List of cities by health and sanitation

This is a list of cities by health and sanitation. Calgary in Canada is the highest-scoring city, with a score of 131.7. Meanwhile, the lowest-scoring city is Baku in Azerbaijan, with a score of 27.6.

Almost half of the 30 top-scoring cities surveyed are in Western Europe. Helsinki has the highest score for the region, at position 3 with a rating of 128.5.

Oslo, Stockholm and Zurich all rank 6th with a score of 125. London is ranked 63 with a score of 111.2. Most Eastern European cities have relatively low scores, except for Prague in the Czech Republic which scores highest, at position 75 with a score of 101.3. Russian cities have the poorest scores in this area.

Abu Dhabi and Dubai are the highest-ranking Middle Eastern cities and share position 58 with a score of 112.9. African cities typically rank in lower positions than their European and Middle Eastern counterparts, with many appearing in the 20 bottom-scoring cities.

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Rank (March 2007)	City	Score (March 2007)
1	Calgary, Canada	131.7
2	Honolulu, United States	130.3
3	Helsinki, Finland	128.5
4	Ottawa, Canada	127.2
5	Minneapolis, United States	125.7
6	Oslo, Norway	125
6	Stockholm, Sweden	125
6	Zürich, Switzerland	125
9	Katsuyama, Japan	123.8
10	Berne, Switzerland	123.7
10	Boston, United States	123.7
10	Geneva, Switzerland	123.7
10	Lexington, United States	123.7
10	Montreal, Canada	123.7
10	Nuremberg, Germany	123.7
10	Pittsburgh, United States	123.7
10	Vancouver, Canada	123.7
18	Auckland, New Zealand	123.1
18	Wellington, New Zealand	123.1
20	Dublin, Ireland	122.9
21	Toronto, Canada	122.4
21	Amsterdam, Netherlands	122.4
23	Lyon, France	122.3
24	Copenhagen, Denmark	122.2
25	Kobe, Japan	122
25	Omuta, Japan	122
27	Washington, D.C., United States	121
28	Düsseldorf, Germany	120.9
28	Frankfurt, Germany	120.9
28	Luxembourg, Luxembourg	120.9
28	Munich, Germany	120.9
28	Vienna, Austria	120.9
33	Tsukuba, Japan	120.4
34	Portland, United States	119.7
35	Adelaide, Australia	119.5
36	Brussels, Belgium	118.4
37	Cleveland, United States	118.3
37	Hamburg, Germany	118.3
37	San Francisco, United States	118.3
37	St. Louis, United States	118.3
37	Winston-Salem, United States	118.3
42	Yokohama, Japan	118.1
43	Melbourne, Australia	117.4
43	Perth, Australia	117.4
45	Berlin, Germany	117.1
46	Yokkaichi, Japan	116.5
47	Brisbane, Australia	116.2
48	Glasgow, United Kingdom	115.7
49	Seattle, United States	115.1
50	Singapore	114
51	Detroit, United States	113.7
51	Miami, United States	113.7
53	Nagoya, Japan	113.5
53	Osaka, Japan	113.5
53	Tokyo, Japan	113.5
56	Barcelona, Spain	113.2
56	Madrid, Spain	113.2
58	Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates	112.9
58	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	112.9
60	Paris, France	112.6
61	Leipzig, Germany	112.5
62	Sydney, Australia	111.3
63	London, United Kingdom	111.2
64	Cape Town, South Africa	110.9
65	Port Elizabeth, South Africa	110.5
66	Birmingham, United Kingdom	110.4
67	San Juan, Puerto Rico	108.9
68	Chicago, United States	107.3
69	Lisbon, Portugal	106.5
70	Johannesburg, South Africa	106.1
71	Rome, Italy	104.4
72	Milan, Italy	103.4
73	Jerusalem, Israel	103.2
74	Victoria, Seychelles	101.9
75	Prague, Czech Republic	101.3
76	Noumea, New Caledonia	101
77	New York City, United States	100
78	Belgrade, Serbia	99.9
79	Tunis, Tunisia	99.9
80	Buenos Aires, Argentina	99.6
81	Panama City, Panama	98.8
82	Limassol, Cyprus	98.6
83	Port Louis, Mauritius	98.3
84	Tel Aviv, Israel	97.5
85	Ljubljana, Slovenia	97.2
86	Budapest, Hungary	97.1
87	Manama, Bahrain	96.9
88	Papeete, French Polynesia	95.3
89	Los Angeles, United States	94.5
90	Kuwait City, Kuwait	94
91	Vilnius, Lithuania	93.7
92	Tallinn, Estonia	93.1
93	Amman, Jordan	93
93	Istanbul, Turkey	93
