austria's capital city isn't just home to the breathtaking belvedere palace, bustling graben street, and its famous viennese coffee, it also has the distinct honour of being the world's most livable city vienna has the best quality of living overall, according to the mercer 2015 quality of living rankings, which analyses 230 countries globally overall, european cities dominated the top 10, with zurich, munich and dusseldorf leading the pack for those looking to emigrate, vienna, austria, offers the highest quality of life, according to a new survey  auckland, new zealand, comes in third among the major cities with vancouver, canada, the highest ranking city in north america, rounding out the top five vancouver is the region's only city in the top 10 singapore is the highest ranking asian city, while dubai ranks first across middle east and africa montevideo, uruguay, takes top spot among south american cities mercer's quality of living rankings analysed 230 cities globally, considering political stability and crime rates  the extremely livable city is home to belvedere palace (pictured), graben street and world famous coffee  1 vienna, austria  2 zurich, switzerland  3 auckland, new zealand  4 munich, germany  5 vancouver, canada  6 dusseldorf, germany  7 frankfurt, germany  8 geneva, switzerland  9 copenhagen, denmark  10 sydney, australia  1 baghdad, iraq  2 bangui, central african republic  3 port au prince, haiti  4 khartoum, sudan  5 n'djamen, chad  6 sana'a, yemen  7 brazzaville, republic of congo  8 kinshasa, democratic republic of congo  9 conakrey, guinea  10nouakchott, mauritania  among the top ranked cities for quality of life is beautiful zurich, switzerland, which came in second  the study finds that western europe continues to offer a stable working environment for those who relocate there, accounting for seven of the top 10 cities listed vienna, ranked first both in europe and worldwide, takes top honours, but zurich, munich, dusseldorf and frankfurt all offer workers the chance for equally happy, full lives cities in central and eastern europe, however, have a wider range of quality of living standards among the highest ranking cities? prague, budapest and ljubljana in slovenia the region's lower ranking cities include tirana, minsk and kiev, which has experienced a considerable drop following political instability and violence in ukraine of the top 10 most livable cities, germany is home to three: munich (pictured), dusseldorf, and frankfurt  in the uk, london is the highest ranked city, followed by birmingham and glasgow 1 london  2 birmingham  3 glasgow  4 aberdeen  5 belfast  'uk cities overall enjoy high standards of quality of living and remain stable and attractive locations for businesses,' another principal at mercer explains in north america, canada and the united states offer plenty of attractive relocation options, with vancouver rounding out the top five worldwide headed to the united states? consider san francisco, boston and honolulu when deciding where to settle, as all are ranked among mercer's top 50 cities worldwide vancouver, canada, was the only city in north america to make the top 10  1 vienna  2 zurich  3 munich  4 dusseldorf  5 frankfurt  6 geneva  7 copenhagen  8 amsterdam  9 bern  10 berlin  in the pacific, new zealand and australian cities are some of the highest ranked, with auckland the only entry from the region to make it to the top five sydney does round out the top 10 and wellington is close behind in 12th place but when it comes to the middle east and africa, dubai is the highest ranked in the 74th spot emerging city durban in south africa is also ranked quite highly, mainly due to its high quality housing, recreational offerings and readily available consumer goods baghdad is the lowest ranking city in the region and in the survey, overall auckland in new zealand ranked third for quality of life, according to the survey from mercer  auckland's bustling city, situated in the middle of lush greenery, offers outdoor lovers the ultimate mix  baghdad was the lowest ranked city both in the middle east and africa region and also globally  mercer's annual quality of living survey is conducted to help multinational companies and other employers compensate employees fairly when assigning them to international destinations admittedly, the survey focuses most on established and emerging business focused cities and those with financial centres 'taking a short or long term work assignment to a new country is both an exciting and challenge experience for employees and their families,' says slagin parakatil, principal at mercer 'cultures, societies and comparatively different climates, as well as political instability, high crime rates and poor infrastructure can be difficult to navigate and settle down in 'employers need to assess whether their staff and families will encounter any drop in quality of living and ensure they are fairly compensated for it'
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mercer's 2015 survey found vienna, austria to be the most livable city . zurich, auckland, munich and vancouver round out the top five . quality of living rankings help companies moving employees abroad 