核心提示：挪威连续第三年登上排行榜首位，年度人均GDP达到5.4万美元，成为世界上最富有的国家，在社会资本方面排名第1位，在安全和治安方面排名第2位。
全球幸福感最高的20个国家和地区，看看国家人民的感受：
01. 挪威
挪威连续第三年登上排行榜首位，年度人均GDP达到5.4万美元，成为世界上最富有的国家，在社会资本方面排名第1位，在安全和治安方面排名第2位。
02. 丹麦
丹麦连续三年排名第2位。这个面积不大的国家在企业家精神和创业机会方面排名首位，主要得益于社会高度平等、高网络连接率，且拥有世界上最低的创业成本。
03. 澳大利亚
澳大利亚从2009年的第5位上升到第3位，主要得益于优质的教育、良好的政府体系和繁荣的自然资源贸易。
04. 新西兰
新西兰在政府治理、教育和个人自由方面排名第2。新西兰在移民宽容度方面居于世界首位。
05. 瑞典
瑞典的政治参与度高，社会高度平等，注重环境保护，每100人拥有123部手机，这些因素创造了一个科技发达的社会主义天堂。
06. 加拿大
加拿大是美洲最富裕的国家，在个人自由方面排名首位。加拿大拥有幅员辽阔的土地，人口却只有3,000万，是个非常宽容和热情的国度。
07. 芬兰
像斯堪的纳维亚半岛的其他邻国那样，芬兰的宗教气息并不浓厚，只有13%的民众去教堂做礼拜；芬兰在教育和企业家精神方面排名第3位。
08. 瑞士
瑞士在政府治理方面排名首位，在医疗和经济方面排名第2位。瑞士坚持用法郎，而不是欧元，这帮助瑞士在欧洲经济危机中保持稳固的地位。
09. 荷兰
荷兰拥有健全的民主体制，广泛的公民自由和强大的社会凝聚力，90%的荷兰人表示，每天都能享受优美的自然环境。
10.美国
美国是创办企业的绝佳地点，在医疗健康方面排名首位，拥有高免疫率和清洁用水，政府在医疗方面的支出达到全球最高水平。
11.爱尔兰
爱尔兰在经济方面排名第35位，本国民众表示对金融机构毫无信心，对就业前景感到悲观。爱尔兰在安全和治安方面排名第3位，抵消了经济的不利影响。
12.冰岛
遥远的冰岛在安全和治安方面排名首位，在医疗方面排名第3位。冰岛经济已经下滑到第71位。
13. 英国
尽管英国经济增长停滞不前，民众对金融部门缺乏信心，但政府治理良好，是个适合企业家创业的理想国度。
14. 奥地利
超过90%的奥地利人都对自己选择的生活道路感到满意，不过只有62%的受访者表示，奥地利是个欢迎外来移民的国家。
15. 德国
拥有8,100万人口的德国是欧洲最大的国家，人均GDP为3.7万美元。
16. 新加坡
新加坡在经济指标方面排名首位，人均GDP为5.9万美元，居于世界前列。新加坡的街道是全球最安全的地方。
17. 比利时
比利时排名高达第17位，不免让人感到惊讶，讲法语和讲荷兰语的党派把国家一分为二，比利时等待了541天才成立了新政府。
18. 法国
法国在医疗保健方面排名第7位，但是在社会资本方面排名第36位，婚姻和宗教水平极低。
19. 中国香港特别行政区
香港地区在经济方面排名第4位；当地居民储蓄率接近30%。
20. 台湾地区
台湾在教育方面排名第9位，在经济方面排名第12位，在总排行榜上超过了日本。
2011-12-28
2011-11-30
全球：Mercer 2011年全球最宜居城市
全球最宜居城市调查出炉 维也纳夺冠巴格达垫底
据“中央社”30日报道，美国美世咨询公司近日经过全球调查，评出全球最适宜人居住的城市。奥地利首都维也纳以其极好的基础建设、安全的街道与良好的公共健康服务位列榜首，而伊拉克首都巴格达则排在最末。
据报道，维也纳以其华丽的建筑、公园与广阔的自行车网络登上全球最宜人居城市冠军。在这个人口约170万的城市，严重犯罪罕见，且经常在全球生活质量调查名列前茅。
德国与瑞士各城市在这项生活质量排名上表现尤其特别杰出，苏黎世、慕尼黑、杜塞尔多夫、法兰克福、日内瓦与波恩都挤进前10。
新西兰的奥克兰在全球排名第3，是生活质量最好的亚太城市。悉尼居次(全球第11)，惠灵顿、墨尔本与柏斯的全球排名依序是13、18及21名。
适合居住的亚洲城市冠亚军是新加坡(第25名)和东京(第46名)。挤进前100名的亚洲重要城市还有香港(第70名)、吉隆坡(第76名)、首尔(第80名)。
但美世公司警告，名列前位的欧洲各大城市不该将他们在本项调查中的名次视为理所当然。美世资深研究员帕拉•卡提尔说：“如果欧洲经济动荡持续，他们的生活水平无可避免地会降低。”
http://www.wenxuecity.com/news/2011/11/30/1550971.html
Summary
In 2011, the world continued to experience instability due to the enduring economic crisis. Economic uncertainty helped provoke social and political unrest of varying degrees in many urban areas. Protests and strikes in numerous North American and Western European cities have been largely peaceful. But violence – and, in places, civil war – have broken out in other regions, endangering the safety of both locals and expatriates.
The events of the “Arab Spring” of 2011, when citizens took to the streets to demand regime change in many North African and Middle Eastern countries, have lasted long past spring. Uncertainty continues in Tripoli, Libya, following the death of the country’s former leader, Muammar Qaddafi. And Cairo is still experiencing waves of violence through the fall of 2011, as the government clashes with protesters.
