Glossary · Indices and scores

Composite score

The Mundevo overall score for a city, on a 0–10 scale, blending affordability, quality of life, remote-work fit and healthcare.

The composite score is the headline number on every city and comparison page. It blends four equally-weighted axes — affordability, quality of life, remote-work friendliness, and healthcare — into a single 0-10 score. Every axis is itself derived from underlying indices (cost, rent, safety, internet speed, healthcare index, air quality), with the calculation spelled out on the score-card block.

A composite score of 7+ is unambiguously strong: the city scores well across all four axes. Scores between 5 and 7 are mixed — usually a city wins on two axes and loses on others, so the headline number flattens trade-offs. Below 5, at least one axis is materially weak.

Because the weighting is equal, the composite score doesn't bake in your priorities. A digital nomad chasing low cost should weight affordability and remote-work more heavily; a family with kids should weight quality of life and healthcare. Use the per-axis breakdown rather than the composite when your situation is non-typical.

Where Mundevo uses this

Compare any two cities — /compare
Methodology — /methodology

Related terms

Safety index

A 0–100 score capturing crime levels and perceived personal safety in a city. Higher = safer.

Healthcare index

A 0–100 score capturing the quality and accessibility of a city's healthcare system. Higher = better.

Air quality index

A 0–100 score capturing annual average air-pollution levels. Higher = cleaner air.

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