Copenhagen (pictured) has unseated Vienna as the most liveable city in the world, according to The Economist Intelligence Unit’s Global Liveability Index 2025, but five out of the top 10 most liveable cities are located in the Asia Pacific region (see table, below).
According to the report, Western Europe remains the best-performing region for liveability, having achieved the top scores in four of the five categories and outpaced only by North America for education. However, the region’s score for stability has fallen since 2024, amid more frequent terrorism threats, riots and antisemitic attacks.
The 25 cities in North America saw their average overall score slip slightly (to 90.4) in the latest survey, primarily given a decline in healthcare scores for the four Canadian cities, where the debate over funding for the decentralised national health service remains unresolved. With the Trump administration in the United States proposing to cut public spending on educa
