Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Ranked 1st As The World’s Best Cities To Live In

2021-12-07

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia has been chosen as the best city to live in among 57 other cities worldwide, but on what basis?

The survey by InterNations with a total of 12,000 respondents has collected their satisfactory rates across four main categories which are:

Quality of urban living
Leisure and climate, transportation, safety and politics, health and environment

Getting settled
Local friendliness, feeling welcome, friends and socialising, local language

Urban work life
Job & career, job security, work-life balance

Finance and housing
Finance, housing

Compared to a total of 57 cities worldwide, Kuala Lumpur is the top city chosen by expats in terms of living and working abroad in 2021. Respondents of the survey have agreed that it is easy to get settled and make friends in not only Malaysia, but also in the top three cities ranked in this survey.

Surprisingly, contrasting with the local residents, they are also satisfied with the cost of living here!

Let us go through the top 10 cities that have been chosen as the world’s best cities to live in.

1. Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

“It’s easy to live here, and the people are wonderful!”

91% agreed that it’s easy to find homes in KL, receive stellar ratings for finance & housing
78% are happy with the cost of living
78% likes the quality of local medical care
75% expats are happy with working hours
72% find work-life balance in Kuala Lumpur

2. Malaga, Spain

86% likes the leisure options
82% are happy with their income
80% loves the weather
78% are happy with their social life
69% agrees that it’s easy to make new friends

3. Dubai, United Arab Emirates

“As a woman from a country where there is a lot of crime, safety is a big deal to me,”

97% feel safe in Dubai
84% finds it has a stable environment
94% agrees that language barriers are uncommon, you don’t need to learn local language to settled there
81% finds local residents are friendly towards foreign residents
70% agrees that it is easy to get used to local culture