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
$2896
2 Liechtenstein
98
$2315
3 Singapore
96
$3000
4 Denmark
96
$1923
5 Norway
94
$1924
6 Australia
94
$2293
7 Netherlands
93
$1945
8 Ireland
93
$2438
9 Luxembourg
93
$2200
10 Iceland
92
$2518
11 Sweden
92
$1578
12 Germany
92
$1581
13 Finland
91
$1537
14 Japan
91
$1097
15 Canada
90
$2042
16 United Kingdom
90
$2183
17 New Zealand
89
$1950
18 Austria
89
$1743
19 Belgium
88
$1540
20 South Korea
87
$1118
21 United States
86
$2433
22 Monaco
86
$6538
23 San Marino
86
$1228
24 France
85
$1542
25 Israel
82
$1838
26 Estonia
81
$1204
27 Taiwan
81
$972
28 Cayman Islands
80
$3374
29 United Arab Emirates
80
$1906
30 Andorra
80
$1600
31 Spain
79
$1383
32 Italy
78
$1423
33 Malta
78
$1504
34 Cyprus
78
$1531
35 Slovenia
77
$1299
36 Czech Republic
76
$1199
37 Portugal
75
$1286
38 Qatar
75
$1870
39 Brunei
74
$1060
40 Lithuania
72
$1107
41 Latvia
72
$1069
42 Poland
71
$1137
43 Vatican
71
$916
44 Slovakia
69
$1142
45 Greece
69
$1146
46 Croatia
68
$1140
47 Hungary
67
$929
48 Uruguay
66
$1202
49 Kuwait
65
$1423
50 Barbados
65
$1352
51 Chile
65
$936
52 Bulgaria
64
$773
53 Romania
62
$821
54 Bahrain
62
$1334
55 Cuba
62
$1347
56 Saudi Arabia
62
$1244
57 Antigua and Barbuda
62
$1075
58 Curacao
61
$1385
59 Malaysia
60
$582
60 Oman
60
$1098
61 Maldives
60
$1263
62 Mauritius
60
$772
63 Bahamas
59
$2295
64 Montenegro
59
$972
65 Costa Rica
58
$1156
66 Thailand
58
$790
67 Seychelles
58
$1608
68 Serbia
57
$977
69 Fiji
57
$775
70 Albania
56
$795
71 Panama
56
$1198
72 Georgia
55
$968
73 Jordan
55
$854
74 Saint Kitts and Nevis
54
$1212
75 Grenada
54
$1069
76 North Macedonia
54
$671
77 Turkey
53
$724
78 Argentina
53
$563
79 Marshall Islands
53
$1316
80 Armenia
52
$1067
81 Nauru
51
$744
82 Belarus
50
$517
83 China
50
$679
84 Bosnia and Herzegovina
49
$656
85 Belize
49
$899
86 Vanuatu
48
$2066
87 Palau
48
$1162
88 Saint Vincent
48
$1007
89 Saint Lucia
48
$1123
90 Vietnam
48
$611
91 Bhutan
47
$455
92 Lebanon
47
$1097
93 Samoa
46
$594
94 Philippines
46
$614
95 Kazakhstan
46
$725
96 Moldova
45
$770
97 Morocco
45
$630
98 Angola
45
$878
99 Ecuador
45
$815
100 Botswana
44
$610
101 Sierra Leone
44
$732
102 Sri Lanka
44
$509
103 Peru
44
$765
104 Dominica
44
$900
105 Indonesia
44
$567
106 Tunisia
44
$452
107 Russia
44
$652
108 Tonga
44
$975
109 India
44
$441
110 Cape Verde
43
$708
111 Ukraine
43
$564
112 Trinidad and Tobago
42
$1171
113 Suriname
42
$894
114 Azerbaijan
42
$696
115 Palestine
42
$931
116 Mexico
42
$982
117 Jamaica
41
$1072
118 Solomon Islands
41
$1425
119 Algeria
41
$472
120 Cambodia
41
$753
121 South Africa
41
$815
122 Mongolia
41
$792
123 Papua New Guinea
41
$534
124 Brazil
39
$754
125 East Timor
38
$513
126 Kenya
38
$586
127 Dominican Republic
38
$792
128 Namibia
38
$776
129 Egypt
38
$503
130 Paraguay
37
$632
131 Ghana
37
$478
132 Colombia
37
$735
133 Guyana
37
$928
134 Tuvalu
36
$575
135 Bangladesh
36
$423
136 Bolivia
34
$683
137 Senegal
34
$1118
138 Kyrgyzstan
34
$593
139 Guatemala
34
$886
140 Uzbekistan
33
$623
141 Iran
33
$630
142 Tanzania
33
$662
143 Mauritania
31
$617
144 Kiribati
30
$491
145 Nepal
30
$392
146 Rwanda
30
$649
147 Iraq
30
$754
148 Libya
29
$422
149 Haiti
29
$511
150 Nicaragua
29
$699
151 Eswatini
29
$498
152 Pakistan
28
$357
153 Gabon
28
$690
154 Liberia
28
$499
155 Zambia
28
$935
156 Turkmenistan
26
$1668
157 Guinea-Bissau
26
$798
158 Malawi
26
$361
159 El Salvador
26
$1033
160 Laos
25
$1228
161 Uganda
25
$624
162 Sao Tome and Principe
24
$866
163 Guinea
24
$1006
164 Equatorial Guinea
24
$1114
165 Zimbabwe
23
$862
166 Tajikistan
23
$649
167 Honduras
22
$846
168 Togo
22
$667
169 Congo
20
$554
170 Sudan
20
$946
171 Madagascar
20
$535
172 Djibouti
19
$547
173 Mozambique
19
$1053
174 Cameroon
19
$833
175 Burkina Faso
19
$734
176 Benin
18
$717
177 Gambia
18
$521
178 DR Congo
16
$941
179 Ivory Coast
16
$1045
180 Mali
16
$509
181 Niger
16
$997
182 Ethiopia
15
$876
183 Myanmar
15
$759
184 Burundi
15
$481
185 Yemen
14
$505
186 Lesotho
14
$530
187 Comoros
12
$586
188 Eritrea
11
$493
189 Syria
11
$486
190 Venezuela
11
$764
191 North Korea
10
$1592
192 Nigeria
10
$355
193 Afghanistan
9
$524
194 South Sudan
5
$489
195 Somalia
5
$811
196 Chad
2
$495
197 Central African Republic
0
$486

100 Best cities to live in the World