[Mhiz Rebecca]

The Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) which is
the research arm of The Economist Group,
publishers of The Economist magazine has
ranked Nigeria’s commercial capital, Lagos as
the 2nd least livable city according to its Global
livability report 2017. The ‘Centre of
Excellence’ as the city is fondly described by
Nigerians placed 139th in the list and only the
Syrian capital, Damascus ranked lower at 140.
Melbourne, Australia is ranked as the best city
to live in the world followed by the Vienna, the
capital of Austria. The trio of Vancouver,
Toronto and Calgary complete the top 5.
Tehran, the Iranian capital has improved the
most on the report in the last 5 years, it
currently ranks 127 followed by Dubai in the
United Arab Emirates and Abidjan in the Ivory
Coast, they are ranked 74th and 129th
respectively.
The EIU rating is calculated using 5 weighted
categories; Stability (25%), Healthcare 20%,
Culture and Environment (25%), Education
(10%) and Infrastructure (20%).
Lagos scored a total of 36 points out of 100 on
the ranking compared to Melbourne which
scored the highest with 97.5 points, Damascus
scored the least with 30.2 points.