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Lagos State is now the third worst city for humans to live in the world.
Lagos ranked 138 out of the 140 cities in the latest 2018 Global Liveability Index released by The Economist Intelligence Unit and World Bank.
According to the latest ranking, Lagos only outperformed Dhaka in Bangladesh and Damascus in war-torn Syria.
Out of an overall score of 100, Lagos was rated 38.5 points.
The ranking was based – Social Stability, Healthcare, Education, Culture and Environment and Infrastructure.
Other African cities that featured on the index were Dakar (Senegal), which was ranked 131 out of 140; Algiers (Algeria) – 132; Doula (Cameroun) – 133; Tripoli(Libya) – 134 and Harare (Zimbabwe) – 135;
Vienna, the Austrian capital, was ranked the most liveable city in the world, as Melbourne finally lost the title after a seven-year reign. The Japanese city of Osakawas adjudged the third most liveable city.
Canada performed well as well, with Toronto tying with Tokyo for seventh position, while Calgary and Vancouverin same country emerged fourth and sixth place respectively.
Hamburg and Helsinki, that held tenth and ninth place last year, dropped out of the top 10. But this year’s ninth place spot went to Copenhagen.
The report attributed Austria’s capital’s rise to the top to increased security scores due to a return to relative stability across much of Europe after high-profile terrorist attacks in recent years.
“Every city is assigned a rating of relative comfort for over 30 qualitative and quantitative factors across five broad categories: stability, healthcare, culture and environment, education, and infrastructure.
“Each factor in a city is rated as acceptable, tolerable, uncomfortable, undesirable or intolerable. For qualitative indicat
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