Manila ranked 136th out of 230 cities in a global survey of cities offering the best quality of life. This means the Philippine capital’s ranking has dropped in recent years according to data provided by consultant group Mercer.
Vienna, Austria, topped Mercer’s 2015 Quality of Living Survey again as the city with the world’s best quality of life, followed by Zurich, Switzerland, and Auckland, New Zealand.
Among Asian cities, Singapore ranked highest in 26th place, followed by Tokyo in 44th, Kobe in 47th, Yokohama in 48th and Osaka in 58th place.
Manila was ranked as number 136, meaning the nation’s capital has dropped in the ranking in recent years, having been on 128th place in 2012. This means the Metro is a worse place to live and work in than Bogota (131), Mexico City (126), Bangkok (117) or Beijing (118), but it’s better to live here than in Jakarta (140), Mumbai (152), Ho Chi Minh City (153), Moscow (167) or Phnom Penh (195).
Top 10 Best Cities To Live In 2015
1 Vienna, Austria
2 Zurich, Switzerland
3 Auckland, New Zealand
4 Munich, Germany
5 Vancouver, Canada
6 Dusseldorf, Germany
7 Frankfurt, Germany
8 Geneva, Switzerland
9 Copenhagen, Denmark
10 Sydney, Australia
Where Manila Ranks:
131 Bogota, Colombia
132 Colombo, Sri Lanka
133 Chengdu, China
134 Windhoek, Namibia
135 Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
136 Manila, Philippines
137 Nanjing, China
138 Hyderabad, India
139 Shenzhen, China
140 Jakarta, Indonesia
141 Belgrade, Serbia
Bottom Five In The World:
226 N’Djamena, Chad
227 Khartoum, Sudan
228 Port au Prince, Haiti
229 Bangui, Central African Republic
230 Baghdad, Iraq
What do you think of this year’s ranking? Have things really gotten worse, or have other cities simply improved faster than Manila?
