Quality of Life Index 2016

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City	Quality of Life Index	Purchasing Power Index	Safety Index	Health Care Index	Cost of Living Index	Property Price to Income Ratio	Traffic Commute Time Index	Pollution Index	Climate Index
Canberra, Australia	241.56	168.69	71.97	83.30	76.20	6.01	18.10	10.47	84.12
Adelaide, Australia	215.52	163.10	59.60	66.60	77.89	5.17	26.69	26.06	90.61
Zurich, Switzerland	213.07	184.86	80.25	70.78	130.99	10.56	31.12	12.42	62.58
Edinburgh, United Kingdom	211.25	131.35	71.39	77.73	74.92	6.81	22.78	15.59	70.99
Munich, Germany	210.86	153.48	84.26	83.58	71.16	10.83	25.67	17.84	47.38
Melbourne, Australia	210.71	153.20	64.18	77.58	75.35	8.52	35.70	25.23	89.15
Wellington, New Zealand	209.58	118.04	68.86	66.01	80.16	6.09	26.50	10.69	88.06
Victoria, Canada	208.65	131.38	63.50	72.90	68.57	5.65	30.20	13.44	77.22
Brisbane, Australia	203.68	140.66	63.87	79.53	76.52	7.74	42.56	21.25	84.31
Geneva, Switzerland	203.58	181.03	64.49	68.92	129.07	9.96	22.00	27.92	73.48
Sacramento, CA, United States	199.92	136.38	57.09	73.84	78.40	3.83	20.00	42.34	90.06
Trondheim, Norway	199.33	113.74	79.81	81.36	108.05	7.92	18.89	11.01	55.41
Seattle, WA, United States	196.09	147.45	59.54	73.00	83.22	5.89	35.40	26.39	71.92
Vienna, Austria	195.97	119.81	71.96	78.80	65.87	16.72	26.28	21.17	75.37
Copenhagen, Denmark	194.15	126.12	73.22	77.34	89.28	7.68	28.00	27.21	67.66
Vancouver, Canada	193.63	121.65	61.11	70.36	65.01	11.32	40.00	22.60	91.32
San Diego, CA, United States	191.94	123.22	62.22	73.26	76.17	6.92	34.82	40.07	97.01
Perth, Australia	190.71	133.23	52.49	69.98	85.08	8.57	33.68	30.17	91.45
Minneapolis, MN, United States	190.50	142.26	57.28	75.66	81.06	3.11	23.75	25.22	45.41
Ottawa, Canada	189.96	147.30	77.31	72.25	63.75	5.85	42.19	20.13	33.20
Hamilton, Canada	189.47	161.52	55.28	78.23	56.01	5.18	40.89	43.73	63.81
Boston, MA, United States	189.02	124.49	60.13	79.02	84.70	7.56	34.71	24.94	72.07
Sydney, Australia	188.30	136.61	56.80	71.74	80.85	11.60	41.42	29.02	88.80
Cape Town, South Africa	187.83	126.85	28.00	73.61	34.18	4.46	42.65	32.77	96.23
Reykjavik, Iceland	186.59	97.14	74.60	76.26	96.99	5.69	19.00	15.48	49.69
Hamburg, Germany	186.29	151.98	51.37	75.45	72.18	8.69	32.91	31.07	59.85
Monterrey, Mexico	185.71	167.35	48.61	56.62	39.08	2.82	27.46	55.12	65.86
Auckland, New Zealand	184.06	118.81	56.92	74.81	80.38	9.85	41.47	30.59	90.42
Calgary, Canada	183.33	162.46	67.61	66.72	70.57	5.10	37.08	30.98	32.52
Denver, CO, United States	182.53	127.51	65.67	83.48	78.17	4.81	41.67	33.32	57.58
Austin, TX, United States	181.67	139.16	58.78	75.59	70.23	5.43	34.75	46.41	68.33
Amsterdam, Netherlands	181.46	122.04	63.92	67.43	76.29	8.82	29.53	38.91	77.00
Portland, OR, United States	181.45	121.98	52.50	55.94	80.04	4.65	30.53	21.56	68.67
