The firm also looked at medical and health access, education and access to schools, public transportation, recreation, availability of housing and consumer goods, as well as climate.

"Vienna scores high on a number of those areas," Rodriguez said.

The survey also found that Zurich and Auckland of New Zealand were ranked second and third with Munich taking fourth spot.

The annual survey helps multinational companies and organizations compensate employees when they're placed on international assignments.

In the United States, the top three cities were Honolulu, ranked 28th with the highest quality of living, followed by San Francisco in 29th place and Boston at 35th.

Globally, the cities with the lowest quality of living are: Khartoum, Sudan; N'Djamena, Chad; Port-au Prince, Haiti; and Bangui in the Central African Republic.

(Read by Brian Salter. Brian Salter is a journalist at the China Daily Website.)

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最新年度调查显示，加拿大温哥华因气候宜人，获评加拿大的最宜居城市。

在2017年的美世全球最宜居城市调查中，这座西海岸城市仍旧位居第五位。

从总体来看，维也纳仍旧蝉联全球最宜居城市。这份榜单于本周二公布。巴格达在总共221个城市中排名垫底。

调查表示，加拿大成为全球最宜居的国家，渥太华排名第14，多伦多排名第15，蒙特利尔排名第23，卡尔加里排名第32。

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