Revealed: World’s Best Cities For Raising A Family In 2020
Helsinki has been crowned the best city in the world for raising a family in 2020, according to a new study, while Quebec in Canada and Oslo placed 2nd and 3rd, respectively. Munich comes 4th in the ranking, Copenhagen 5th, and San Francisco a lowly 24th, while Stockholm ranks 6th for family living in comparison with 150 cities globally. London ranks 55th in this table.
The rest of the overall top 10 comprises Reykjavik (7th), Calgary (8th), Montreal (9th) and Gothenburg in Sweden (10th).
Where’s the best city in the world to raise a family?
Researchers analyzed 150 international cities and thirteen factors including housing affordability, living costs by income, unemployment (%), education, safety, mobility, air quality (µg/m3), healthcare, kids’ activities, paid parental leave (days), family inclusivity, neighborhood safety, and family-friendliness. For the survey parents were asked to indicate how they felt about their children’s safety in the community and if their city was a good place for families in general.
Singapore comes 23rd, Vancouver comes 35th, New York comes 69th, Sydney comes 47, Los Angeles comes 73rd and Miami come 98th. Among the worst cities for raising a family, according to the study, are Istanbul (150th) – which comes last in the table, Kuwait City (149th), Izmir (148th), and Ankara (147th).
Best cities in the world for raising a family in 2020
Rank | City | Country | Score | Housing affordability | living costs by income | unemployment (%) | education | Safety | Mobility | Air Quality (µg/m3) | Healthcare | Kids Activities | Paid Parental Leave (Days) | Family Inclusivity | Neighbourhood Safety | Family-Friendliness |
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1 | Helsinki | Finland | 100 | 76.29 | 91.71 | 9.2 | 92.54 | 88.7 | 77.3 | 19.11 | 84.4 | 71.15 | 1190 | 100 | 89 | 95 |
2 | Quebec | Canada | 99.06 | 99.81 | 86.3 | 3.8 | 95.23 | 92.5 | 73.02 | 18 | 76.32 | 78.66 | 364 | 100 | 94 | 92 |
3 | Oslo | Norway | 98.13 | 84.6 | 94.95 | 2.3 | 89.08 | 87.3 | 75.95 | 22.49 | 85.97 | 68.67 | 707 | 100 | 87 | 96 |
4 | Munich | Germany | 96.75 | 83.49 | 100 | 3.77 | 90.06 | 90.4 | 79 | 21.38 | 73.33 | 78.16 | 467 | 100 | 83 | 94 |
5 | Copenhagen | Denmark | 96.53 | 80.6 | 94.88 | 4.4 | 89.08 | 93.6 | 98.09 | 26.54 | 73.47 | 78.79 | 364 | 100 | 81 | 92 |
6 | Stockholm | Sweden | 96.15 | 84.22 | 97.04 | 5.9 | 87.46 | 91.3 | 94.29 | 26.14 | 81.14 | 68.26 | 490 | 100 | 82 | 89 |
7 | Reykjavik | Iceland | 94.4 | 87.07 | 91.55 | 3.1 | 84.69 | 95 | 92.23 | 15.06 | 85.65 | 62.65 | 273 | 100 | 90 | 81 |