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia	181.36	184.09	80.33	76.10	50.05	2.28	41.75	68.37	31.75
Stockholm, Sweden	180.51	130.34	57.02	71.11	83.50	14.63	39.91	11.35	60.55
Helsinki, Finland	180.24	129.76	68.67	75.43	79.61	10.17	31.00	21.42	39.40
Bursa, Turkey	179.35	80.74	73.22	78.78	43.58	3.94	40.00	25.71	57.45
Toronto, Canada	177.69	138.99	66.39	68.98	65.86	9.78	43.73	44.56	71.65
Seoul, South Korea	177.47	116.87	85.72	81.54	78.33	16.64	31.44	35.35	53.67
Berlin, Germany	177.40	122.70	61.46	76.03	66.34	8.59	33.50	38.05	62.30
Phoenix, AZ, United States	176.28	199.38	40.95	66.55	70.84	2.11	30.00	67.83	51.85
Thessaloniki, Greece	176.15	82.69	68.85	75.81	52.04	6.15	22.83	57.92	89.81
Gdansk, Poland	176.11	81.93	72.46	64.41	39.32	10.86	26.10	32.68	69.82
Lisbon, Portugal	175.44	76.20	65.18	68.56	50.87	12.09	35.85	34.41	96.14
Tallinn, Estonia	174.62	78.76	73.79	67.43	50.52	11.38	20.27	17.00	44.42
Brno, Czech Republic	172.38	93.74	70.14	71.99	41.65	9.67	26.31	43.27	62.06
Porto, Portugal	171.18	80.28	52.44	72.89	49.33	7.70	31.00	42.54	90.24
Edmonton, Canada	170.54	128.64	59.81	74.83	70.76	5.39	38.00	28.49	33.57
Ljubljana, Slovenia	169.87	91.62	71.89	58.38	53.00	10.61	21.88	33.00	56.15
Montreal, Canada	169.64	130.67	61.95	60.58	61.69	6.52	43.82	35.84	53.65
Atlanta, GA, United States	168.57	139.39	35.99	71.21	75.70	3.40	36.42	55.12	79.66
Pretoria, South Africa	168.42	172.73	19.23	62.86	34.89	1.83	48.45	75.27	95.57
Madrid, Spain	167.74	101.77	68.28	76.17	60.79	11.16	34.64	61.39	87.98
Cluj-Napoca, Romania	166.61	70.28	78.63	62.27	34.68	11.05	32.75	33.23	61.57
Timisoara, Romania	166.14	67.50	76.80	58.79	33.16	10.68	16.88	51.93	75.20
Tokyo, Japan	165.99	113.50	79.70	77.73	85.09	25.97	48.52	34.86	80.29
San Francisco, CA, United States	164.41	105.83	52.10	72.60	103.36	13.70	35.12	44.21	96.78
Prague, Czech Republic	163.95	90.61	68.95	71.67	43.10	12.78	37.53	42.09	65.56
Regina, Canada	163.19	148.44	54.53	63.29	67.17	3.74	30.56	35.85	15.16
Winnipeg, Canada	163.15	133.14	48.52	71.01	63.64	4.38	29.38	36.66	26.94
Oslo, Norway	162.79	126.32	61.97	70.02	95.98	9.43	38.83	25.11	36.09
Izmir, Turkey	162.47	66.68	69.25	84.03	43.47	6.52	37.71	65.47	90.56
Taipei, Taiwan	162.06	126.06	80.25	86.29	56.67	26.02	26.42	43.37	32.93
Dublin, Ireland	160.23	120.17	45.59	48.18	80.34	9.86	35.73	32.70	71.38
Zagreb, Croatia	159.94	70.89	68.53	63.75	48.97	12.26	33.70	37.61	71.58
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates	159.21	158.23	83.29	56.71	61.47	5.07	28.90	55.15	0.35
Barcelona, Spain	158.99	111.05	58.21	70.75	62.86	9.84	35.55	70.97	89.34
Los Angeles, CA, United States	157.81	127.13	45.76	65.37	77.78	9.02	36.73	70.79	96.14
Manchester, United Kingdom	157.22	99.03	47.59	73.23	84.80	7.64	38.82	43.56	75.16
Bratislava, Slovakia	156.11	72.02	65.97	62.04	49.76	12.50	28.10	44.17	70.89
