The 100 Best places to live in Germany

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Germany is the 24th most expensive and the 12th most liveable country.

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Germany Quality of life Rank
😃 Human freedom index
8.37
24
💵 GDP per capita
$52746
22
🛍️ GDPPC based on purchasing power
$69338
20
❤️ Life expectancy
80.7
34
☠️ Homicide rate
0.8
34
🚧 Road traffic mortality
3.8
20
👮 Corruption perceptions index
78
13
🏙️ Population
84.4M
19
🌐 English speaking %
56.3%
57
😷 Air quality
Excellent
44
✈️ Airport proximity index
89
23
💰 Cost of living
$1671
174
💳 After-tax salary
$3122
19
💸 Salary to expenses ratio
1.9
16
🎓 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
$2022
2 Brandenburg
90
$2009
3 Bremen State
87
$1770
4 Saxony
83
$1375
5 Bavaria
82
$1841
6 Hesse
81
$1821
7 North Rhine-Westphalia
80
$1553
8 Rhineland-Palatinate
77
$1597
9 Schleswig-Holstein
76
$1582
10 Baden-Wurttemberg
76
$1724
11 Thuringia
75
$1354
12 Saarland
75
$1441
13 Lower Saxony
75
$1566
14 Saxony-Anhalt
74
$1366
15 Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
70
$1471

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