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You are looking at Quality of Life Index 2016 Mid-Year. These indexes are historical and they are published periodically. It's a snapshot of the current indexes at a specific point in time.
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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 |
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Canberra, Australia | 239.7 | 166.0 | 75.0 | 84.1 | 77.0 | 5.2 | 22.1 | 12.3 | 84.1 | |
Wellington, New Zealand | 215.9 | 126.5 | 68.7 | 69.9 | 79.6 | 5.6 | 25.2 | 10.2 | 87.7 | |
Adelaide, Australia | 209.6 | 141.0 | 63.8 | 71.2 | 77.0 | 6.2 | 30.1 | 23.1 | 89.7 | |
Melbourne, Australia | 206.5 | 145.7 | 63.3 | 76.6 | 76.9 | 7.5 | 35.6 | 27.0 | 89.1 | |
Edinburgh, United Kingdom | 203.3 | 108.2 | 69.9 | 80.1 | 72.6 | 7.3 | 19.2 | 15.7 | 69.9 | |
Zurich, Switzerland | 202.4 | 158.2 | 82.2 | 72.9 | 133.6 | 10.5 | 30.4 | 13.6 | 60.6 | |
Victoria, Canada | 200.2 | 110.9 | 68.5 | 70.9 | 70.7 | 6.6 | 30.2 | 12.9 | 75.4 | |
Vienna, Austria | 197.9 | 107.3 | 76.8 | 81.3 | 68.4 | 14.4 | 26.1 | 18.6 | 75.4 | |
Munich, Germany | 196.3 | 132.9 | 84.9 | 81.3 | 74.5 | 11.5 | 34.8 | 15.5 | 44.6 | |
Brisbane, Australia | 196.3 | 130.5 | 64.2 | 80.4 | 78.5 | 7.1 | 42.6 | 23.9 | 79.8 | |
Sacramento, CA, United States | 191.3 | 129.2 | 53.0 | 70.0 | 80.2 | 3.8 | 22.5 | 43.3 | 90.1 | |
Columbus, OH, United States | 191.0 | 129.3 | 56.1 | 72.0 | 70.1 | 2.5 | 22.6 | 27.9 | 57.7 | |
Boston, MA, United States | 190.7 | 133.3 | 65.7 | 73.8 | 83.7 | 6.9 | 37.6 | 27.8 | 72.1 | |
San Diego, CA, United States | 190.5 | 120.7 | 64.1 | 74.8 | 78.0 | 6.4 | 41.4 | 38.4 | 97.0 | |
Perth, Australia | 190.2 | 132.0 | 54.5 | 69.9 | 86.1 | 6.6 | 38.7 | 30.1 | 90.9 | |
Seattle, WA, United States | 190.1 | 139.5 | 59.6 | 72.5 | 83.8 | 5.5 | 36.0 | 32.4 | 74.5 | |
Dallas, TX, United States | 189.1 | 162.9 | 59.3 | 69.8 | 68.9 | 2.3 | 41.2 | 49.9 | 72.7 | |
Geneva, Switzerland | 188.1 | 144.2 | 66.9 | 69.4 | 133.4 | 9.5 | 22.0 | 28.2 | 70.4 | |
Copenhagen, Denmark | 187.8 | 112.3 | 77.2 | 71.9 | 89.6 | 8.1 | 30.5 | 25.2 | 67.2 | |
