Quality of Life Index by City 2023 Mid-Year

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Rank	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
	The Hague (Den Haag), Netherlands	215.7	123.7	79.3	79.9	61.6	5.6	22.0	19.2	90.6
	Rotterdam, Netherlands	202.5	115.0	71.1	79.7	64.7	5.5	23.8	24.6	87.9
	Luxembourg, Luxembourg	200.5	124.2	72.0	79.0	71.6	11.0	25.8	19.9	82.6
	Vienna, Austria	197.7	104.0	72.6	78.9	65.0	10.5	22.5	16.1	81.8
	Valencia, Spain	196.3	94.4	70.1	79.8	49.4	4.3	22.3	29.1	93.8
	Amsterdam, Netherlands	194.8	108.2	70.9	77.3	69.2	8.3	24.2	25.1	87.5
	Helsinki, Finland	194.4	103.6	75.4	79.5	70.7	8.8	26.0	12.9	62.8
	Madrid, Spain	185.1	103.2	72.5	79.8	52.3	7.1	27.6	40.0	85.5
	Reykjavik, Iceland	185.0	85.4	75.9	68.1	90.8	7.1	22.3	14.9	68.8
	Copenhagen, Denmark	182.8	86.7	73.4	76.9	83.1	9.4	28.8	22.7	83.7
	Munich, Germany	181.4	99.9	79.5	77.2	74.0	15.0	31.2	24.7	76.0
	Edinburgh, United Kingdom	178.7	85.0	68.7	78.8	64.7	9.1	29.7	28.1	84.0
	Zurich, Switzerland	178.4	104.0	79.3	72.0	128.5	14.6	35.2	20.7	81.5
	Porto, Portugal	178.1	60.4	66.9	79.2	46.6	8.0	24.4	27.7	96.6
	Gothenburg, Sweden	177.7	95.8	53.8	68.5	61.5	8.0	25.3	20.9	77.5
	Oslo, Norway	177.0	96.6	66.9	78.8	84.2	9.8	28.1	21.5	60.0
	Muscat, Oman	176.8	82.5	79.9	60.2	50.4	4.1	20.5	35.0	67.2
	Frankfurt, Germany	176.1	110.4	54.8	74.2	71.6	10.3	25.7	34.6	84.7
	Geneva, Switzerland	175.2	100.0	69.4	72.4	112.9	13.7	28.1	25.5	82.6
	Tallinn, Estonia	174.9	65.7	76.5	75.1	58.1	10.2	24.7	19.1	64.3
	Stuttgart, Germany	174.8	114.2	67.4	73.2	67.1	9.8	32.0	42.5	81.1
	Glasgow, United Kingdom	174.2	97.0	54.6	79.4	66.4	6.8	31.3	34.3	84.8
	Hamburg, Germany	173.3	99.9	58.0	75.5	72.5	10.7	32.6	28.8	82.8
	Cork, Ireland	173.2	86.4	64.8	58.9	69.2	6.1	33.3	26.4	89.8
	Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates	173.0	110.5	88.0	70.2	59.8	5.3	31.1	46.6	43.9
	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	172.7	117.8	83.8	69.0	66.1	3.5	36.4	48.5	50.3
	Tampa, FL, United States	171.3	111.2	52.7	67.0	79.7	4.7	37.6	34.7	84.7
	Orlando, FL, United States	170.8	113.5	49.6	62.4	74.3	4.3	36.3	35.4	87.2
	Raleigh, NC, United States	170.6	98.9	61.1	67.7	80.0	7.3	35.9	31.9	83.9
	San Antonio, TX, United States	169.5	124.9	50.7	67.4	68.2	5.2	34.2	45.7	80.6
