Frankfurt is officially the most livable city in Germany - the reason has to do with Corona

Created: 06/25/2022, 12:00 p.m

By: Sarah Bernhardt

Many people are sitting on the banks of the Main, with the Frankfurt skyline in the background.

The British "Economist" group Unit evaluates the world's metropolises every year.

This time, the city of Frankfurt came in 7th in the ranking of the most livable cities in the world.

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In a worldwide comparison with 171 other cities, the Main metropolis takes 7th place. One of the main reasons is the high vaccination rate.

Frankfurt – Frankfurt is better than ever to live in: In the annual ranking of the Economist Group, the city took seventh place compared to 171 other cities.

This not only moves the Main metropolis into the international top 10, but is now also officially the most livable city in Germany, as reported by fnp.de.

"Of course I'm very happy about that, but for me personally the result doesn't come as a surprise," says Frankfurt's head of tourism, Thomas Feda.

"The criteria particularly examined in the study, such as cultural offerings, shopping opportunities, gastronomy and transport location, have always played an important role in our tourism marketing. The fact that an independent institute has now officially confirmed their positive evaluation confirms our message."

Frankfurt: City scores full points in data analysis for health and infrastructure

The UK's Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) analyzed five categories of data: Stability, Health, Culture and Environment, Education and Infrastructure.

With 91.7 points, education is Frankfurt's worst category, while health and infrastructure each get the full 100 points.

The clear winner is not only the city as a whole - but also the health and mobility department head Stefan Majer (Greens).

"I'm pleased that we did so well in these two areas. This shows that we can rely on our good infrastructure, for example in the healthcare sector, and that we're also on the right track with our traffic turnaround."

The money that the city is investing in, for example, the Höchst Clinic, the North Main S-Bahn or the Regionaltangente West is obviously well invested.

As in 2019, Vienna took first place in the ranking, followed by Copenhagen and Zurich.

Frankfurt: Corona coped better than other cities

But Frankfurt also has a first place: that of the most successful climber.

The city made up 32 places compared to the previous year.

However, she had also lost 29 places before that.

The reason for this was the strict corona measures of the second wave, which were still in force during the survey period: masks were compulsory, shops and schools were closed, and there were strict rules for meetings.

This had a negative effect on three of the five categories examined, so that cities in Australia or New Zealand, where relatively normal life was possible thanks to sealed national borders, were able to overtake European cities.

This ratio has now reversed again “due to the easing and the high number of vaccinated” in the European metropolises.

Hamburg and Düsseldorf have also climbed around 30 places.

In 2018, Frankfurt took twelfth place in the study, and in 2019 eleventh place.

Syria's capital Damascus came last with 30.7 points, followed by Lagos in African Nigeria with 32.2 points.

Kyiv was dropped from the ranking, Moscow and St. Petersburg fell by 15 and 13 places respectively due to decreased stability in Russia.

Living in Frankfurt: City also with other studies with good results

Frankfurt also regularly performs well in other studies.

In the international sustainability index published this week by the Dutch management consultancy Arcadis, Frankfurt was the second German city to come in 16th place (after Berlin in fifth place).

A total of 100 cities were examined in the three categories of environmental protection, social infrastructure and economic sustainability.

Although Frankfurt is among the top 20, it has lost six places compared to the previous report from 2018.

This is mainly due to the environmental protection category: Frankfurt fell from second place to 15th place. This category examines, among other things, how much waste is disposed of in public spaces, how high the air pollution is and how sustainable public transport is.

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In terms of social infrastructure, which includes the cost of living, but also the level of crime and education, Frankfurt came in 26th place (2018: 28).

Economic sustainability consists of factors such as gross domestic product per person or the quality of jobs.

Frankfurt came in 24th here (2018: 34).

Frankfurt is the safest city in Germany in the safety ranking of the EIU

In the most recent quality of life ranking by the American management consultancy Mercer from 2019, Frankfurt also took seventh place, but behind Munich (fourth place) and Düsseldorf (sixth place).

The security ranking of the EIU placed the Main metropolis in 13th place in 2021.

This makes Frankfurt the safest city in Germany.

In the subcategory "Personal Safety", Frankfurt even took third place, only Amsterdam and Copenhagen are less dangerous.

(Sarah Bernhardt)