Portland, OR, United States | 186.1 | 119.7 | 55.9 | 67.2 | 80.6 | 5.1 | 28.8 | 23.4 | 69.1 | |
Austin, TX, United States | 186.0 | 132.0 | 64.1 | 74.8 | 69.0 | 5.5 | 34.4 | 38.0 | 66.0 | |
Hamilton, Canada | 185.5 | 149.0 | 55.0 | 79.8 | 58.6 | 5.7 | 41.8 | 41.6 | 65.0 | |
Vancouver, Canada | 184.2 | 103.2 | 63.5 | 70.5 | 71.7 | 11.8 | 41.4 | 24.0 | 91.7 | |
Denver, CO, United States | 183.3 | 125.1 | 66.4 | 84.4 | 77.8 | 4.7 | 31.4 | 36.2 | 52.8 | |
Amsterdam, Netherlands | 181.8 | 108.7 | 65.6 | 66.5 | 77.9 | 9.2 | 27.2 | 31.7 | 77.0 | |
Ottawa, Canada | 180.9 | 127.3 | 78.4 | 70.6 | 68.6 | 6.0 | 41.6 | 18.9 | 31.4 | |
Minneapolis, MN, United States | 180.2 | 126.2 | 53.9 | 77.4 | 82.4 | 3.3 | 28.5 | 21.7 | 40.6 | |
Bursa, Turkey | 179.6 | 69.9 | 77.3 | 89.1 | 43.8 | 4.6 | 39.1 | 27.8 | 57.5 | |
Sydney, Australia | 179.0 | 121.9 | 57.9 | 70.9 | 84.2 | 11.4 | 43.1 | 29.1 | 84.4 | |
Hamburg, Germany | 178.7 | 128.6 | 50.7 | 81.7 | 75.4 | 9.1 | 34.3 | 29.1 | 59.8 | |
Mangalore, India | 178.7 | 107.4 | 86.3 | 77.9 | 22.0 | 5.3 | 25.5 | 11.4 | -17.1 | |
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia | 177.6 | 176.2 | 78.5 | 70.0 | 47.8 | 2.2 | 40.6 | 70.6 | 38.0 | |
Calgary, Canada | 176.8 | 134.3 | 68.3 | 70.1 | 76.9 | 5.2 | 34.5 | 26.5 | 33.0 | |
Auckland, New Zealand | 176.6 | 110.0 | 56.1 | 73.1 | 83.0 | 10.0 | 39.9 | 30.9 | 85.1 | |
Reykjavik, Iceland | 175.9 | 84.6 | 74.3 | 68.2 | 100.2 | 6.0 | 19.8 | 12.8 | 44.3 | |
Helsinki, Finland | 175.4 | 118.9 | 69.5 | 75.8 | 78.9 | 10.5 | 35.0 | 19.6 | 39.4 | |
Cape Town, South Africa | 174.4 | 109.0 | 27.8 | 72.5 | 37.4 | 4.6 | 41.2 | 41.6 | 96.6 | |
Lisbon, Portugal | 172.1 | 66.9 | 67.0 | 68.3 | 50.9 | 13.3 | 34.9 | 34.0 | 96.1 | |
Toronto, Canada | 172.0 | 126.3 | 64.2 | 70.2 | 70.0 | 8.6 | 44.6 | 44.9 | 72.4 | |
Brno, Czech Republic | 171.0 | 83.0 | 70.4 | 77.5 | 41.6 | 10.0 | 25.6 | 44.9 | 65.4 | |
Stockholm, Sweden | 170.3 | 115.0 | 54.0 | 72.0 | 85.3 | 14.7 | 39.9 | 11.0 | 55.2 | |
Porto, Portugal | 170.3 | 73.0 | 54.1 | 76.1 | 49.0 | 8.2 | 32.6 | 40.6 | 89.8 | |
Atlanta, GA, United States | 169.4 | 144.6 | 35.5 | 68.0 | 72.3 | 3.0 | 41.0 | 52.9 | 79.7 | |
Monterrey, Mexico | 169.0 | 133.5 | 48.7 | 57.9 | 35.7 | 3.2 | 26.5 | 62.0 | 65.9 | |
