Harare among the top 10 worst places to live!

The fine city of Salisbury, Rhodesia, has now, as Harare, Zimbabwe been reduced to one of the worst places in the world to live according to The Economist.

The Economist’s Intelligence Unit prepares an annual Global Liveability Index which ranks the world’s cities in terms of best living conditions. The annual list for 2023 compares 173 cities based on scores taken from qualitative and quantitative factors across categories of stability, healthcare, culture and environment, education and infrastructure. Some metrics considered in the Index include the prevalence of crime, availability of health care, level of corruption, quality of private education and the quality of water and energy provisions. Here are the results for the years 2018 to 2023. (nb. Up to 2021 the number of cities analysed was 140.)

10 Most Liveable Cities in 2023

1. Vienna, Austria
2. Copenhagen, Denmark
3. Melbourne, Australia
4. Sydney, Australia
5. Vancouver, Canada
6. Zurich, Switzerland
7= Calgary, Canada
7= Geneva, Switzerland
9. Toronto, Canada
10= Auckland, New Zealand
10= Osaka, Japan

10 Least Liveable Cities in 2023

164. Douala, Cameroon
165. Kiev, Ukraine
167= Dhaka, Bangladesh
167= Harare, Zimbabwe
168. Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea
169. Karachi, Pakistan
170. Lagos, Nigeria
171. Algiers, Algeria
172. Tripoli, Libya
173. Damascus, Syria

10 Most Liveable Cities in 2022

1. Vienna, Austria
2. Copenhagen, Denmark
3. Zurich, Switzerland
4. Calgary, Canada
5. Vancouver, Canada
6. Geneva, Switzerland
7. Frankfurt, Germany
8. Toronto, Canada
9. Amsterdam, Netherlands
10= Melbourne, Australia
10= Osaka, Japan

10 Least Liveable Cities in 2022

163. Tehran, Iran
164. Douala, Cameroon
165. Harare, Zimbabwe
166. Dhaka, Bangladesh
167. Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea
168. Karachi, Pakistan
169. Algiers, Algeria
170. Tripoli, Libya
171. Lagos, Nigeria
172. Damascus, Syria

10 Most Liveable Cities in 2021

1. Auckland, New Zealand
2. Osaka, Japan
3. Adelaide, Australia
4. Wellington, New Zealand
5. Tokyo, Japan
6. Perth, Australia
7. Zurich, Switzerland
8. Geneva, Switzerland
9. Melbourne, Australia
10. Brisbane, Australia

10 Least Liveable Cities in 2021

131. Caracas, Venezuela
132. Douala, Cameroon
133. Harare, Zimbabwe
134. Karachi, Pakistan
135. Tripoli, Libya
136. Algiers, Algeria
137. Dhaka, Bangladesh
138. Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea
139. Lagos, Nigeria
140. Damascus, Syria

10 Most Liveable Cities in 2019

1. Vienna, Austria
2. Melbourne, Australia
3. Sydney, Australia
4. Osaka, Japan
5. Calgary, Canada
6. Vancouver, Canada
7. Tokyo, Japan
8. Toronto, Canada
9. Copenhagen, Denmark
10. Adelaide, Australia

10 Least Liveable Cities in 2019

131. Caracas, Venezuela
132. Algiers, Algeria
133. Douala, Cameroon
134. Harare, Zimbabwe
135. Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea
136. Karachi, Pakistan
137. Tripoli, Libya
138. Dhaka, Bangladesh
139. Lagos, Nigeria
140. Damascus, Syria

10 Most Liveable Cities in 2018

1. Vienna, Austria
2. Melbourne, Australia
3. Osaka, Japan
4. Calgary, Canada
5. Sydney, Australia
6. Vancouver, Canada
7. Tokyo, Japan
8. Toronto, Canada
9. Copenhagen, Denmark
10. Adelaide, Australia

10 Least Liveable Cities in 2018

131. Dakar, Senegal
132. Algiers, Algeria
133. Douala, Cameroon
134. Tripoli, Libya
135. Harare, Zimbabwe
136. Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea
137. Karachi, Pakistan
138. Lagos, Nigeria
139. Dhaka, Bangladesh
140. Damascus, Syria