The 2015 Global Liveability Ranking has been published by the Economist Intelligence Unit, and it turns out Dublin is better than every city in Britain.

Not one British city made it into the top 50, but our nation's capital managed to scale up to 46 on the list.

It's worth noting that mid-sized cities with smaller populations tend to do better on this scale because they tend to offer more recreational activities, have lower crime rates, and have less pressure on their infrastructure and transport.

There are 30 factors taken into account when ranking the liveability of a city, most notably stability, infrastructure, education, healthcare and environment, and as it turns out we're not doing too bad for ourselves. Still we have some way to go to catch up with the lies of Melbourne, Australia, which has now claimed top spot for the fourth year running.

Canadian and Australian cities make up seven of the top 10, so as far as our emigration goes, it looks live we've been making all the right choices. Well done us.

Here's the breakdown of the top top 50:

1 Melbourne, Australia

2 Vienna, Austria

3 Vancouver, Canada

4 Toronto, Canada

5 Adelaide, Australia

6 Calgary, Canada

7 Sydney, Australia

8 Helsinki, Finland

9 Perth, Australia

10 Auckland, New Zealand

11 Zurich, Switzerland

12 Geneva, Switzerland

13 Osaka, Japan

14 Hamburg, Germany

15 Stockholm, Sweden

16 Montreal, Canada

17 Paris, France

18 Frankfurt, Germany

19 Tokyo, Japan

20 Brisbane, Australia

21 Berlin, Germany

22 Copenhangen, Denmark

23 Wellington, New Zealand

24 Oslo, Norway

25 Luxembourg, Luxembourg

26 Amsterdam, Netherlands

27 Honolulu, United States

28 Brussels, Belgium

29 Munich, Germany

30 Pittsburgh, United States

31 Hong Kong, Hong Kong

32 Dusseldorf, Germany

33 Lyon, France

34 Barcelona, Spain

35 Washington DC, United States

36 Atlanta, United States

37 Chicago, United States

38 Miami, United States

39 Detroit, United States

40 Boston, United States

41 Seatle, United States

42 Los Angeles, United States

43 Minneapolis, United States

44 Madrid, Spain

45 Cleveland, United States

46 Dublin, Ireland

47 Houston, United States

48 Milan, Italy

49 Rome, Italy

50 Budapest, Hungary

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