The port city of Karachi, which once shone with cutting-edge infrastructure and contemporary education, has once again been named the least livable city in a global study.
According to CNN, The Economist Intelligence Unit, a sister publication of The Economist, has evaluated 173 cities worldwide based on several key criteria, such as infrastructure, education, stability, culture and environment, and health care.
The cities’ scores were assigned on a range of one to hundred, where one denoted an unbearable living condition and one hundred an ideal one.
Based on the research, Karachi is ranked 169th with an overall score of 42.7. The city did not perform well, especially in the stability indicator, which scored only 20.
54.2 for healthcare, 35.9 for culture and environment, 75 for education, and 51.8 for infrastructure were the megalopolis’ scores.
Even worse living circumstances can be found in other towns that follow Karachi, such as Damascus in Syria, Tripoli in Libya, Lagos in Nigeria, and Algiers in Algeria.
The study is released at a time when Pakistan’s political and economic problems are getting worse.
Vienna, an Austrian city, on the other hand, maintains its top spot on the list with an astounding aggregate score of 98.4. Switzerland’s Zurich rose from sixth to third on the list, while Denmark’s Copenhagen held onto its second place.
