May 2010

Mercer’s Quality of Living Survey: Zürich Scores Second Place

Zürich, the biggest city and economic engine of Switzerland, came in second in the annual quality of living survey by Mercer Human Resource Consulting. With 108 points, Zürich, which boasted the highest quality of living worldwide for seven out of the past eight years, managed to repeat last year’s excellent score and finished runner-up ahead of Geneva and Vancouver. Just as last year, it was outperformed only by Vienna, which earned 108.6 points in the survey.

Mercer’s yearly worldwide quality of living survey evaluates 221 cities on 39 criteria including political, social, economic and environmental factors, personal safety and health, education, transport, and other public services. Each city is awarded a score according to how far the quality of life available exceeds or falls behind New York, which is the base city at 100.

The survey helps governments and multinational companies to choose expansion and relocation destinations and place employees on international assignments. Quality of living has become an important location parameter that is conducive to guaranteeing that the employees’ job satisfaction and identification with their company stays at high levels.


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