Posted on: 10:58 Wed, 19 Aug 2015



Lagos has been ranked amongst the worst cities to liveglobally following the ‘Global Liveability Ranking’, by The Economist Intelligence Unit ( EIU) for 2015.

The centre of excellence, Lagoswas considered the fourth least (137) liveable city in the world on the list of 140. The survey took account of cities’ healthcare, education, safety, culture, environment and infrastructure.

Syrian city of Damascus which has been ravaged by the country’s civil war was named the worst, followed by Dhaka in Bangladesh, Port Morseby in Papua New Guinea, Lagosin Nigeria and the Libyan capital of Tripoli, which has also been the victim of an ISIS insurgency.

Meanwhile, Melbourne was once again named the best city in the world to live in for the fifth year in the row while Vienna in Austria came second followed by the Canada cities of Vancouver and Toronto, and Australia’s Adelaide.