Phoenix, AZ, United States | 168.7 | 171.5 | 39.6 | 72.6 | 69.2 | 2.2 | 29.4 | 64.8 | 50.5 | |
Orlando, FL, United States | 167.9 | 125.2 | 47.4 | 66.0 | 75.4 | 2.6 | 34.7 | 39.3 | 57.7 | |
Montreal, Canada | 167.2 | 116.9 | 63.2 | 61.5 | 67.3 | 6.4 | 42.5 | 33.3 | 55.2 | |
Taipei, Taiwan | 167.0 | 128.6 | 81.7 | 84.3 | 60.7 | 17.4 | 31.2 | 47.6 | 35.7 | |
San Francisco, CA, United States | 165.9 | 105.4 | 49.3 | 68.4 | 94.3 | 12.2 | 39.9 | 38.6 | 96.9 | |
Madrid, Spain | 165.8 | 90.4 | 68.4 | 77.9 | 61.9 | 11.6 | 34.4 | 58.9 | 89.5 | |
Prague, Czech Republic | 165.2 | 83.8 | 69.8 | 70.9 | 43.3 | 13.3 | 36.5 | 38.1 | 68.2 | |
Tallinn, Estonia | 165.0 | 71.8 | 72.7 | 68.6 | 52.4 | 11.6 | 24.1 | 23.5 | 44.6 | |
Edmonton, Canada | 164.4 | 116.5 | 58.8 | 75.9 | 75.1 | 6.0 | 36.7 | 29.0 | 33.6 | |
Manchester, United Kingdom | 162.9 | 109.4 | 49.6 | 75.1 | 70.3 | 6.8 | 39.8 | 48.0 | 74.1 | |
Timisoara, Romania | 162.3 | 56.7 | 70.7 | 60.5 | 35.4 | 11.5 | 19.5 | 43.5 | 74.9 | |
Thessaloniki, Greece | 160.6 | 64.2 | 66.3 | 71.6 | 54.7 | 8.0 | 22.6 | 60.7 | 87.6 | |
Bratislava, Slovakia | 160.6 | 73.2 | 67.7 | 62.3 | 49.0 | 11.9 | 27.9 | 40.8 | 70.9 | |
Cluj-Napoca, Romania | 160.5 | 57.8 | 77.0 | 65.9 | 36.9 | 12.1 | 29.8 | 36.6 | 62.7 | |
Zagreb, Croatia | 159.4 | 66.3 | 69.6 | 64.6 | 50.2 | 12.2 | 33.5 | 36.9 | 71.6 | |
Philadelphia, PA, United States | 157.9 | 108.6 | 39.2 | 74.5 | 81.9 | 4.2 | 34.6 | 52.6 | 76.2 | |
Dublin, Ireland | 157.8 | 108.4 | 48.7 | 51.8 | 81.1 | 9.1 | 40.2 | 31.4 | 71.4 | |
Tokyo, Japan | 157.7 | 99.1 | 79.3 | 78.1 | 102.1 | 23.7 | 45.0 | 40.4 | 81.3 | |
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates | 157.4 | 147.3 | 84.2 | 54.6 | 60.8 | 4.9 | 24.6 | 56.1 | 2.4 | |
Los Angeles, CA, United States | 155.4 | 114.9 | 47.3 | 64.8 | 77.9 | 7.9 | 42.2 | 65.2 | 95.8 | |
Houston, TX, United States | 155.2 | 149.0 | 37.4 | 68.8 | 71.9 | 2.5 | 41.5 | 63.5 | 58.9 | |
Oslo, Norway | 155.1 | 116.1 | 58.5 | 69.7 | 100.3 | 9.3 | 36.7 | 25.0 | 31.8 | |
Chicago, IL, United States | 154.4 | 125.7 | 34.3 | 65.5 | 84.7 | 3.9 | 40.4 | 40.8 | 57.9 | |
