Karachi is the only one in Karachi ranked in the index.
Islamabad:
Pakistan’s Karachi has been ranked among the world’s top five ‘least liveable’ urban centers by The Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU), Dawn reported.
In the EIU Global Livability Index 2023, Karachi ranks 169 out of 173 cities. Only Lagos, Algiers, Tripoli and Damascus rank below Karachi.
The Economist Intelligence Unit is the research and analysis division of The Economist Group, providing forecasting and advisory services through research and analysis.
The city is the only one in Karachi listed on the index.
The index focuses on the post-COVID recovery of cities around the world and rates living conditions based on five categories, including stability, healthcare, culture and environment, education and infrastructure, according to Dawn.
Scores are compiled and judged to assess the habitability factor within the range of 1-100, where 1 is considered intolerable and 100 is considered ideal.
The city has an overall score of 42.5, which is less than ideal. It had the worst performance on the stability indicator, with a score of 20, similar to 2022, implying that the situation has not changed much over the last year. It obtained 50 in health, 38.7 in culture and environment, 75 in education and 51.8 in infrastructure.
Karachi’s story in the EIU index is also not very good. In 2019, Karachi was ranked 136 out of 140 cities in the index, while no report was released in 2020. In 2022, it was ranked 134 out of 140 cities.
Most of the top-ranked cities in the index are from Western Europe and Canada. Vienna, the capital of Austria, topped the list for the second year in a row and has a perfect score of 100 on four of the five indicators, according to Dawn.
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