Stockholm came first in a Reader's Digest ranking published on Thursday assessing the quality of life in 72 cities worldwide. The criteria for this included public transportation, parks, air quality, rubbish recycling and the price of electricity.
Stockholm was followed by Oslo, Munich and Paris.
Asia's cities fared the worst. Beijing was at the bottom of the ranking, preceded by Shanghai, Mumbai, Guangzhou and Bangkok.
Nordic countries also take the greatest care of their environment and their people, according to the same report.
Finland comes first in the 141-nation list, followed by Iceland, Norway and Sweden. At the bottom of the list is Ethiopia, preceded by Niger, Sierra Leone, Burkina Faso and Chad. The United States comes in 23rd, China 84th and India 104th.
The ranking combines environmental factors, such as air and water quality, respect for biodiversity and greenhouse-gas emissions, as well as social factors, such as gross domestic product, access to education, unemployment rate and life expectancy.
The statistical basis is the UN's Human Development Index and the Environmental Sustainability Index drawn up by Yale and Columbia universities and the World Economic Forum.
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