This report is very useful for expatriate profiles or members of the Diaspora wishing to return to Africa, and includes 44 african cities in a global ranking that includes 231 cities worldwide.īy analyzing data, collected in November 2017, Mercer experts, specializing in business consulting, have developed several criteria to measure the quality of life in different cities: entertainment, educational facilities, housing, transport services or again beauty of the landscape. The results of the 2018 Mercer report demonstrate economic vitality in many African regions. The study is published in a time where Africa is strongly influenced by topics such as the reverse migration of professionnals from the diaspora, infrastructure, development, digital or employment. Ongoing research on the practicalities of daily life for these expatriate employees and their families forms the basis of our annual ranking of the quality of living in many prevalent assignment locations.The American company Mercer has published its 2018 survey of cities with the best quality of life. Mercer is the leading provider of data on quality of living for employees sent to work abroad. Please contact us about developing your international assignment program. This ranking indicates differences in quality of living factors affecting expatriates in popular assignment destinations and should not be used as the basis for determining hardship premiums, as many complex and dynamic factors must be taken into account. If any questions arise related to the accuracy of the information contained in the translated website, please refer to the English version of the website which is the official version Any discrepancies or differences created in the translation are not binding and have no legal effect for compliance or enforcement purposes. The official text is the English version of the website. Text in images, PDF files, Word documents or other document types cannot be translated. Some pages may not be accurately translated due to the limitations of the translation software. Mercer does not guarantee the accuracy of the translated text.

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Global city ranking 2018