Want to Know What are the best places to live in 2009? Here is the list of the world best places to live based on the 2009 Mercer Score:
No. 1 : Vienna
Austria
Mercer score: 107.9 2007 rank: No. 3 GDP: $319.7 billion (2007 est.) Population: 8,205,533 (total country); 1,825,287 (total city) Life expectancy: 79.36 years
No. 2: Zurich
Switzerland
Mercer score: 108* 2007 rank: No. 1 GDP: $300.9 billion (2007 est.)** Population: 7,581,520 (total country); 347,517 (total city) Life expectancy: 80.74 years
No. 3 : Geneva
Switzerland
Mercer score: 107.9 2007 rank: No. 2 GDP: $300.9 billion (2007 est.) Population: 7,581,520 (total country); 185,000 (total city) Life expectancy: 80.74 years
No. 4(tie): Vancouver
Canada
Mercer score: 107.6 2007 rank: No. 3 GDP: $1.274 trillion (2007 est.) Population: 33,212,696 (total country); 560,000 (total city) Life expectancy: 81.16 years
No. 4(tie): Auckland
New Zealand
Mercer score: 107.3 2007 rank: No. 5 GDP: $112.6 billion (2007 est.) Population: 4,173,460 (total country); 1.18 million (total city) Life expectancy: 80.24 years
No. 6: Dusseldorf
Germany
Mercer score: 107.2 2007 rank: No. 6 GDP: $2.833 trillion (2007 est.) Population: 82,369,548 (total country); 581,858 (total city) Life expectancy: 79.1 years
No. 7 : Munich
Germany
Mercer score: 107 2007 rank: No. 8 GDP: $2.833 trillion (2007 est.) Population: 82,369,548 (total country); 1,332,650 (total city) Life expectancy: 79.1 years
No. 8 : Frankfurt
Germany
Mercer score: 107 2007 rank: No. 7 GDP: $2.833 trillion (2007 est.) Population: 82,369,548 (total country); 3,700,000 (total city) Life expectancy: 79.1 years
No. 9: Bern
Switzerland
Mercer score: 106.5 2007 rank: No. 9 GDP: $319.7 billion (2007 est.) Population: 8,205,533 (total country); 122,178 (total city) Life expectancy: 79.36 years
No. 10: Sydney
Australia
Mercer score: 106.3 2007 rank: No. 9 GDP: $766.8 billion (2007 est.) Population: 20,600,856 (total country); 4,297,100 (total city) Life expectancy: 80.73 years
No. 11: Copenhagen
Denmark
Mercer score: 106.2 2007 rank: No. 11 GDP: $204.6 billion (2007 est.) Population: 5,484,723 (total country); 1, 086,762 (total city) Life expectancy: 78.13 years
No. 12: Wellington
New Zealand
Mercer score: 105.8 2007 rank: No. 12 GDP: $112.6 billion (2007 est.) Population: 4,173,460 (total country); 370,000 (total city) Life expectancy: 80.24 years
No. 13: Amsterdam
Netherlands
Mercer score: 105.7 2007 rank: No. 13 GDP: $638.9 billion (2007 est.) Population: 16,645,313 (total country); 740,000 (total city) Life expectancy: 79.25 years
No. 14: Brussels
Belgium
Mercer score: 105.4 2007 rank: No. 14 GDP: $378.9 billion (2007 est.) Population: 10,403,951 (total country); 1,067,162 (total city) Life expectancy: 79.07 years
No. 15: Toronto
Canada
Mercer score: 105.3 2007 rank: No. 15 GDP: $1.274 trillion (2007 est.) Population: 33,212,696 (total country); 2,481,494 (total city) Life expectancy: 81.16 years
No. 16(tie): Ottawa
Canada
Mercer score: 104.7 2007 rank: No. 18 GDP: $1.274 trillion (2007 est.) Population: 33,212,696 (total country); 774,072 (total city) Life expectancy: 81.16 years
No. 16 (tie): Berlin
Germany
Mercer score: 105 2007 rank: No. 16 GDP: $2.833 trillion (2007 est.) Population: 82,369,548 (total country); 3,405,000 (total city) Life expectancy: 79.1 years
No. 18: Melbourne
Australia
Mercer score: 104.8 2007 rank: No. 17 GDP: $766.8 billion (2007 est.) Population: 20,600,856 (total country); 3,850,000 (total city) Life expectancy: 80.73 years
No. 19: Luxembourg
Luxembourg
Mercer score: 104.8 2007 rank: No. 18 GDP: $38.79 billion (2007 est.) Population: 486,006 Life expectancy: 79.18 years
No. 20: Stockholm
Sweden
Mercer score: 104.5 2007 rank: No. 20 GDP: $333.1 billion (2007 est.) Population: 9,045,389 (total country); 794,700 (total city) Life expectancy: 80.74 years
No. 28: Hamburg
Germany
Mercer score: 103.4 2008 rank: 27 Population: 1,169,492 (total city); 82,329,758 (total country) Life expectancy: 81.2
No. 29(tie): Honolulu
U.S.
Mercer score: 103.1 2007 rank: No. 27 GDP: $13.86 trillion (2007 est.) Population: 303,824,646 (total country); 380,000 (total city) Life expectancy: 78.14 years
No. 29 (tie): San Francisco
U.S.
Mercer score: 103 2008 rank: 29 GDP: $14.29 trillion (2008 est.) Population: 808,976 (total city); 307,212,123 (total country) Life expectancy: 78.1