95	Seoul, South Korea	92.7
96	Atlanta, United States	92.3
97	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	91.8
98	Riga, Latvia	89.1
99	Zagreb, Croatia	87.6
100	Warsaw, Poland	86.3
101	Asunción, Paraguay	86
102	Nassau, Bahamas	85.6
103	Houston, United States	85.2
104	San José, Costa Rica	85.1
105	Sofia, Bulgaria	85
106	Bratislava, Slovakia	84.8
107	Kingston, Jamaica	84.3
108	Johor Bahru, Malaysia	84.1
109	Medellín, Colombia	84
110	Taipei, Republic of China	83.7
111	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia	83.1
112	Yeochun, South Korea	82.3
113	La Paz, Bolivia	81.8
114	Blantyre, Malawi	81.7
114	Jeddah, Saudi Arabia	81.7
116	Casablanca, Morocco	81.6
117	Hong Kong, People's Republic of China	80.8
118	Brasilia, Brazil	80.3
119	Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina	79.9
120	Kaohsiung, Republic of China	79.8
121	Bogotá, Colombia	78.8
122	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	78.5
123	Damascus, Syria	78.4
124	Lima, Peru	77.8
125	Guayaquil, Ecuador	77.7
126	Guatemala City, Guatemala	76.9
126	Skopje, Republic of Macedonia	76.9
128	Islamabad, Pakistan	76.6
129	Manaus, Brazil	76
130	Lusaka, Zambia	75.4
131	Colombo, Sri Lanka	75.2
132	Harare, Zimbabwe	74.1
133	Santiago, Chile	74
134	Shanghai, People's Republic of China	73.8
135	Sao Paulo, Brazil	73.1
136	Tripoli, Libya	73
137	Tirana, Albania	72.9
138	Athens, Greece	72.7
138	Santa Cruz, Bolivia	72.7
140	Dakar, Senegal	72.3
141	Bucharest, Romania	69.9
142	Minsk, Belarus	69.3
143	Libreville, Gabon	69.1
144	Algiers, Algeria	68.5
144	Ulsan, South Korea	68.5
146	Monterrey, Mexico	67.5
147	Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire	66.6
148	Accra, Ghana	66.5
148	Havana, Cuba	66.5
150	Montevideo, Uruguay	66.2
150	Vientiane, Laos	66.2
152	Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic	65.5
153	Lahore, Pakistan	65.3
154	Guangzhou, People's Republic of China	65.1
155	Manila, Philippines	64.8
156	Cairo, Egypt	64.1
157	Yangon, Myanmar	63.9
158	Beirut, Lebanon	63.3
159	Managua, Nicaragua	63.2
160	Nairobi, Kenya	62.3
161	Nanjing, People's Republic of China	61.6
161	Shenyang, People's Republic of China	61.6
163	Jilin, People's Republic of China	61.3
164	Karachi, Pakistan	61.2
165	Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam	60.6
166	Beijing, People's Republic of China	60.3
167	Jakarta, Indonesia	59.4
168	Bangkok, Thailand	59
168	Hanoi, Vietnam	59
170	Tehran, Iran	58.4
171	Quito, Ecuador	58.2
172	Djibouti, Republic of Djibouti	56.2
173	San Pedro Sula, Honduras	54.6
174	Kazan, Russia	54
175	Tashkent, Uzbekistan	53.6
176	Rayong, Thailand	53
177	Chennai, India	52.8
178	Bangalore, India	52.5
179	Cotonou, Benin	51.3
179	Douala, Cameroon	51.3
179	Yaoundé, Cameroon	51.3
182	Novosibirsk, Russia	51.1
183	Caracas, Venezuela	51
184	St. Petersburg, Russia	50.5
185	San Salvador, El Salvador	50
186	Kiev, Ukraine	49.1
186	San‘a’, Yemen	49.1
188	Lagos, Nigeria	48
189	Khartoum, Sudan	47.4
190	Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo	46.9
191	Port Harcourt, Nigeria	46.8
192	New Delhi, India	46.6
193	Maputo, Mozambique	46.3
194	Luanda, Angola	45.2
195	Niamey, Niger	45
196	Nouakchott, Mauritania	44.7
197	Conakry, Guinea	44.2
198	Lomé, Togo	44.1
199	Pointe-Noire, Republic of the Congo	43.8
200	Bamako, Mali	43.7
201	Moscow, Russia	43.4
201	Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso	43.4
203	Bangui, Central African Republic	42.1
204	Dar es Salaam, Tanzania	40.4
205	N'Djamena, Chad	39.7
206	Almaty, Kazakhstan	39.1
206	Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo	39.1
208	Baghdad, Iraq	39
209	Mumbai, India	38.2
210	Addis Ababa, Ethiopia	37.9
211	Mexico City, Mexico	37.7
212	Port Au Prince, Haiti	34
213	Antananarivo, Madagascar	30.1
214	Dhaka, Bangladesh	29.6
215	Baku, Azerbaijan	27.6