	Charlotte, NC, United States	168.1	99.7	52.9	69.5	81.6	4.4	36.8	34.6	84.0
	Austin, TX, United States	167.7	110.8	59.2	67.6	77.1	6.5	36.3	42.3	82.1
	Houston, TX, United States	167.0	147.0	36.2	72.0	69.4	2.1	41.7	56.0	85.5
	Ljubljana, Slovenia	166.7	58.9	78.2	67.4	55.2	14.4	26.2	23.0	76.1
	Tokyo, Japan	166.5	88.7	76.0	79.5	57.3	12.4	41.2	42.6	85.3
	Columbus, OH, United States	165.7	105.7	50.4	68.4	72.1	7.8	31.5	33.2	71.3
	Denver, CO, United States	165.2	126.6	54.1	69.7	80.8	3.8	36.0	43.9	56.3
	Tucson, AZ, United States	165.1	106.5	46.6	60.9	79.3	6.5	30.0	30.0	72.7
	Albuquerque, NM, United States	164.8	136.6	28.5	62.6	71.8	4.2	31.4	36.5	67.1
	Stockholm, Sweden	164.6	92.0	54.5	66.5	69.4	13.3	34.0	18.0	69.7
	Vilnius, Lithuania	164.6	60.2	72.5	74.6	51.9	12.6	27.1	24.6	66.6
	Mississauga, Canada	164.6	98.1	56.7	70.1	62.7	9.7	37.3	24.0	58.7
	Boston, MA, United States	164.5	106.6	60.1	73.5	88.7	8.2	45.8	32.3	71.7
	Pittsburgh, PA, United States	164.4	114.5	62.2	74.1	78.1	8.5	38.1	46.3	72.1
	Dallas, TX, United States	164.3	111.5	48.3	66.2	77.8	4.2	35.5	42.6	81.9
	Kansas City, MO, United States	164.2	108.1	41.4	71.1	69.2	6.0	33.2	35.5	75.1
	Victoria, Canada	164.1	73.3	59.2	66.4	78.0	14.4	34.0	19.5	92.5
	Portland, OR, United States	164.0	102.0	43.9	69.8	86.5	6.1	36.1	35.6	89.6
	San Diego, CA, United States	163.8	101.3	58.8	66.9	86.5	9.5	38.0	42.1	97.1
	San Jose, CA, United States	163.7	130.4	51.3	65.6	87.7	9.3	39.3	51.6	95.5
	Brisbane, Australia	163.4	80.4	63.4	72.7	81.9	12.0	44.6	29.5	98.1
	Calgary, Canada	163.4	94.3	62.6	73.5	73.5	6.0	31.9	25.0	33.1
	Halifax, Canada	163.3	81.6	58.5	67.7	70.4	6.1	31.8	24.4	59.0
	Seattle, WA, United States	163.3	108.4	46.2	69.0	94.6	6.4	44.7	34.7	91.7
	Perth, Australia	163.2	82.3	57.6	69.4	80.8	9.4	43.7	28.3	95.7
	Salt Lake City, UT, United States	163.0	123.5	66.5	70.4	67.9	3.4	34.9	63.5	66.5
	Atlanta, GA, United States	163.0	120.3	36.1	69.8	78.5	2.7	41.3	44.7	89.7
	Sacramento, CA, United States	162.9	98.5	50.5	68.4	87.4	5.5	28.2	46.5	90.6
	Sydney, Australia	162.6	87.8	65.7	73.4	81.1	15.8	45.5	30.5	97.1
	Wellington, New Zealand	162.5	67.2	66.5	65.5	76.1	14.2	38.7	22.8	97.7
	Melbourne, Australia	162.5	84.8	56.0	72.0	79.3	11.0	43.6	28.4	94.3
