《經濟學人》公布的全球宜居城市榜單上，墨爾本已連續七年排名第一。該榜單采用30個定性和定量指標，主要分為五類：社會穩定程度、醫療水平、文化氛圍和環境、教育以及基礎設施完善程度。榜單將140座城市按各項標準評分，滿分100分，最低0分。

墨爾本最后得到97.5分，其中醫療、教育和基礎設施項幾乎滿分。奧地利首都維也納得到97.4分屈居第二，僅比墨爾本低0.1分。今年宜居城市前十名有六個要么在澳大利亞要么在加拿大（《經濟學人》打分項中不考慮氣候因素。）

前十五名里美國城市一個都沒有，拖累的因素包括社會動蕩、犯罪多發、恐怖主義威脅以及當前政治環境不太平。今年舊金山、洛杉磯、紐約和底特律跟前一年相比排名都有所下滑。

《經濟學人》指出，過去十年雖然內戰頻發，常有恐怖主義襲擊事件，經濟上也困難重重，但總體來看全球城市的宜居程度還是略有提高。只是紐約、倫敦、巴黎和東京等“超級城市”受高犯罪率和擁堵等因素影響，排名很難靠前。由于內戰連連，敘利亞大馬士革連續五年在宜居城市榜單上排名墊底。

中國大陸有8座城市上榜，排名最高的是蘇州，在140座城市中列第72位，最低的是青島，排在第97位。另外，中國香港排在第45位，中國臺北排在第60位。

以下是榜單上的8座中國大陸城市：

排名 城市

72?? 蘇州

73?? 北京

77?? 天津

81?? 上海

84?? 深圳

88?? 大連

92?? 廣州

97?? 青島

譯者：Pessy

審稿：夏林

For the seventh year running, The Economist has named the southeastern Australian city the most liveable in its Global Livability Report. The report uses 30 qualitative and quantitative factors that fall into five categories: stability, healthcare, culture and environment, education, and infrastructure. 140 cities are ranked using these criteria, on a scale from zero to 100.

Melbourne received an overall score of 97.5, with perfect scores in health care, education, and infrastructure. Vienna, the Austrian capital, came in a close second, falling just 0.1 behind Melbourne at 97.4. Six of this year’s top ten most liveable cities are found in Australia or Canada (climate is not included in The Economist's calculations).

Not a single city in the U.S. ranked in the top 15—civil unrest, crime, threats of terror and the current political environment all negatively affected the results for American cities. Cities like San Francisco, Los Angeles, New York, and Detroit have all seen a drop in their scores compared to previous years.

The Economist noted that despite civil wars, terrorist attacks, and financial hardships over the past decade, however, global liveability has marginally increased. Yet for ‘megacities’ like New York, London, Paris, and Tokyo, crime and congestion levels remain high enough to prevent them from edging into the top rankings. Damascus, Syria once again came in as the least liveable city for the fifth year in a row—a reflection of Syria's ongoing civil war.