There’s nothing better than daydreaming of the perfect places to settle down and grow roots in another city or country. Our “how to move overseas” searches are more serious these days. There’s a lot of truth behind the idea that changing your address will vastly improve your life—especially if that new address comes with beaches and universal healthcare.
Before you start applying for visasFirst, you need to decide What is the best way to get in touch with you? You want to be alive. The Economist Intelligence Unit just released their annual Global Liveability Index, a ranking of 172 global cities based on scores in five different categories: Stability, Healthcare, Culture & Entertainment, Education, and Infrastructure.
In the 2025 report the average livability rating for all countries was 76.1. Although the average for 2024 was the same, the overall stability score fell slightly due to factors like civil unrest, terrorist threats and housing crises. The global advances in education and health care have led to marginal improvements in other categories.
What cities will have the best quality of life in 2025, according to this study? The top 10 winners—scattered across Western Europe, Oceania, Canada, and Japan—aren’t too different from previous years, but one city did manage to bump Vienna out of the top spot for the first time since 2021. No US cities have made it to the list this year. (Honolulu It was ranked #23 and ranked as the most rated city in the country.
The 10 best places in the world to live are listed below.
The information in this gallery has been updated since it was first published.