Ten healthiest and most sanitary cities by continent

Africa

Rank (in Africa)	Rank (Worldwide)	City	Score
1	64	Cape Town, South Africa	110.9
2	65	Port Elizabeth, South Africa	110.5
3	70	Johannesburg, South Africa	106.1
4	74	Victoria, Seychelles	101.9
5	79	Tunis, Tunisia	99.9
6	83	Port Louis, Mauritius	98.3
7	114	Blantyre, Malawi	81.7
8	116	Casablanca, Morocco	81.6
9	130	Lusaka, Zambia	75.4
10	132	Harare, Zimbabwe	74.1

Asia

Rank (in Asia)	Rank (Worldwide)	City	Score
1	9	Katsuyama, Japan	123.8
2	25	Kobe, Japan	122
2	25	Omuta, Japan	122
4	33	Tsukuba, Japan	120.4
5	42	Yokohama, Japan	118.1
6	46	Yokkaichi, Japan	116.5
7	50	Singapore	114
8	53	Nagoya, Japan	113.5
8	53	Osaka, Japan	113.5
8	53	Tokyo, Japan	113.5

Europe

Rank (in Europe)	Rank (Worldwide)	City	Score
1	3	Helsinki, Finland	128.5
2	6	Oslo, Norway	125
2	6	Stockholm, Sweden	125
2	6	Zürich, Switzerland	125
5	10	Berne, Switzerland	123.7
5	10	Geneva, Switzerland	123.7
5	10	Nuremberg, Germany	123.7
8	20	Dublin, Ireland	122.9
9	21	Amsterdam, Netherlands	122.4
10	23	Lyon, France	122.3

North America

Rank (in North America)	Rank (Worldwide)	City	Score
1	1	Calgary, Canada	131.7
2	2	Honolulu, United States	130.3
3	4	Ottawa, Canada	127.2
4	5	Minneapolis, United States	125.7
5	10	Boston, United States	123.7
5	10	Lexington, United States	123.7
5	10	Montreal, Canada	123.7
5	10	Pittsburgh, United States	123.7
5	10	Vancouver, Canada	123.7
10	21	Toronto, Canada	122.4

Oceania

Rank (in Oceania)	Rank (Worldwide)	City	Score
1	18	Auckland, New Zealand	123.1
1	18	Wellington, New Zealand	123.1
3	35	Adelaide, Australia	119.5
4	43	Melbourne, Australia	117.4
4	43	Perth, Australia	117.4
6	47	Brisbane, Australia	116.2
7	62	Sydney, Australia	111.3
8	76	Nouméa, New Caledonia	101
9	88	Papeete, French Polynesia	95.3

South America

Rank (in South America)	Rank (Worldwide)	City	Score
1	67	San Juan, Puerto Rico	108.9
2	78	Buenos Aires, Argentina	99.9
3	80	Montevideo, Uruguay	99.6
4	101	Asunción, Paraguay	86
5	109	Medellín, Colombia	84
6	113	La Paz, Bolivia	81.8
7	118	Brasilia, Brazil	80.3
8	121	Bogotá, Colombia	78.8
9	122	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	78.5
10	124	Lima, Peru	77.8

References

Finfact Website - Highlights from 2007 Health and Sanitation

External links

Mercer Human Resource Consulting - Highlights from the 2007 Health and Sanitation

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