Overview

• Vienna shares second place with Zurich, both falling just short of Copenhagen’s top scores.
• Melbourne ranks fourth and Geneva fifth, rounding out the top five cities.
• Sydney, Osaka, Auckland, Adelaide and Vancouver complete the sixth through tenth positions.
• Kiev ranks 165th while Damascus, Tripoli, Dhaka, Karachi and Algiers occupy the lowest five spots.
• The index evaluates 173 cities on 30 indicators spanning stability, education, infrastructure, healthcare, culture and environment.