Según el Índice anual Mercer, Montevideo (Uruguay) es la ciudad con mayor calidad de vida de Sudamérica y la que tiene más seguridad. Ocupa la posición N° 78 en el mundo. En el otro extremo del continente, se ubica Caracas, Venezuela.
Julio Nicolás Gómez
Durante los primeros días del mes de enero del 2016, Venezuela alcanzó tres récords nada envidiables por otros países de la región. Ahora se suma un nuevo: Su capital, Caracas, es la ciudad de Sudamérica con la menor calidad de vida, ubicando la posición 185 de 230 países, según el índice anual Mercer.
Montevideo, ocupa el lugar 78 en el ranking mundial, pero lidera en Sudamérica. Está seguida de Buenos Aires (93) y Santiago de Chile (94). En el otro extremo están Bogotá (130), La Paz (156), y por último, Caracas (185).
Viena (Austria) continúa a la cabeza del ranking anual de calidad de vida que elabora la empresa, seguida de Zurich (Suiza) y Auckland (Nueva Zelanda).
El Top 10 está integrado por Viena, Zurich, Auckland, Munich, Vancouver, Dusseldorf, Frankfurt, Ginebra, Copenhague y Sydney.
En cuanto al índice de seguridad, Montevideo ocupa el lugar 96 en el mundo, pero también lidera en Sudamérica. Las últimas ciudades de la lista son Puerto Príncipe (Haití, 211) y Caracas (214).
El estudio analiza a 450 ciudades en el mundo, pero incluye a 230 en el ranking. Las condiciones de vida se analizan según 39 factores, como entorno político, social y económico, seguridad personal, salud, educación, servicios públicos, transporte, vivienda, entre otros.
Uno de los aspectos más importantes para el análisis de calidad de vida es la seguridad personal, para el que se realiza otro índice basado en los factores de estabilidad interna, niveles de delincuencia, cumplimiento de la ley y la relación con otros países.
Mercer es una subsidiaria de MARSH & McLENNAN (símbolo de participación: MMC), un equipo global de compañías de servicios profesionales que ofrece a sus clientes asesoramiento y soluciones en materia de riesgos, estrategia y capital humano.
Índice anual Mercer- Calidad de Vida 2016
| Rank | City | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vienna | Austria |
| 2 | Zurich | Switzerland |
| 3 | Auckland | New Zealand |
| 4 | Munich | Germany |
| 5 | Vancouver | Canada |
| 6 | Dusseldorf | Germany |
| 7 | Frankfurt | Germany |
| 8 | Geneva | Switzerland |
| 9 | Copenhagen | Denmark |
| 10 | Sydney | Australia |
| 11 | Amsterdam | Netherlands |
| 12 | Wellington | New Zealand |
| 13 | Berlin | Germany |
| 14 | Bern | Switzerland |
| 15 | Toronto | Canada |
| 15 | Melbourne | Australia |
| 17 | Ottawa | Canada |
| 18 | Hamburg | Germany |
| 19 | Luxembourg | Luxembourg |
| 19 | Stockholm | Sweden |
| 21 | Brussels | Belgium |
| 21 | Perth | Australia |
| 23 | Montreal | Canada |
| 24 | Stuttgart | Germany |
| 24 | Nurnberg | Germany |
| 26 | Singapore | Singapore |
| 27 | Adelaide | Australia |
| 28 | San Francisco | United States |
| 28 | Canberra | Australia |
