Baghdad - Not Amongst The Worlds Top Cities !

Maybe you are thinking of relocating. Maybe you won the lottery and you want to get comfortable now. In both cases you might want to check out the latest global survey by Mercer Consulting published just this week. It determines the best cities in the world to live in. For the second year in a row Zurich and Geneva (both Switzerland) are the best cities in the world as far as quality of live is concerned. Vancouver (Canada) is placed third, followed by Vienna (Austria), Auckland (New Zealand), Düsseldorf (Germany) and Frankfurt (Germany). Paris, London and Madrid are in the lower half of the top-50 table. Overall, Baghdad is not surprisingly the lowest ranking city in the survey. The analysis is based on an evaluation of 39 quality-of-living criteria for each city including political, social, economic and environmental factors, personal safety and health, education, transport and other public services. Baghdad remains the world’s least enticing city for expatriates with a score of 14.5. Other low-scoring cities for overall quality of living include Brazzaville in Congo (29.5), Bangui in the Central African Republic (30.6) and Khartoum in Sudan (31). By the way New York is the base city with a score of 100 points. Do not be disappointed if you do not find your place in the top 50ies. About 99.9% of all humans on this planet do not live in the top 50 places!

The world's top cities offering the best quality of life

2007 Rank	2006 Rank	City	Country	Points
1	1	Zurich	Switzerland	108.1
2	2	Geneva	Switzerland	108.0
=3	3	Vancouver	Canada	107.7
=3	4	Vienna	Austria	107.7
=5	5	Auckland	New Zealand	107.3
=5	6	Düsseldorf	Germany	107.3
7	7	Frankfurt	Germany	107.1
8	8	Munich	Germany	106.9
=9	9	Bern	Switzerland	106.5
=9	9	Sydney	Australia	106.5
11	11	Copenhagen	Denmark	106.2
12	12	Wellington	New Zealand	105.8
13	13	Amsterdam	Netherlands	105.7
14	14	Brussels	Belgium	105.6
15	15	Toronto	Canada	105.4
16	16	Berlin	Germany	105.2
17	17	Melbourne	Australia	105.0
=18	18	Luxembourg	Luxembourg	104.8
=18	21	Ottawa	Canada	104.8
20	20	Stockholm	Sweden	104.7
21	21	Perth	Australia	104.5
22	22	Montreal	Canada	104.3
23	23	Nürnberg	Germany	104.2
=24	25	Calgary	Canada	103.6
=24	25	Hamburg	Germany	103.6
26	31	Oslo	Norway	103.5
=27	24	Dublin	Ireland	103.3
=27	27	Honolulu	USA	103.3
29	28	San Francisco	USA	103.2
=30	29	Adelaide	Australia	103.1
=30	29	Helsinki	Finland	103.1
32	31	Brisbane	Australia	102.8
33	33	Paris	France	102.7
34	34	Singapore	Singapore	102.5
35	35	Tokyo	Japan	102.3
=36	37	Lyon	France	101.9
=36	36	Boston	USA	101.9
38	37	Yokohama	Japan	101.7
39	39	London	UK	101.2
40	40	Kobe	Japan	101.0
41	44	Barcelona	Spain	100.6
=42	45	Madrid	Spain	100.5
=42	51	Osaka	Japan	100.5
=44	41	Washington DC	USA	100.4
=44	41	Chicago	USA	100.4
46	43	Portland	USA	100.3
47	53	Lisbon	Portugal	100.1
48	46	New York City	USA	100.0
=49	51	Milan	Italy	99.9
=49	47	Seattle	USA	99.9