Lisbon in top 50 Cites in the World

Thursday, 01 July 2010 00:00

Lisbon has the 45^th highest quality of life in the world, according to a recent study. Mercer conducts the ranking to help governments and multi-national companies compensate employees fairly when placing them on international assignments. The rankings are based on a point-scoring index, which sees Vienna score 108.6 and Baghdad 14.7. Cities are ranked against New York as the base city, with an index score of 100. Lisbon scored a 100.2  ahead of Chicago, Washington, and Madrid.