Global Wealth and Society Programme

Most liveable cities in South Asia

Ahmedabad, Pune and Hyderabad are the top 3 liveable cities in South Asia. Other top-ranking cities in South Asia are Bangalore (6^th), Kolkata (8^th) and Mumbai (10^th).

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Asia

South Asia

South East Asia

Rank	City	Country/Territory	Quality of life index	Affordability index	Safety index	Healthcare index	Environmental quality index	Total weighted score
1	Ahmedabad	India	10.66	7.82	13.65	14.38	2.76	50.12
2	Pune	India	12.03	7.24	12.40	13.44	2.77	48.30
3	Hyderabad	India	11.51	7.90	11.71	13.64	2.62	47.90
4	Chennai	India	10.65	7.90	11.97	14.32	2.65	47.50
5	Lahore	Pakistan	11.49	8.54	12.51	12.91	2.51	47.12
6	Bangalore	India	12.453	7.35	10.26	13.33	2.40	44.83
7	Colombo	Sri Lanka	9.34	5.83	12.18	14.31	3.33	43.85
8	Kolkata	India	8.21	8.09	9.86	11.70	2.54	41.53
9	Kathmandu	Nepal	8.39	6.47	13.17	11.09	2.09	41.18
10	Mumbai	India	5.47	6.93	11.52	13.45	2.41	41.00

The scoring is based on a scale of 1 to 100 where 1 represents lowest score and 100 represents highest score.