8 | Calgary | Canada | 93.69 | 95.19 | 88.33 | 7.7 | 95.99 | 89.1 | 72.08 | 10.74 | 78.18 | 67.91 | 364 | 100 | 90 | 90 |
9 | Montreal | Canada | 92.08 | 81.32 | 88.08 | 6.1 | 95.23 | 89.5 | 73.22 | 15.67 | 75.34 | 77.53 | 364 | 100 | 91 | 87 |
10 | Gothenburg | Sweden | 91.26 | 88.89 | 95.42 | 7.1 | 87.46 | 85.5 | 90.62 | 18.6 | 81.24 | 53.54 | 490 | 100 | 85 | 92 |
11 | Tokyo | Japan | 91.23 | 58.39 | 89.05 | 2.8 | 93.67 | 91.7 | 88.37 | 28.28 | 82.8 | 81.01 | 770 | 9.53 | 98 | 90 |
12 | Osaka | Japan | 90.68 | 82.84 | 87.07 | 3.2 | 93.67 | 91.1 | 83.66 | 31.97 | 77.1 | 59.91 | 770 | 9.53 | 96 | 90 |
13 | Stuttgart | Germany | 90.3 | 89.92 | 93.02 | 4.2 | 88.83 | 88.3 | 72.41 | 24.42 | 71.59 | 65.01 | 467 | 100 | 74 | 90 |
14 | Ottawa | Canada | 89.67 | 87.64 | 84.42 | 4.6 | 92.79 | 90.5 | 64.99 | 11 | 77.78 | 60.78 | 364 | 100 | 87 | 91 |
15 | Hamburg | Germany | 89.11 | 88.62 | 93.22 | 6.33 | 88.71 | 84.4 | 68.68 | 21.21 | 72.4 | 76.38 | 467 | 100 | 82 | 94 |
16 | Hanover | Germany | 88.73 | 98.38 | 89.55 | 6.62 | 87.14 | 85.7 | 79.16 | 22.39 | 72.53 | 64.42 | 467 | 100 | 76 | 85 |
17 | Frankfurt | Germany | 88.52 | 86.1 | 90.84 | 5.38 | 88.94 | 87.7 | 84.29 | 26.61 | 72.1 | 57.59 | 467 | 100 | 77 | 87 |
18 | Uppsala | Sweden | 88.23 | 88.88 | 91.84 | 5.7 | 87.46 | 86.4 | 89.07 | 24.34 | 81.6 | 32.34 | 490 | 100 | 88 | 92 |
19 | Dresden | Germany | 87.76 | 90.8 | 86.18 | 6.1 | 90.4 | 88.3 | 77.43 | 26.52 | 74.6 | 64.81 | 467 | 100 | 73 | 70 |
20 | Berlin | Germany | 87.64 | 82.75 | 88.75 | 8.13 | 88.94 | 85.9 | 77.37 | 24.16 | 71.19 | 89.43 | 467 | 100 | 74 | 82 |
21 | Malmo | Sweden | 87.62 | 93.18 | 94.25 | 13.9 | 87.46 | 83.9 | 92.36 | 19.6 | 81.84 | 56.36 | 490 | 100 | 83 | 95 |
22 | Adelaide | Australia | 86.85 | 92.96 | 95.01 | 5.84 | 87.56 | 89.8 | 55.66 | 16.66 | 84.28 | 60.14 | 140 | 100 | 87 | 90 |
23 | Singapore | Singapore | 86.6 | 63.78 | 88.39 | 2.1 | 98 | 95.3 | 100 | 30 | 67.6 | 81.52 | 119 | 1 | 97 | 89 |
24 | San Francisco | US | 86.38 | 81.83 | 90.55 | 2.68 | 85.53 | 83.3 | 79.96 | 15.77 | 65.44 | 98.39 | 117 | 100 | 85 | 79 |
25 | Dusseldorf | Germany | 86.02 | 85.72 | 86.77 | 6.73 | 88.49 | 88.2 | 81.93 | 25.67 | 72.45 | 56.86 | 467 | 100 | 79 | 87 |
26 | Leipzig | Germany | 85.08 | 91.85 | 80.38 | 6.74 | 90.4 | 85.5 | 78.9 | 25.86 | 71.09 | 61.73 | 467 | 100 | 80 | 83 |
27 | Boston | US | 84.96 | 77.82 | 82.77 | 3.11 | 92.33 | 87 | 81.55 | 12.32 | 73.98 | 76.41 | 0 | 100 | 78 | 86 |
28 | San Diego | US | 84.75 | 80.53 | 90.59 | 3.3 | 85.53 | 86.8 | 62.27 | 15.05 | 68.65 | 93.85 | 117 | 100 | 74 | 92 |