Barcelona, Spain | 152.8 | 95.3 | 58.1 | 71.5 | 63.9 | 10.6 | 34.5 | 70.6 | 89.3 | |
Brussels, Belgium | 151.3 | 108.0 | 45.0 | 77.8 | 76.6 | 7.4 | 33.7 | 66.9 | 77.3 | |
Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel | 151.3 | 90.0 | 65.7 | 76.0 | 79.2 | 19.1 | 40.2 | 50.2 | 81.0 | |
Pretoria, South Africa | 150.9 | 143.0 | 21.2 | 65.6 | 38.1 | 1.9 | 52.7 | 69.5 | 78.2 | |
Warsaw, Poland | 150.3 | 78.8 | 72.8 | 60.6 | 40.4 | 12.2 | 38.1 | 50.5 | 62.2 | |
Novi Sad, Serbia | 149.8 | 48.5 | 54.6 | 48.6 | 34.4 | 14.3 | 19.0 | 39.4 | 81.2 | |
Durban, South Africa | 147.6 | 111.6 | 21.0 | 49.5 | 35.6 | 3.1 | 36.4 | 56.1 | 77.0 | |
Las Vegas, NV, United States | 147.5 | 114.2 | 44.8 | 64.1 | 79.4 | 2.7 | 47.0 | 49.0 | 57.1 | |
Winnipeg, Canada | 144.7 | 103.1 | 49.7 | 70.1 | 70.5 | 4.7 | 30.5 | 43.3 | 26.9 | |
Dubai, United Arab Emirates | 143.4 | 124.5 | 77.5 | 61.6 | 69.1 | 5.6 | 35.6 | 56.6 | 10.2 | |
Johannesburg, South Africa | 142.9 | 116.0 | 16.9 | 61.9 | 40.3 | 3.0 | 46.5 | 73.2 | 92.6 | |
Turin, Italy | 141.2 | 93.9 | 45.9 | 66.8 | 69.6 | 11.2 | 30.8 | 77.3 | 92.0 | |
Vilnius, Lithuania | 139.6 | 59.0 | 65.4 | 69.5 | 47.8 | 13.3 | 29.1 | 25.7 | 20.2 | |
Riga, Latvia | 138.9 | 56.8 | 62.2 | 59.1 | 49.2 | 11.4 | 26.8 | 37.7 | 42.4 | |
Pune, India | 138.6 | 111.0 | 55.1 | 63.9 | 25.9 | 8.8 | 47.7 | 80.4 | 65.1 | |
Curitiba, Brazil | 137.9 | 50.9 | 35.5 | 55.0 | 45.6 | 12.8 | 35.9 | 43.3 | 93.0 | |
Krakow (Cracow), Poland | 137.8 | 75.5 | 66.2 | 63.4 | 38.2 | 12.0 | 32.5 | 69.1 | 62.3 | |
Bangalore, India | 137.0 | 103.1 | 51.1 | 66.3 | 25.7 | 8.3 | 49.1 | 83.8 | 75.2 | |
Sofia, Bulgaria | 136.3 | 60.5 | 52.8 | 53.5 | 38.2 | 9.1 | 30.2 | 59.1 | 71.0 | |
Wroclaw, Poland | 136.1 | 77.4 | 62.2 | 55.5 | 38.4 | 9.5 | 42.7 | 61.2 | 62.4 | |
Milan, Italy | 135.4 | 89.5 | 53.4 | 70.8 | 75.0 | 16.7 | 38.8 | 66.1 | 79.5 | |
Miami, FL, United States | 134.9 | 102.4 | 42.6 | 55.7 | 81.4 | 7.1 | 44.6 | 41.0 | 46.8 | |
Doha, Qatar | 134.8 | 132.1 | 78.9 | 68.3 | 67.9 | 5.8 | 32.0 | 81.1 | 9.3 | |
Budapest, Hungary | 134.0 | 55.3 | 59.7 | 51.2 | 43.2 | 10.8 | 33.7 | 53.0 | 66.5 | |
Brasilia, Brazil | 133.9 | 60.7 | 33.6 | 40.4 | 50.9 | 14.4 | 30.8 | 34.7 | 79.3 | |
