World Stress Ranking: Stuttgart the most peaceful city, Bern in the Top Ten

7 years ago - Published in Finance, Fundamental Analysis

If peace of mind means strolling home past trees and flowers, a fat bank balance at your disposal, and with a secure job to head to the next day, then the best place to find it is Germany.

A new study, done by Zipjet, a home delivered laundry service, has revealed the world's most and least stressful cities of 2017, based on factors including traffic levels, public transport, percentage of green spaces, financial status of citizens including debt levels, physical and mental health, and the hours of sunlight the city gets per year.
Of the 150 cities ranked, four out of the top ten most stress-free cities are in Germany. The southern city of Stuttgart comes out on top, with Hanover in third place, Munich in fifth place and Hamburg in joint ninth place with Graz, Austria.

The tiny yet wealthy country of Luxembourg, home to fewer than 600,000 people, has the second-lowest stress levels.
The leading Swiss city is Bern, fourth, while Bordeaux, France (No. 6) and Edinburgh, UK (No. 7) also make it to the top of the charts.
Sydney, Australia (No.8) is the only non-European city to break the top ten, while Seattle is the most chill US city.

After Bern, with a score of 1.29, Zurich ranked 11th with a score of 1.73, and much further down was Geneva, managing only 38th, and a score of 3.29.
Glamorous, global cities such as London (No. 70), Tokyo (No. 72), Paris (No. 78) clustered around the middle of the league table, with New York (No. 84) being the most stress-inducing of the big four.

Moving back to Switzerland, Bern scored highly on green spaces, public transport, traffic, sense of security, family purchasing power and gender equality. It’s only weak points were noise and light pollution, and a lack of sunshine, although it is well ahead of London on sunshine.

The study, by UK-based dry-cleaning and laundry service Zipjet, was conducted by studying 500 locations based on data relating to 17 categories covering infrastructure, pollution levels, finance and citizens' wellbeing.
This determined a ranking of 150 cities with available data on all factors relating to the study.

 

The world's least stressful cities

1. Stuttgart, Germany
2. Luxembourg City, Luxembourg
3. Hanover, Germany
4. Bern, Switzerland
5. Munich, Germany
6. Bordeaux, France
7. Edinburgh, UK
8. Sydney, Australia
9. (tie) Graz, Austria and Hamburg, Germany

 

The world's most stressful cities

1. Baghdad, Iraq
2. Kabul, Afghanistan
3. Lagos, Nigeria
4. Dakar, Senegal
5. Cairo, Egypt
6. Tehran, Iran
7. Dhaka, Bangladesh
8. Karachi, Pakistan
9. New Delhi, India
10. Manila, Philippines