South America: Quality of Life Index by City 2026

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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
Cuenca, Ecuador 151.0 50.9 54.5 79.6 30.5 9.6 34.6 47.0 98.4
Brasilia, Brazil 145.1 60.2 41.3 52.7 32.0 14.7 31.0 30.3 99.0
Curitiba, Brazil 143.9 51.4 39.3 67.0 31.0 16.1 33.1 30.9 99.6
Florianopolis, Brazil 140.5 58.2 53.6 60.5 33.7 14.6 42.1 40.6 97.0
Montevideo, Uruguay 135.7 59.8 43.5 68.5 57.2 12.9 41.4 46.1 98.0
Campinas, Brazil 134.2 50.5 34.2 61.7 33.2 13.0 27.3 46.1 98.9
Quito, Ecuador 123.7 54.2 36.5 70.4 33.6 9.8 41.5 65.3 99.0
Belo Horizonte, Brazil 120.3 41.3 40.4 64.4 31.6 15.1 43.1 52.8 98.5
Medellin, Colombia 119.6 40.6 46.4 78.9 34.4 20.6 37.8 62.5 99.8
Porto Alegre, Brazil 119.6 42.8 29.3 64.5 32.2 14.1 31.3 56.9 98.7
Buenos Aires, Argentina 117.9 46.5 37.0 68.0 48.8 15.0 49.8 51.5 98.3
Santiago, Chile 111.4 59.1 35.8 65.6 41.9 16.6 37.1 70.7 90.2
Bogota, Colombia 98.1 40.6 33.3 66.0 32.8 18.0 51.4 69.9 97.1
Sao Paulo, Brazil 96.5 55.0 30.1 60.3 36.8 15.4 51.3 79.4 99.0
Recife, Brazil 94.1 43.9 25.1 64.5 29.1 15.3 46.9 69.9 79.3
Lima, Peru 90.3 48.6 29.8 58.8 35.5 14.7 51.2 84.4 97.7
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 80.9 38.8 24.8 46.6 32.9 21.1 51.2 67.7 88.2
Caracas, Venezuela 78.0 19.4 18.6 39.1 43.5 18.6 33.4 72.5 99.9