Lagos

== Quality of life ==
In a 2018 ranking of cities by quality of life, Lagos ranked 212th among 231 cities surveyed worldwide.<ref>{{cite web |title=Mercer's 2018 Quality of Living Rankings |url=https://mobilityexchange.mercer.com/Portals/0/Content/Rankings/rankings/qol2018k852147/index.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190404081202/https://mobilityexchange.mercer.com/Portals/0/Content/Rankings/rankings/qol2018k852147/index.html |archive-date=4 April 2019 |access-date=2018-07-30 |website=Mobilityexchange.mercer.com |language=en}}</ref> In 2023, Lagos ranked second only to Manila in a global survey by the Statista Research Department of cities with the lowest quality of life.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Höchel |first=Sarah |date=2023-06-07 |title=Die 10 Städte mit der niedrigsten Lebensqualität weltweit |url=https://www.suedkurier.de/ueberregional/rundblick/die-10-staedte-mit-der-niedrigsten-lebensqualitaet-weltweit;art1373253,11597338 |access-date=2023-08-19 |website=SÜDKURIER Online |language=de}}</ref> The quality of life index value determined is made up of eight sub-indices.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Städte mit schlechtester Lebensqualität 2023 |url=https://de.statista.com/statistik/daten/studie/37152/umfrage/the-economist-ranking-der-10-staedte-mit-der-niedrigsten-lebensqualitaet-weltweit/ |access-date=2023-08-19 |website=Statista |language=de}}</ref>

By way of qualification, it must be made clear that index lists of countries or cities are usually not based on verifiable or locally collected data,<ref name=":10">{{Cite web |last=Bernoff |first=Josh |date=2020-12-07 |title=My big problem with Statista |url=https://bernoff.com/blog/my-big-problem-with-statista |access-date=2023-08-19 |website=Josh Bernoff |language=en-US}}</ref> but often on subjective assessments by Europeans or North Americans. The [[Corruption Perceptions Index|CPI]] of [[Transparency International]], for example, is, according to its own definition, ''"based on the perceived assessment of lay people and experts and is not reduced to actual experience and its analysis"''. There is criticism that the indices determined simply reflect the prejudices of Western countries<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-06-10 |title=Thilo Mischke: Womit haben die Menschen in Nigeria diesen Hass verdient? |url=https://www.berliner-zeitung.de/politik-gesellschaft/thilo-mischke-womit-haben-die-menschen-in-nigeria-diesen-hass-verdient-li.357138 |access-date=2023-08-19 |website=Berliner Zeitung |language=de}}</ref> numerically.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Søreide |first=Tina |title=Is it wrong to rank? A critical assessment of corruption indices |publisher=Chr. Michelsen Institute |year=2006 |isbn=82-8062-134-2 |location=Bergen, Norway}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Budsaratragoon |first=Pornanong |title=A critique on the Corruption Perceptions Index |journal=Socio-Economic Planning Sciences |publisher=Elsevier |publication-date=2019 |volume=70}}</ref>