29 | Vienna | Austria | 84.64 | 74.07 | 88.88 | 12.3 | 86.82 | 89.6 | 74.27 | 25.73 | 79.05 | 79.16 | 481 | 100 | 89 | 92 |
30 | Seattle | US | 84.43 | 87.73 | 87.99 | 3.88 | 87.28 | 84.3 | 66.25 | 11.97 | 72.09 | 87.08 | 0 | 100 | 87 | 90 |
31 | Cologne | Germany | 83.79 | 88.4 | 86.42 | 7.85 | 88.49 | 85.4 | 75.33 | 24.47 | 72.39 | 58.37 | 467 | 100 | 79 | 85 |
32 | Perth | Australia | 83.39 | 90.31 | 83.4 | 6.29 | 89.26 | 87.5 | 62.87 | 16.77 | 85.24 | 60.15 | 140 | 100 | 90 | 87 |
33 | Antwerp | Belgium | 83.39 | 93.9 | 83.14 | 4.4 | 88.78 | 83.3 | 56.19 | 26.75 | 76.33 | 78.99 | 361 | 100 | 73 | 69 |
34 | Toronto | Canada | 83.26 | 65.57 | 71.14 | 6 | 92.79 | 90.8 | 63.34 | 14.33 | 77.94 | 83.8 | 364 | 100 | 93 | 89 |
35 | Vancouver | Canada | 83.04 | 62.29 | 79.32 | 4.4 | 95.61 | 88.3 | 58.29 | 12.26 | 77.72 | 69.25 | 364 | 100 | 87 | 88 |
36 | Zurich | Switzerland | 82.95 | 89.83 | 81.51 | 3.8 | 89.45 | 87.8 | 70.36 | 20.43 | 82.77 | 63.06 | 98 | 68.38 | 98 | 90 |
37 | Basel | Switzerland | 82.87 | 95.3 | 73.52 | 3.6 | 89.45 | 91.2 | 64.79 | 20.1 | 82.23 | 66.21 | 98 | 68.38 | 95 | 91 |
38 | Wellington | New Zealand | 82.8 | 81.46 | 85.8 | 4.63 | 89.34 | 91.5 | 54.85 | 12.9 | 73.51 | 60.94 | 126 | 100 | 92 | 94 |
39 | Brisbane | Australia | 82.69 | 84.58 | 85.18 | 4.43 | 87.05 | 89.4 | 63.09 | 15.84 | 85.7 | 51.01 | 140 | 100 | 89 | 90 |
40 | Strasbourg | France | 82.48 | 91.9 | 80.73 | 7.5 | 88.34 | 84.8 | 66.59 | 25 | 74.17 | 56.54 | 490 | 100 | 92 | 87 |
41 | Essen | Germany | 82.38 | 100 | 85.47 | 10.6 | 88.49 | 85.1 | 80.28 | 24.03 | 74.76 | 44.2 | 467 | 100 | 81 | 75 |
42 | Minneapolis | US | 82.34 | 88.57 | 85.35 | 2.68 | 87.44 | 85.5 | 67.91 | 12.18 | 74.33 | 62.43 | 0 | 100 | 89 | 92 |
43 | Portland | US | 82.24 | 87.44 | 84.96 | 3.79 | 86.2 | 87.3 | 64.84 | 10.44 | 68.7 | 75.02 | 0 | 100 | 88 | 93 |
44 | Bremen | Germany | 82.06 | 93.52 | 82.17 | 9.3 | 88.26 | 84.6 | 69.33 | 20.39 | 71.39 | 58.13 | 467 | 100 | 82 | 90 |
45 | Omaha | US | 81.93 | 93.56 | 90.5 | 2.87 | 86.94 | 84.4 | 63.13 | 15.47 | 64.11 | 64.85 | 0 | 100 | 92 | 89 |
46 | Dortmund | Germany | 81.82 | 94.42 | 84.05 | 10.26 | 88.49 | 84.8 | 80.63 | 24.35 | 73.06 | 46.64 | 467 | 100 | 75 | 92 |
47 | Sydney | Australia | 81.46 | 58.64 | 79.85 | 4.35 | 87.94 | 89.1 | 65.18 | 16.56 | 85.33 | 90.86 | 140 | 100 | 91 | 85 |
48 | Austin | US | 81.08 | 87.7 | 94.49 | 2.92 | 85.7 | 86.7 | 53.59 | 14.3 | 56.33 | 76.74 | 0 | 100 | 81 | 91 |
49 | Denver | US | 80.96 | 88.58 | 89.76 | 3.01 | 86.86 | 83.8 | 61.67 | 11.02 | 67.83 | 66.9 | 0 | 100 | 92 | 84 |
