Worldwide Rankings by City
Explore comprehensive city rankings from around the world, based on a variety of statistics and indexes, including user contributions and data from government sources. Discover how cities rank in key areas such as quality of life, healthcare, property prices, crime rates, pollution levels, cost of living, and traffic conditions.
Cost of Living Rankings
The cost of living indices are compared to New York City (NYC), which serves as the baseline with an index of 100. These provide insights into the relative cost of living in different cities in a country, covering factors like consumer goods, rent, and purchasing power.
Property Prices Rankings
The Property Prices Rankings evaluate affordability and investment potential using indices like the Price to Income Ratio, Mortgage as a Percentage of Income, Loan Affordability, Price to Rent Ratio, and Gross Rental Yield.
Traffic Rankings
The Traffic Index combines user-contributed data on commute times, traffic dissatisfaction, CO2 emissions, and traffic system inefficiencies in a country, to provide insights into overall traffic conditions.
Crime Rankings
The crime ranking by city is based on a continuously updated index, incorporating data up to 36 months old and calculated twice a year. Cities are ranked on a scale from "very low" to "very high" crime levels, with safety being the inverse, where a high safety index indicates a safer city.
Pollution Rankings
The pollution ranking is based on a combination of visitor perceptions and data from institutions like the World Health Organization. The Pollution Index estimates overall pollution levels by considering air and water pollution, garbage disposal, and other factors, with air pollution given the highest weight, while the Pollution Exp Scale uses an exponential function to highlight extremely polluted cities.
Healthcare Rankings
The Health Care Rankings evaluates the quality of healthcare systems in a country, based on factors like professionals, equipment, and costs. It emphasizes the positive aspects of healthcare with an exponential scale, providing an assessment of healthcare quality and infrastructure.
Quality of Life Rankings
The Quality of Life Rankings reflect how livable a city in a country is. It considers factors like purchasing power, pollution, housing affordability, cost of living, safety, healthcare, commute times, and climate. A higher index score means a better quality of life.
How It Works
We compile and present data on key quality of life factors, including traffic conditions, pollution levels, crime statistics, healthcare access, cost of living, and much more.
Our website is designed to be user-friendly, with easy-to-read charts, city summaries, and helpful insights that allow you to explore the quality of life in cities worldwide.