According to the Global Livability Index by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) published on Wednesday, Pakistan’s biggest city Karachi ranks among top 10 least liveable cities of the world.
Every year, the EIU gives 140 cities which are scored out of 100 on a range of factors, such as living standards, crime, transport infrastructure, access to education and healthcare, as well as political and economic stability.
This year, Karachi has been ranked 136th on the list being the fifth least liveable city in the world. Karachi is just better than Damascus in Syria, Lagos in Nigeria, Dhaka in Bangladesh and Tripoli in Libya. Other countries included in the list of the 10 least livable cities include Caracas in Venezuela, Algiers in Algeria, Douala in Cameroon, Harare in Zimbabwe and Port Moresby in PNG.
Ranked on 136th position, Karachi’s overall rating out of 100 is 40.9. Here are the scores given by EIU to each factor of the city.
Karachi’s score:
- Stability – 20
- Healthcare – 45.8
- Culture and Environment – 38.7
- Education – 66.7
- Infrastructure – 51.8
10 Least Liveable Cities
Here are the points the top 10 least livable countries scored
- Damascus, Syria – 30.7
- Lagos, Nigeria – 38.5
- Dhaka, Bangladesh – 39.2
- Tripoli, Libya – 40.4
- Karachi, Pakistan – 40.9
- Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea – 41
- Harare, Zimbabwe – 42.6
- Douala, Cameroon – 44
- Algiers, Algeria – 44.1
- Caracas, Venezuela – 46.9
Top 10 most liveable cities
The top 10 most liveable cities in the world, and their scores according to The Global Lievability Index 2019, are:
- Vienna, Austria – 99.1
- Melbourne, Australia – 98.4
- Sydney, Australia – 98.1
- Osaka, Japan – 97.7
- Calgary, Canada – 97.5
- Vancouver, Canada – 97.3
- Toronto, Canada – 97.2
- Tokyo, Japan – 97.2
- Copenhagen, Denmark – 96.8
- Adelaide, Australia – 96.6
