New research shows a major shakeup of world city rankings due to the COVID-19 crisis.
The Global Liveability Index is produced annually by the Economist Intelligence Unit and ranks 140 cities across five categories: stability, healthcare, education, culture and environment and infrastructure.
The pandemic has been a spanner in the works, resulting in six of the top ten spots being taken by cities down under – Brisbane, Melbourne, Perth, and Adelaide in Australia and Auckland and Adelaide in New Zealand.
Overall the average liveability score has fallen seven points compared to pre-pandemic 2019, with factors such as healthcare and culture and environment particularly affected.
Auckland has moved to the top spot from placing
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