Ranked: Most Livable Cities of 2025

Kayla Zhu
2025-07-06 08:11:00
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Mapping the Most Livable Cities of 2025

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Every year, The Economist ranks cities around the world on livability, based on factors including crime and conflict to public transportation and education.

This map shows the 10 most livable cities in the world, according to The Economist Intelligence Unit’s Global Liveability Index 2025.

The index ranks cities on over 30 factors across five categories to determine their overall livability. Factors include:

Stability: Prevalence of crime, terror, military conflict, civil unrest/conflict
Healthcare: Availability and quality of private and public healthcare, general healthcare indicators
Culture and environment: Humidity/temperature rating, cultural and sporting availability, social or religious restrictions
Education: Availability and quality of private education, public education indicators
Infrastructure: Quality of road network, public transport, international links, availability of good housing

What is the Most Livable City in the World?

Below, we show the 10 most livable cities in the world according to The Economist, and their livability scores.

Rank	City	Location	EIU Liveability Index Score
1	Copenhagen	Denmark	98.0
2	Vienna	Austria	97.1
2	Zurich	Switzerland	97.1
4	Melbourne	Australia	97.0
5	Geneva	Switzerland	96.8
6	Sydney	Australia	96.6
7	Osaka	Japan	96.0
7	Auckland	New Zealand	96.0
9	Adelaide	Australia	95.9
10	Vancouver	Canada	95.8

Copenhagen was ranked the most livable city in the world, ending Vienna’s three-year streak at the top of the rankings.

Denmark’s capital city scored perfect 100s across stability, education, and infrastructure, with an overall score of 98.

Vienna and Zurich tied for second with scores of 97.1. Switzerland—which had two cities rank in the top 10 for livability—also ranked first as the top migration destination to live and work in for 2025.

Vienna saw its scores for stability drop dramatically in the wake of a bomb threat before a Taylor Swift concert (later cancelled), and a planned attack on a city train station in 2025.

Overall, cities in Western Europe and Asia-Pacific continue to dominate the top of the rankings.

Vancouver, Canada is now the only North American city in the top 10, after Calgary saw the biggest drop in ranking, falling from fifth in 2024 to 18th in 2025 due to declines in its healthcare scores.

The average score for livability in 2025 was 76.1 out of 100, the same as 2024. However, scores in the stability category have continue to decline amid widespread geopolitical tension and civil unrest around the world.

Learn More on the Voronoi App

To compare this list with last year’s livability rankings, check out the 2024 graphic here.

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