Vienna ranked world’s most livable city, while Tel Aviv falls 20 places to 112th

VIENNA, Austria — Vienna is still the world’s most livable city for a third year in a row, while the rating of Tel Aviv in Israel slumped, according to a new survey.

In the Economist’s annual ranking, the Austrian capital again comes first, followed by the Danish capital Copenhagen and Zurich in Switzerland.

Melbourne in Australia and Calgary in Canada complete the top five in the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) Global Liveability Index.

“Western Europe remains the most liveable region, but has seen a decline in stability scores amid increasing instances of protests… on a variety of issues,” a statement from the EIU says

Those issues included the rise of far-right extremism, EU agricultural policy, and anti-immigration, EIU says in a press release.

Vienna gets full scores in terms of its stability, health care, education, and infrastructure.

Overall global livability was up slightly over the past year, it adds.

But the “improvement is only marginal, held back by geopolitical conflicts, civil unrest and a housing crisis across many of the cities” amid inflation.

Continuing stress on livability was “unlikely to ease in the near future,” it says.

Tel Aviv’s ranking falls more than any other city, down by 20 places to 112th.