Some of this region’s cities, including Abu Dhabi and Dubai in the United Arab Emirates, and Muscat, Oman, rank quite high in personal safety, mainly due to their internal stability and low crime levels.
Even generally calmer regions have suffered civil disorder. Large protests, some of which were violent, broke out several times this year in Santiago, Chile, in support of higher government involvement and subsidies for education. The threat of economic collapse and resulting austerity measures in Greece brought on repeated violent clashes between street protesters and police in Athens, Greece.
These significant challenges to the security of expatriates and local residents in many locations led Mercer to choose personal safety as the special topic of its 2011 rankings.
Those cities and countries that have escaped the brunt of social unrest and economic downturn have been able to continue investing in urban infrastructure and other provisions for comfortable and enjoyable daily living to improve the quality of living for their residents. If economic and political instability remain a global factor, cities in parts of Asia-Pacific and Western Europe, as well as in Canada, will continue to benefit from their relative stability and wealth of public services and recreational provisions, becoming more attractive destinations for expatriate employees.
http://www.mercer.com/qualityofliving
http://www.mercer.com/qualityoflivingpr#city-rankings
据“中央社”30日报道，美国美世咨询公司近日经过全球调查，评出全球最适宜人居住的城市。奥地利首都维也纳以其极好的基础建设、安全的街道与良好的公共健康服务位列榜首，而伊拉克首都巴格达则排在最末。
据报道，维也纳以其华丽的建筑、公园与广阔的自行车网络登上全球最宜人居城市冠军。在这个人口约170万的城市，严重犯罪罕见，且经常在全球生活质量调查名列前茅。
德国与瑞士各城市在这项生活质量排名上表现尤其特别杰出，苏黎世、慕尼黑、杜塞尔多夫、法兰克福、日内瓦与波恩都挤进前10。
新西兰的奥克兰在全球排名第3，是生活质量最好的亚太城市。悉尼居次(全球第11)，惠灵顿、墨尔本与柏斯的全球排名依序是13、18及21名。
适合居住的亚洲城市冠亚军是新加坡(第25名)和东京(第46名)。挤进前100名的亚洲重要城市还有香港(第70名)、吉隆坡(第76名)、首尔(第80名)。
但美世公司警告，名列前位的欧洲各大城市不该将他们在本项调查中的名次视为理所当然。美世资深研究员帕拉•卡提尔说：“如果欧洲经济动荡持续，他们的生活水平无可避免地会降低。”
http://www.wenxuecity.com/news/2011/11/30/1550971.html
Summary
In 2011, the world continued to experience instability due to the enduring economic crisis. Economic uncertainty helped provoke social and political unrest of varying degrees in many urban areas. Protests and strikes in numerous North American and Western European cities have been largely peaceful. But violence – and, in places, civil war – have broken out in other regions, endangering the safety of both locals and expatriates.
