country Quality of life Cost of living
1 Switzerland
100
$3186
2 Denmark
96
$2130
3 Liechtenstein
95
$2491
4 Singapore
95
$3193
5 Australia
94
$2241
6 Ireland
93
$2626
7 Luxembourg
93
$2641
8 Iceland
92
$3155
9 Norway
92
$2219
10 Netherlands
92
$2351
11 Sweden
92
$1728
12 Germany
91
$1755
13 Finland
91
$1643
14 United Kingdom
90
$2423
15 Canada
90
$2002
16 New Zealand
89
$1735
17 Austria
89
$1973
18 Japan
89
$1130
19 Belgium
88
$1746
20 United States
87
$2516
21 San Marino
87
$1323
22 Monaco
86
$7728
23 France
85
$1728
24 South Korea
85
$1134
25 Israel
84
$2120
26 Cayman Islands
83
$3615
27 United Arab Emirates
83
$2101
28 Estonia
82
$1418
29 Spain
81
$1583
30 Cyprus
80
$1680
31 Andorra
80
$1830
32 Malta
80
$1647
33 Czech Republic
80
$1409
34 Italy
80
$1616
35 Slovenia
79
$1468
36 Taiwan
79
$1048
37 Qatar
78
$1847
38 Portugal
77
$1424
39 Vatican
76
$1153
40 Lithuania
76
$1233
41 Latvia
74
$1171
42 Poland
74
$1342
43 Croatia
73
$1356
44 Slovakia
72
$1300
45 Greece
72
$1237
46 Brunei
72
$1100
47 Bahrain
72
$1227
48 Kuwait
72
$1453
49 Hungary
69
$1121
50 Uruguay
68
$1321
51 Oman
68
$1032
52 Chile
68
$966
53 Bulgaria
68
$961
54 Romania
68
$935
55 Saudi Arabia
67
$1266
56 Barbados
66
$1353
57 Costa Rica
65
$1287
58 Montenegro
64
$1068
59 Curacao
64
$1481
60 Albania
63
$1035
61 Malaysia
63
$694
62 Serbia
63
$1101
63 Maldives
62
$1354
64 Antigua and Barbuda
62
$1132
65 Seychelles
61
$1585
66 Mauritius
61
$803
67 Georgia
60
$922
68 Panama
60
$1307
69 Bahamas
60
$2663
70 Grenada
59
$1075
71 Thailand
58
$855
72 Jordan
58
$913
73 Armenia
58
$1095
74 Argentina
57
$851
75 North Macedonia
57
$741
76 Turkey
57
$900
77 Bosnia and Herzegovina
55
$788
78 Belarus
54
$573
79 Saint Kitts and Nevis
53
$1336
80 Peru
53
$862
81 Kazakhstan
53
$644
82 Fiji
52
$827
83 Bhutan
52
$420
84 China
51
$639
85 Nauru
50
$733
86 Guyana
50
$1159
87 Lebanon
50
$1127
88 Morocco
50
$729
89 Ukraine
49
$628
90 Sri Lanka
49
$565
91 Tunisia
49
$506
92 Azerbaijan
49
$739
93 Russia
49
$902
94 Botswana
48
$618
95 Indonesia
48
$580
96 Mexico
48
$1007
97 Saint Vincent
48
$988
98 Palau
48
$1175
99 Mongolia
48
$870
100 Philippines
48
$607
101 Cuba
47
$1217
102 Vietnam
47
$614
103 Suriname
47
$879
104 Marshall Islands
47
$1497
105 Moldova
47
$866
106 Belize
47
$1036
107 Cape Verde
47
$973
108 Trinidad and Tobago
47
$1129
109 Saint Lucia
46
$1174
110 Brazil
46
$725
111 Dominica
46
$1040
112 Vanuatu
45
$1883
113 Angola
45
$876
114 Tuvalu
45
$683
115 Colombia
45
$833
116 Samoa
44
$753
117 Algeria
44
$464
118 India
44
$424
119 Paraguay
43
$647
120 Namibia
43
$935
121 Cambodia
43
$779
122 Tonga
43
$1024
123 Jamaica
43
$1192
124 Dominican Republic
42
$803
125 El Salvador
41
$1160
126 Iran
41
$584
127 Kyrgyzstan
41
$680
128 South Africa
40
$1016
129 Egypt
40
$407
130 Kenya
40
$721
131 Bolivia
39
$715
132 Ghana
39
$619
133 Papua New Guinea
39
$562
134 Guatemala
39
$968
135 Iraq
38
$768
136 Tanzania
38
$709
137 Solomon Islands
37
$1419
138 Bangladesh
37
$422
139 Ecuador
37
$844
140 Palestine
36
$987
141 Uzbekistan
36
$677
142 Nepal
35
$371
143 Turkmenistan
34
$1793
144 Rwanda
34
$699
145 East Timor
33
$519
146 Gabon
33
$702
147 Senegal
32
$1156
148 Sao Tome and Principe
32
$1046
149 Libya
31
$413
150 Eswatini
31
$515
151 Sierra Leone
31
$1327
152 Zambia
30
$762
153 Guinea
30
$1044
154 Mauritania
29
$661
155 Pakistan
29
$391
156 Venezuela
29
$805
157 Kiribati
29
$533
158 Nicaragua
29
$732
159 Uganda
29
$669
160 Zimbabwe
28
$876
161 Honduras
28
$826
162 Sudan
28
$907
163 Malawi
28
$551
164 Tajikistan
28
$684
165 Equatorial Guinea
27
$1328
166 Laos
26
$1157
167 Liberia
25
$533
168 Djibouti
24
$581
169 Madagascar
24
$534
170 Ethiopia
23
$1210
171 Myanmar
23
$595
172 Gambia
23
$568
173 Ivory Coast
22
$1180
174 Mozambique
22
$936
175 Burkina Faso
21
$914
176 Benin
21
$760
177 Cameroon
21
$893
178 Lesotho
20
$624
179 Togo
19
$810
180 Syria
17
$544
181 Congo
17
$589
182 Guinea-Bissau
16
$894
183 Yemen
16
$539
184 Niger
16
$1161
185 Haiti
16
$551
186 Mali
15
$575
187 Comoros
13
$1207
188 Nigeria
13
$879
189 Afghanistan
12
$450
190 North Korea
12
$1593
191 DR Congo
8
$1064
192 Eritrea
8
$527
193 Somalia
7
$708
194 Burundi
7
$737
195 South Sudan
6
$520
196 Chad
2
$536
197 Central African Republic
0
$522

100 Best cities to live in the World