	Adelaide, Australia	162.4	67.3	67.4	70.0	89.0	9.8	42.1	27.1	95.0
	Minneapolis, MN, United States	161.7	110.9	44.1	75.2	79.8	6.4	35.7	28.6	49.5
	Vancouver, Canada	161.7	77.8	59.1	72.7	74.4	14.4	37.7	26.6	91.2
	Canberra, Australia	161.7	69.1	72.9	68.8	89.2	10.7	41.0	26.1	82.7
	Ottawa, Canada	161.6	89.6	70.3	70.3	74.3	9.7	35.5	26.2	44.5
	Edmonton, Canada	161.2	96.1	53.0	77.3	71.3	3.4	29.1	30.5	32.1
	Auckland, New Zealand	160.0	83.8	50.7	70.3	76.3	13.0	38.1	31.0	99.9
	Washington, DC, United States	159.9	116.6	40.2	69.9	86.1	6.0	40.5	40.7	81.6
	Quebec City, Canada	159.5	91.7	82.5	68.3	70.4	10.2	36.2	39.5	48.0
	Berlin, Germany	158.6	93.4	56.5	68.1	71.1	11.6	34.2	39.4	83.3
	Doha, Qatar	158.5	102.1	86.0	73.5	59.4	6.0	29.7	59.8	36.0
	Montreal, Canada	157.0	94.0	68.4	63.0	66.7	8.4	39.8	33.7	52.4
	Prague, Czech Republic	156.5	65.2	75.3	74.4	62.2	19.3	32.0	33.5	80.7
	Bursa, Turkey	156.0	37.7	70.4	78.7	28.8	7.8	33.0	44.5	93.4
	Brno, Czech Republic	155.9	66.4	74.1	74.1	51.9	15.8	26.1	44.0	78.2
	Zagreb, Croatia	155.1	55.0	77.8	63.9	53.3	15.1	31.7	33.8	82.2
	Chicago, IL, United States	154.9	134.9	34.0	65.3	82.6	2.7	41.6	48.7	66.1
	Phoenix, AZ, United States	154.8	126.9	46.5	67.2	74.6	2.8	32.6	56.2	53.8
	Singapore, Singapore	153.3	85.9	76.9	70.9	85.9	15.7	41.4	33.0	57.5
	Honolulu, HI, United States	153.1	74.4	52.9	73.1	98.4	9.0	41.3	37.0	95.3
	Philadelphia, PA, United States	152.1	121.4	34.3	68.4	81.7	3.8	40.2	52.4	78.0
	Birmingham, United Kingdom	151.4	99.0	36.9	72.1	61.0	9.4	33.2	48.8	87.7
	Timisoara, Romania	151.1	52.2	75.8	72.3	37.7	10.8	23.8	56.2	82.0
	Lisbon, Portugal	150.8	43.7	70.9	73.3	52.2	19.1	34.2	34.3	98.6
	Manchester, United Kingdom	150.4	91.2	45.1	78.2	66.3	7.1	39.4	53.1	86.9
	Taipei, Taiwan	149.7	73.2	85.1	86.1	57.2	28.7	34.4	49.5	84.4
	Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel	149.5	77.3	73.3	74.3	74.2	22.3	36.5	46.7	93.9
	Miami, FL, United States	149.1	84.0	46.8	63.4	81.7	6.0	43.1	39.2	85.7
	Jeddah (Jiddah), Saudi Arabia	149.1	88.9	72.5	60.1	51.8	3.1	30.7	67.8	66.2
	Cluj-Napoca, Romania	148.3	53.6	77.6	65.2	42.8	14.1	29.5	44.4	74.3
	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia	148.1	93.2	73.8	64.6	52.3	3.2	32.0	63.4	44.4
	Brussels, Belgium	146.1	96.1	45.5	73.9	70.8	6.1	36.7	61.7	83.8