50 | Melbourne | Australia | 80.83 | 67.5 | 81.81 | 5.41 | 88.74 | 86.8 | 75.63 | 18.75 | 84.01 | 70.94 | 140 | 100 | 92 | 91 |
51 | Lyon | France | 80.78 | 82.78 | 89.93 | 8 | 87.78 | 82.2 | 65.44 | 22 | 72.11 | 58.15 | 490 | 100 | 76 | 91 |
52 | Christchurch | New Zealand | 80.68 | 95.95 | 82.51 | 3.7 | 89.34 | 88.2 | 54.55 | 20.85 | 74.98 | 42.81 | 126 | 100 | 88 | 93 |
53 | Geneva | Switzerland | 80.11 | 83.97 | 81.23 | 4.5 | 89.45 | 89.1 | 63.79 | 20.75 | 81 | 65.9 | 98 | 68.38 | 87 | 89 |
54 | Tampa | US | 79.69 | 90.3 | 91.25 | 3.4 | 86.03 | 84.9 | 61.31 | 12.37 | 63.64 | 70.8 | 0 | 84.6 | 84 | 81 |
55 | London | UK | 79.54 | 57.7 | 72.54 | 4.75 | 89.51 | 84.3 | 76.6 | 15.76 | 71.34 | 98.28 | 287 | 100 | 89 | 79 |
56 | Chicago | US | 79.46 | 81.4 | 83.16 | 4.16 | 86.28 | 83.8 | 83.88 | 21.54 | 62.94 | 90.95 | 0 | 100 | 65 | 72 |
57 | Charlotte | US | 79.39 | 92 | 94.51 | 3.63 | 85.62 | 84.3 | 61.31 | 15.07 | 57.06 | 63.62 | 0 | 92.3 | 85 | 91 |
58 | Amsterdam | Netherlands | 79.08 | 64.15 | 62.56 | 3.8 | 89.77 | 89.4 | 85.66 | 23.06 | 83.46 | 78.74 | 115 | 100 | 91 | 89 |
59 | Colorado Springs | US | 78.86 | 90.97 | 86.61 | 3.68 | 86.86 | 84.3 | 55.87 | 10.71 | 65.69 | 62 | 0 | 100 | 92 | 90 |
60 | Tallinn | Estonia | 78.86 | 67.33 | 65.47 | 4.8 | 92.84 | 82.7 | 54.88 | 13.95 | 53.43 | 61.38 | 1176 | 67.55 | 96 | 91 |
61 | Virginia Beach | US | 78.77 | 94.71 | 91.26 | 3.33 | 87.03 | 83.1 | 54.86 | 12.95 | 65.47 | 65.23 | 0 | 84.6 | 70 | 92 |
62 | Rotterdam | Netherlands | 78.72 | 71.45 | 70.97 | 4.3 | 89.77 | 87.7 | 82.18 | 23.71 | 85.31 | 58.35 | 115 | 100 | 83 | 94 |
63 | Oakland | US | 78.49 | 82.97 | 92.44 | 2.68 | 85.53 | 81.2 | 50.69 | 15.77 | 70.45 | 67.14 | 117 | 100 | 84 | 87 |
64 | Luxembourg City | Luxembourg | 77.95 | 74.16 | 83.6 | 5.6 | 85.13 | 85.6 | 43.37 | 22.04 | 84.09 | 56.22 | 479 | 100 | 90 | 93 |
65 | Dallas | US | 77.94 | 88.88 | 92.17 | 3.49 | 85.7 | 83.3 | 65.2 | 15.84 | 55.18 | 72.2 | 0 | 100 | 62 | 81 |
66 | Washington | US | 77.75 | 85.08 | 91.24 | 3.37 | 83.29 | 84 | 67.5 | 14.68 | 54.11 | 82.71 | 0 | 100 | 73 | 69 |
67 | Atlanta | US | 77.55 | 89.45 | 93.56 | 3.69 | 86.11 | 81.1 | 69.34 | 16.61 | 51.23 | 71.98 | 0 | 100 | 71 | 74 |
68 | Utrecht | Netherlands | 77.42 | 78.85 | 65.19 | 3.4 | 89.77 | 88.9 | 77.89 | 19.88 | 84.13 | 56.13 | 115 | 100 | 76 | 78 |
69 | New York | US | 77.35 | 66.67 | 72.03 | 4.02 | 86.03 | 82.2 | 86.15 | 16.27 | 66.43 | 98.53 | 180 | 100 | 81 | 67 |
70 | Pittsburgh | US | 77.28 | 90.82 | 83.89 | 4.28 | 86.86 | 86.1 | 68.83 | 19.24 | 64.06 | 61.88 | 0 | 100 | 70 | 75 |