Chicago, IL, United States	155.91	127.65	32.75	63.79	85.14	4.27	40.17	39.28	61.04
Philadelphia, PA, United States	155.80	108.23	35.67	66.82	83.57	4.89	28.29	51.60	76.18
Novi Sad, Serbia	154.46	56.05	50.06	49.54	33.24	13.08	18.67	38.74	84.16
Warsaw, Poland	153.06	85.41	73.67	61.57	40.75	12.37	36.60	53.16	63.39
Banja Luka, Bosnia And Herzegovina	152.36	60.43	69.38	50.14	34.59	12.14	24.40	51.41	77.96
Brussels, Belgium	152.10	114.79	45.46	76.47	79.07	7.50	31.00	70.47	77.32
Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel	151.55	92.22	68.57	76.41	81.06	18.90	42.33	51.53	80.90
Houston, TX, United States	149.92	138.45	40.66	66.76	75.19	3.28	38.00	69.72	62.62
Miami, FL, United States	149.87	132.10	39.30	60.19	79.98	5.95	45.50	39.13	48.19
Durban, South Africa	148.94	119.96	20.10	43.22	33.35	3.00	38.70	53.61	76.76
Johannesburg, South Africa	148.52	130.00	16.64	60.30	37.58	2.97	44.82	73.68	92.20
Dubai, United Arab Emirates	143.82	129.65	77.16	59.69	70.12	5.57	32.68	58.11	8.36
Brasilia, Brazil	143.23	68.33	34.74	41.41	40.69	14.75	30.82	32.66	84.08
Wroclaw, Poland	141.97	80.07	65.89	56.67	38.76	10.16	44.71	56.57	64.61
Vilnius, Lithuania	141.38	62.20	62.03	69.22	46.75	13.16	29.89	25.44	24.42
Paris, France	141.15	112.52	45.93	74.80	81.61	17.99	37.00	64.75	78.46
Turin, Italy	140.48	99.57	40.46	68.55	68.12	12.32	27.70	78.78	90.63
Krakow (Cracow), Poland	139.68	81.00	64.34	65.72	38.51	12.28	31.70	69.72	62.25
Curitiba, Brazil	139.46	48.79	34.84	49.34	38.34	14.15	35.38	37.44	94.51
Hyderabad, India	138.10	94.58	57.31	73.45	24.06	6.73	42.45	83.71	61.61
Milan, Italy	138.06	93.29	50.18	74.92	73.85	16.96	39.22	63.08	78.15
Bangalore, India	138.04	113.87	50.00	58.41	25.90	8.19	48.92	83.51	75.24
Athens, Greece	138.01	64.66	51.33	52.70	56.00	9.69	35.46	62.74	91.69
Sofia, Bulgaria	137.56	65.96	50.85	53.14	37.60	8.87	31.44	58.33	70.99
Ankara, Turkey	137.17	81.87	53.82	66.91	44.02	6.22	38.20	66.51	58.41
Budapest, Hungary	136.90	60.56	58.88	51.85	42.55	10.10	34.44	52.69	66.89
Pune, India	135.89	109.11	53.36	68.89	26.55	10.18	49.45	81.50	65.11
Doha, Qatar	135.69	144.01	77.18	70.16	70.00	7.23	33.56	82.77	9.26
Santiago, Chile	135.25	68.85	53.14	62.31	46.09	9.47	35.00	78.10	88.93
Buenos Aires, Argentina	132.74	73.78	37.80	76.38	67.84	12.76	46.50	63.74	91.70
Sarajevo, Bosnia And Herzegovina	131.80	58.85	49.05	63.10	35.97	12.65	23.27	69.53	72.67
Istanbul, Turkey	130.51	60.18	53.56	71.75	48.68	11.70	59.27	63.81	89.13
Belgrade, Serbia	129.77	47.59	59.35	57.21	36.55	20.21	31.03	61.29	84.16
London, United Kingdom	128.01	94.85	51.63	73.79	94.82	33.51	45.86	54.27	92.63
Tbilisi, Georgia	126.24	30.75	77.80	56.76	29.57	15.74	34.70	74.64	82.21
Montevideo, Uruguay	124.82	52.04	42.35	65.45	57.04	13.92	52.29	56.71	91.86