Paris, France | 133.9 | 97.4 | 48.0 | 74.1 | 83.9 | 17.6 | 38.8 | 66.1 | 78.5 | |
New York, NY, United States | 132.9 | 100.0 | 52.8 | 61.0 | 100.0 | 16.4 | 47.5 | 56.9 | 80.5 | |
Hyderabad, India | 132.4 | 84.5 | 60.0 | 73.9 | 23.5 | 6.8 | 42.8 | 82.3 | 53.7 | |
Athens, Greece | 132.1 | 58.1 | 50.2 | 50.4 | 58.3 | 10.1 | 35.7 | 63.9 | 91.5 | |
Sarajevo, Bosnia And Herzegovina | 131.0 | 54.3 | 49.7 | 63.1 | 36.2 | 12.8 | 23.8 | 65.2 | 69.2 | |
Belgrade, Serbia | 130.1 | 43.7 | 61.0 | 57.8 | 36.6 | 20.4 | 30.0 | 60.5 | 84.2 | |
Ankara, Turkey | 129.6 | 71.1 | 55.5 | 67.7 | 45.3 | 6.7 | 38.8 | 72.0 | 59.0 | |
Santiago, Chile | 129.1 | 64.9 | 49.7 | 60.9 | 50.6 | 10.1 | 36.8 | 77.8 | 88.9 | |
London, United Kingdom | 128.6 | 87.8 | 52.8 | 71.7 | 85.2 | 30.9 | 45.8 | 55.7 | 92.6 | |
Buenos Aires, Argentina | 127.5 | 59.5 | 38.0 | 74.4 | 58.8 | 14.4 | 46.0 | 62.6 | 91.7 | |
Istanbul, Turkey | 126.8 | 58.1 | 51.8 | 70.0 | 50.0 | 11.5 | 57.9 | 66.6 | 89.1 | |
Tbilisi, Georgia | 125.8 | 32.4 | 80.7 | 54.5 | 32.8 | 13.3 | 39.3 | 76.0 | 81.6 | |
Rome, Italy | 121.5 | 85.0 | 46.2 | 57.3 | 71.0 | 21.1 | 45.4 | 67.7 | 89.2 | |
Bucharest, Romania | 121.0 | 53.4 | 69.4 | 52.9 | 38.7 | 12.1 | 39.8 | 70.5 | 61.0 | |
Amman, Jordan | 119.7 | 45.8 | 53.9 | 70.8 | 57.5 | 8.8 | 50.2 | 79.1 | 88.6 | |
Minsk, Belarus | 118.2 | 40.6 | 73.7 | 61.1 | 34.4 | 19.3 | 27.7 | 44.0 | 20.1 | |
Yerevan, Armenia | 113.5 | 31.4 | 69.4 | 52.8 | 34.2 | 18.9 | 29.9 | 67.7 | 62.0 | |
Skopje, North Macedonia | 113.4 | 42.4 | 56.7 | 63.4 | 35.3 | 16.0 | 37.1 | 80.2 | 75.5 | |
Porto Alegre, Brazil | 106.4 | 53.7 | 23.3 | 55.8 | 50.1 | 13.2 | 45.9 | 61.2 | 75.8 | |
Mexico City, Mexico | 104.5 | 60.9 | 35.6 | 64.8 | 37.6 | 10.6 | 49.6 | 88.7 | 77.0 | |
Hong Kong, Hong Kong (China) | 104.0 | 91.8 | 79.7 | 75.3 | 78.2 | 35.0 | 43.9 | 67.5 | 29.8 | |
Beirut, Lebanon | 102.0 | 58.4 | 52.0 | 67.4 | 62.6 | 14.1 | 36.9 | 97.7 | 72.0 | |
Lima, Peru | 100.2 | 54.6 | 30.6 | 62.2 | 41.6 | 13.1 | 39.5 | 88.6 | 76.7 | |
Bogota, Colombia | 96.5 | 40.3 | 37.2 | 67.0 | 35.7 | 20.3 | 49.9 | 74.0 | 73.3 | |
Shanghai, China | 94.8 | 78.5 | 68.2 | 57.5 | 54.4 | 30.9 | 47.1 | 87.0 | 59.2 | |
