According to the 2019 editon of Mercer's annual Quality of Living survey, Durban (global ranking #88) in South Africa has the second best quality of living in Africa, followed by Cape Town (#95) and Johannesburg (#96). Windhoek in Namibia came in on 7th rank, followed by Gaborone in Botswana on 8th position and Lusaka in Zambia on 9th position. Port Louis (#83), the capital city of Mauritius, is the city with the best quality of living in Africa 2019.The
Mercer Quality of Living Survey 2019 ranks 231 cities on quality of life. The
data for the 2019 survey was analysed between September and November
2018. Mercer evaluates local living conditions in more than 450 cities
surveyed worldwide. Living conditions are analysed according to 39
factors, grouped in 10 categories. Kudos @ Mercer!
African cities ordered according to the Mercer "Quality of Living"-Rankings 2019:
- #083 (global rank) Port Louis, Mauritius
- #088 Durban, South Africa
- #095 Cape Town, South Africa
- #096 Johannesburg, South Africa
- #114 Tunis, Tunisia
- #117 Rabat, Morocco
- #124 Casablanca, Morocco
- #131 Windhoek, Namibia
- #141 Gaborone, Botswana
- #150 Lusaka, Zambia
- #163 Dakar, Senegal
- #165 Accra, Ghana
- #166 Libreville, Gabon
- #172 Kampala, Uganda
- #177 Cairo, Eqypt
- #179 Banjul, Gambia
- #181 Blantyre, Malawi
- #182 Cotonou, Benin
- #183 Maputo, Mozambique
- #185 Algiers, Algeria
- #186 Nairobi, Kenya
- #189 Djibouti, Djibouti
- #191 Kigali, Rwanda
- #197 Douala, Cameroon
- #198 Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
- #199 Luanda, Angola
- #203 Lome, Togo
- #208 Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire
- #209 Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
- #210 Harare, Zimbabwe
- #212 Lagos, Nigeria
- #213 Abuja, Nigeria
- #214 Antananarivo, Madagascar
- #216 Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
- #218 Tripoli, Libya
- #218 Niamey, Niger
- #220 Bamako, Mali
- #221 Nouakchott, Mauritania
- #222 Conakry, Guinea Republic
- #223 Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo
- #224 Brazzaville, Congo
- #226 N'Djamena, Chad
- #227 Khartoum, Sudan
- #230 Bangui, Central African Republic
According to the 20th edition of Mercer's Quality of Living ranking, Durban is the most liveable city in South Africa, the second-most liveable city in Africa and the 89th most liveable city worldwide. Cape Town was placed second in South Africa, second in Africa and 94th in the world while Johannesburg was placed third in South Africa and Africa and 95th worldwide. Port Louis, the capital of Mauritius, is Mercer's most liveable city in Africa and the 83rd most liveable city on a global scale.
The 20th edition of the Quality of Living report provides a separate ranking on City Sanitation, which analyses cities' waste removal and sewage infrastructure, levels of infectious disease, air pollution, water availability and quality. According to the results of the ranking, Durban has the best city sanitation in South Africa, the second-best in Africa and the 73rd best in the world.
By comparing the Quality of Living rankings since the very first report in 1998, Mercer found out that Maputo in Mozambique had the highest increase in quality of living over the last 20 years in Africa.
Mercer's 2018 Quality of Living Ranking from Mercer on Vimeo.
The top five cities in the 20th edition of Mercer's Quality of Living ranking are Vienna (Austria), Zurich (Switzerland), Auckland (New Zealand), Munich (Germany) and Vancouver (Canada).
Mercer's authoritative survey is one of the world's most comprehensive and is conducted annually to enable multinational companies and other organisations to compensate employees fairly when placing them on international assignments. In addition to valuable data on relative quality of living, Mercer's surveys provide hardship premium recommendations for more than 450 cities throughout the world; this year's ranking includes 231 of these cities.
Mercer is the world's largest human resources consulting firm with more than 20,500 employees in 40 countries. Headquartered in New York City, the company operates internationally in more than 130 countries
