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Zurich ranks as the world’s top city for quality of living, according to a survey by Mercer Human Resource Consulting, released on Monday 10th. The city scores 108.2 and is only marginally ahead of Geneva, which scores 108.1, while Vancouver follows in third place with a score of 107.7. In contrast, Baghdad is the lowest ranking city in the survey, scoring just 14.5.
The analysis is part of an annual World-wide Quality of Living Survey, covering more than 350 cities, to help governments and multinational companies place employees on international assignments. Each city is based on an evaluation of 39 criteria, including political, social, economic and environmental factors, personal safety and health, education, transport and other public services. Cities are ranked against New York as the base city, which has an index score of 100.
Mercer has released a new report called Managing Quality of Living for Expatriates which provides information to enable HR professionals and others to understand the importance of assessing worldwide standards of living, including personal safety and security, health issues, cleanliness and pollution and transportation. More than 100 cities have been selected from Western and Eastern Europe, North and South America, Middle East, Africa, Asia and the Pacific Rim. For more information, please visit www.mercerhr.com/qualityofliving.
Tokyo remains the world’s most expensive city, followed by Osaka, according to the latest Cost of Living Survey from Mercer Human Resource Consulting. London moves down one position in the rankings to take third place, followed by Moscow which also drops a place this year. Asuncion in Paraguay is the least expensive city in the survey.
You can download the Top 50 rankings from here and read the Press Release here.
We went to visit our friends Gordy and Sophie at The Goat Shed in Moulin, Savoie.
We all had a fantastic time and I am still missing the place a week and and a half later.
I'll just have to go again then, won't I!
Please feel free to check out some photos of the trip.