Bucharest, Romania	123.66	59.96	69.74	52.49	37.42	11.51	38.90	72.39	61.02
Minsk, Belarus	123.28	40.11	75.25	60.04	40.51	22.13	31.08	39.67	35.63
New York, NY, United States	121.61	100.00	49.11	57.34	100.00	21.60	43.43	61.38	76.72
Almaty, Kazakhstan	119.87	61.77	50.31	66.36	31.31	13.05	24.33	72.08	46.00
Rome, Italy	119.69	89.49	44.13	55.25	70.02	20.21	46.43	72.77	91.35
Amman, Jordan	119.46	50.30	50.74	68.49	55.13	9.46	51.29	77.89	89.26
Skopje, Macedonia	113.60	46.04	57.73	64.19	34.78	16.04	44.08	80.59	78.81
Chisinau, Moldova	110.77	32.11	53.39	52.58	25.93	18.68	35.30	63.22	67.71
Mexico City, Mexico	109.42	64.78	33.96	64.58	39.16	10.84	47.09	84.42	78.39
Porto Alegre, Brazil	109.01	59.04	24.01	51.74	41.61	13.94	40.18	65.19	77.02
Hong Kong, Hong Kong	108.33	102.32	79.15	74.30	81.48	37.57	46.40	67.17	39.90
Beirut, Lebanon	105.98	65.42	48.85	71.94	66.37	15.05	39.57	92.99	73.42
Chennai, India	104.46	100.59	54.93	70.34	24.89	12.40	36.38	76.55	-9.54
Bogota, Colombia	100.82	41.38	40.66	70.92	32.43	19.98	47.37	74.81	71.21
Lima, Peru	99.60	53.69	29.92	65.37	41.70	14.20	39.50	88.59	76.72
Shanghai, China	97.60	83.07	68.18	58.00	60.49	30.23	49.50	86.51	63.66
Singapore, Singapore	93.09	110.50	84.19	69.06	83.67	23.17	43.43	38.83	-66.63
Kiev, Ukraine	90.57	33.79	58.56	55.25	29.77	26.48	35.70	77.70	55.51
Saint Petersburg, Russia	89.94	57.57	55.21	59.84	42.26	15.38	51.95	70.00	23.70
Tehran, Iran	87.24	47.08	42.87	48.25	44.27	15.57	53.78	87.48	74.61
Moscow, Russia	84.62	64.53	53.58	55.77	44.33	23.44	56.52	63.54	25.27
Beijing, China	84.38	85.73	63.42	55.56	51.39	33.45	46.80	89.09	45.36
Sao Paulo, Brazil	84.00	45.09	24.10	53.41	42.90	20.67	46.19	90.22	90.06
Cairo, Egypt	82.36	39.61	41.73	46.44	37.73	10.38	53.45	99.10	75.59
Delhi, India	77.68	85.34	39.72	64.34	28.74	18.21	53.39	94.14	22.75
Karachi, Pakistan	75.10	50.76	30.30	55.20	28.59	11.10	40.60	88.58	27.47
Davao, Philippines	72.87	42.08	73.34	71.88	34.59	26.56	28.92	67.19	-33.30
Colombo, Sri Lanka	71.29	26.95	52.14	79.44	38.12	21.11	52.88	61.62	-2.16
Kolkata, India	62.87	80.59	51.31	50.51	24.80	10.14	71.47	81.63	-19.93
Jakarta, Indonesia	59.41	37.46	49.56	58.19	43.92	22.62	48.75	82.88	14.81
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	55.88	44.57	22.81	39.01	45.00	24.77	57.35	79.10	52.45
Mumbai, India	54.62	83.25	49.01	61.51	28.93	35.25	68.84	89.62	14.84
Bangkok, Thailand	51.49	50.32	54.73	82.25	48.68	22.26	50.73	73.29	-45.35
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	43.23	96.65	26.84	60.05	42.32	9.65	46.35	74.89	-83.32
Manila, Philippines	41.10	46.51	50.79	63.86	41.46	15.79	60.64	96.08	-19.97
Dhaka, Bangladesh	29.84	43.19	29.64	37.54	38.64	11.61	63.88	91.12	-10.49
Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam	8.92	25.01	41.39	43.94	42.46	31.69	33.23	94.00	-39.79

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