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Mercer 2016 Quality of Living Survey Worldwide Quality of Living ranking

Rank2015**

City Country

1 VIENNA AUSTRIA 2 ZURICH SWITZERLAND 3 AUCKLAND NEWZEALAND 4 MUNICH GERMANY 5 VANCOUVER CANADA 6 DUSSELDORF GERMANY 7 FRANKFURT GERMANY 8 GENEVA SWITZERLAND 9 COPENHAGEN DENMARK 10 SYDNEY AUSTRALIA 11 AMSTERDAM NETHERLANDS 12 WELLINGTON NEWZEALAND 13 BERLIN GERMANY 14 BERN SWITZERLAND 15 TORONTO CANADA 15 MELBOURNE AUSTRALIA 17 OTTAWA CANADA 18 HAMBURG GERMANY 19 LUXEMBOURG LUXEMBOURG 19 STOCKHOLM SWEDEN 21 BRUSSELS BELGIUM 21 PERTH AUSTRALIA 23 MONTREAL CANADA 24 STUTTGART GERMANY 24 NURNBERG GERMANY 26 SINGAPORE SINGAPORE 27 ADELAIDE AUSTRALIA 28 SANFRANCISCO,CA UNITEDSTATES 28 CANBERRA AUSTRALIA 30 HELSINKI FINLAND 30 OSLO NORWAY 32 CALGARY CANADA 33 DUBLIN IRELAND 34 BOSTON,MA UNITEDSTATES

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35 HONOLULU,HI UNITEDSTATES 36 BRISBANE AUSTRALIA 37 PARIS FRANCE 38 LYON FRANCE 39 BARCELONA SPAIN 39 LONDON UNITEDKINGDOM 41 MILAN ITALY 42 LISBON PORTUGAL 43 CHICAGO,IL UNITEDSTATES 44 NEWYORKCITY,NY UNITEDSTATES 44 TOKYO JAPAN 46 SEATTLE,WA UNITEDSTATES 46 KOBE JAPAN 46 EDINBURGH UNITEDKINGDOM 49 LOSANGELES,CA UNITEDSTATES 49 YOKOHAMA JAPAN 51 WASHINGTON,DC UNITEDSTATES 52 MADRID SPAIN 53 BIRMINGHAM UNITEDKINGDOM 53 ROME ITALY 55 GLASGOW UNITEDKINGDOM 56 PITTSBURGH,PA UNITEDSTATES 57 PHILADELPHIA,PA UNITEDSTATES 58 OSAKA JAPAN 59 ABERDEEN UNITEDKINGDOM 60 LEIPZIG GERMANY 61 MINNEAPOLIS,MN UNITEDSTATES 62 NAGOYA JAPAN 63 DALLAS,TX UNITEDSTATES 64 BELFAST UNITEDKINGDOM 65 HOUSTON,TX UNITEDSTATES 66 MIAMI,FL UNITEDSTATES 67 ATLANTA,GA UNITEDSTATES 68 ST.LOUIS,MO UNITEDSTATES 69 PRAGUE CZECHREPUBLIC 70 DETROIT,MI UNITEDSTATES 70 HONGKONG HONGKONG 72 POINTE-A-PITRE GUADELOUPE 73 SEOUL SOUTHKOREA 74 SANJUAN PUERTORICO 75 DUBAI UNITEDARABEMIRATES 76 LJUBLJANA SLOVENIA 77 BUDAPEST HUNGARY

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78 MONTEVIDEO URUGUAY 79 VILNIUS LITHUANIA 79 WARSAW POLAND 81 ABUDHABI UNITEDARABEMIRATES 82 BRATISLAVA SLOVAKIA 83 PORTLOUIS MAURITIUS 84 TAIPEI TAIWAN 85 DURBAN SOUTHAFRICA 86 KUALALUMPUR MALAYSIA 87 ATHENS GREECE 88 LIMASSOL CYPRUS 89 TALLINN ESTONIA 90 RIGA LATVIA 91 BUSAN SOUTHKOREA 92 CAPETOWN SOUTHAFRICA 93 BUENOSAIRES ARGENTINA 94 SANTIAGO CHILE 95 JOHANNESBURG SOUTHAFRICA 96 PANAMACITY PANAMA 97 VICTORIA SEYCHELLES 98 ZAGREB CROATIA 99 WROCLAW POLAND 100 TAICHUNG TAIWAN 101 SHANGHAI CHINA 102 BANDARSERIBEGAWAN BRUNEI 103 JOHORBAHRU MALAYSIA 104 TELAVIV ISRAEL 105 SANJOSE COSTARICA 106 BRASILIA BRAZIL 107 MUSCAT OMAN 108 MONTERREY MEXICO 109 BUCHAREST ROMANIA 110 DOHA QATAR 111 NOUMEA NEWCALEDONIA 112 NASSAU BAHAMAS 113 TUNIS TUNISIA 114 ASUNCION PARAGUAY 115 SOFIA BULGARIA 116 RABAT MOROCCO 117 RIODEJANEIRO BRAZIL 118 BEIJING CHINA 119 GUANGZHOU CHINA 120 AMMAN JORDAN

