"You basically have a full life circle in one place," explained Manuela Filippou, manager of two Michelin-star restaurant Konstantin Filippou and adjoining natural wine bar (both of which she runs with her eponymous chef husband). With perfect scores in stability, healthcare, education and infrastructure, Vienna is more than the sum of its parts, according to residents. The Austrian capital is no stranger to the number one spot in the liveability index, only losing the accolade briefly in 2021 when pandemic closures impacted its museums and restaurants. We spoke to residents in a few of the top 10 ranked cities to find out the reasons they choose to call it home. While an index can put data around what makes a place liveable, it's the people who experience it day in and day out who can speak best to what it's actually like to live there.
The end of pandemic restrictions across the world has also improved culture and environment scores as events and attractions have come roaring back.
The rise comes largely due to healthcare and education gains across Asia, the Middle East and Africa – even as stability scores have dropped overall in the face of civil unrest amid rising cost-of-living concerns worldwide and continued conflict in cities like Kiev. In fact, overall liveability has reached a 15-year high, according to the Economist Intelligence Unit's annual Global Liveability Index, which rates 173 cities on factors including stability, healthcare, culture & environment, education and infrastructure. After a pandemic slump, quality of life is again on the rise in many of the world's cities.
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