默瑟人力資源顧問公司(Mercer Human Resource Consulting)﹐在2006年9月至11月間﹐根據39項評估生活品質的問題所完
成的調查﹐發佈世界上215個城市中﹐最適宜居住的城市排行榜。調查評估項目包括政治穩定﹐貨幣兌換管制或自由﹐政治自由﹐媒體的新聞自由﹐教育質量﹐居住環境和公共安全等。
結果顯示瑞士仍為世界的主要商業中心和文化中心﹐蘇黎世高踞榜首﹐其次是日內瓦﹐溫哥華和維也納同在第三位。亞洲第一名為新加坡(34)﹐香港排名(70)﹐台灣台北(83)﹐韓國首爾(87)﹐中國上海(100)。
| |
2007 |
2006 |
城市 |
國家 |
國旗 |
2007 指數 |
2006 指數 |
附註 |
| |
1 |
1 |
ZURICH |
Switzerland |
 |
108.1 |
108.2 |
|
| |
2 |
2 |
GENEVA |
Switzerland |
 |
108.0 |
108.1 |
|
| |
3 |
3 |
VANCOUVER |
Canada |
 |
107.7 |
107.7 |
|
| |
3 |
4 |
VIENNA |
Austria |
 |
107.7 |
107.5 |
|
| |
5 |
5 |
AUCKLAND |
New Zealand |
|
107.3 |
107.3 |
|
| |
5 |
6 |
DUSSELDORF |
Germany |
 |
107.3 |
107.2 |
|
| |
7 |
7 |
FRANKFURT |
Germany |
 |
107.1 |
107.0 |
|
| |
8 |
8 |
MUNICH |
Germany |
 |
106.9 |
106.8 |
|
| |
9 |
9 |
BERN |
Switzerland |
 |
106.5 |
106.5 |
|
| |
9 |
9 |
SYDNEY |
Australia |
 |
106.5 |
106.5 |
|
| |
11 |
11 |
COPENHAGEN |
Denmark |
|
106.2 |
106.2 |
|
| |
12 |
12 |
WELLINGTON |
New Zealand |
|
105.8 |
105.8 |
|
| |
13 |
13 |
AMSTERDAM |
The Netherlands |
 |
105.7 |
105.7 |
|
| |
14 |
14 |
BRUSSELS |
Belgium |
|
105.6 |
105.6 |
|
| |
15 |
15 |
TORONTO |
Canada |
 |
105.4 |
105.4 |
|
| |
16 |
16 |
BERLIN |
Germany |
 |
105.2 |
105.1 |
|
| |
17 |
17 |
MELBOURNE |
Australia |
 |
105.0 |
105.0 |
|
| |
18 |
18 |
LUXEMBOURG |
Luxembourg |
|
104.8 |
104.8 |
|
| |
18 |
18 |
OTTAWA |
Canada |
 |
104.8 |
104.8 |
|
| |
20 |
20 |
STOCKHOLM |
Sweden |
|
104.7 |
104.7 |
|
| |
21 |
21 |
PERTH |
Australia |
 |
104.5 |
104.5 |
|
| |
22 |
22 |
MONTREAL |
Canada |
 |
104.3 |
104.3 |
|
| |
23 |
23 |
NURNBERG |
Germany |
 |
104.2 |
104.1 |
|
| |
24 |
25 |
CALGARY |
Canada |
 |
103.6 |
103.6 |
|
| |
24 |
26 |
HAMBURG |
Germany |
 |
103.6 |
103.4 |
|
| |
26 |
31 |
OSLO |
Norway |
 |
103.5 |
102.8 |
|
| |
27 |
24 |
DUBLIN |
Ireland |
|
103.3 |
103.8 |
|
| |
27 |
27 |
HONOLULU, HI |
United States |
 |
103.3 |
103.3 |
|
| |
29 |
28 |
SAN FRANCISCO, CA |
United States |
 |
103.2 |
103.2 |
|
| |
30 |
29 |
ADELAIDE |
Australia |
 |
103.1 |
103.1 |
|
| |
30 |
29 |
HELSINKI |
Finland |
 |
103.1 |
103.1 |
|
| |
32 |
31 |
BRISBANE |
Australia |
 |
102.8 |
102.8 |
|
| |
33 |
33 |
PARIS |
France |
 |
102.7 |
102.7 |
|
| |
34 |
34 |
SINGAPORE |
Singapore |
|
102.5 |
102.5 |
|
| |
35 |
35 |
TOKYO |
Japan |
 |
102.3 |
102.3 |
|
| |
36 |
37 |
LYON |
France |
 |
101.9 |
101.6 |
|
| |
36 |
36 |
BOSTON, MA |
United States |
 |
101.9 |
101.9 |
|
| |
38 |
37 |
YOKOHAMA |
Japan |
 |
101.7 |
101.6 |
|
| |
39 |
39 |
LONDON |
United Kingdom |
 |
101.2 |
101.2 |
|
| |
40 |
40 |
KOBE |
Japan |
 |
101.0 |
101.0 |
|
| |
41 |
44 |
BARCELONA |
Spain |
|
100.6 |
100.2 |
|
| |
42 |
45 |
MADRID |
Spain |
|
100.5 |
100.1 |
|
| |
42 |
51 |
OSAKA |
Japan |
 |
100.5 |
99.6 |
|
| |
44 |
41 |
WASHINGTON, DC |
United States |
 |
100.4 |
100.4 |
|
| |
44 |
41 |
CHICAGO, IL |
United States |
 |
100.4 |
100.4 |
|
| |
46 |
43 |
PORTLAND, OR |
United States |
 |
100.3 |
100.3 |
|
| |
47 |
53 |
LISBON |
Portugal |
|
100.1 |
98.9 |
|
| |
48 |
46 |
NEW YORK CITY, NY |
United States |
 |
100.0 |
100.0 |
|
| |
49 |
51 |
MILAN |
Italy |
 |
99.9 |
