Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU)

Liveability Index: Dhaka ranked 7th least liveable city

Dhaka was named the seventh least liveable city in the world for the second consecutive year in the Global Liveability Index for 2023

New York, Singapore most expensive cities in the world

New York and Singapore are jointly the world's most expensive cities after inflation soared this year, an annual survey showed today.

EIU Democracy Index 2019: Bangladesh moves 8 notches up

Bangladesh advances eight notches on the latest Democracy Index 2019 of the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU), the research and analysis division of The Economist Group.

EIU liveability index: Dhaka improves a little, now ranks 3rd worst

Dhaka has been ranked as the third worst liveable city in the world, while war-torn Damascus in Syria ranked the worst.

Dhaka betters, just a little

Dhaka stands as the fifth least safe city on the latest edition of the Economist Intelligence Unit's (EIU) Safe Cities Index (SCI) as “the city fared poorly on digital security, health security, infrastructure security and personal security indicators”.

EIU Survey: Dhaka ranked second least liveable city

Bangladesh capital Dhaka has ranked the second least liveable city in the world, according to the Economist Intelligence Unit annual global survey.

Why is Dhaka the second least liveable city?

Bangladesh capital Dhaka has been ranked the second least liveable city in the world while Damascus ranked the worst, according to the Economist Intelligence Unit annual global survey. Civil war and terrorism resulted in cities like Damascus ranking poorly and unavailability of adequate infrastructure is responsible for the low score in Dhaka.

Dhaka moves 10 notches down in cost of living index

Dhaka moves down by 10 places to rank 72nd in the list of the most expensive cities across the world according to the Worldwide Cost of Living 2018 index report published by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU).

EIU Democracy Index: Bangladesh slips to 92th position

Bangladesh has gone eight notches down in the EIU Democracy Index-2017 with its score on the state of democracy dropping compared to 2016.

June 22, 2023
June 22, 2023

Liveability Index: Dhaka ranked 7th least liveable city

Dhaka was named the seventh least liveable city in the world for the second consecutive year in the Global Liveability Index for 2023

December 1, 2022
December 1, 2022

New York, Singapore most expensive cities in the world

New York and Singapore are jointly the world's most expensive cities after inflation soared this year, an annual survey showed today.

January 22, 2020
January 22, 2020

EIU Democracy Index 2019: Bangladesh moves 8 notches up

Bangladesh advances eight notches on the latest Democracy Index 2019 of the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU), the research and analysis division of The Economist Group.

September 4, 2019
September 4, 2019

EIU liveability index: Dhaka improves a little, now ranks 3rd worst

Dhaka has been ranked as the third worst liveable city in the world, while war-torn Damascus in Syria ranked the worst.

August 29, 2019
August 29, 2019

Dhaka betters, just a little

Dhaka stands as the fifth least safe city on the latest edition of the Economist Intelligence Unit's (EIU) Safe Cities Index (SCI) as “the city fared poorly on digital security, health security, infrastructure security and personal security indicators”.

August 15, 2018
August 15, 2018

EIU Survey: Dhaka ranked second least liveable city

Bangladesh capital Dhaka has ranked the second least liveable city in the world, according to the Economist Intelligence Unit annual global survey.

August 14, 2018
August 14, 2018

Why is Dhaka the second least liveable city?

Bangladesh capital Dhaka has been ranked the second least liveable city in the world while Damascus ranked the worst, according to the Economist Intelligence Unit annual global survey. Civil war and terrorism resulted in cities like Damascus ranking poorly and unavailability of adequate infrastructure is responsible for the low score in Dhaka.

March 18, 2018
March 18, 2018

Dhaka moves 10 notches down in cost of living index

Dhaka moves down by 10 places to rank 72nd in the list of the most expensive cities across the world according to the Worldwide Cost of Living 2018 index report published by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU).

February 1, 2018
February 1, 2018

EIU Democracy Index: Bangladesh slips to 92th position

Bangladesh has gone eight notches down in the EIU Democracy Index-2017 with its score on the state of democracy dropping compared to 2016.

March 10, 2016
March 10, 2016

Singapore 'still world's most expensive city'

Singapore has again been judged as the world's most expensive city but costs across the world have been highly volatile, according to researchers.