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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 23 dimensions.
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What the data shows
Germany leads the City Comfort map at 9.46 / 10, ahead of Singapore (9.37 / 10) and Netherlands (9.37 / 10).
Across 232 ranked jurisdictions, 74 score 8 or higher and 52 fall below 6.
South Sudan sits at the bottom of the published range at 2.07 / 10.
How to read this map
Green marks the top quintile on this composite, red marks the bottom quintile. Hover and the tables keep the absolute score out of 10. Map colors are relative to the full pool.
- Top quintileabout the top 20 % on this map (best side of the metric)
- Second quintilenext 20 %
- Middle quintilemiddle 20 %
- Fourth quintilenext 20 %
- Bottom quintileabout the bottom 20 % (weakest side of the metric)
- Unrankednot ranked
Top 10 highest scores
| Rank | Flag | Country | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Germany | 9.46 / 10 | |
| =2 | Singapore | 9.37 / 10 | |
| =2 | Netherlands | 9.37 / 10 | |
| =4 | Switzerland | 9.28 / 10 | |
| =4 | Macao | 9.25 / 10 | |
| =4 | Japan | 9.25 / 10 | |
| =7 | United Arab Emirates | 9.10 / 10 | |
| =7 | Sweden | 9.10 / 10 | |
| =7 | Luxembourg | 9.10 / 10 | |
| =7 | Liechtenstein | 9.10 / 10 |
Bottom 10 scores
| Rank | Flag | Country | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| 232 | South Sudan | 2.07 / 10 | |
| =230 | Central African Republic | 2.20 / 10 | |
| =230 | Chad | 2.21 / 10 | |
| 229 | Burundi | 2.38 / 10 | |
| 228 | Niger | 2.94 / 10 | |
| 227 | Malawi | 3.01 / 10 | |
| 226 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 3.07 / 10 | |
| =220 | Papua New Guinea | 3.19 / 10 | |
| =220 | Somalia | 3.21 / 10 | |
| =220 | Sierra Leone | 3.21 / 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 23 objective dimensions that feed our composite Lucky Nomads World Index.
How is the City Comfort Index score from 1 to 10 constructed?
The City Comfort Index is scored independently for every jurisdiction from primary sources and structured analytical inference, then normalised on a 1 to 10 scale. The same engine powers the cockpit, ranking pages, and country profiles, so the City Comfort Index you see here matches the score on each country profile.
How should I read the colors on the City Comfort Index map?
Green countries score 8 or higher on City Comfort Index, 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 City Comfort Index score for one specific country?
Click any green or red polygon on the map, or open the country profile under /countries/[slug] to see its City Comfort Index score plus the other 22 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.
Which jurisdictions currently lead the City Comfort map?
As of the latest published scores, the top of the City Comfort map is Germany (9.46 / 10), Singapore (9.37 / 10), and Netherlands (9.37 / 10). The full ordered list with every ranked jurisdiction is in the table on this page.
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Researched from official sources, leading global indices and Lucky Nomads' own scoring.