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Bangkok ranks 98th in EIU Global Liveability Index

Bangkok ranks 98th in EIU Global Liveability Index

Bangkok is ranked 98th, with an overall rating of 66 out of 100, in the latest “Global Liveability Index” by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU).

Bangkok ranks 98th in EIU Global Liveability Index

The index rates the “liveability” of 140 cities in total.

According to the EIU, a rating of between 60 and 70 means a country presents negative factors that have an impact on day-to-day living.
Vienna rises to the top liveable city this year, replacing Melbourne that had ranked No 1 in the past seven years.
Ranked second to fifth are Melbourne, Osaka, Calgary and Sydney, with overall ratings of 97 to 99 when a score of 100 would mean an ideal city to live in.
In Southeast Asia, Singapore has the best ranking, at 35th, followed by Kuala Lumpur, 78th, and Bangkok, 98th.
Bandar Seri Begawan, Manila, Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City, Jakarta and Phnom Penh are ranked 101st, 103th, 107th, 116th, 119th and 125th, respectively, in the index.
The EIU’s liveability rating quantifies the challenges that might be presented to an individual’s lifestyle in 140 cities worldwide.
Each city is assigned a score for over 30 qualitative and quantitative factors across five broad categories: stability, healthcare, culture and environment, education, and infrastructure.
Each factor in each city is rated as acceptable, tolerable, uncomfortable, undesirable or intolerable. 
The EIU report considers that any city with an overall rating of 80 or more will have few, if any, challenges to living standards.

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