71 | Madrid | Spain | 77.22 | 57.38 | 79.8 | 11.5 | 90.43 | 86.2 | 93.62 | 18.68 | 73.11 | 84.27 | 127 | 100 | 81 | 86 |
72 | Phoenix | US | 77.16 | 89.92 | 87.4 | 4.14 | 85.95 | 82.4 | 58.42 | 13.53 | 58.8 | 67.74 | 0 | 100 | 92 | 88 |
73 | Los Angeles | US | 76.77 | 72.72 | 87.36 | 4.21 | 85.53 | 81.3 | 56.45 | 19.93 | 64.8 | 100 | 117 | 100 | 60 | 82 |
74 | Toulouse | France | 76.77 | 88.21 | 78.99 | 8.1 | 87.78 | 81.9 | 62.53 | 19.17 | 73.58 | 49.19 | 490 | 100 | 73 | 84 |
75 | Prague | Czechia | 76.76 | 36.91 | 63.51 | 1.93 | 86.52 | 89 | 83.98 | 26.78 | 63.38 | 95.26 | 770 | 76.08 | 82 | 78 |
76 | Edinburgh | UK | 76.56 | 75.61 | 67.29 | 4 | 88.25 | 85.1 | 72 | 13.54 | 63.05 | 68.01 | 287 | 100 | 93 | 86 |
77 | San Jose | US | 76.46 | 85.8 | 96.25 | 2.64 | 85.53 | 85.9 | 48.58 | 27 | 68.23 | 51.05 | 117 | 100 | 86 | 68 |
78 | Jacksonville | US | 76.46 | 94.98 | 91.98 | 3.33 | 86.03 | 81.1 | 55.41 | 14.59 | 65.22 | 56.81 | 0 | 84.6 | 82 | 84 |
79 | Paris | France | 76.32 | 51.98 | 75.6 | 7 | 88.71 | 85.2 | 74.72 | 27.75 | 72.16 | 89.96 | 490 | 100 | 62 | 77 |
80 | Oklahoma City | US | 75.66 | 95.56 | 87.39 | 3.28 | 85.2 | 83 | 58.84 | 17.08 | 50.62 | 61.39 | 0 | 100 | 81 | 85 |
81 | San Antonio | US | 75.52 | 88.19 | 88 | 3.33 | 85.53 | 82.1 | 58.52 | 16.25 | 56.46 | 76.6 | 0 | 100 | 70 | 69 |
82 | Louisville | US | 75.49 | 94.54 | 95.2 | 3.84 | 85.78 | 80.8 | 61.61 | 21.18 | 51.46 | 64.34 | 0 | 84.6 | 74 | 80 |
83 | Indianapolis | US | 75.45 | 90.27 | 88.97 | 3.19 | 87.19 | 79.9 | 63.22 | 16.99 | 54.8 | 61.48 | 0 | 100 | 68 | 89 |
84 | Bristol | UK | 75.11 | 77.59 | 70.53 | 3.8 | 87.9 | 83.4 | 63.71 | 17.7 | 73.35 | 58.21 | 287 | 100 | 82 | 89 |
85 | Sacramento | US | 74.89 | 86.67 | 86.21 | 3.72 | 85.53 | 83.9 | 58.63 | 13.53 | 68.06 | 52.36 | 117 | 100 | 63 | 72 |
86 | Bordeaux | France | 74.8 | 82.38 | 75.87 | 8.8 | 87.78 | 83.3 | 58.85 | 22.33 | 73.91 | 49.02 | 490 | 100 | 83 | 88 |
87 | Columbus | US | 74.79 | 94.21 | 88.54 | 3.77 | 86.86 | 79 | 60.56 | 19.27 | 57.67 | 69.88 | 0 | 84.6 | 72 | 79 |
88 | Liverpool | UK | 74.13 | 87.12 | 71.59 | 3.5 | 87.02 | 82.1 | 58.24 | 14.02 | 63.81 | 54.92 | 287 | 100 | 86 | 84 |
89 | Houston | US | 74.11 | 88.5 | 91.19 | 4.28 | 85.7 | 80.8 | 52.91 | 16 | 56.45 | 73.07 | 0 | 100 | 68 | 71 |
90 | Nashville | US | 73.66 | 86.62 | 88.11 | 2.75 | 85.62 | 82.1 | 52.03 | 14.68 | 49.6 | 65.91 | 0 | 100 | 78 | 86 |
91 | Barcelona | Spain | 73.59 | 45.07 | 74 | 8.22 | 88.27 | 86 | 90.15 | 24.4 | 72.84 | 87.35 | 127 | 100 | 85 | 91 |
92 | Glasgow | UK | 73.21 | 84.23 | 75.96 | 5.9 | 88.33 | 82.3 | 61.7 | 22.94 | 63.06 | 51.09 | 287 | 100 | 79 | 83 |
