The 100 Best places to live in Germany

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Germany is the 23rd most expensive and the 12th most liveable country.

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Germany Quality of life Rank
😃 Human freedom index
8.67
15
💵 GDP per capita
$54343
18
🛍️ GDPPC based on purchasing power
$69027
20
❤️ Life expectancy
80.7
34
☠️ Homicide rate
0.8
39
🚧 Road traffic mortality
3.8
20
👮 Corruption perceptions index
75
20
🏙️ Population
84.4M
19
🌐 English speaking %
56.3%
58
😷 Air quality
Excellent
44
✈️ Airport proximity index
88
25
💰 Cost of living
$1601
175
💳 After-tax salary
$2931
19
💸 Salary to expenses ratio
1.8
14
🎓 Higher education index
94
14

Below is the list of 662 best cities & 15 states to live and work in Germany for singles and families ranked by quality & cost of living.

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Best cities to live in Germany

Best states

Rank State Quality of life Cost of living
1 Hamburg State
94
$2007
2 Brandenburg
91
$1944
3 Bremen State
86
$1568
4 Saxony
83
$1365
5 Bavaria
82
$1745
6 Hesse
81
$1708
7 North Rhine-Westphalia
80
$1500
8 Baden-Wurttemberg
77
$1635
9 Rhineland-Palatinate
77
$1571
10 Schleswig-Holstein
75
$1490
11 Saarland
75
$1356
12 Thuringia
75
$1286
13 Lower Saxony
74
$1481
14 Saxony-Anhalt
73
$1295
15 Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
65
$1344

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