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26/06/22 08:45 AM IST

Economist Intelligence Unit report

In News 
  • According to Global Liveability Index released by The Economist annually, the cities in India have fared poorly in the list of the world’s most liveable cities.
Major Findings 
  • New Delhi has been ranked 112th, while Mumbai is ranked at 117th position.
  • Austrian capital Vienna has once again topped the list of most liveable cities in the world in the list of 140 cities.
  • The Pakistani city of Karachi and Bangladesh’s capital Dhaka are among the least liveable cities in the world.
  • It surveyed and ranked cities across 173 countries based on a plethora of factors, including access to health care, crime rates, political stability and infrastructure.
  • Vienna’s comeback as the world’s most livable city in 2022 was because of the good stability and infrastructure the city provides to its people. 
  • In the third place was Switzerland’s Zurich. The largest city in the country has the world’s biggest financial centres, and the city is filled with several modes of transportation.
  • Geneva also referred to as the Peace Capital of Switzerland came in sixth.
10 least liveable cities
  • The list of the bottom 10 cities saw the maximum representation from the Asian and African nations.
  • The list was thus:
  • Damascus in Syria, Lagos in Nigeria, Tripoli in Libya, Algiers in Algeria, Karachi in Pakistan, Port Moresby, the capital of Papua New Guinea, Dhaka in Bangladesh, Harare in Zimbabwe, Douala in Cameroon, Tehran in Iran.
  • Damascus, Tripoli and Lagos made it to the bottom of the EIU list due to the fact that these cities are facing social unrest, terrorism and conflict.
  • However, most of the cities found at the bottom of the list were found to have improved their scores from the previous year as the pandemic-induced pressures have eased.
Source- Times Now 

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