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Australia most liveable

Despite of the public transport fiasco, attacks on Indian students, one of the worst unaffordable housing situation in the Western world, and the ongoing drought: MELBOURNE remains the third most liveable city in the world, and just 2.5 percentage points short of perfection, according to the latest rankings by influential magazine The Economist.

Vancouver top

Ranking 140 global cities on 30 criteria covering stability, healthcare, culture, environment, education and infrastructure, The Economist gives Melbourne a score of 97.5 out of a possible 100. Winter Olympics host Vancouver remains No. 1 , scoring 98.0, while Vienna came in third. Harare, the capital of Zimbabwe, was judged the most unliveable city. Dhaka, capital of Bangladesh, tied with Algiers as the second worst, followed by Port Moresby.

Most liveable country

Australia seems to be the most liveable country as 4 out of the top 10 cities come from Down Under. Sydney was seventh, Perth and Adelaide equal eighth. Canada had three of the top five cities, with Toronto ranked fourth and Calgary fifth.
 

India not so well

Other major cities did not do so well. London for example was ranked 54th. New Delhi, host of this year's Commonwealth Games, ranked 113th with a score of 58.6. It was the best of the cities that will host the 2011 cricket World Cup, with Mumbai 117th, Colombo 132nd and Dhaka equal 138th.

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