Mercer’s Quality of Living rankings list was recently released and the regional order has pretty much remained unchanged. I thought Saudi Arabia might move up from the previous years because of the recent changes that have taken place there but their ranking hasn’t really changed. Mercer puts together this list by evaluating a number of factors including recreation, housing, economic environment, consumer goods availability, public services and transport, political and social environment, natural environment, socio-cultural environment, school and education and medical and health considerations.
1 – Vienna, Austria
74 – Dubai, United Arab Emirates
78 – Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
105 – Muscat, Oman
110 – Doha, Qatar
126 – Kuwait City, Kuwait
136 – Manama, Bahrain
164 – Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
168 – Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
231 – Baghdad, Iraq
The list above shows Kuwait’s ranking compared to neighboring countries but if you’d like to see how your home country ranks in the world, you can check out the full list on Mercer’s website [Here]
Thanks Basmah
16 replies on “Quality of Living in our Region 2018”
Any idea if the survey was conducted before the roads entirely disintegrated? That should have a very significant effect on the ranking.
184 Beirut Lebanon
gogo lebanon 🙁
hahahaha 184 is kinda great for beirut
Ad campaign: “Kuwait… It’s better than Saudi”
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….. but not for long
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I do not see Egypt making it in the list 🙁 such a shame!
Cairo is 177 on the list.
Pretty sure we got a zero on natural environment…
Why?
Most of the countries high on the list are very expensive to live in, who would want to live there?
Talented or Educated or Hard working people who are paid enough to be able to live in a respectful city. Where they pay taxes in return of great services
I do believe they factor in access to alcohol for expats in the Quality of Life index. Else, I see no reason why Qatar should fare so much better than Kuwait.
Apart from access to alcohol, Qatar has better infrastructure, quality public transportation, better salaries, better entertainment options, world class sporting facilities, a world class airport and airline, better city planning, more green spaces and parks, globally recognized institutes for higher education, less road deaths and crime per capita, access to nature in the form of dune desserts and mangrove forests, but ya, I see no reason why if should fare so much better than Kuwait
Amen…your completely right
i think its the unfavorable condition developed these years towards expats .You see on most of the daily newspapers the head lines is on how to eliminate the Expats, some MPs consider taxing them on the air usage even. I agree that every country has the right to make decisions benefiting them, but not just any way one thinks. The contribution of the expats are totally ignored when some lawmakers make the laws.Even open discrimination is so clear and evident these days. This must be one of the few places in the world where a local can just walk in side freely when hundreds of expats are standing in a long que. where a local gets annoyed when he hears an expat talking on the phone loudly while he can shout on the phone. where an expat serves a local immediately when there was another expat waiting for his turn. where a local is ready to advise an expat for everything he gets annoyed with. These things are not made up but a reality. Kuwait needs to have a bigger mind in dealing with their issues and not just find a quick fix on expats whenever the oil price drops.