In terms of healthcare and education, Victoria has ten teaching hospitals and nine universities. Melbourne enjoys a relatively low crime rate and good road network. Despite Kyiv's attempts to safeguard itself from the conflict, it too finds a place among the ten lowest-ranked cities.Melbourne scored 100 in each of the categories for healthcare, education and infrastructure. For over a decade, Damascus has consistently ranked as the least livable city in the index, occupying the bottom position. On another hand, the survey also lists the least liveable cities in 2023. In fact, the region that has rebounded the most has to be Asia Pacific, while Western European cities fell down the rankings mainly because of strikes and civil unrest. The increase in living standards this year can be attributed primarily to advancements in education and healthcare scores across Asia, Africa, and the Middle East, following the post-pandemic period. Ranking living conditions in 173 cities based on stability, health care, culture and environment, education, and infrastructure, the survey suggests that nowadays, “life in cities is a bit better than at any time in the past 15 years”, although Stability scores dropped on average in 2023, due to worldwide clashes, political disruptions, social protests, inflation, and wars. Under the titles of Optimism and Instability, this year’s global index score has returned to pre-Covid-19 days, highlighting that the world has fully recovered from the pandemic. Copenhagen in Denmark maintained its second position while Melbourne and Sydney came in third and fourth position, rising to the top 5 where they previously had a consistent presence among the leading positions, before the pandemic.
Topping the ranking for the fourth time in five years, Vienna has excelled in stability, culture and entertainment, and reliable infrastructure. For the second consecutive year, Vienna is the world’s most liveable city according to The Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) 2023 Global Liveability Index.
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