	Riga, Latvia	145.9	52.6	61.6	61.0	56.0	8.8	31.1	37.8	74.7
	Toronto, Canada	145.8	82.7	57.3	75.1	73.3	13.3	44.7	37.2	65.3
	Cape Town, South Africa	145.7	73.9	26.3	68.3	34.8	6.4	42.5	38.9	98.2
	Bratislava, Slovakia	143.6	55.5	69.5	56.1	53.9	16.8	30.6	37.8	80.7
	Limassol, Cyprus	141.5	49.8	62.7	52.1	62.3	8.8	19.8	56.5	95.7
	Las Vegas, NV, United States	140.5	92.9	44.4	54.5	73.5	3.9	27.0	52.5	57.4
	Bangalore, India	140.4	123.0	46.2	66.6	26.0	4.8	52.9	81.8	89.4
	Gdansk, Poland	140.4	64.7	68.0	52.7	44.6	13.6	29.6	49.4	75.5
	San Francisco, CA, United States	139.8	100.3	38.6	64.0	98.4	9.1	50.5	50.2	97.3
	Pune, India	139.6	93.8	58.5	66.1	24.5	6.7	43.7	70.9	74.3
	Barcelona, Spain	139.5	68.8	49.3	77.1	57.9	11.3	29.7	65.2	95.7
	Nizhny Novgorod, Russia	139.5	36.7	70.7	74.7	32.3	17.0	27.8	32.1	45.5
	Los Angeles, CA, United States	138.7	116.1	47.3	62.2	84.0	6.7	57.5	66.4	95.5
	Poznan, Poland	138.4	58.6	71.9	57.4	45.0	11.2	31.2	57.7	77.4
	Durban, South Africa	137.9	71.1	19.1	58.4	33.7	3.6	26.1	52.8	95.6
	Curitiba, Brazil	137.4	35.1	37.9	65.7	37.9	14.0	32.4	31.6	99.6
	Varna, Bulgaria	137.0	48.4	63.7	63.0	40.3	8.9	28.9	60.6	85.1
	Pretoria, South Africa	136.7	86.9	18.2	66.1	35.1	1.8	45.5	56.1	95.8
	New York, NY, United States	136.4	100.0	50.5	62.4	100.0	10.0	43.5	57.9	79.7
	Dublin, Ireland	136.0	71.4	47.8	51.5	77.3	10.4	40.3	41.0	85.9
	Warsaw, Poland	135.9	63.4	74.3	59.7	48.3	13.1	35.0	59.9	74.6
	Wroclaw, Poland	135.9	58.9	74.0	59.2	45.7	11.2	34.4	62.2	78.4
	Brasilia, Brazil	135.4	39.3	39.9	51.4	40.5	13.4	30.4	31.8	99.0
	Krakow (Cracow), Poland	134.5	66.9	74.1	59.4	46.1	11.4	30.8	69.4	73.9
	Montevideo, Uruguay	134.3	43.9	44.4	68.4	61.2	9.4	37.4	46.9	98.0
	Izmir, Turkey	134.2	32.8	68.4	73.0	27.4	11.8	39.8	60.3	96.9
	Winnipeg, Canada	132.3	74.7	40.5	68.2	68.4	6.5	31.0	36.7	24.7
	Islamabad, Pakistan	132.3	24.7	68.7	64.5	18.3	16.3	35.5	41.3	76.9
	Johannesburg, South Africa	131.5	87.3	19.3	60.3	38.2	2.5	41.0	61.1	91.4
	Turin, Italy	130.5	64.2	47.8	66.4	61.3	8.3	27.9	68.7	85.7
	Seoul, South Korea	130.2	81.2	75.2	82.7	76.3	27.7	42.2	58.9	68.4
	Ankara, Turkey	127.8	34.0	61.0	69.3	27.6	10.4	36.1	65.0	91.5
	Lviv, Ukraine	127.7	36.1	61.3	61.1	30.1	13.2	32.1	49.1	69.6
	London, United Kingdom	127.1	83.0	46.1	69.7	82.8	16.7	46.0	57.7	88.3
