Lagos Mapped And Ranked Second (2nd) Dirtiest City For Human To Live In The World

Nigeria's Former Federal capital Lagos state has been allegedly mapped as the dirtiest city in the world for a being to live in.

Earlier last year, Punch reported that Lagos was ranked 3rd liveable city in the year 2016 and then this year it has been mapped out as the 2nd dirtiest liveable city. It has grown from worst to decay. 

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As recorded by The Economist in an annual, Lagos was ranked only higher that Damascus, the Syrian capital. For the seventh year running, the Australian city of Melbourne has been ranked as the world’s most liveable city. According to the report by The Economist which was released on Wednesday, August 16, global living conditions are being eroded by terrorism and diplomatic tensions. The various criteria’s on which the report was premised are stability, healthcare, culture and environment, education and infrastructure. 

Brought from detailed reports, Lagos’s overall rating was pegged at 36 percent, and this was broken down as follows: stability, 10 percent; health care, 37.5 percent; culture and environment, 53.5 percent; education, 33.3 percent and infrastructure, 46.4 percent. Of the top 5 cities in the 140 listed cities ranked, was Melbourne, Australia; Vienna, Austria; and then the Canadian cities of Vancouver, Toronto and Calgary rounded out the remaining top spots.