The 20 best Brazilian cities to live in

This list is made up of the twenty Brazilian municipalities with the best Human Development Indexes (HDI).

The Atlas of Human Development in Brazil website provides data released by the latest edition of the United Nations Development Program.

The HDI is the measure used to compare administrative regions in terms of average schooling, income and life expectancy.

Position	Spatialities	MHDI	IDHM Income	HDI Longevity	MHDI Education
Brazil	0,727	0,739	0,816	0,637
1	Sao Caetano do Sul (SP)	0,862	0,891	0,887	0,811
2	Águas de Sao Pedro (SP)	0,854	0,849	0,890	0,825
3	Florianopolis (SC)	0,847	0,870	0,873	0,800
4	Vitória (ES)	0,845	0,876	0,855	0,805
5	Balneario Camboriu (SC)	0,845	0,854	0,894	0,789
6	Santos (SP)	0,840	0,861	0,852	0,807
7	Niterói (RJ)	0,837	0,887	0,854	0,773
8	Joaçaba (SC)	0,827	0,823	0,891	0,771
9	Brasilia DF)	0,824	0,863	0,873	0,742
10	Curitiba (PR)	0,823	0,850	0,855	0,768
11	Jundiaí (SP)	0,822	0,834	0,866	0,768
12	Valinhos (SP)	0,819	0,848	0,850	0,763
13	Vineyard (SP)	0,817	0,840	0,878	0,739
14	Araraquara (SP)	0,815	0,788	0,877	0,782
15	Santo André (SP)	0,815	0,819	0,861	0,769
16	Santana de Parnaiba (SP)	0,814	0,876	0,849	0,725
17	Nova Lima (MG)	0,813	0,864	0,885	0,704
18	Ilha Solteira (SP)	0,812	0,786	0,871	0,782
19	American (SP)	0,811	0,800	0,876	0,760
20	Belo Horizonte (MG)	0,810	0,841	0,856	0,737