Mercer Quality of Living Survey Worldwide Rankings, 2009

Base City: New York, USA (=100)

Rankings
2009
1
2
3
4
4
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
16
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
26
28
29
30
30
30
33
34
35
35
37
38
38
40

QoL Index

2008

City

Country

2009

2008

2
1
2
4
5
6
7
7
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
19
16
17
17
20
21
22
23
24
25
32
25
27
28
29
29
29
32
34
35
37
36
38
38
40

Vienna
Zurich
Geneva
Vancouver
Auckland
Dusseldorf
Munich
Frankfurt
Bern
Sydney
Copenhagen
Wellington
Amsterdam
Brussels
Toronto
Ottawa
Berlin
Melbourne
Luxembourg
Stockholm
Perth
Montreal
Nurnberg
Oslo
Dublin
Singapore
Calgary
Hamburg
Honolulu
San Francisco
Helsinki
Adelaide
Paris
Brisbane
Tokyo
Boston
Lyon
Yokohama
London
Kobe

Austria
Switzerland
Switzerland
Canada
New Zealand
Germany
Germany
Germany
Switzerland
Australia
Denmark
New Zealand
Netherlands
Belgium
Canada
Canada
Germany
Australia
Luxembourg
Sweden
Australia
Canada
Germany
Norway
Ireland
Singapore
Canada
Germany
United States
United States
Finland
Australia
France
Australia
Japan
United States
France
Japan
United Kingdom
Japan

108.6
108
107.9
107.4
107.4
107.2
107
106.8
106.5
106.3
106.2
105.9
105.7
105.4
105.3
105
105
104.8
104.6
104.5
104.3
104.2
104.1
103.7
103.6
103.5
103.5
103.4
103.1
103
103
103
102.9
102.4
102.2
102.2
101.9
101.6
101.6
100.9

107.9
108
107.9
107.6
107.3
107.2
107
107
106.5
106.3
106.2
105.8
105.7
105.4
105.3
104.7
105
104.8
104.8
104.5
104.3
104.2
104.1
103.7
103.5
102.9
103.5
103.4
103.1
103
103
103
102.9
102.4
102.2
101.8
101.9
101.6
101.6
100.9

Mercer Quality of Living Survey Worldwide Rankings, 2009

Base City: New York, USA (=100)
Rankings

QoL Index

2008

City

Country

2009

2008

41
42
42
44
44
44
44
48
49
50
51
52
53
54
55
56
56
58
59
59
61
62
63
64
65
65
67
68
69
70
71
72
73
74
75
76

41
48
42
44
44
44
44
43
49
50
51
52
53
54
55
56
56
58
59
59
61
62
63
64
65
65
67
68
69
70
71
72
73
74
75
76

Milan
Portland
Barcelona
Washington
Osaka
Lisbon
Chicago
Madrid
New York City
Seattle
Lexington, Ky.
Pittsburgh
Winston-Salem
Nagoya
Rome
Glasgow
Birmingham
Tsukuba
Los Angeles
Cleveland
Minneapolis
Houston
Miami
Yokkaichi
St. Louis
Detroit
Atlanta
Leipzig
Omuta
Hong Kong
Prague
San Juan
Katsuyama
Budapest
Kuala Lumpur
Athens

100.8
100.6
100.6
100.3
100.3
100.3
100.3
100.2
100
99.8
99.7
99.6
99.5
99.4
98.9
98.6
98.6
98.2
98.1
98.1
97.8
96.3
96.2
96.1
96
96
95.9
95.4
94.8
94.4
93.9
92.8
91.3
91.1
90.4
89.7

100.8
100.2
100.6
100.3
100.3
100.3
100.3
100.5
100
99.8
99.7
99.6
99.5
99.4
98.9
98.6
98.6
98.2
98.1
98.1
97.8
96.5
96.2
96.1
96
96
95.9
95.4
94.8
94.1
93.7
92.8
91.3
90.6
90.2
88.6

77

83

Dubai

89.3

87.1

78
79

82
78

Ljubljana
Vilnius

Italy
United States
Spain
United States
Japan
Portugal
United States
Spain
United States
United States
United States
United States
United States
Japan
Italy
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Japan
United States
United States
United States
United States
United States
Japan
United States
United States
United States
Germany
Japan
Hong Kong
Czech Republic
Puerto Rico
Japan
Hungary
Malaysia
Greece
United Arab
Emirates
Slovenia
Lithuania

