KARACHI – *Karachi has slipped in the rankings of the world’s most livablecities and is now at 137**th**place on the list of 140 cities.*
According to The Economist’s Intelligence Unit, Karachi’s ranking was basedon its stability, culture and environment, healthcare facilities, educationfacilities and infrastructure.
Karachi has been on the list of least livable cities for years. In 2017, itwas at 134th place.
The list of least livable cities comprises Dakar in Senegal, Algiers inAlgeria, Douala in Cameroon, Tripoli in Libya, Harare in Zimbabwe, PortMoresby in Papua New Guinea, Karachi, Lagos in Nigeria, Dhaka in Bangladeshand Damascus in Syria.
Karachi’s culture and environment ranking was the lowest of the 10 citiesat 38.7. However, its education rating was the highest at 66.7. Itsinfrastructure was also the highest with a rating of 51.8. The main problemin the city seems to be stability – Karachi’s ranking was 20, which was thelowest on the list.
Stability is ranked by prevalence of crime, threats of military conflictand threats of terrorism or unrest. Culture encompasses temperature, socialor religious restrictions, censorship, sports, food and drink and consumergoods and services available.
Vienna in Austria has been ranked the world’s most livable city, with anoverall rating of 99.1. Karachi, on the other hand, had a 40.9 rating.
In the top 10 countries, education and healthcare was rated 100 and thestability ratings were all above 95.
The livability index assesses the best and worst living conditions and“quantifies the challenges in a city”.
According to The Economist, a rating of 50 or less means “most aspects ofliving are severely restricted”.