Manchester has again been named the most liveable city in the 海角视频.
The city beat the likes of Birmingham, London and Liverpool to claim the top spot for the 海角视频 in The Economist鈥檚 鈥楪lobal Livability Index鈥 for 2019.
Manchester ranked 38th in the list, having been knocked down three spots from 35th last year.
Despite this, Manchester clung onto top spot, which it has held every year since the index started in 2011.
In comparison, London was ranked 48th most liveable city in the world this year.
Sheona Southern, managing director at Marketing Manchester, which aims to promote Greater Manchester, said: 鈥淭his ranking recognises Manchester as a great place to live, with a growing cultural scene, vibrant food and drink offering and a thriving night-time economy.
鈥淚t is clear why growing numbers of people from the 海角视频 and across the world are attracted to live, work and study here.
She continued: 鈥淢anchester鈥檚 ranking in the index has improved by 13 places over the last five years despite concerns about global issues such as Brexit, and the city has come out top in the 海角视频 every year since the index began in 2011.
鈥淢easured by factors including environment, healthcare, education, culture and infrastructure, this is a good indicator that Manchester鈥檚 reputation and position as a global city continues to grow in strength.鈥
Tim Newns, CEO of MIDAS, Greater Manchester鈥檚 inward investment agency, said the achievement was 鈥渇antastic鈥 as liveability plays a key role in a firm鈥檚 investment-making decisions.
He said: We have recently seen an increasing number of London-based companies relocate to or expand into Manchester 鈥 including TalkTalk and Fitch Group 鈥 and the city region鈥檚 outstanding quality of life offer is regularly cited as a key driver for doing so.
鈥淚t is this offer, which includes incredibly strong career prospects, high-quality affordable housing and an excellent cultural and entertainment offering, that enables us to continue attracting world-leading companies and talent to Greater Manchester despite economic uncertainty; and that assisted MIDAS in supporting the creation of a record number of jobs - 4,380 - for the city region in the last financial year.鈥
The worldwide table ranks 140 cities on a range of factors, including political and social stability, crime rates, education and access to healthcare.
For the second year running, Vienna was named the most liveable of the cities surveyed by The Economist intelligence unit.
It displaced Melbourne from the top position in 2018, after its record run of seven years at number one.聽
The report said the index remains dominated by medium-sized cities in wealthy countries.
It said: 鈥淭hese cities have well-funded public healthcare systems, compulsory and high-quality education, and functional road and rail infrastructure.
鈥淭he provision of these services is assisted by the presence of fully democratic electoral systems and generally low levels of corruption.
鈥淢aintaining these levels of performance in cities with two, three or four times as many people is challenging, especially when such cities also tend to be greater magnets for crime and terrorism.
鈥淭his is why other large 鈥済lobal鈥 cities in advanced economies, such as London and New York, score lower than Vienna and Melbourne (and Tokyo) for stability and infrastructure but are able to match (or exceed) them for culture and envronment.鈥
The ten most liveable cities 2019:
1. Vienna, Austria
2. Melbourne, Australia
3. Sydney, Australia
4. Osaka, Japan
5. Calgary, Canada
6. Vancouver, Canada
7. Toronto, Canada
8. Tokyo, Japan
9. Copenhagen, Denmark
10. Adelaide, Australia
The ten least liveable cities 2019:
1. Caracas, Venezuela
2. Algiers, Algeria
3. Douala, Cameroon
4. Harare, Zimbabwe
5. Port Moresby, PNG
6. Karachi, Pakistan
7. Tripoli, Libya
8. Dhaka, Bangladesh
9. Lagos, Nigeria
10. Damascus, Syria