88.7
88.6

87.7
88.1

2009

Mercer Quality of Living Survey Worldwide Rankings, 2009

Base City: New York, USA (=100)
Rankings

QoL Index

2008

City

Country

2009

2008

79
81
82
83

76
78
80
86

Montevideo
Buenos Aires
Port Louis
Seoul

88.6
88.4
87.9
87.2

88.6
88.1
87.9
86.1

84

87

Abu Dhabi

87.1

84.8

85
86
87
88
89
90
91
92
93
94
95
96
97
98
98
100
101
102
103
103
105
106
107
108
109
110
111
112
113
113
115
116
117
118

85
84
80
91
88
89
93
89
92
95
96
97
94
100
98
99
102
102
106
104
105
101
107
108
110
111
122
112
117
116
113
120
114
119

Warsaw
Taipei
Cape Town
Bratislava
Santiago
Riga
Limassol
Tallinn
Port Elizabeth
Panama City
Monterrey
Victoria
Johannesburg
Tunis
Shanghai
Papeete
Kaohsiung
Noumea
Zagreb
Tel Aviv
Brasilia
Johor Baharu
San Jose
Bucharest
Asuncion
Nassau
Manama
Yeochun (Yosu)
Sofia
Beijing
Ulsan
Lima
Rio de Janeiro
Sao Paulo

Uruguay
Argentina
Mauritius
South Korea
United Arab
Emirates
Poland
Taiwan
South Africa
Slovakia
Chile
Latvia
Cyprus
Estonia
South Africa
Panama
Mexico
Seychelles
South Africa
Tunisia
China
French Polynesia
Taiwan
New Caledonia
Croatia
Israel
Brazil
Malaysia
Costa Rica
Romania
Paraguay
Bahamas
Bahrain
South Korea
Bulgaria
China
South Korea
Peru
Brazil
Brazil

87
86.8
86.4
85
84.8
84.5
84.3
84.2
83.8
83.2
82.8
82.6
82.5
82
82
81.9
81
80.9
80
80
79.2
79
78.1
77.5
77.1
76.6
75.9
75.8
74.9
74.9
74.6
74.5
74.4
74.2

86.4
86.7
87.9
83.9
84.4
84.2
83.7
84.2
83.8
83.2
82.8
82.5
83.5
81.6
82
81.9
80.9
80.9
78.6
80
79.2
81.4
77.7
77.5
77.1
76.6
73.4
76.2
74.5
74.6
74.9
74.1
74.7
74.2

2009

Mercer Quality of Living Survey Worldwide Rankings, 2009

Base City: New York, USA (=100)
Rankings

QoL Index

2008

City

Country

2009

2008

119
120
121
122
122
124
125
126
127
128
129
130
131

121
109
114
118
123
124
133
125
127
126
127
129
131

Jerusalem
Bangkok
Istanbul
Quito
Cairo
Casablanca
Kuwait City
Guayaquil
Amman
Guangzhou
Mexico City
Manaus
Manila

74
73.8
73.5
73
73
72.6
72.5
71.9
71.8
71.6
71.5
71.4
70.7

74
77.2
74.7
74.4
73.3
72.3
69.2
71.9
71.5
71.6
71.5
71.4
70.3

132

130

Santo Domingo

69.9

71.2

133
134
135
136
137
138
139
140
141
142
143
144
145
145
147
148
149
150
151
152
152
154
155
156
157

132
138
134
135
143
136
137
146
139
140
143
140
145
148
149
142
150
147
154
151
153
155
157
152
158

Rayong
Bogota
Blantyre
Nanjing
Belgrade
Lusaka
Kingston
Jakarta
Guatemala City
Bangalore
Medellin
La Paz
New Delhi
Dakar
Shenyang
Mumbai
Hanoi
Ho Chi Minh City
Skopje
Colombo
Chennai (Madras)
Accra
Libreville
Caracas
Sarajevo

Israel
Thailand
Turkey
Ecuador
Egypt
Morocco
Kuwait
Ecuador
Jordan
China
Mexico
Brazil
Philippines
Dominican
Republic
Thailand
Colombia
Malawi
China
Serbia
Zambia
Jamaica
Indonesia
Guatemala
India
Colombia
Bolivia
India
Senegal
China
India
Vietnam
Vietnam
Macedonia
Sri Lanka
India
Ghana
Gabon
Venezuela
Bosnia-

