Jun 28, 2022 07:00:00

Osaka ranked 10th in the 'World's Most Liveable Cities Ranking'

Osaka ranked 10th in the 2022 edition of The Global Liveability Index , published annually by

The Economist , a major British economic newspaper. Vienna, the capital of Austria, is ranked first, and other European cities such as Copenhagen and Zurich are also ranked high.

The world's most liveable cities | The Economist
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The Economist's research division ' Economist Intelligence Unit ' evaluates the stability, health care, culture and environment, education, and social infrastructure of cities around the world in the 'World's Most Liveable Cities Ranking', with a maximum of 100 points. In addition to the above evaluation items, from 2021, 'Countermeasures against the spread of new corona virus infection (strengthening the medical care provision system, limiting the number of people in crowded facilities, etc.)' Is also subject to evaluation.

Osaka has been ranked in the top 10 in the past, and in the 2022 edition ranking, it was ranked 10th along with Melbourne, Australia.

The top 10 rankings are as follows.

1st place: Vienna (Austria)
2nd place: Copenhagen (Denmark)
3rd place: Zurich (Switzerland)
4th place: Calgary (Canada)
5th place: Vancouver (Canada)
6th place: Geneva (Switzerland)
7th place: Frankfurt (Germany)
8th place: Toronto (Canada)
9th place: Amsterdam (Netherlands)
10th place: Osaka (Japan)
10th place: Melbourne (Australia)

And the worst 10 are:

172nd place: Damascus (Syria)
171st place: Lagos (Nigeria)
170th place: Tripoli (Libya)
169th place: Algiers (Algeria)
168th place: Karachi (Pakistan)
167th: Port Moresby (Papua New Guinea)
166th place: Dhaka (Bangladesh)
165th place: Harare (Zimbabwe)
164th place: Douala (Cameroon)
163rd place: Tehran (Iran)

As mentioned above, from 2021, measures against the new coronavirus in each city have been evaluated. For this reason, the scores tended to drop in cities in China and island countries that are performing large-scale lockdowns.

In addition, Moscow, the capital of Russia, which has continued to move to Ukraine since February 2022, has dropped from 15th to 80th due to the withdrawal of companies based in Western countries. In Kieu, the capital of Ukraine, the intensification of the fighting made it impossible to continue the investigation, and the scores were not calculated.

The Economist welcomed the recovery of scores in many cities in 2022 compared to 2021, when the overall score dropped due to the effects of the new coronavirus, saying, 'War (in Ukraine) in 2022. Many cities will suffer from food and fuel shortages if they continue for the entire period of the 2022. The lifespan of the score recovered in 2022 may be short, 'said the fighting that is occurring in Ukraine. It points out the magnitude of the impact.