The quality of living survey covers 215 cities and is conducted to help governments and major companies place employees on international assignments. Cities are compared to New York as the base city, with an index score of 100. The rankings are based on a point scoring index, which sees Zurich scoring 108, while Baghdad scores 13.5. Baghdad, ranking 215, retains its position at the bottom of the table. The cities with the lowest quality of living ranking are Ndjamena (211), Khartoum (212), Brazzaville (213) and Bangui (214). The highest entry for the United States is Honolulu, appearing at number 28. In the UK, London ranks 38, while Birmingham and Glasgow are jointly 56. Zurich retains its 2007 title as the highest ranked city, followed jointly by Vienna (2), Geneva (2), then Vancouver (4) and Auckland (5). Luxembourg ranks highest for personal safety Baghdad, the lowestĮuropean cities dominate the worldwide rankings of locations with the best quality of living, according to Mercer’s 2008 Quality of Living survey. Zurich scores highest for overall quality of living Baghdad, the lowest European cities dominate annual worldwide quality of living rankings
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