Baku, Azerbaijan | 94.4 | 35.5 | 68.5 | 35.9 | 31.2 | 18.9 | 41.2 | 86.6 | 70.2 | |
Saint Petersburg, Russia | 91.1 | 52.8 | 56.3 | 58.9 | 37.6 | 14.1 | 52.7 | 65.8 | 20.2 | |
Singapore, Singapore | 88.9 | 98.0 | 83.5 | 70.9 | 87.8 | 20.9 | 42.1 | 37.7 | -71.5 | |
Moscow, Russia | 86.3 | 60.9 | 53.1 | 57.4 | 40.6 | 21.4 | 54.9 | 64.9 | 25.3 | |
Tehran, Iran | 85.6 | 44.5 | 42.9 | 49.7 | 41.9 | 14.5 | 55.3 | 88.0 | 71.5 | |
Sao Paulo, Brazil | 85.6 | 43.8 | 26.0 | 55.6 | 53.3 | 19.3 | 45.6 | 87.1 | 87.3 | |
Chennai, India | 85.0 | 82.4 | 55.7 | 75.0 | 25.4 | 13.4 | 40.8 | 77.5 | -30.7 | |
Cairo, Egypt | 83.2 | 36.7 | 41.2 | 46.7 | 34.1 | 10.4 | 52.9 | 97.3 | 75.6 | |
Kiev (Kyiv), Ukraine | 83.2 | 31.7 | 55.1 | 51.6 | 28.4 | 26.0 | 37.5 | 75.5 | 46.0 | |
Delhi, India | 81.5 | 81.6 | 40.1 | 64.7 | 27.6 | 16.3 | 50.6 | 92.8 | 23.9 | |
Beijing, China | 74.8 | 66.2 | 63.3 | 63.6 | 51.6 | 33.3 | 49.8 | 94.4 | 45.4 | |
Colombo, Sri Lanka | 72.8 | 25.6 | 53.4 | 80.3 | 36.0 | 22.3 | 54.2 | 61.2 | 2.4 | |
Karachi, Pakistan | 71.7 | 46.8 | 32.6 | 55.5 | 28.4 | 9.0 | 41.3 | 93.0 | 23.6 | |
Davao, Philippines | 66.9 | 40.9 | 71.7 | 71.9 | 32.5 | 25.9 | 27.6 | 62.3 | -52.7 | |
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | 62.6 | 46.1 | 24.0 | 40.7 | 55.6 | 20.3 | 58.3 | 74.6 | 52.5 | |
Jakarta, Indonesia | 58.1 | 42.1 | 47.0 | 63.9 | 45.4 | 18.4 | 57.1 | 84.7 | 9.6 | |
Nairobi, Kenya | 58.0 | 28.6 | 36.8 | 63.8 | 43.0 | 51.5 | 64.7 | 76.0 | 91.5 | |
Bangkok, Thailand | 55.0 | 50.2 | 50.9 | 80.7 | 49.8 | 20.6 | 50.5 | 73.5 | -36.0 | |
Kolkata, India | 54.7 | 68.7 | 47.9 | 52.7 | 25.2 | 10.2 | 71.1 | 83.6 | -22.7 | |
Mumbai, India | 50.4 | 72.5 | 51.0 | 59.6 | 28.1 | 37.7 | 65.5 | 89.0 | 14.8 | |
Manila, Philippines | 42.3 | 45.6 | 39.3 | 68.3 | 40.8 | 13.9 | 56.9 | 93.7 | -20.0 | |
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | 40.4 | 91.1 | 29.6 | 60.7 | 44.5 | 9.2 | 45.9 | 76.3 | -86.5 | |
Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam | 27.6 | 28.5 | 41.8 | 48.4 | 41.7 | 23.6 | 31.1 | 94.2 | -27.4 | |
Caracas, Venezuela | 0.0 | 2.5 | 14.1 | 33.5 | 54.6 | 277.2 | 50.2 | 75.7 | 91.2 |
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