The media claimed that Vienna, the capital of Austria, has been chosen the “most livable city” in the world for 2023 after receiving accolades for its dependable infrastructure, exceptional culture and entertainment, and first-rate educational and healthcare systems.
The Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) announced a rating of 173 cities on Wednesday based on a variety of important variables, including healthcare, education, stability, infrastructure, and environment, according to CNN. Vienna, which has always come in first over the years, was closely followed by Copenhagen, the capital of Denmark, which held onto second place.
Following a recent slide in ranking for the two Australian cities, Melbourne and Sydney, respectively, gained third and fourth position. The top 10 also included the three Canadian cities of Calgary, Vancouver, and Toronto. Zurich, in sixth position, and Geneva, in a tie for seventh with Calgary, both came from Switzerland.
The removal of Covid-related limitations allowed Osaka to slightly improve its culture and environment rankings, rounding out the top 10. According to CNN, certain European locations had the highest reductions this year.</p> <p>Both London and Stockholm dropped in the rankings, with the former slipping 12 ranks to 46th and the latter plunging 22 spots to 43rd.
Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland, dropped from No. 35 in 2022, when it first entered the liveability study, to 58th this year.</p> <p>The three least livable cities in the world were Tripoli, Libya, and Damascus, Syria. Algiers, Algeria, and Algiers, Libya were listed.
owing to the effects of the conflict, Kiev, the capital of Ukraine, which was absent from the list for 2022 owing to Russia’s invasion in February of that year, is now among the ten least liveable cities in the world.</p> <p>According to Upasana Dutt, Head of Liveability Index at EIU, “the removal of Covid-related restrictions has overall boded well for global liveability in 2023,” according to a statement sent to CNN.
“With children returning to school and a considerable decrease in the strain on hospitals and healthcare systems, education has become stronger, with some noticeable advances in cities across growing economies in Asia and the Middle East.
“We expect the cities in these regions to move slowly up our liveability rankings as the world’s political and economic axis continues to shift eastward,” she said.
