Overview

• The EIU evaluated 173 cities across stability, healthcare, culture and environment, education and infrastructure, with the average global liveability score holding steady at 76.1 out of 100.
• Copenhagen achieved perfect scores in stability, education and infrastructure, vaulting from second place in 2024 to first in the 2025 ranking.
• Vienna and Zurich tied for second as Vienna’s stability score plunged after incidents including a bomb threat at a Taylor Swift concert last August.
• Three Australian cities—Melbourne, Sydney and Adelaide—entered the top 10 alongside Vancouver, reflecting robust healthcare and education performance.
• Major declines in liveability were recorded in UK cities because of riots and rising homelessness and in Calgary after healthcare scores fell, while Al Khobar posted the largest gain, climbing 13 places on the back of healthcare and education investments.