Expat quality of life: Vienna named best city for expats to live

Vienna performed best in the survey, beating 229 other cities in the study which examined social and economic conditions, health, education, housing and the environment in each city.

The survey assesses quality of living conditions to help employers compensate expat employees when placing them on international assignments, and to assess how safe it is to send their employees to a given city.

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

At the other end of the spectrum developing and war torn cities are in the bottom of the rankings.

1. Conakry, Guinea
2. Kinshasa, D R Congo
3. Brazzaville, Congo
4. Damascus, Syria
5. N’Djamena, Chad
6. Khartoum, Sudan
7. Port-au-Prince, Haiti
8. Sana’a, Yemen
9. Bangui, Central African Republic
10. Baghdad, Iraq

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