マーサー『2008年世界生活環境調査』の結果を発表

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The World's Top Cities Offering The Best Quality Of Life

The rankings are based on a point-scoring index, which sees Zurich scoring 108, while Baghdad scores 13.5. Cities are compared to New York as the base city, with an index score of 100. The quality of living survey covers 215 cities and is conducted by Mercer Consulting to help governments and major companies place employees on international assignments.

Base City: New York, USA (=100)
Rank 2008	Rank 2007	City	Country	Index 2008	Index 2007
1	1	ZURICH	Switzerland	108	108.1
2	3	VIENNA	Austria	107.9	107.7
2	2	GENEVA	Switzerland	107.9	108.0
4	3	VANCOUVER	Canada	107.6	107.7
5	5	AUCKLAND	New Zealand	107.3	107.3
6	5	DUSSELDORF	Germany	107.2	107.3
7	8	MUNICH	Germany	107	106.9
7	7	FRANKFURT	Germany	107	107.1
9	9	BERN	Switzerland	106.5	106.5
10	9	SYDNEY	Australia	106.3	106.5
11	11	COPENHAGEN	Denmark	106.2	106.2
12	12	WELLINGTON	New Zealand	105.8	105.8
13	13	AMSTERDAM	The Netherlands	105.7	105.7
14	14	BRUSSELS	Belgium	105.4	105.6
15	15	TORONTO	Canada	105.3	105.4
16	16	BERLIN	Germany	105	105.2
17	17	MELBOURNE	Australia	104.8	105.0
17	18	LUXEMBOURG	Luxembourg	104.8	104.8
19	18	OTTAWA	Canada	104.7	104.8
20	20	STOCKHOLM	Sweden	104.5	104.7
21	21	PERTH	Australia	104.3	104.5
22	22	MONTREAL	Canada	104.2	104.3
23	23	NURNBERG	Germany	104.1	104.2
24	26	OSLO	Norway	103.7	103.5
25	27	DUBLIN	Ireland	103.5	103.3
25	24	CALGARY	Canada	103.5	103.6
27	24	HAMBURG	Germany	103.4	103.6
28	27	HONOLULU, HI	United States	103.1	103.3
29	29	SAN FRANCISCO, CA	United States	103	103.2
29	30	HELSINKI	Finland	103	103.1
29	30	ADELAIDE	Australia	103	103.1
32	34	SINGAPORE	Singapore	102.9	102.5
32	33	PARIS	France	102.9	102.7
34	32	BRISBANE	Australia	102.4	102.8
35	35	TOKYO	Japan	102.2	102.3
36	36	LYON	France	101.9	101.9
37	36	BOSTON, MA	United States	101.8	101.9
38	38	YOKOHAMA	Japan	101.6	101.7
38	39	LONDON	United Kingdom	101.6	101.2
40	40	KOBE	Japan	100.9	101.0
41	49	MILAN	Italy	100.8	99.9
42	41	BARCELONA	Spain	100.6	100.6
43	42	MADRID	Spain	100.5	100.5
44	44	WASHINGTON, DC	United States	100.3	100.4
44	42	OSAKA	Japan	100.3	100.5
44	47	LISBON	Portugal	100.3	100.1
44	44	CHICAGO, IL	United States	100.3	100.4
48	46	PORTLAND, OR	United States	100.2	100.3
49	48	NEW YORK CITY, NY	United States	100	100.0
50	49	SEATTLE, WA	United States	99.8	99.9

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