99.6 |
|
| |
49 |
47 |
SEATTLE, WA |
United States |
 |
99.9 |
99.9 |
|
| |
51 |
48 |
LEXINGTON, KY |
United States |
 |
99.8 |
99.8 |
|
| |
52 |
49 |
PITTSBURGH, PA |
United States |
 |
99.7 |
99.7 |
|
| |
52 |
49 |
WINSTON SALEM, NC |
United States |
 |
99.7 |
99.7 |
|
| |
54 |
53 |
NAGOYA |
Japan |
 |
99.5 |
98.9 |
|
| |
55 |
55 |
BIRMINGHAM |
United Kingdom |
 |
98.3 |
98.3 |
|
| |
55 |
55 |
TSUKUBA |
Japan |
 |
98.3 |
98.3 |
|
| |
55 |
55 |
GLASGOW |
United Kingdom |
 |
98.3 |
98.3 |
|
| |
55 |
55 |
LOS ANGELES, CA |
United States |
 |
98.3 |
98.3 |
|
| |
59 |
59 |
CLEVELAND, OH |
United States |
 |
98.2 |
98.2 |
|
| |
60 |
60 |
MINNEAPOLIS, MN |
United States |
 |
97.9 |
97.9 |
|
| |
61 |
62 |
ROME |
Italy |
 |
97.4 |
97.4 |
|
| |
62 |
63 |
MIAMI, FL |
United States |
 |
96.3 |
96.3 |
|
| |
63 |
64 |
YOKKAICHI |
Japan |
 |
96.2 |
96.2 |
|
| |
64 |
65 |
DETROIT, MI |
United States |
 |
96.1 |
96.1 |
|
| |
64 |
61 |
ST. LOUIS, MO |
United States |
 |
96.1 |
97.6 |
|
| |
66 |
66 |
ATLANTA, GA |
United States |
 |
95.7 |
95.7 |
|
| |
67 |
68 |
LEIPZIG |
Germany |
 |
95.5 |
95.4 |
|
| |
68 |
68 |
HOUSTON, TX |
United States |
 |
95.4 |
95.4 |
|
| |
69 |
67 |
OMUTA |
Japan |
 |
94.9 |
95.5 |
|
| |
70 |
68 |
HONG KONG |
Hong Kong |
 |
94.3 |
95.4 |
|
| |
71 |
72 |
SAN JUAN |
Puerto Rico |
|
92.9 |
92.9 |
|
| |
72 |
73 |
PRAGUE |
Czech Republic |
|
92.3 |
91.8 |
|
| |
73 |
71 |
KATSUYAMA |
Japan |
 |
91.4 |
93.1 |
|
| |
74 |
74 |
BUDAPEST |
Hungary |
|
90.2 |
90.8 |
|
| |
75 |
75 |
KUALA LUMPUR |
Malaysia |
 |
88.9 |
88.9 |
|
| |
76 |
76 |
MONTEVIDEO |
Uruguay |
|
88.2 |
88.1 |
|
| |
77 |
77 |
PORT LOUIS |
Mauritius |
|
87.7 |
87.7 |
|
| |
78 |
79 |
ATHENS |
Greece |
 |
87.6 |
86.8 |
|
| |
79 |
78 |
BUENOS AIRES |
Argentina |
|
87.4 |
87.3 |
|
| |
80 |
80 |
LJUBLJANA |
Slovenia |
|
87.0 |
86.6 |
|
| |
80 |
85 |
DUBAI |
United Arab Emirates |
|
87.0 |
85.2 |
|
| |
82 |
84 |
VILNIUS |
Lithuania |
|
86.6 |
85.9 |
|
| |
83 |
81 |
SANTIAGO |
Chile |
|
86.5 |
86.5 |
|
| |
83 |
81 |
TAIPEI |
Taiwan |
 |
86.5 |
86.5 |
|
| |
85 |
83 |
CAPE TOWN |
South Africa |
|
85.7 |
86.0 |
|
| |
85 |
86 |
WARSAW |
Poland |
|
85.7 |
85.1 |
|
| |
87 |
89 |
SEOUL |
South Korea |
 |
85.2 |
83.0 |
|
| |
88 |
92 |
ABU DHABI |
United Arab Emirates |
|
84.1 |
82.6 |
|
| |
89 |
91 |
TALLINN |
Estonia |
|
83.7 |
82.8 |
|
| |
90 |
87 |
JOHANNESBURG |
South Africa |
|
83.3 |
84.0 |
|
| |
91 |
88 |
LIMASSOL |
Cyprus |
|
83.2 |
83.2 |
|
| |
92 |
98 |
RIGA |
Latvia |
|
82.9 |
81.9 |
|
| |
92 |
90 |
PANAMA CITY |
Panama |
|
82.9 |
82.9 |
|
| |
94 |
94 |
MONTERREY |
Mexico |
 |
82.6 |
82.2 |
|
| |
95 |
94 |
TUNIS |
Tunisia |
|
82.4 |
82.2 |
|
| |
96 |
94 |
VICTORIA |
Seychelles |
|
82.2 |
82.2 |
|
| |
97 |
97 |
PAPEETE |
French Polynesia |
|
82.0 |
82.0 |
|
| |
97 |
93 |
PORT ELIZABETH |
South Africa |
|
82.0 |
82.3 |
|
| |
99 |
102 |
BRATISLAVA |
Slovakia |
|
81.7 |
80.5 |
|
| |
100 |
103 |
SHANGHAI |
China |
 |
81.6 |
80.1 |
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DATA: Mercer Human Resource Consulting
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