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Cost of living & Quality of life in Austria and in Vienna:

How expensive is life in Austria? How high is the quality of life in Vienna?

Although these questions are not easy to answer, the following tables will give you an idea of the economic situation, the costs of living and the quality of life which will await you in Austria.

Quality of Life

10= very high
Lebensqualität

GDP per Capita 2005 in Europe

Europe 25 average = 100

Unemployment rate 2005 in Europe in %

Arbeitslosenraten 2005

Inflation rate 2005 in %

Inflationsraten 2005

Political stability

10= political instability is very small

Politische Stabilität

High Safety

10 = the safety of persons and belongings is insured

Hohe Sicherheit

Comparison of prices in European cities

1) basket of 122 usual western European goods and according to 122 goods and services

2) prices divided by the net salaries average of 14 professions.

Stadt	Monatliche Ausgaben in EUR 1) 2006		Notwendige Arbeitszeit 2) in Minuten 2006 für den Kauf von...
Stadt	insgesamt	Nahrungsmittel	1 Big Mac	1 kg Brot	1 kg Reis
Oslo	2.528	516	18	14	6
London (City)	2.301	392	16	5	5
Kopenhagen	2.272	458	18	12	6
Zürich	2.236	532	15	10	5
Genf	2.142	513	16	10	7
Dublin	2.045	399	15	7	9
Stockholm	2.040	397	21	18	15
Helsinki	2.019	377	19	17	9
Paris	1.990	441	21	16	13
Wien	1.976	428	16	13	10
Luxemburg	1.942	477	17	14	12
Brüssel	1.840	383	20	12	12
Amsterdam	1.826	354	19	10	9
Frankfurt/M.	1.808	354	16	9	17
Mailand	1.729	394	20	17	15
Berlin	1.713	348	17	10	17
Barcelona	1.695	368	21	16	10
Rom	1.692	404	25	23	19
Madrid	1.665	360	19	15	8
Istanbul	1.587	337	48	14	36
Athen	1.519	328	26	10	20
Lissabon	1.505	341	32	20	10
Moskau	1.365	278	25	12	12
Laibach	1.340	294	35	37	30
Warschau	1.325	224	43	17	18
Tallinn	1.290	256	39	24	21
Budapest	1.220	219	48	14	24
Prag	1.119	224	39	14	14
Riga	1.097	210	28	24	23
Bukarest	1.074	240	69	31	25
Bratislava	1.050	208	55	21	20
Sofia	1.043	205	69	19	31
Vilnius	1.027	181	43	18	24
Kiew	994	185	55	19	21

VIENNA - The world's top cities offering the best quality of life

This study involved ranking in 350 cities of 39 criteria such as political and social factors, economic and environmental data, personal safety, living costs, consumer goods, education, public transports, etc…

New York is the base city with a score of 100 points.

006 Rank	2005 Rank	City	Country	Points
1	1	Zurich	Schweiz	108.2
2	2	Genf	Schweiz	108.1
3	3	Vancouver	Kanada	107.7
4	3	Wien	Österreich	107.5
5	8	Auckland	New Zealand	107.3
6	5	Düsseldorf	Deutschland	107.2
7	6	Frankfurt	Deutschland	107.0
8	7	München	Deutschland	106.8
9	9	Bern	Schweiz	106.5
9	9	Sydney	Australien	106.5
11	11	Kopenhagen	Dänemark	106.2
12	14	Wellington	New Zealand	105.8
13	12	Amsterdam	Niederlände	105.7
14	13	Brüssels	Belgien	105.6
15	16	Toronto	Kanada	105.4
16	16	Berlin	Deutschland	105.1
17	14	Melbourne	Australien	105.0
18	18	Luxemburg	Luxemburg	104.8
18	21	Ottawa	Kanada	104.8
20	19	Stockholm	Schweden	104.7
21	20	Perth	Australien	104.5
22	22	Montreal	Kanada	104.3
23	22	Nürnberg	Deutschland	104.1
24	22	Dublin	Irland	103.8
25	25	Calgary	Kanada	103.6
26	25	Hamburg	Deutschland	103.4
27	25	Honolulu	USA	103.3
28	28	San Francisco	USA	103.2
29	29	Adelaide	Australien	103.1
29	29	Helsinki	Finnland	103.1
31	31	Brisbane	Australien	102.8
31	32	Oslo	Norwegen	102.8
33	33	Paris	Frankreich	102.7
34	35	Singapore	Singapore	102.5
35	34	Tokyo	Japan	102.3
36	36	Boston	USA	101.9
37	37	Lyon	Frankreich	101.6
37	37	Yokohama	Japan	101.6
39	39	London	Großbritanien	101.2
40	40	Kobe	Japan	101.0
41	41	Washington	USA	100.4
41	52	Chicago	USA	100.4
43	42	Portland	USA	100.3
44	43	Barcelona	Spanien	100.2
45	44	Madrid	Spanien	100.1
46	46	New York City	USA	100.0
47	46	Seattle	USA	99.9
48	47	Lexington	USA	99.8
49	48	Winston Salem	USA	99.7
51	50	Osaka	Japan	99.6
51	51	Milan	Italien	99.6
52	52	Lissabon	Portugal	97.5
53	52	Tsukuba	Japan	97.5