2023-07-08 00:00:41
The capital of Austria leads the ranking corresponding to 2023 with the cities that offer the best quality of life in the world.
The five items that were analyzed were: infrastructure, health, culture and environment, education and stability.
At the opposite point appear Damascus (Syria), Tripoli (Libya) and Algiers (Algeria) as the least habitable cities in the world.
The most recent edition of the study prepared by The Economist identified the cities with the best quality of life in the world. It is a work that is carried out every year and is the best parameter to know the places that many want to access permanently but very few succeed.
What is quality of life?
The The most comprehensive definition is provided by the World Health Organization (WHO). It mentions that it is the perception that a person has about his position in life within the cultural context and the value system in which he lives and with respect to his goals, expectations, standards and concerns.
On the other hand, the National Institute for Older Adults (INAPAM) claims that the Quality of life is made up of a series of aspects that are defined as objective, subjective and social.
Los goals are those that have to do with the material conditions of the elderly person, such as income level, housing, food, clothing, social security, education.
While the subjective They are those that have to do with psychic elements of the person such as: self-esteem, self-concept, intimacy, emotional expression and perceived health.
There are also the social aspects. They are made up of public policies, social programs, institutional services, non-contributory pensions, as well as any other service provided by the government through institutions to fully satisfy the various needs of older adults.
The cities with the best quality of life
Back to the central point, according to Global Liveability Index 2023 overall improvements were experienced over the last 12 months. In fact, it went from an average score of 73.2 out of 100 in 2022 to 76.2 this year.
This situation is partly due to the Covid-19 pandemic finally subsiding, as well as improving health and education scores in multiple cities in Asia, the Middle East and Africa.
While the only area that has registered a decline is the stability category, reflecting the growing perception of corruption and social unrest amid a cost-of-living crisis, as well as a rise in crime in several cities.
This year, with 98.4 points out of a possible 100, One repeats at the top of the list of cities with the best quality of life in the world. This city has occupied first place several times in recent years thanks to the many cultural and entertainment options it offers, as well as its stability and good infrastructure and medical care. The Austrian capital is followed on the podium by the Danish capital, Copenhagen and the Australian city of Melbourne.
In the top 10 —where two cities share the 7th position and two others the 10th— Canada is the best represented country, with three metropolises (Vancouver, Calgary and Toronto), while Australia and Switzerland also perform well, with two cities each.
The worst cities in the world to live
For its part, it is also necessary to know the extreme point of the ranking. In the end they appear Damascus (Syria), Tripoli (Libya) and Algiers (Algeria) as the least habitable cities in the world.
The Ukrainian city of kyiv also features in the bottom ten, having been reinstated in the index after being delisted in 2022 due to the Russian invasion. This year, it ranks 165th, and its score is down 5.9 percentage points from 2021 due to the damage inflicted on the city in terms of stability, infrastructure, and overall livability.
Buenos Aires, With a score of 82.8, it has been chosen as the best city in Latin America to live in for the second consecutive year, ranking very close to cities such as New York, Rome and Edinburgh in the global ranking, and surpassing Abu Dhabi and Shanghai, among others.
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