Ifeanyi Ibe
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Lagos has been declared the fourth worst city to live in the world by the Economist Intelligence Unit’s ‘2023 Global Liveability report’, two steps of improvement away from the second ranking it held in 2022.
The report which surveyed 173 cities and used 30 qualitative and quantitative factors across five broad categories show results for: stability, healthcare, culture and environment, education, and infrastructure.
Join our WhatsApp ChannelIn the ranking, Lagos comes above Algiers, the capital of Algeria; Tripoli, capital of Libya and Damascus, the capital of war-ravaged Syria.
By this report, EIU declared that Lagos has moved up the ranks following noticeable improvements in healthcare and education, although corruption remains prevalent.
In 2022, the city was the second worst liveable city after holding the position for two consecutive years and was only behind Damascus which has been held down on the list by social unrest, terrorism and conflict, evidently the impacts of its civil war raging for years.
“Even at the bottom of our rankings, cities such as Lagos (Nigeria) and Algiers (Algeria) have gained ground, with some improvements in their healthcare and education systems. Both are in countries that are energy exporters and have to some extent benefited from higher global oil and gas prices,” the report reads.
“Although corruption continues to be an issue, some additional public funding has been made available for infrastructure and public services, which have also benefited from the decline in covid cases.”
Vienna, the Austrian capital, and Copenhagen, the capital of Denmark, retained their positions as first and second most liveable cities in the world owing to their “unsurpassed combination of stability, good infrastructure, strong education, healthcare services, plenty of culture and entertainment.”
Melbourne and Sydney, cities in Australia, and Vancouver in Canada came in at third, fourth, and fifth places respectively on top of the ranks.
