
Lagos Ranks 139 out of 140 most liveable city in the world, worst in Africa.
Lagos State has been ranked 139 out of 140 in the list of most liveable cities in the world in the first quarter of 2021. This makes Lagos the second-worst city to live in the world today.
According to the data, Lagos is only next to Damascus, Syria as the worst city to live in the world, and worse than Algiers (Algeria) and Tripoli (Libya).
The data is compiled by the Economist Intelligence Unit (The EIU), the research and analysis division of The Economist Group, the sister company to The Economist newspaper.
The data is based on a survey collected between February 22nd to March 21st, 2021, and looked at issues such as border closures, ability to handle health crisis, and roll out of vaccinations. To rank the cities, the report focuses on five broad categories: stabilit...