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Copenhagen just took the crown as the world’s most livable city. The Danish capital knocked Vienna off its throne after three years at the top of the Economist Intelligence Unit’s (EIU) most livable cities rankings.

The EIU’s 2025 index, released Tuesday, scored 173 cities across five main categories: Stability, healthcare, culture and environment, education and infrastructure.

Copenhagen earned a perfect score of 100 for stability, education and infrastructure, further cementing Western Europe’s grip on the top of the rankings. Vienna, along with Zurich and Geneva, also landed in the top five.

Three Australian cities - Melbourne, Sydney and Adelaide - cracked the top ten, joined by nearby Auckland, New Zealand. Vancouver in Canada was the lone North American city to make the cut, coming in at No. 10.

Overall, global livability remained flat over the past year, with an average city score of 76.1 out of 100.

Honolulu was the highest-ranked U.S. city on the list, coming in No. 23, followed by Atlanta at No. 29. Smaller cities tend to perform well on the index due to lower crime levels and fewer terrorism threats. New York City ranked 69th, for example.

Miami and Portland, Oregon, tied for 44th - up three spots from last year. Charlotte, N.C. and Indianapolis also climbed three places, landing at 50th.

Stability scores continued to decline amid geopolitical tensions, but the report noted those losses were offset by modest gains in health care, education and infrastructure.

On the other end of the rankings, Damascus, Syria, was ranked the world’s least livable city, scoring particularly low for stability and health care. Tripoli, Lybia; Dhaka, Bangladesh; Karachi, Pakistan and Algiers, Algeria, also ranked in the bottom five.