Country: Senegal

EIU Rank: 130

The EIU report gave the capital of Senegal low scores for healthcare (41.7) and infrastructure (37.5).

According to an operations officer at the World Bank Group's International Finance Corporation, "about 65 percent of people [in Senegal] do not have any health care coverage whatsoever." The IFC is working to help provide low-cost health insurance to students and informal sector employees in Senegal.

Dakar recently lifted a ban on solar power, which has led to lowered long-term energy costs for some people.

Country: Cote d'Ivoire

EIU Rank: 131

Abidjan, one of the largest French-speaking cities in the world, scored low on stability (30). The Ivory Coast routinely scores low on the Corruption Index, and this year it was ranked 136th with a score of 27.

PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) economists stated that Abidjan is one of the "Next 10" biggest cities in sub-Saharan Africa that investors should keep their eye on.

Country: Libya

EIU Rank: 132

Tripoli, Libya's capital and largest city, was a focal point throughout the Libyan Civil War in 2011.

In May 2014, general Khalifa Haftar launched a military assault against Islamist groups in Benghazi. Since then, Tripoli has once again been the site of turmoil, including an unverified "bombing" on Monday by an unidentified plane.

Tripoli scored low of culture & environment (37), healthcare (41.7), and stability (45).

Country: Cameroon

EIU Rank: 133

In the last year, food prices have skyrocketed in Cameroon — some by as much as 20%, according to the Food and Agriculture Organization. In 2008, rising food and fuel prices led to riots and looting in Douala and Yaoundé, another city in Cameroon.

In the EIU survey, Cameroon scored extremely low in healthcare (25.0) and education (33.3).

However, the University of Douala has just opened a medical school with "14 lecture halls... eight laboratories for practical works ... two research laboratories."

Country: Zimbabwe

EIU Rank: 134

Zimbabwe's economy "is in a deep crisis, where poverty and unemployment are endemic and political strife and repression commonplace", according to the BBC. This continued economic crisis is adversely affecting the government's ability to fund public health.

Harare scored the lowest in healthcare (20.8). However, it scored relatively high in education (66.7) and culture and environment (58.6).

Country: Algeria

EIU Rank: 135

Algiers scored low for infrastructure (30.4) and stability (40). Algeria overall has "dated infrastructure, complicated bureaucracy and a discouraging mentality are holding back enterprise", according entrepreneurs and economists living there.

Algiers has one of the highest costs of living among North African cities. In 2011 and 2012, one metro and one light-rail system were operationalized in the city, with additional light-rail systems in the works.

Country: Pakistan

EIU Rank: 136

Karachi scored low on stability (20), but relatively high on education (66.7) and infrastructure (51.8).

For the last two years, the Taliban have been expanding in Karachi, and have recently have started killing police officers and attacking "poorly defended" police stations. Attacks by the Taliban killed 34 at an airport in Karachi in June.

Country: Nigeria

EIU Rank: 137

Lagos scored low for stability (23), healthcare and education (both 33.3).

Boko Haram — an Islamist movement that seeks to create an Islamist state — is based in northeast Nigeria, and might be expanding to Lagos, which is located in southwestern Nigeria. Boko Haram's operation in the northeast "will trim Nigeria's growth rate by half a percentage point this year", and if they continue to Lagos, Nigeria's economy will suffer.

Additionally, the Ebola virus spread to Lagos; there have been 10 reported cases as of August 12.

Country: Papua New Guinea (PNG)

EIU Rank: 138

Port Morseby scored low for stability (30) and healthcare (37.5).

A recent report by the World Bank stated that there are high levels of crime and violence in PNG, and have "remained so over more than a decade." They are driven by "recent social and economic changes", and "constrain investment and growth" across the country. Business owners and employees in PNG stated that "the indirect, long-term social impacts of crime and violence ... limit them from operating to their full potential."

Additionally, earlier this month, PNG's Prime Minister, Peter O'Neill, was accused of alleged misconduct "over his government's purchase of shares in an oil and gas company".

Country: Bangladesh

EIU Rank: 139

Bangladesh overall had "deep and widespread" poverty, and the country is "trying to diversify its economy, with industrial development a priority", according to the BBC.

According to a World Bank report, Dhaka "ranks highly amongst the world's cities in terms of poor urban air quality". Up to 230 million cases of respiratory diseases annually could be avoided with a "substation" reduction in air pollution, according to the report.

Dhaka ranked low for healthcare (29.2) and infrastructure (26.8), but stability was relatively higher (50).

Country: Syria

EIU Rank: 140

The EIU report stared that Damascus' score "steeply" decline following the three years of the conflict in Syria. The score fell by 7.8% in the last year, which is the "sharpest decline ever recorded."

Damascus was almost excluded from the list (just like Kabul and Baghdad), although "its inclusion reflects a city that was deemed relatively stable just a few years ago", according to the report.

Damascus scored extremely low on stability (15), low on healthcare (29.2), low on education (33.3), and low on infrastructure (32.1).

Note: Damascus was named the least livable city by the EIU but we left it off the list because of the civil war that began in 2011.

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