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121 SAOPAULO BRAZIL 122 ISTANBUL TURKEY 123 LIMA PERU 124 KUWAITCITY KUWAIT 125 MANAUS BRAZIL 126 CASABLANCA MOROCCO 127 MEXICOCITY MEXICO 128 QUITO ECUADOR 129 BANGKOK THAILAND 130 BOGOTA COLOMBIA 131 WINDHOEK NAMIBIA 132 COLOMBO SRILANKA 133 MANAMA BAHRAIN 134 CHENGDU CHINA 135 SANTODOMINGO DOMINICANREPUBLIC 136 MANILA PHILIPPINES 137 NANJING CHINA 137 SHENZHEN CHINA 139 HYDERABAD INDIA 139 XIAN CHINA 141 BELGRADE SERBIA 142 JAKARTA INDONESIA 142 GABORONE BOTSWANA 144 PUNE INDIA 145 BENGALURU INDIA 146 CHONGQING CHINA 147 PORTOFSPAIN TRINIDAD&TOBAGO 147 QINGDAO CHINA 149 LUSAKA ZAMBIA 150 CHENNAI INDIA 151 KINGSTON JAMAICA 152 GUATEMALACITY GUATEMALA 152 MUMBAI INDIA 152 HOCHIMINHCITY VIETNAM 155 HANOI VIETNAM 156 LAPAZ BOLIVIA 157 SHENYANG CHINA 158 SARAJEVO BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA 159 SKOPJE MACEDONIA 160 KOLKATA INDIA 161 NEWDELHI INDIA 162 DAKAR SENEGAL 163 LIBREVILLE GABON

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164 RIYADH SAUDIARABIA 165 JEDDAH SAUDIARABIA 166 ACCRA GHANA 167 MOSCOW RUSSIA 168 JILIN CHINA 169 KAMPALA UGANDA 170 VIENTIANE LAOS,PEOPLE'SDEM.REPUBLICOF 171 CAIRO EGYPT 172 MANAGUA NICARAGUA 173 SANSALVADOR ELSALVADOR 174 ST.PETERSBURG RUSSIA 175 BLANTYRE MALAWI 176 ALMATY KAZAKHSTAN 176 KIEV UKRAINE 178 MAPUTO MOZAMBIQUE 179 TIRANA ALBANIA 180 BEIRUT LEBANON 181 COTONOU BENIN 182 YEREVAN ARMENIA 183 BANJUL GAMBIA 184 NAIROBI KENYA 185 CARACAS VENEZUELA 186 TEGUCIGALPA HONDURAS 187 ALGIERS ALGERIA 188 TBILISI GEORGIA 189 DJIBOUTI DJIBOUTI 190 MINSK BELARUS 191 KIGALI RWANDA 191 HAVANA CUBA 193 ISLAMABAD PAKISTAN 194 YAOUNDE CAMEROON 195 PHNOMPENH CAMBODIA 196 DOUALA CAMEROON 197 BAKU AZERBAIJAN 198 DARESSALAAM TANZANIA 199 LAHORE PAKISTAN 199 LUANDA ANGOLA 201 YANGON MYANMAR 202 KARACHI PAKISTAN 203 TEHRAN IRAN 204 LOME TOGO 205 TASHKENT UZBEKISTAN 206 ABIDJAN CÔTED'IVOIRE

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207 ADDISABABA ETHIOPIA 208 ASHGABAT TURKMENISTAN 209 HARARE ZIMBABWE 210 BISHKEK KYRGYZSTAN 211 LAGOS NIGERIA 212 ABUJA NIGERIA 212 DUSHANBE TAJIKISTAN 214 DHAKA BANGLADESH 215 OUAGADOUGOU BURKINAFASO 216 TRIPOLI LIBYA 217 NIAMEY NIGER 218 ANTANANARIVO MADAGASCAR 219 BAMAKO MALI 220 NOUAKCHOTT MAURITANIA 221 CONAKRY GUINEAREPUBLIC 222 KINSHASA DEMOCRATICREP.OFTHECONGO 223 BRAZZAVILLE CONGO 224 DAMASCUS SYRIA 225 N'DJAMENA CHAD 226 KHARTOUM SUDAN 227 PORTAUPRINCE HAITI 228 SANA'A YEMENARABREPUBLIC 229 BANGUI CENTRALAFRICANREPUBLIC 230 BAGHDAD IRAQ