Composite index combining income, environment, services and demographics to find the best municipalities to live in
RANKING 2025
Our composite index analyses income, environment, services and demographics for every municipality. Discover which areas offer the highest quality of life.
Did you know?
The highest-scoring municipalities are not necessarily the wealthiest: the balance between air quality, services and demographics matters as much as income.
How to read the score
A score of 70/100 places a municipality in the top quartile for overall quality of life. Income accounts for 30%, but it is never the only determining factor.
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Dive into the 13 dimensions that make up the quality-of-life index: from birth rates to pollution, from income to employment.
Quality of life varies significantly between North and South. Here are the regions with the highest and lowest average scores.
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The Wizard lets you adjust the weights of the 5 indicators based on your priorities: looking for clean air? A high income? The Wizard finds the municipalities best suited to you.
Select up to 4 municipalities and compare them across all available indicators.
The index combines 5 dimensions: income, environment, services, demographics and safety with specific weights
Official data from ISTAT, MEF, ISPRA and EEA updated annually
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