Surveys

Survey: How liveable is Kuala Lumpur?

The Economic Intelligence Unit has rated Kuala Lumpur 79 out of 130 listed liveable cities. Malaysia is aiming now for top 20 in year 2020. In its Asian Green City Index, German power house Siemens independently commissioned the Economist Intelligence Unit to assess the performances of 22 Asian cities. Kuala Lumpur was one of them. It was given a rating average. The objective of the Green City Index is providing insights into the cities' specific infrastructure challenges and encouraging a more intensive knowledge exchange between cities. Each city was judged based on its performance in eight areas: energy and CO2 emission, transport, land use and buildings, waste management, water management, sanitation, air quality and environmental governance. Among the greatest concerns were waste and water management. It scored well in transport. The survey also produced results that Malaysia is to suffer water shortage in 2014 as average water consumption of a Malaysian per person daily is 226 litres way above Singapore 154 litres and Thailand's 90 litres.