| 30 | Helsinki | Finland |
| 30 | Oslo | Norway |
| 32 | Calgary | Canada |
| 33 | Dublin | Ireland |
| 34 | Boston | United States |
| 35 | Honolulu | United States |
| 36 | Brisbane | Australia |
| 37 | Paris | France |
| 38 | Lyon | France |
| 39 | Barcelona | Spain |
| 39 | London | United Kingdom |
| 41 | Milan | Italy |
| 42 | Lisbon | Portugal |
| 43 | Chicago | United States |
| 44 | New York City | United States |
| 44 | Tokyo | Japan |
| 46 | Edinburgh | United Kingdom |
| 46 | Kobe | Japan |
| 46 | Seattle | United States |
| 49 | Los Angeles | United States |
| 49 | Yokohama | Japan |
| 51 | Washington | United States |
| 52 | Madrid | Spain |
| 53 | Birmingham | United Kingdom |
| 53 | Rome | Italy |
| 55 | Glasgow | United Kingdom |
| 56 | Pittsburgh | United States |
| 57 | Philadelphia | United States |
| 58 | Osaka | Japan |
| 59 | Aberdeen | United Kingdom |
| 60 | Leipzig | Germany |
| 61 | Minneapolis | United States |
| 62 | Nagoya | Japan |
| 63 | Dallas | United States |
| 64 | Belfast | United Kingdom |
| 65 | Houston | United States |
| 66 | Miami | United States |
| 67 | Atlanta | United States |
| 68 | St. Louis | United States |
| 69 | Prague | Czech Republic |
| 70 | Detroit | United States |
| 70 | Hong Kong | Hong Kong |
| 72 | Pointe-a-Pitre | Guadeloupe |
| 73 | Seoul | South Korea |
| 74 | San Juan | Puerto Rico |
| 75 | Dubai | United Arab Emirates |
| 76 | Ljubljana | Slovenia |
| 77 | Budapest | Hungary |
| 78 | Montevideo | Uruguay |
| 79 | Vilnius | Lithuania |
| 79 | Warsaw | Poland |
| 81 | Abu Dhabi | United Arab Emirates |
| 82 | Bratislava | Slovakia |
| 83 | Port Louis | Mauritius |
| 84 | Taipei | Taiwan |
| 85 | Durban | South Africa |
| 86 | Kuala Lumpur | Malaysia |
| 87 | Athens | Greece |
| 88 | Limassol | Cyprus |
| 89 | Tallinn | Estonia |
| 90 | Riga | Latvia |
| 91 | Busan | South Korea |
| 92 | Cape Town | South Africa |
| 93 | Buenos Aires | Argentina |
| 94 | Santiago | Chile |
| 95 | Johannesburg | South Africa |
| 96 | Panama City | Panama |
| 97 | Victoria | Seychelles |
| 98 | Zagreb | Croatia |
| 99 | Wroclaw | Poland |
| 100 | Taichung | Taiwan |
| 101 | Shanghai | China |
| 102 | Bandar Seri Begawan | Brunei |
| 103 | Johor Bahru | Malaysia |
| 104 | Tel Aviv | Israel |
| 105 | San Jose | Costa Rica |
| 106 | Brasilia | Brazil |
| 107 | Muscat | Oman |
| 108 | Monterrey | Mexico |
| 109 | Bucharest | Romania |
| 110 | Doha | Qatar |
| 111 | Noumea | New Caledonia |
| 112 | Nassau | Bahamas |
| 113 | Tunis | Tunisia |
| 114 | Asuncion | Paraguay |
| 115 | Sofia | Bulgaria |
| 116 | Rabat | Morocco |
| 117 | Rio de Janeiro | Brazil |
| 118 | Beijing | China |
| 119 | Guangzhou | China |
| 120 | Amman | Jordan |
| 121 | Sao Paulo | Brazil |
| 122 | Istanbul | Turkey |
| 123 | Lima | Peru |
| 124 | Kuwait City | Kuwait |
| 125 | Manaus | Brazil |
| 126 | Casablanca | Morocco |
| 127 | Mexico City | Mexico |
| 128 | Quito | Ecuador |
| 129 | Bangkok | Thailand |