	Novi Sad, Serbia	126.5	37.8	58.7	50.1	40.5	18.0	18.2	52.2	84.0
	Budapest, Hungary	126.3	53.6	65.3	52.3	51.9	14.3	38.8	54.0	78.4
	Sofia, Bulgaria	125.1	59.0	58.6	57.4	46.0	9.9	31.0	69.1	76.0
	Hyderabad, India	124.2	65.9	57.1	65.2	25.7	7.0	42.0	76.0	73.5
	Monterrey, Mexico	124.2	47.9	52.0	69.3	48.6	7.8	31.7	70.5	80.4
	Paris, France	122.6	76.2	42.9	78.6	77.6	19.4	41.3	63.6	88.4
	Guadalajara, Mexico	121.6	41.3	37.7	79.5	44.8	10.2	41.3	61.8	92.8
	Sarajevo, Bosnia And Herzegovina	121.5	51.1	54.0	58.9	39.9	12.7	27.9	67.4	78.2
	Minsk, Belarus	119.5	37.8	47.2	48.6	37.7	13.1	30.8	41.7	64.4
	Bucharest, Romania	117.8	51.5	71.9	54.4	45.0	10.3	41.0	75.7	75.6
	Rome, Italy	117.7	59.2	46.9	60.5	65.7	15.7	40.7	63.3	93.7
	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	116.9	71.3	37.3	68.1	35.9	8.2	41.6	65.7	56.6
	Medellin, Colombia	116.8	28.0	44.4	78.8	30.7	17.0	38.7	63.0	99.8
	Kuwait City, Kuwait	116.4	81.3	69.8	57.9	47.0	12.9	34.7	69.0	20.2
	Yerevan, Armenia	116.2	24.6	78.4	56.8	44.2	17.8	30.2	59.1	63.4
	Athens, Greece	115.8	41.2	44.3	56.7	59.1	13.9	38.2	57.5	95.2
	Amman, Jordan	115.4	32.9	61.5	65.2	47.3	8.3	41.6	75.6	89.0
	Thessaloniki, Greece	114.7	37.8	46.8	55.0	55.9	12.6	28.7	64.1	88.4
	Ahmedabad, India	114.1	41.1	67.9	65.4	25.4	8.3	39.6	72.4	49.3
	Milan, Italy	113.7	51.3	50.6	71.5	73.0	19.6	36.1	67.6	88.1
	Chennai, India	113.7	60.4	60.0	70.0	23.6	10.8	47.2	74.1	53.2
	Gurgaon, India	113.6	87.1	45.9	63.0	27.3	7.4	36.7	91.3	59.9
	Tbilisi, Georgia	111.6	24.1	74.2	54.2	42.5	13.9	37.4	71.9	84.2
	Panama City, Panama	111.5	34.0	51.3	60.0	50.1	11.7	32.8	61.9	67.8
	Quito, Ecuador	111.1	31.9	37.4	70.1	34.6	14.3	40.9	64.9	99.0
	Moscow, Russia	110.0	55.9	63.4	65.9	36.4	22.8	50.6	55.9	55.8
	Baku, Azerbaijan	109.6	28.9	69.5	47.3	33.1	14.6	37.1	74.5	91.4
	Porto Alegre, Brazil	108.9	26.8	28.2	63.7	38.6	17.2	31.3	56.4	98.7
	Belo Horizonte, Brazil	107.0	24.2	36.1	63.9	37.7	18.6	44.2	52.0	98.5
	Saint Petersburg, Russia	105.9	47.2	60.5	60.5	34.3	18.6	48.4	62.1	60.6
	Hong Kong, Hong Kong (China)	105.5	68.8	78.3	65.6	72.4	42.1	42.3	67.2	83.6
	Belgrade, Serbia	104.4	33.7	61.4	53.0	44.6	21.4	36.1	67.6	84.1
	Lahore, Pakistan	104.3	24.0	63.2	62.4	19.6	12.7	34.7	78.5	67.6
	Kiev (Kyiv), Ukraine	104.2	36.2	54.8	57.8	33.7	16.3	42.9	64.4	70.0
