Thursday, August 16, 2012

Lagos is 3rd worst liveable city in the world

Lagos has been ranked the third worst liveable country in the world by a recently released 2012 Global Liveability Survey.
 
The survey, which was carried out by the Economist Intelligence Unit, ranked Nigeria's commercial hub138 out of 140 cities surveyed around the world to assess the best or worst living conditions.

This was a drop from its 137th position in the 2011 ranking.

Ranking first on the list as the city with the best living conditions is Melbourne, Australia, with an overall rating of 97.5. Vienna, Austria, ranked second while Vancouver, Canada, ranked third. Johannesburg and Pretoria, South Africa took the 92nd and 96th positions respectively.

London is ranked 55th, while Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, the next host of the Olympics, shared the 92nd position with Johannesburg.

Abidjan in Côte d’Ivoire placed 131st; Tehran, Iran came 132; Douala, Cameroon is the 133rd; Tripoli, Libya placed 134th; Karachi, Pakistan came 135th; Algiers, Algeria is 136th while Harare in Zimbabwe placed 137th in the category of the worst cities in the world.
 

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