World’s most liveable cities for 2023 revealed,
2023-09-12
World’s most liveable cities for 2023 revealed, and TWO Aussie cities make the list
Propertyupdate.com.au Sept 10 2023
The world’s most liveable cities have been revealed for 2023, with two Australian cities storming back to the top of the list after a sharp tumble in 2022.
The Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) has released it's Global Liveability Index 2023 - the fifth edition of the report - which ranked Melbourne in 3rd place (up from 10th place in 2022) and Sydney in 4th place (up from 13th place last year).
The two cities’ resurgence comes after our extended Covid-19 lockdowns and closed Australian borders throughout 2020-22 have ended, severely affecting Australia’s liveability rating across all cities a few years ago.
In fact, the report attributes a “shift towards normality after the pandemic” as the key factor helping the Australian cities of Melbourne and Sydney to bounce back up the rankings.
Most notably, both cities achieved high scores in the healthcare category, a significant improvement since last year when they were still affected by covid waves that stressed their healthcare systems.
But it wasn’t just Melbourne and Sydney which achieved great rankings this year.
Improvements in healthcare also saw Perth and Adelaide noted as two of the biggest movers up the ranking in the past 12 months.
Perth and Adelaide settled in joint 12th place - up from 32nd and 30th place respectively last year.
Overall worldwide liveability improves
A shift back towards normality after the Covid-19 pandemic and incremental improvements in liveability made by many developing countries have been the biggest drivers of changes in EIU’s global liveability rankings, the report explained.
With covid restrictions now diminished, the 2023 survey shows a noticeable improvement across the world with the average index score across all 172 cities (excluding Kyiv) reaching 76.2 out of 100, up from 73.2 a year ago - this is the highest score in 15 years.
Healthcare scores have improved the most, with smaller gains for education, culture and environment, and infrastructure.
Only stability has seen a small decline, reflecting increasing perceptions of corruption and civil unrest in many cities amid a cost-of-living crisis, as well as an uptick in crime in some cities, the report said.
The world’s most liveable cities
For 2023, Vienna retained the top spot on this year’s liveability index, yet again, thanks to the city’s unsurpassed combination of stability, good infrastructure, strong education and healthcare services, and plenty of culture and entertainment, with one of its few downsides being a relative lack of major sporting events.
Copenhagen, which came in second place, for the same reasons.
Further down in the top ten, in the Swiss cities of Zurich (6th place) and Geneva (joint 7th), education category scores have risen since last year.
In the Canadian cities of Vancouver (5th), Calgary ( joint 7th) and Toronto (9th), scores for stability are up compared with last year, when these cities were impacted by anti-vaccine protests.
The end of covid-related restrictions has given a slight boost to the culture and environment ratings of the Japanese city of Osaka (10th).
So here's the full list:
Propertyupdate.com.au Sept 10 2023
The world’s most liveable cities have been revealed for 2023, with two Australian cities storming back to the top of the list after a sharp tumble in 2022.
The Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) has released it's Global Liveability Index 2023 - the fifth edition of the report - which ranked Melbourne in 3rd place (up from 10th place in 2022) and Sydney in 4th place (up from 13th place last year).
The two cities’ resurgence comes after our extended Covid-19 lockdowns and closed Australian borders throughout 2020-22 have ended, severely affecting Australia’s liveability rating across all cities a few years ago.
In fact, the report attributes a “shift towards normality after the pandemic” as the key factor helping the Australian cities of Melbourne and Sydney to bounce back up the rankings.
Most notably, both cities achieved high scores in the healthcare category, a significant improvement since last year when they were still affected by covid waves that stressed their healthcare systems.
But it wasn’t just Melbourne and Sydney which achieved great rankings this year.
Improvements in healthcare also saw Perth and Adelaide noted as two of the biggest movers up the ranking in the past 12 months.
Perth and Adelaide settled in joint 12th place - up from 32nd and 30th place respectively last year.
Overall worldwide liveability improves
A shift back towards normality after the Covid-19 pandemic and incremental improvements in liveability made by many developing countries have been the biggest drivers of changes in EIU’s global liveability rankings, the report explained.
With covid restrictions now diminished, the 2023 survey shows a noticeable improvement across the world with the average index score across all 172 cities (excluding Kyiv) reaching 76.2 out of 100, up from 73.2 a year ago - this is the highest score in 15 years.
Healthcare scores have improved the most, with smaller gains for education, culture and environment, and infrastructure.
Only stability has seen a small decline, reflecting increasing perceptions of corruption and civil unrest in many cities amid a cost-of-living crisis, as well as an uptick in crime in some cities, the report said.
The world’s most liveable cities
For 2023, Vienna retained the top spot on this year’s liveability index, yet again, thanks to the city’s unsurpassed combination of stability, good infrastructure, strong education and healthcare services, and plenty of culture and entertainment, with one of its few downsides being a relative lack of major sporting events.
Copenhagen, which came in second place, for the same reasons.
Further down in the top ten, in the Swiss cities of Zurich (6th place) and Geneva (joint 7th), education category scores have risen since last year.
In the Canadian cities of Vancouver (5th), Calgary ( joint 7th) and Toronto (9th), scores for stability are up compared with last year, when these cities were impacted by anti-vaccine protests.
The end of covid-related restrictions has given a slight boost to the culture and environment ratings of the Japanese city of Osaka (10th).
So here's the full list:
TOP 10 MOST LIVEABLE CITIES FOR 2023
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