the Economist Intelligence Unit\u2019s (EIU) annual list<\/a> of top livable cities and,in the last two years, has been the only North American city to crack the list\u2019s top 10.<\/p>\nThis year, the city climbed by one spot in the rankings, beating out Australia\u2019s Adelaide. <\/p>\n
The EIU, a sister organization to the Economist magazine, ranks 173 countries every year on its Global Livability Index. Cities are ranked for their livability across 30 indicators grouped into five categories: health care, education, stability, culture and environment, to show how comfortable cities are to live in.<\/p>\n
Vancouver received an overall score of 96 out of 100, with a perfect score in education, followed closely by culture and environment (97) and health care (96). It received a score of 95 for stability and 93 for infrastructure.<\/p>\n
The average livability score across all cities is 76.1 out of 100, unchanged from last year, according to the survey.<\/p>\n
Despite having only one city ranking in the list\u2019s top 10, North America was ranked as the second-best region in the world to live in, with an overall score of 90, trailing behind western Europe by nearly two points.<\/p>\n
North America is the only region to crack a perfect score in the education category.<\/p>\n
Globally, Copenhagen, Denmark, remained the world\u2019s most livable city for the second year in a row, followed closely by Vienna, Austria, and Melbourne, Australia.<\/p>\n
Cities in the top 10 list belonged to predominantly wealthy countries like Australia, Canada, Japan and Switzerland.<\/p>\n
The bottom 10 cities in the index have nearly all been affected by war, poverty or both, with scoring particularly low for stability.<\/p>\n
Damascus, Syria, has remained the lowest ranked city. Iranian city Tehran dropped to 164th place, while Kyiv, Ukraine, fell to 166th place.<\/p>\n
While western Europe has remained the strongest region for livability, Asia\u2019s score has risen, with about nine Asian cities dominating spots in the top 20 compared to seven European cities.<\/p>\n
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