Bangkok ranks 98th in EIU Global Liveability Index

[snoop1130]

Bangkok ranks 98th in EIU Global Liveability Index

By The Nation

 

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Bangkok is ranked 98th, with an overall rating of 66 out of 100, in the latest “Global Liveability Index” by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU).

 

The index rates the “liveability” of 140 cities in total.

 

According to the EIU, a rating of between 60 and 70 means a country presents negative factors that have an impact on day-to-day living.

 

Vienna rises to the top liveable city this year, replacing Melbourne that had ranked No 1 in the past seven years.

 

Ranked second to fifth are Melbourne, Osaka, Calgary and Sydney, with overall ratings of 97 to 99 when a score of 100 would mean an ideal city to live in.

 

In Southeast Asia, Singapore has the best ranking, at 35th, followed by Kuala Lumpur, 78th, and Bangkok, 98th.

 

Bandar Seri Begawan, Manila, Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City, Jakarta and Phnom Penh are ranked 101st, 103th, 107th, 116th, 119th and 125th, respectively, in the index.

 

The EIU’s liveability rating quantifies the challenges that might be presented to an individual’s lifestyle in 140 cities worldwide.

 

Each city is assigned a score for over 30 qualitative and quantitative factors across five broad categories: stability, healthcare, culture and environment, education, and infrastructure.

 

Each factor in each city is rated as acceptable, tolerable, uncomfortable, undesirable or intolerable. 

 

The EIU report considers that any city with an overall rating of 80 or more will have few, if any, challenges to living standards.

 

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/national/30352141

 

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[JennaBurrows]

Utter nonsense. 

 

Generic, dull, samey same metropolis cities make the top. But can they be measured in enjoyment, expense, social life, quality of life, etc? 

 

Same old generic cities - small area of greenery, same old generic malls in every city, expensive public transport, crime rate of some of those top countries is high, any social behaviour etc 

 

Complete load of nonsense. Written from the point of view of a rich white man. 

[ballpoint]

46 minutes ago, snoop1130 said:

In Southeast Asia, Singapore has the best ranking, at 35th, followed by Kuala Lumpur, 78th, and Bangkok, 98th.

 

Bandar Seri Begawan, Manila, Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City, Jakarta and Phnom Penh are ranked 101st, 103th, 107th, 116th, 119th and 125th, respectively, in the index.

Says all you need to know about the people who produced these rankings.  I'm only surprised this didn't make first place:

 

[Henrik Andersen]

The ranking tells it all 

[AsiaHand]

Most of the people responding to this article will do so without reading how the list was achieved or have no understanding of the stats at all.You will here only their putting down the authors of said article  because they can add nothing thus showing their limited learning s..

[Redline]

22 hours ago, JennaBurrows said:

Utter nonsense. 

 

Generic, dull, samey same metropolis cities make the top. But can they be measured in enjoyment, expense, social life, quality of life, etc? 

 

Same old generic cities - small area of greenery, same old generic malls in every city, expensive public transport, crime rate of some of those top countries is high, any social behaviour etc 

 

Complete load of nonsense. Written from the point of view of a rich white man. 

It seems more like you are the rich white man that doesn’t have to deal with the negative factors of BKK, if you even live in the city.

 You may want to read how the study was carried out as well

[Darcula]

Safe to say the Economist is not accepting freebies or brown envelopes.