| 130 | Bogota | Colombia |
| 131 | Windhoek | Namibia |
| 132 | Colombo | Sri Lanka |
| 133 | Manama | Bahrain |
| 134 | Chengdu | China |
| 135 | Santo Domingo | Dominican Republic |
| 136 | Manila | Philippines |
| 137 | Nanjing | China |
| 137 | Shenzhen | China |
| 139 | Hyderabad | India |
| 139 | Xi’an | China |
| 141 | Belgrade | Serbia |
| 142 | Jakarta | Indonesia |
| 142 | Gaborone | Botswana |
| 144 | Pune | India |
| 145 | Bangalore | India |
| 146 | Chongqing | China |
| 147 | Port of Spain | Trinidad and Tobago |
| 147 | Qingdao | China |
| 149 | Lusaka | Zambia |
| 150 | Chennai | India |
| 151 | Kingston | Jamaica |
| 152 | Guatemala City | Guatemala |
| 152 | Mumbai | India |
| 152 | Ho Chi Minh City | Vietnam |
| 155 | Hanoi | Vietnam |
| 156 | La Paz | Bolivia |
| 157 | Shenyang | China |
| 158 | Sarajevo | Bosnia-Herzegovina |
| 159 | Skopje | Macedonia |
| 160 | Kolkata | India |
| 161 | New Delhi | India |
| 162 | Dakar | Senegal |
| 163 | Libreville | Gabon |
| 164 | Riyadh | Saudi Arabia |
| 165 | Jeddah | Saudi Arabia |
| 166 | Accra | Ghana |
| 167 | Moscow | Russia |
| 168 | Jilin | China |
| 169 | Kampala | Uganda |
| 170 | Vientiane | Laos |
| 171 | Cairo | Egypt |
| 172 | Managua | Nicaragua |
| 173 | San Salvador | El Salvador |
| 174 | Saint Petersburg | Russia |
| 175 | Blantyre | Malawi |
| 176 | Almaty | Kazakhstan |
| 176 | Kiev | Ukraine |
| 178 | Maputo | Mozambique |
| 179 | Tirana | Albania |
| 180 | Beirut | Lebanon |
| 181 | Cotonou | Benin |
| 182 | Yerevan | Armenia |
| 183 | Banjul | Gambia |
| 184 | Nairobi | Kenya |
| 185 | Caracas | Venezuela |
| 186 | Tegucigalpa | Honduras |
| 187 | Algiers | Algeria |
| 188 | Tbilisi | Georgia |
| 189 | Djibouti | Djibouti |
| 190 | Minsk | Belarus |
| 191 | Kigali | Rwanda |
| 191 | Havana | Cuba |
| 193 | Islamabad | Pakistan |
| 194 | Yaounde | Cameroon |
| 195 | Phnom Penh | Cambodia |
| 196 | Douala | Cameroon |
| 197 | Baku | Azerbaijan |
| 198 | Dar es Salaam | Tanzania |
| 199 | Lahore | Pakistan |
| 199 | Luanda | Angola |
| 201 | Yangon | Myanmar |
| 202 | Karachi | Pakistan |
| 203 | Tehran | Iran |
| 204 | Lome | Togo |
| 205 | Tashkent | Uzbekistan |
| 206 | Abidjan | Côte d’Ivoire |
| 207 | Addis Ababa | Ethiopia |
| 208 | Ashkhabad | Turkmenistan |
| 209 | Harare | Zimbabwe |
| 210 | Bishkek | Kyrgyzstan |
| 211 | Lagos | Nigeria |
| 212 | Abuja | Nigeria |
| 212 | Dushanbe | Tajikistan |
| 214 | Dhaka | Bangladesh |
| 215 | Ouagadougou | Burkina Faso |
| 216 | Tripoli | Libya |
| 217 | Niamey | Niger |
| 218 | Antananarivo | Madagascar |
| 219 | Bamako | Mali |
| 220 | Nouakchott | Mauritania |
| 221 | Conakry | Guinea |
| 222 | Kinshasa | Congo, Democratic Republic of |
| 223 | Brazzaville | Congo, Republic of |
| 224 | Damascus | Syria |
| 225 | N’Djamena | Chad |
| 226 | Khartoum | Sudan |
| 227 | Port-au-Prince | Haiti |
| 228 | Sana’a | Yemen |
| 229 | Bangui | Central African Republic |
| 230 | Baghdad | Iraq |