93 | Philadelphia | US | 73.16 | 81.31 | 80.61 | 4.23 | 86.86 | 74.9 | 69.47 | 18.9 | 63.27 | 85.32 | 0 | 100 | 78 | 75 |
94 | Auckland | New Zealand | 73.08 | 56.82 | 80.3 | 4.18 | 89.34 | 86.8 | 49.56 | 14.25 | 73.3 | 63.28 | 126 | 100 | 90 | 90 |
95 | Milwaukee | US | 73.05 | 83.69 | 76.27 | 3.13 | 86.94 | 79.3 | 62.81 | 15.26 | 68.82 | 65.25 | 0 | 100 | 81 | 85 |
96 | Tulsa | US | 72.95 | 94.73 | 85.76 | 3.6 | 85.2 | 80.5 | 60.46 | 16.99 | 49.25 | 57.63 | 0 | 100 | 80 | 82 |
97 | Las Vegas | US | 72.74 | 90.16 | 86.7 | 4.78 | 85.12 | 80.5 | 53.21 | 14.11 | 53.9 | 74.21 | 0 | 100 | 74 | 70 |
98 | Miami | US | 72.57 | 76.27 | 86.38 | 3.69 | 86.03 | 82.5 | 64.89 | 11.4 | 63.11 | 62.72 | 0 | 84.6 | 75 | 78 |
99 | Leeds | UK | 72.33 | 82.89 | 73.71 | 3.9 | 87.57 | 82.4 | 59.32 | 21.52 | 60.83 | 48.46 | 287 | 100 | 81 | 88 |
100 | Montpellier | France | 72.03 | 82.56 | 75.63 | 12.8 | 87.97 | 80.4 | 61.56 | 20 | 74.19 | 52.74 | 490 | 100 | 85 | 83 |
101 | Nantes | France | 72.03 | 85.54 | 71.52 | 7.2 | 86.85 | 81.9 | 64.01 | 19.33 | 73.09 | 38.83 | 490 | 100 | 74 | 72 |
102 | Nice | France | 72.02 | 72.75 | 78.54 | 9.7 | 85.35 | 82.2 | 59.1 | 28.5 | 74.83 | 54.56 | 490 | 100 | 83 | 90 |
103 | Lille | France | 71.38 | 81.63 | 76.68 | 12 | 87.41 | 81.8 | 66.06 | 22 | 74.89 | 38.57 | 490 | 100 | 78 | 90 |
104 | Tucson | US | 71.15 | 89.51 | 80.64 | 4.39 | 85.95 | 82.1 | 54.92 | 10.99 | 57.45 | 61.1 | 0 | 84.6 | 82 | 80 |
105 | Baltimore | US | 71.01 | 89.34 | 87.76 | 4.18 | 86.2 | 76.1 | 63.81 | 17.65 | 63.82 | 67.09 | 0 | 100 | 53 | 48 |
106 | Cleveland | US | 70.64 | 84.08 | 78.58 | 5.03 | 86.86 | 80.6 | 69.5 | 19 | 59.91 | 58.09 | 0 | 84.6 | 86 | 86 |
107 | Seoul | South Korea | 70.61 | 45.71 | 79.01 | 4.76 | 91.85 | 87.5 | 94.11 | 46 | 69.4 | 81.27 | 93 | 32.62 | 93 | 71 |
108 | Wichita | US | 70.55 | 93.57 | 83.53 | 3.7 | 86.53 | 79.9 | 53.68 | 16.85 | 57.92 | 49.91 | 0 | 84.6 | 84 | 82 |
109 | Cardiff | UK | 70.36 | 85.9 | 67.32 | 5.1 | 84.03 | 83.8 | 58.62 | 18.95 | 63.39 | 51.76 | 287 | 100 | 84 | 87 |
110 | Fresno | US | 70.31 | 89.72 | 79.78 | 7.39 | 85.53 | 81.3 | 56.16 | 27.95 | 70.09 | 44.92 | 117 | 100 | 89 | 91 |
111 | Albuquerque | US | 70.14 | 92.37 | 88.43 | 4.55 | 84.29 | 75.5 | 54.23 | 11.94 | 51.5 | 62.95 | 0 | 100 | 75 | 78 |
112 | Milan | Italy | 69.43 | 57.6 | 74.51 | 6.4 | 89.49 | 82.4 | 71.04 | 37.13 | 80.01 | 70.28 | 337 | 60.68 | 84 | 76 |
113 | Bratislava | Slovak Republic | 69.18 | 60.28 | 70.68 | 2.88 | 81.3 | 87.6 | 51.68 | 27.14 | 43.36 | 60.7 | 1148 | 24.92 | 87 | 89 |
