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
$3268
2 Denmark
98
$2174
3 Liechtenstein
97
$2591
4 Australia
96
$2425
5 Singapore
96
$3111
6 Ireland
95
$2728
7 Norway
95
$2361
8 Netherlands
94
$2421
9 Sweden
94
$1832
10 Luxembourg
94
$2757
11 Iceland
94
$3200
12 Germany
93
$1777
13 Finland
93
$1677
14 Austria
92
$2038
15 Canada
91
$2044
16 United Kingdom
91
$2432
17 Belgium
90
$1790
18 New Zealand
89
$1877
19 San Marino
89
$1359
20 Japan
89
$1131
21 United States
88
$2515
22 Monaco
87
$6944
23 South Korea
87
$1114
24 France
87
$1762
25 Cayman Islands
85
$3759
26 Israel
85
$2211
27 United Arab Emirates
84
$2071
28 Cyprus
84
$1722
29 Estonia
84
$1485
30 Taiwan
83
$1024
31 Czech Republic
83
$1490
32 Spain
83
$1642
33 Malta
82
$1726
34 Andorra
82
$1878
35 Italy
81
$1656
36 Qatar
80
$2011
37 Slovenia
80
$1515
38 Lithuania
79
$1254
39 Vatican
78
$1200
40 Portugal
78
$1480
41 Poland
77
$1393
42 Latvia
75
$1163
43 Croatia
75
$1413
44 Greece
74
$1267
45 Brunei
74
$1167
46 Slovakia
73
$1365
47 Bahrain
73
$1245
48 Romania
71
$973
49 Kuwait
71
$1461
50 Hungary
71
$1197
51 Barbados
70
$1338
52 Chile
70
$1051
53 Bulgaria
69
$1018
54 Oman
68
$1067
55 Malaysia
68
$824
56 Uruguay
68
$1389
57 Saudi Arabia
67
$1272
58 Antigua and Barbuda
66
$1150
59 Costa Rica
65
$1328
60 Albania
64
$1037
61 Montenegro
64
$1090
62 Serbia
64
$1136
63 Curacao
64
$1610
64 Grenada
63
$1078
65 Seychelles
62
$1646
66 Maldives
62
$1330
67 Mauritius
62
$781
68 Bahamas
61
$2726
69 Georgia
61
$923
70 Panama
60
$1324
71 Jordan
60
$917
72 Argentina
59
$878
73 Armenia
58
$1070
74 Turkey
58
$889
75 North Macedonia
58
$775
76 Bosnia and Herzegovina
58
$819
77 Saint Kitts and Nevis
57
$1330
78 Thailand
56
$914
79 Fiji
56
$868
80 Bhutan
55
$413
81 Kazakhstan
55
$690
82 Belarus
54
$651
83 Peru
54
$887
84 Guyana
53
$1181
85 China
52
$650
86 Palau
52
$1176
87 Nauru
51
$783
88 Sri Lanka
51
$577
89 Morocco
51
$735
90 Azerbaijan
50
$758
91 Trinidad and Tobago
50
$1128
92 Moldova
50
$863
93 Botswana
50
$673
94 Saint Vincent
50
$995
95 Ukraine
50
$626
96 Tunisia
50
$531
97 Mexico
50
$1078
98 Marshall Islands
49
$1508
99 Mongolia
49
$927
100 Indonesia
49
$575
101 Vietnam
49
$650
102 Lebanon
49
$1172
103 Russia
49
$975
104 Brazil
49
$771
105 Samoa
48
$791
106 Philippines
48
$616
107 Belize
48
$1037
108 Cuba
47
$1255
109 Cape Verde
46
$989
110 Suriname
46
$876
111 India
46
$425
112 Saint Lucia
46
$1182
113 Dominica
46
$1041
114 Colombia
46
$890
115 Algeria
46
$454
116 Tonga
46
$1035
117 Angola
45
$836
118 Dominican Republic
45
$865
119 Tuvalu
45
$717
120 Vanuatu
45
$2066
121 Paraguay
44
$682
122 Jamaica
43
$1310
123 El Salvador
43
$1148
124 South Africa
42
$1102
125 Namibia
42
$968
126 Ghana
42
$650
127 Bolivia
41
$726
128 Egypt
41
$418
129 Cambodia
41
$821
130 Iran
41
$575
131 Kenya
40
$712
132 Kyrgyzstan
40
$689
133 Iraq
40
$777
134 Uzbekistan
39
$668
135 Bangladesh
38
$434
136 Papua New Guinea
38
$569
137 Guatemala
37
$992
138 Gabon
37
$738
139 Tanzania
37
$679
140 Ecuador
37
$859
141 Solomon Islands
36
$1422
142 Palestine
35
$1072
143 East Timor
35
$521
144 Nepal
35
$362
145 Senegal
34
$1250
146 Eswatini
33
$568
147 Turkmenistan
33
$1771
148 Rwanda
33
$763
149 Sao Tome and Principe
32
$1042
150 Equatorial Guinea
31
$1292
151 Malawi
31
$543
152 Kiribati
31
$538
153 Tajikistan
31
$699
154 Zambia
30
$827
155 Pakistan
30
$397
156 Libya
30
$401
157 Guinea
30
$1037
158 Sierra Leone
29
$1303
159 Laos
29
$1065
160 Mauritania
29
$657
161 Honduras
29
$845
162 Zimbabwe
28
$871
163 Venezuela
28
$818
164 Uganda
27
$672
165 Nicaragua
27
$755
166 Sudan
26
$850
167 Ivory Coast
26
$1163
168 Djibouti
24
$596
169 Burkina Faso
24
$932
170 Liberia
24
$532
171 Benin
23
$766
172 Cameroon
23
$850
173 Madagascar
23
$536
174 Myanmar
22
$610
175 Gambia
22
$571
176 Ethiopia
22
$1191
177 Lesotho
22
$657
178 Togo
21
$779
179 Mozambique
21
$953
180 Guinea-Bissau
20
$876
181 Congo
19
$595
182 Syria
18
$544
183 Yemen
17
$532
184 Comoros
16
$1234
185 Afghanistan
16
$470
186 Nigeria
15
$832
187 Niger
14
$1181
188 Haiti
14
$557
189 Mali
13
$575
190 Burundi
10
$742
191 North Korea
10
$1598
192 Eritrea
10
$525
193 Somalia
9
$722
194 DR Congo
8
$1073
195 South Sudan
5
$521
196 Central African Republic
1
$519
197 Chad
0
$534

100 Best cities to live in the World