The events of the “Arab Spring” of 2011, when citizens took to the streets to demand regime change in many North African and Middle Eastern countries, have lasted long past spring. Uncertainty continues in Tripoli, Libya, following the death of the country’s former leader, Muammar Qaddafi. And Cairo is still experiencing waves of violence through the fall of 2011, as the government clashes with protesters.
Some of this region’s cities, including Abu Dhabi and Dubai in the United Arab Emirates, and Muscat, Oman, rank quite high in personal safety, mainly due to their internal stability and low crime levels.
Even generally calmer regions have suffered civil disorder. Large protests, some of which were violent, broke out several times this year in Santiago, Chile, in support of higher government involvement and subsidies for education. The threat of economic collapse and resulting austerity measures in Greece brought on repeated violent clashes between street protesters and police in Athens, Greece.
These significant challenges to the security of expatriates and local residents in many locations led Mercer to choose personal safety as the special topic of its 2011 rankings.
Those cities and countries that have escaped the brunt of social unrest and economic downturn have been able to continue investing in urban infrastructure and other provisions for comfortable and enjoyable daily living to improve the quality of living for their residents. If economic and political instability remain a global factor, cities in parts of Asia-Pacific and Western Europe, as well as in Canada, will continue to benefit from their relative stability and wealth of public services and recreational provisions, becoming more attractive destinations for expatriate employees.
http://www.mercer.com/qualityofliving
Mercer Quality of Living Survey - Worldwide Rankings, 2011 | ||
| Rank | City | Country |
| 1 | Vienna | Austria |
| 2 | Zurich | Switzerland |
| 3 | Auckland | New Zealand |
| 4 | Munich | Germany |
| 5 | Düsseldorf | Germany |
| 5 | Vancouver | Canada |
| 7 | Frankfurt | Germany |
| 8 | Geneva | Switzerland |
| 9 | Bern | Switzerland |
| 9 | Copenhagen | Denmark |
| 11 | Sydney | Australia |
| 12 | Amsterdam | Netherlands |
| 13 | Wellington | New Zealand |
| 14 | Ottawa | Canada |
| 15 | Toronto | Canada |
| 16 | Hamburg | Germany |
| 17 | Berlin | Germany |
| 18 | Melbourne | Australia |
| 19 | Luxembourg | Luxembourg |
| 20 | Stockholm | Sweden |
| 21 | Perth | Australia |
| 22 | Brussels | Belgium |
| 22 | Montreal | Canada |
| 24 | Nurnberg | Germany |
| 25 | Singapore | Singapore |
| 26 | Canberra | Australia |
| 26 | Dublin | Ireland |
| 28 | Stuttgart | Germany |
| 29 | Honolulu, HI | United States |
| 30 | Adelaide | Australia |
| 30 | Paris | France |
| 30 | San Francisco, CA | United States |
| 33 | Calgary | Canada |
| 33 | Oslo | Norway |
| 35 | Helsinki | Finland |
| 36 | Boston, MA | United States |
| 37 | Brisbane | Australia |
| 38 | London | United Kingdom |
| 39 | Lyon | France |
| 40 | Barcelona | Spain |
| 41 | Lisbon | Portugal |
| 42 | Milan | Italy |
| 43 | Chicago, IL | United States |
| 43 | Madrid | Spain |
| 43 | Washington, DC | United States |
| 46 | Tokyo | Japan |
| 47 | New York City, NY | United States |
| 48 | Seattle, WA | United States |
| 49 | Kobe | Japan |
| 49 | Pittsburgh, PA | United States |
| 49 | Yokohama | Japan |
http://www.mercer.com/qualityoflivingpr#city-rankings
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