Global Wealth and Society Programme

Most liveable cities in South East Asia

Taipei, Tokyo and Chiang Mai are the top 3 liveable cities in South East Asia. Other top-ranking cities in South East Asia are Singapore(4^th), Shenzhen (7^th), Guangzhou (8^th).

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Asia

South Asia

South East Asia

Rank	City	Country/Territory	Quality of life index	Affordability index	Safety index	Healthcare index	Environmental quality index	Total weighted score
1	Taipei	Taiwan	14.30	3.11	17.16	17.32	4.02	55.91
2	Tokyo	Japan	16.45	2.30	15.47	16.22	4.70	55.15
3	Chiang Mai	Thailand	12.41	4.29	15.55	16.89	2.59	51.73
4	Singapore	Singapore	14.44	2.47	13.89	14.17	5.97	50.93
5	Seoul	South Korea	13.02	2.34	14.49	16.31	3.44	49.60
6	Hong Kong	Hong Kong	9.91	2.59	15.86	13.22	2.95	44.53
7	Shenzhen	China	10.60	4.84	12.01	12.82	3.24	43.50
8	Guangzhou	China	9.88	3.97	13.48	12.16	2.69	42.18
9	Bangkok	Thailand	8.74	3.50	11.77	15.49	2.62	42.11
10	Beijing	China	7.25	4.46	13.10	12.74	2.30	39.85

The scoring is based on a scale of 1 to 100 where 1 represents lowest score and 100 represents highest score.