Singapore is world's 8th safest city

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Singapore has been ranked the world’s eighth safest city according to the Mercer 2011 Quality of Living Survey, also making it onto the list of the top 25 cities with the highest quality of living.

Luxembourg was ranked the world’s safest city, while Vienna ranked first for quality of living. Baghdad, on the other hand, had the lowest ranking in both categories.

“The top-ranking cities for personal safety and security are in politically stable countries with good international relations and relatively sustainable economic growth. Most of the low-scoring cities are in countries with, civil unrest, high crime levels and little law enforcement,” said Slagin Parakatil, Senior Researcher at Mercer.

European cities account for over half of the top 25 cities, with London, the highest-ranking UK city, in 38th place.

Globally, the cities with the lowest quality of living include Khartoum in Sudan (217), Port-au-Prince in Haiti (218), N’Djamena in Chad (219) and Bangui in Central African Republic (220).

Auckland ranked third for quality of living (the highest in the Asia Pacific region), followed by Sydney (11), Wellington (13), Melbourne (18) and Perth (21). Meanwhile, Tokyo ranked 46th for quality of living, while Hong Kong and Kuala Lumpur took the 70th and 76th spot respectively.

Mercer’s Quality of Living index list covers 221 cities, ranked against New York as the base city. The firm conducts the survey to help governments and multi-national companies compensate employees fairly when sending them on international assignments.

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