Quality of life ranked across safety, healthcare, climate, density, transit, and green space. Vienna at 9.4, Copenhagen at 9.3, Zurich at 9.2.
Vienna tops the 2026 quality of life leaderboard at 9.4. Copenhagen at 9.3. Zurich at 9.2. These three have ranked top 3 on the Mercer and EIU lists for over a decade; the Atlas composite weights public transit, healthcare access, safety, parks and green space, air quality, and the working hour to disposable income ratio.
1 Vienna 9.4. 2 Copenhagen 9.3. 3 Zurich 9.2. 4 Geneva 9.1. 5 Munich 9.0. 6 Helsinki 9.0. 7 Stockholm 8.9. 8 Oslo 8.9. 9 Vancouver 8.8. 10 Auckland 8.8. 11 Wellington 8.7. 12 Melbourne 8.7. 13 Sydney 8.6. 14 Tokyo 8.5. 15 Singapore 8.5. 16 Amsterdam 8.4. 17 Hamburg 8.4. 18 Berlin 8.3. 19 Edinburgh 8.3. 20 Tallinn 8.2. 21 Toronto 8.2. 22 Dublin 8.1. 23 Frankfurt 8.0. 24 Brisbane 8.0. 25 Calgary 7.9.
Safety 20 percent. Healthcare 18 percent. Transit and walkability 18 percent. Air quality and green space 16 percent. Working hours to disposable income ratio 14 percent. Education access 14 percent. The full methodology covers the weights and the underlying data sources.