114 | Kansas City | US | 68.99 | 92.86 | 84.32 | 3.38 | 86.53 | 70.1 | 55.45 | 16.25 | 60.46 | 59.7 | 0 | 84.6 | 90 | 83 |
115 | Marseille | France | 68.96 | 85.17 | 73.29 | 10.9 | 87.22 | 79.4 | 52.11 | 28.67 | 73.49 | 46.67 | 490 | 100 | 76 | 86 |
116 | Memphis | US | 68.73 | 91.37 | 85.92 | 4.13 | 85.62 | 72.3 | 53.14 | 17.08 | 45.54 | 67.07 | 0 | 100 | 95 | 77 |
117 | Manchester | UK | 68.58 | 65.34 | 71 | 4.5 | 88.21 | 80.4 | 71.34 | 17.58 | 61.41 | 53.23 | 287 | 100 | 66 | 87 |
118 | Honolulu | US | 68.5 | 55.5 | 81.4 | 2.14 | 85.37 | 83 | 54.47 | 7.88 | 74.14 | 64.83 | 0 | 100 | 65 | 75 |
119 | Brussels | Belgium | 68.09 | 52.77 | 77.19 | 13.38 | 88.78 | 86.3 | 66.32 | 25.59 | 75.19 | 69.69 | 361 | 100 | 59 | 76 |
120 | Dublin | Ireland | 68.06 | 41.05 | 70.69 | 5.33 | 90.02 | 84 | 61.65 | 15.66 | 74.61 | 70.82 | 182 | 100 | 81 | 89 |
121 | Birmingham | UK | 67.65 | 77.69 | 65.21 | 5.8 | 88.03 | 79.9 | 70.05 | 18.54 | 60.89 | 49.94 | 287 | 100 | 71 | 82 |
122 | Ljubljana | Slovenia | 65.01 | 64.63 | 61.96 | 8.75 | 90.02 | 90.2 | 42.17 | 24.88 | 66.82 | 63.34 | 385 | 59.85 | 88 | 89 |
123 | New Orleans | US | 64.71 | 82.72 | 82.36 | 4.51 | 84.2 | 76 | 61.12 | 13.91 | 47.35 | 65.47 | 0 | 100 | 54 | 58 |
124 | Taipei | Taiwan | 64.42 | 31.23 | 70.16 | 1.83 | 92.73 | 85.8 | 75.79 | 28.24 | 55.86 | 55 | 61 | 100 | 97 | 82 |
125 | Lisbon | Portugal | 63.84 | 34.29 | 62.57 | 7.4 | 87.7 | 88.6 | 62.78 | 15 | 53.19 | 83.66 | 367 | 100 | 68 | 81 |
126 | Budapest | Hungary | 62.25 | 38.61 | 57.93 | 3.1 | 83.51 | 83.6 | 35.05 | 29 | 36.89 | 88.38 | 1127 | 75.25 | 77 | 74 |
127 | Warsaw | Poland | 61.62 | 44.11 | 65 | 2.4 | 88.97 | 87.5 | 65.84 | 33.25 | 41.16 | 78.27 | 378 | 26.58 | 80 | 87 |
128 | Detroit | US | 60.96 | 74.62 | 68.51 | 4.23 | 85.95 | 73.5 | 56 | 18.3 | 55.91 | 75.32 | 0 | 100 | 72 | 54 |
129 | Rome | Italy | 59.95 | 51.21 | 70.04 | 9.8 | 85.5 | 79.8 | 44.11 | 27.89 | 77.56 | 86.49 | 337 | 60.68 | 71 | 73 |
130 | Porto | Portugal | 58.23 | 36.62 | 50.57 | 7.4 | 87.7 | 86.5 | 61.07 | 15.07 | 54.07 | 69.59 | 367 | 100 | 73 | 84 |
131 | Tel Aviv | Israel | 57.18 | 67.1 | 70.99 | 3.8 | 83 | 84.1 | 29.63 | 48.36 | 51.13 | 71.75 | 98 | 74.42 | 63 | 88 |
132 | Jerusalem | Israel | 56.8 | 73.58 | 73.98 | 6.3 | 83 | 82.3 | 28.32 | 45.13 | 50.13 | 72.44 | 98 | 74.42 | 57 | 87 |
133 | Dubai | United Arab Emirates | 53.41 | 51.37 | 90.35 | 0.5 | 82.81 | 88.6 | 63.12 | 123.2 | 6.78 | 87 | 45 | 1 | 93 | 87 |
134 | Bucharest | Romania | 52.4 | 76.51 | 60.4 | 1.45 | 76.54 | 83 | 5.73 | 30.83 | 27.42 | 57.91 | 887 | 24.92 | 88 | 81 |
