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City in The Interior of S�o Paulo Tops Brazil's Quality of Life Ranking for Third Straight Year
Key takeaways
- The municipality of 4,000 inhabitants scored 73.10 on a scale of 0 to 100, which evaluates social and environmental indicators across all 5,570 municipalities in the country.
- The IPS (Social Progress Index) measures the ability of municipalities to meet the basic needs of the population, as well as to promote well-being and opportunities, based on 57 social and environmental indicators.
- Gavião Peixoto's lead reinforces a trend observed across the state of São Paulo, which is home to a large share of the country's top-ranked cities.
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The municipality of 4,000 inhabitants scored 73.10 on a scale of 0 to 100, which evaluates social and environmental indicators across all 5,570 municipalities in the country.
The IPS (Social Progress Index) measures the ability of municipalities to meet the basic needs of the population, as well as to promote well-being and opportunities, based on 57 social and environmental indicators.
Gavião Peixoto's lead reinforces a trend observed across the state of São Paulo, which is home to a large share of the country's top-ranked cities. Among the 20 municipalities with the highest IPS, ten are within São Paulo state.
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