68.5
67.4
66.9
66.8
65.8
65.7
65.3
64.9
64.8
64.4
64.1
63.4
63
63
62.9
62.5
62.4
62.2
61.9
61.5
61.5
60.7
60.5
60.2
60.1

69.5
65
66.9
66.8
64
65.4
65.3
63.7
64.5
64.4
64
64.4
63.8
63
62.9
64.1
62.4
63.1
61.3
62.1
61.6
60.7
60.5
62
60.1

2009

Mercer Quality of Living Survey Worldwide Rankings, 2009

Base City: New York, USA (=100)
Rankings
2009

2008

QoL Index
City

158
159
160
161
162
163
164
164
166

156
163
160
159
161
164
165
162
167

Santa Cruz
Riyadh
Jeddah
Jilin
Kiev
San Salvador
Tripoli
St. Petersburg
Managua

167

168

Vientiane

168
169
170
171
172
173
174
175
176
177
178
179
180
181
182
183
183
185
186
187
188
188
190
191
191
193
194
195

166
169
169
172
173
180
175
171
177
178
176
181
178
182
183
184
184
174
184
188
187
190
194
192
191
189
192
196

Moscow
Cotonou
Djibouti
Nairobi
Damascus
Tirana
Islamabad
Beirut
Lahore
San Pedro Sula
Tehran
Almaty
Algiers
Yaounde
Minsk
Maputo
Douala
Harare
Karachi
Havana
Novosibirsk
Dar Es Salaam
Abidjan
Lome
Kazan
Yangon
Baku
Luanda

Country
Herzegovina
Bolivia
Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia
China
Ukraine
El Salvador
Libya
Russia
Nicaragua
Laos, People's
Dem. Republic of
Russia
Benin
Djibouti
Kenya
Syria
Albania
Pakistan
Lebanon
Pakistan
Honduras
Iran
Kazakhstan
Algeria
Cameroon
Belarus
Mozambique
Cameroon
Zimbabwe
Pakistan
Cuba
Russia
Tanzania
Ivory Coast
Togo
Russia
Myanmar
Azerbaijan
Angola

2009

2008

59.6
59.4
58.9
57.8
57.1
56.6
56.1
56.1
55.4

60.6
56.5
57.2
57.8
57
56.3
56.1
56.6
55.4

55.3

55.3

54.9
54.2
53.7
53.2
53.1
52.6
52.1
51.9
51.8
51.7
51.4
50.6
49.8
49.6
49.4
48.7
48.7
48.6
48.2
47.5
47.4
47.4
46.6
46.2
46.2
45.6
45.1
44.3

55.5
54.2
54.2
53.2
53.1
51.4
52.7
53.3
52.4
51.7
52.6
50.3
51.7
49.6
49.4
48.7
48.7
52.8
48.7
47.8
47.9
47.4
44.6
45.1
46.7
47.7
45.1
43.7

Mercer Quality of Living Survey Worldwide Rankings, 2009

Base City: New York, USA (=100)
Rankings

QoL Index

2008

City

Country

2009

2008

196
197
198
199
200
201
201
203
204
205
206

195
198
197
198
201
202
200
207
205
206
202

Bamako
Addis Ababa
Tashkent
Lagos
Niamey
Ouagadougou
Antananarivo
Port Harcourt
Conakry
Dhaka
Port au Prince

43.2
43.1
43
41.7
41.5
41.1
41.1
39.8
39.4
38.9
38.3

43.9
41.7
43
41.7
40.7
39.8
41.1
38.2
39.4
38.9
39.8

207

209

Kinshasa

36.3

36.3

208
209

204
210

Nouakchott
Pointe Noire

35.8
35.1

39.6
33

210

207

Sanaa

34.3

38.2

211
212
213

212
213
211

Khartoum
Brazzaville
Ndjamena

32.2
31.6
31.3

31
29.5
32.9

214

214

Bangui

29.3

29.3

215

215

Baghdad

Mali
Ethiopia
Uzbekistan
Nigeria
Niger
Burkina Faso
Madagascar
Nigeria
Guinea Republic
Bangladesh
Haiti
Dem. Rep. of the
Congo
Mauritania
Congo
Yemen Arab
Republic
Sudan
Congo
Chad
Central African
Republic
Iraq

14.4

13.5

2009