Go ahead, Vienna: The city has a new top metropolis.
According to the annual list of Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU), Demark’s capital, Copenhagen, is now the most capable city in the world. According to CNN, the center of Scandinavine has ousted Vienna from the upper place, which was held by the Austrian capital for the past three years.
To make its own list, EIU considers factors such as health care and environment among others. Overall, 173 cities around the world were ranked, but, of course, can only take a crown. Copenhagen got the perfect score in the category of stability, education and infrastructure, which helped snatch the location of this number. (Last year, sitting on city number 2)
Switzerland is behind the Danish capital, Both are second. Pushing the rest of the list, Melbourne, Australia, Geneva, Switzerland, and Sydney, Australia, have been closed at number 4, number 5, and number 6, respectively. Meanwhile, Japan’s Osaka and New Zealand’s Auckland are tied to seventh. The top 10 goals in Adelaide, Australia, and in Vancouver, Canada. The State Side, Hawaii, was the highest city in the United States, sitting at number 23.
Vienna, before the number 1, is now second on the list.
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The reason for the fall of Vienna’s second is in the score of stability, which has seen a standpoint from last year. According to CNN, in this figure, partially, due to terrorist incidents, including last year’s bombing, which affected the Taylor Swift concert (which was canceled).
“There has been a global residence over the past one year, and in 2024, the scores for stability have declined globally,” said Barceli Bhattacharya, director of the EIU deputy industry.
Like Austria, Britain also moved some of its cities to the list. Manchester, London, and Edinburgh reduced the score in stability. According to CNN, it has stopped anti -immigration riots and unrest in the country last year in the wake of a knife in northern England. Canada also saw some struggle, in which Calgary Healthcare Care fell number 5 to 18 in 2024 after a low score. Toronto, meanwhile, is ranked 16th in the list of 2025, while the 12th in the previous repetition. And Vancouver, though still in the top 10, was at number 7 last year.
Although other places saw the move on the rankings. Al -Khabar, a city on the Persian Gulf in Saudi Arabia, is now ranked 138th from the 148th of last year. In Indonesia, Jakarta also took a little advantage, which increased its stability category, jumped from 142 to 132.
Top of 2025 World Livestitution Index 10:
1. Copenhagen, Denmark
2. Vienna, Austria
2. Zuric, Switzerland
4. Melbourne, Australia
5. Geneva, Switzerland
6. Sydney, Australia
7. Osaka, Japan
7. Auckland, New Zealand
9. Adelaide, Australia
10. Vancouver, Canada
