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Quality of life
City Comfort Index map
City Comfort captures essential urban infrastructure that affects daily living: transport reliability, electricity supply, and access to safe drinking water. This map renders the latest City Comfort score on every country, with the same absolute colour bands as country profiles and ranking pages. Click a country to open the side panel and drill into the 18 dimensions.
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Green countries score 8 or higher on this dimension, yellow countries land in the 6 to 7.9 band, red countries are below 6. Gray countries are not currently ranked.
- Exceptional9 to 10
- Strong8 to 8.9
- Solid7 to 7.9
- Moderate6 to 6.9
- Weakbelow 6
- Unrankedunranked
Top 10 highest scores
| Rank | Flag | Country | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Germany | 9.5 / 10 | |
| =2 | Singapore | 9.4 / 10 | |
| =2 | Netherlands | 9.4 / 10 | |
| =4 | Switzerland | 9.3 / 10 | |
| =4 | Japan | 9.3 / 10 | |
| =6 | United Arab Emirates | 9.1 / 10 | |
| =6 | San Marino | 9.1 / 10 | |
| =6 | Qatar | 9.1 / 10 | |
| =6 | Monaco | 9.1 / 10 | |
| =6 | Luxembourg | 9.1 / 10 |
Bottom 10 scores
| Rank | Flag | Country | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| 232 | South Sudan | 2.1 / 10 | |
| =230 | Central African Republic | 2.2 / 10 | |
| =230 | Chad | 2.2 / 10 | |
| 229 | Burundi | 2.4 / 10 | |
| 228 | Niger | 2.9 / 10 | |
| 227 | Malawi | 3.0 / 10 | |
| 226 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 3.1 / 10 | |
| =220 | Papua New Guinea | 3.2 / 10 | |
| =220 | Somalia | 3.2 / 10 | |
| =220 | Sierra Leone | 3.2 / 10 |
Methodology
City Comfort is a core input to the infrastructure cluster of our composite Lucky Nomads World Index. Inputs include public transport coverage and reliability, electricity supply stability, and water quality indicators. All normalised to 1 to 10 to reflect daily livability in the country's main hubs. The map shows the latest published City Comfort score with the same colour legend as elsewhere on the site.
Frequently asked questions
What does the City Comfort Index measure?
City Comfort Index measures essential urban infrastructure: transport, electricity supply, and safe drinking water. It is one of the 18 objective dimensions that feed our composite Lucky Nomads World Index.
How is the score from 1 to 10 constructed?
Every jurisdiction is scored independently from primary sources and structured analytical inference, then normalised on a 1 to 10 scale. The same scoring engine is reused across the cockpit, ranking pages, and country profiles.
How should I read the colors on the map?
Green countries score 8 or higher on the dimension, yellow countries land in the 6 to 7.9 range, red countries are below 6. Gray countries are not currently ranked. For the full ordered list, see our /rankings/best-countries-city-comfort page.
Where can I see the score for one specific country?
Click any green or red polygon on the map, or open the country profile under /countries/[slug] to see the score plus the other 17 dimensions.
How often is the City Comfort Index updated?
Scores are reviewed on a rolling cadence as new data lands. The map below reflects the latest published numbers from our objective scoring engine.
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