Quality of Life, 2008
| Country (a) |
World Ranking |
Index (2) |
|
City (b) |
World ranking |
Index (3) |
| Australia |
3 |
9.28 |
|
Sydney |
10 |
106.3 |
| New Zealand |
10 |
8.91 |
|
Auckland |
4 |
107.4 |
| Germany |
11 |
8.89 |
|
Frankfurt |
8 |
106.8 |
| Singapore |
12 |
8.89 |
|
Singapore |
26 |
103.5 |
| United States |
14 |
8.53 |
|
New York |
49 |
100.0 |
| France |
16 |
8.17 |
|
Paris |
33 |
102.9 |
| Malaysia |
20 |
7.43 |
|
Kuala Lumpur |
75 |
90.4 |
| United Kingdom |
21 |
7.16 |
|
London |
=38 |
101.6 |
| Japan |
23 |
6.90 |
|
Tokyo |
35 |
102.2 |
| Hong Kong |
27 |
6.59 |
|
Hong Kong |
70 |
94.4 |
| Korea |
31 |
6.18 |
|
Seoul |
83 |
87.2 |
| Thailand |
33 |
5.93 |
|
Bangkok |
120 |
73.8 |
| Taiwan |
34 |
5.84 |
|
Taipei |
86 |
86.8 |
| India |
37 |
5.27 |
|
Mumbai |
148 |
62.5 |
| Philippines |
43 |
4.81 |
|
Manila |
131 |
70.7 |
| China |
45 |
4.72 |
|
Beijing |
113 |
74.9 |
| Indonesia |
50 |
4.26 |
|
Jakarta |
140 |
64.9 |
Footnotes:
1 0 = low quality of life, 10 =high quality of life, The IMD World Competitiveness Yearbook, 2008.
2 The Mercer Quality of Life Index is derived from 39 key quality of living determinants, weighted and grouped in the categories of political and social environment, economic environment, socio-cultural environment, health and sanitation, schools and education, public services and transport, recreation, consumer goods, housing, and natural environment. Cities are ranked against New York as the base city, which has an index score of 100
Sources: The IMD World Competitiveness Yearbook, 2008, Switzerland, www.imd.ch/wcy; Mercer Human Resource Consulting, May 2009, www.imercer.com