	Istanbul, Turkey	103.9	31.1	52.2	69.7	33.4	18.4	51.8	68.9	93.0
	Odessa (Odesa), Ukraine	103.3	27.8	46.4	50.4	31.7	14.9	36.6	61.7	79.0
	Kharkiv, Ukraine	102.3	29.4	51.6	48.1	30.8	16.0	38.2	57.2	65.4
	Buenos Aires, Argentina	100.7	30.2	36.8	68.7	30.2	27.2	49.7	52.4	98.3
	Skopje, North Macedonia	100.3	36.2	53.1	54.4	37.5	14.8	27.8	83.1	76.3
	Hanoi, Vietnam	99.9	36.5	62.8	57.6	35.0	18.4	28.4	89.1	79.0
	Beijing, China	97.5	73.8	72.2	68.4	41.5	35.6	43.4	79.9	57.6
	Nairobi, Kenya	96.2	29.5	40.9	62.0	31.5	10.9	53.8	79.7	99.8
	Santiago, Chile	96.0	31.1	37.9	65.1	52.5	19.9	38.0	70.8	90.2
	Kolkata, India	95.9	49.8	53.6	58.2	22.8	10.2	59.4	78.4	60.9
	Dnipro, Ukraine	95.3	32.0	45.9	52.9	32.0	11.7	32.6	80.4	69.5
	Yekaterinburg, Russia	94.3	49.9	53.5	52.2	34.3	9.1	37.7	73.5	21.3
	Bogota, Colombia	89.8	27.6	33.8	65.3	29.3	20.8	52.1	70.2	97.1
	Mexico City, Mexico	86.9	36.2	31.8	65.8	46.9	15.5	52.4	81.2	92.4
	Almaty, Kazakhstan	85.4	31.4	46.0	49.1	35.1	13.7	39.7	78.1	58.3
	Delhi, India	84.5	60.1	40.7	65.1	25.5	13.9	57.4	90.7	58.9
	Novosibirsk, Russia	84.2	35.4	52.4	56.9	32.7	14.7	40.6	69.1	16.1
	Shanghai, China	83.0	54.7	69.7	63.9	43.4	50.1	47.9	73.1	83.6
	Mumbai, India	82.9	53.0	54.9	65.1	26.1	29.8	55.0	83.6	71.5
	Bangkok, Thailand	82.4	30.1	59.9	77.1	44.9	31.3	45.5	77.1	58.4
	Cairo, Egypt	79.1	17.5	50.1	45.9	25.2	12.3	50.3	91.2	88.5
	Karachi, Pakistan	77.2	20.4	44.8	57.0	18.2	17.3	42.2	89.6	71.3
	Lima, Peru	76.7	27.2	29.1	58.2	37.0	18.2	50.3	86.2	97.7
	Sao Paulo, Brazil	75.3	24.3	29.4	59.3	44.7	23.6	50.1	79.0	99.0
	Colombo, Sri Lanka	71.4	14.6	57.7	71.3	35.8	36.6	60.9	61.3	59.1
	Jakarta, Indonesia	69.7	27.0	47.4	56.6	35.2	22.5	52.1	85.0	63.8
	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	69.2	21.7	22.4	45.3	43.3	23.3	51.3	67.4	88.2
	Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam	63.9	28.1	47.4	60.3	36.5	35.4	31.6	92.2	63.4
	Caracas, Venezuela	63.4	9.7	16.9	38.4	43.4	27.4	33.3	73.8	99.9
	Beirut, Lebanon	59.4	12.3	53.3	64.2	54.0	41.8	39.5	93.7	94.7
	Tehran, Iran	58.8	18.1	44.0	52.6	30.8	32.0	52.4	80.8	71.0
	Dhaka, Bangladesh	57.8	26.0	36.8	39.9	28.4	15.0	61.0	93.6	71.3
	Lagos, Nigeria	48.3	11.5	32.3	46.7	26.1	15.4	67.4	89.4	60.8
	Manila, Philippines	41.1	24.0	35.1	62.9	40.4	40.8	53.6	89.9	61.2