2026年全球宜居城市指数报告

Intelligence that movesyou forward EIU, part of The Economist Group, provides a forward-looking perspective on theglobal agenda. With 80 years of expertise, it delivers political, economic and policyforecasts for 200 countries. EIU’s insights, backed by a network of 400 analysts,help financial institutions, governments and multinational corporations makeinformed decisions and navigate complex business environments. Our solutions Country Analysis Understand the political, policy and economic outlook. Our Country Analysisservice looks at the global dynamics that affect your organisation, enabling youto operate effectively and plan for the future. Financial Risk Gain unparalleled insights into the global financial landscape. CombiningEIU’s market-leading data and country expertise, our rigorous risk modellingframework enables you to accurately identify risks to fiscal sustainability,currency and the banking sector. Operational Risk Plan effectively with EIU’s expert analysis and data. From detailed country riskassessments to customisable risk matrices, our service provides you with thetools needed to confidently anticipate and mitigate risks to your operations. EIU Global LiveabilityIndex 2026 Gains in Asia have kept the liveability index steadyat a global level, despite deteriorating stability inthe Middle East. Key findings •Copenhagen (Denmark) remains the world’s most liveable city, edging out Vienna (Austria) andMelbourne (Australia), which are in second and third place respectively. The rest of the top ten isdominated by cities in wealthy countries such as Australia, Canada, Japan and Switzerland. •Western Europe is still the strongest region for liveability, but its average score has stagnated in the2026 index, while Asia’s has risen. There are now nine Asian cities in the top 20, and sevenEuropean cities.•The Iran war has undermined stability across the Gulf region, contributing to a 1-point decline in theaverage liveability score for cities in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). Muscat in Oman andKuwait City have seen the biggest decline in our rankings, while Tehran (Iran) has fallen into the bottomten cities.•Chinese cities have climbed up the rankings, owing to their improved scores for healthcare. New York’sstability score improved noticeably, reflecting years of falling crime rates and a reduced risk of a majorterrorist attack. EIU’s Global Liveability Index assesses 173 citiesacross the world across 30 indicators grouped intofive categories: stability, healthcare, culture andenvironment, education, and infrastructure, with theaim of showing how comfortable these cities are tolive in. In the latest edition of the survey, conductedin May 2026, the average liveability score acrossall cities is 76.1 out of 100, the same as last year. However, scores in the stability category fell byan average of 0.5 points across the 173 cities,continuing a recent trend. The average score for theculture and environment category has also declinedmarginally, particularly in Europe. This has beenoffset by an average increase of 0.7 points for thehealthcare category, along with marginal increasesfor education and infrastructure. Categories: EIU’s Global Liveability Index 2026 % change in average score per city; year on year the Strait of Hormuz. On average, the 18 cities in theMENA region have fallen by more than three placesin the rankings. For some cities in the region, thedowngrades have been substantial. Muscat (Oman)and Kuwait City, for example, have fallen by 14 and12 places respectively, making them our biggestdownwards movers. Although previous declines in stability scores werefocused on Europe, owing to the Ukraine war anda series of terrorist attacks and public protests,this year the Middle East has borne the brunt ofthe decline. The main reason for this is the Iran war,which started in February 2026 with Israeli and USstrikes on Iran. Iran subsequently launched attacksagainst several neighbouring countries and blocked Biggest movers down: EIU’s Global Liveability Index 2026 Index score out of 100 (100=high); ranking out of 173 cities (1=high) Even so, the MENA region continues to seeimprovements in some categories, particularlyhealthcare. There have also been upgrades to thehealthcare scores for the Chinese cities in theindex, following years of public investment. Fiveof these cities now score above 80 out of 100 forhealthcare, with another four scoring just slightlylower. As a result, Chinese cities dominate the listof biggest upwards movers this year, led by Fuzhou,an industrial city in the south-east. However,culture and environment scores in most Chinesecities remain low, owing to restrictions on politicalfreedoms, limiting further gains in their rankings. Another notable upward mover in the index is NewYork (US), which saw one of the biggest score leapsof all the 173 cities, gaining by 1.2 points and movingup three places in the rankings; however, it remainsthe third-lowest-ra