The Economist Intelligence Unit's (EIU) Global Liveability Index 2024 has ranked cities globally based on stability, healthcare, culture and environment, education, and infrastructure, and Vienna, the capital city of Austria, has clinched the top spot.
Hot on Vienna's heels was Denmark's capital, Copenhagen, which scored an impressive 98 - even outperforming Vienna in the culture and environment category with a score of 95.4.
However, the EIU docked points from the city in the culture and environment category (the only one where it didn't score a perfect 100/100) due to its lack of hosting major sporting events compared to other cities on the list.
As of 2024, there were 2.015 million residents enjoying Vienna's high liveability, and the city also played host to an estimated 8.2 million international tourists during the same year.
This marks the eighth time in the last decade that Vienna has secured first place, only missing out in 2020 and 2021 due to Covid-19 restrictions but triumphing in the years before and after this period.