135 | Zagreb | Croatia | 51.26 | 63.8 | 47.11 | 4.92 | 83.62 | 80.4 | 31.04 | 35.81 | 55.4 | 63.5 | 448 | 76.08 | 64 | 78 |
136 | Vilnius | Lithuania | 49.43 | 62.59 | 51.69 | 7.6 | 83.56 | 80.3 | 34.15 | 26.56 | 37.33 | 60.17 | 462 | 59.03 | 89 | 80 |
137 | Riga | Latvia | 46.91 | 70.74 | 34.06 | 6.5 | 85.77 | 81.3 | 30.96 | 33.98 | 36.25 | 68.6 | 668 | 16.4 | 83 | 75 |
138 | Moscow | Russia | 44.81 | 28.28 | 46.96 | 2.45 | 86.76 | 75.3 | 39.21 | 32.5 | 19.49 | 94.87 | 686 | 16.4 | 89 | 79 |
139 | Sofia | Bulgaria | 44.73 | 68.65 | 40.81 | 2 | 76.92 | 83.3 | 22.52 | 43.39 | 24.65 | 68.51 | 790 | 16.4 | 69 | 73 |
140 | Naples | Italy | 43.95 | 61 | 64.65 | 24.2 | 79.89 | 78 | 48.51 | 34.94 | 76.43 | 56.86 | 337 | 60.68 | 69 | 72 |
141 | Doha | Qatar | 42.25 | 79.77 | 94.51 | 0.1 | 70.82 | 85.5 | 13.03 | 167.63 | 41.77 | 58.94 | 50 | 1 | 88 | 90 |
142 | Santiago | Chile | 41.6 | 68.27 | 37.64 | 7.3 | 77.54 | 79.4 | 52.31 | 64.41 | 29.11 | 77.74 | 217 | 76.08 | 71 | 70 |
143 | Buenos Aires | Argentina | 40.95 | 83.11 | 42.24 | 10.78 | 82.38 | 72.9 | 49.6 | 26.15 | 1 | 62.62 | 92 | 100 | 87 | 79 |
144 | Athens | Greece | 38.56 | 53.13 | 49.15 | 19.5 | 80.5 | 73.7 | 30.42 | 39.98 | 63.45 | 91.58 | 304 | 76.08 | 55 | 64 |
145 | Mexico City | Mexico | 23.56 | 27.01 | 57.21 | 4.63 | 71.65 | 62.3 | 25.86 | 42.24 | 12.53 | 83.69 | 91 | 100 | 42 | 64 |
146 | Manama | Bahrain | 21.98 | 48.95 | 70.29 | 3.9 | 79.8 | 71.3 | 1 | 115.08 | 11.2 | 56.48 | 60 | 1 | 83 | 85 |
147 | Ankara | Turkey | 19.3 | 65.29 | 15.37 | 10.1 | 74.02 | 73.4 | 53.12 | 76.97 | 19.27 | 78.83 | 119 | 9.53 | 74 | 79 |
148 | Izmir | Turkey | 14.68 | 57.27 | 5.54 | 13.7 | 74.02 | 76 | 56.67 | 48.51 | 20.04 | 71.62 | 119 | 9.53 | 52 | 78 |
149 | Kuwait City | Kuwait | 12.93 | 1 | 64.96 | 2.07 | 67 | 80.4 | 21.46 | 164.63 | 34.77 | 56.8 | 70 | 16.4 | 81 | 72 |
150 | Istanbul | Turkey | 1 | 22.51 | 1 | 12.4 | 74.02 | 65.2 | 27.03 | 53.37 | 19.2 | 95.71 | 119 | 9.53 | 75 | 71 |
When it comes to paid parental leave, Helsinki sits at the top of this table, too, with 1,190 days. It’s followed by Tallinn in Estonia (2nd, 1,176), Bratislava in the Slovak Republic (3rd, 1,148), Budapest in Hungary (4th, 1,127), Bucharest in Romania (5th, 887), Sofia in Bulgaria (6th, 790), Tokyo (7th, 770), Osaka (8th, 770), Prague (9th, 770) and Oslo (10th, 707).
In the education ranking, it’s Singapore that takes the top spot on the podium, followed by Calgary (2nd), Vancouver (3rd), Quebec (4th), Montreal (5th), Tokyo (6th), Osaka (7th), Tallinn (8th), Toronto (9th) and Ottawa (10th).
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