Copenhagen Ranked World's Most Liveable City Again in 2026

Copenhagen remains the most liveable city in the world for 2026.

This title confirms the high quality of life for local residents.

The Economist Intelligence Unit published these findings in its latest index.

The index evaluates daily life across 173 global cities.

Copenhagen earned an overall score of 98 out of 100.

It achieved perfect scores in stability, education, and infrastructure.

Vienna ranked second in the global survey.

Melbourne placed third on the list.

Western Europe remains the world's highest-scoring region.

Its regional average score reached 91.7 points.

The global average score stayed steady at 76.1 points.

Improvements in healthcare and education balanced out lower stability scores globally.

Asia saw the biggest regional gain this year.

Its average score rose by 0.3 points to 73.9.

Nine Asian cities now rank among the top 20 worldwide.

Better healthcare scores in Chinese cities helped drive this progress.

Fuzhou jumped seven spots to 93rd place.

Tokyo rose into 10th place overall.

Global stability scores fell by 0.5 points overall.

The biggest drops occurred in Southwest Asia and North Africa.

Muscat fell 14 places in the rankings.

Kuwait City dropped by 12 places.

Damascus remains the lowest-ranked city on the list.

The report was published by ArchDaily based on EIU data.