Competitive Cities

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Urban power: the world’s most competitive cities


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The latest global survey by the United Nations and China’s foremost think tank, the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, ranks the competitiveness of 1,007 cities with a population of more than 500,000.

Shenzhen is the highest ranked Chinese city. Hong Kong was sixth in 2013/14 and slips to 12th in the latest survey. The combined economic output of all the cities involved topped US$47 trillion in 2015, or 63.5 per cent of the world’s economy

AMERICA EUROPE EAST ASIA AUSTRALIA

50 on the top

1. New York
2. Los Angeles
3. Singapore
4. London
5. San Francisco
6. Shenzhen
7. Tokyo
8. San Jose US
9. Munich
10. Dallas
11. Houston
12. Hong Kong
13. Seoul
14. Shanghai
15. Guangzhou
16. Miami
17. Chicago
18. Boston
19. Dublin
20. Beijing
21. Paris
22. Frankfurt
23. Tianjin
24. Stockholm
25. Philadelphia
26. Seattle
27. Kinki
28. Suzhou
29. Stamford
30. Tel Aviv-Yafo
31. Baltimore
32. Stuttgart
33. Istanbul
34. Geneva
35. Toronto
36. Cleveland
37. Atlanta
38. Dusseldorf
39. Perth
40. Wuhan
41. Vienna
42. San Diego
43. Denver
44. Nanjing
45. Doha
46. Detroit
47. Taipei
48. Hamburg
49. Cologne
50. Zurich

Top China cities
(Place in the rank)



50 on the top


1. New York
2. Los Angeles
3. Singapore
4. London
5. San Francisco
6. Shenzhen
7. Tokyo
8. San Jose US
9. Munich
10. Dallas
11. Houston
12. Hong Kong
13. Seoul
14. Shanghai
15. Guangzhou
16. Miami
17. Chicago
18. Boston
19. Dublin
20. Beijing
21. Paris
22. Frankfurt
23. Tianjin
24. Stockholm
25. Philadelphia
26. Seattle
27. Kinki
28. Suzhou
29. Stamford
30. Tel Aviv-Yafo
31. Baltimore
32. Stuttgart
33. Istanbul
34. Geneva
35. Toronto
36. Cleveland
37. Atlanta
38. Dusseldorf
39. Perth
40. Wuhan
41. Vienna
42. San Diego
43. Denver
44. Nanjing
45. Doha
46. Detroit
47. Taipei
48. Hamburg
49. Cologne
50. Zurich

Top cities by relevant indicators





POPULATION DENSITY
People per sq km

HOUSING COST
Monthly cost of a three-bedroom flat in the city centre (US$)


TECH INDEX
Adoption of smart technology, high levels of smartphone use, start-ups, connectivity, etc


UNIVERSITY INDEX
Presence of the best institutions according to global rankings

INCOME PER CAPITA
US$ per year

How cities fare

Economic Competitiveness index, scale 0 to 1

Cities by global region

The report looked at 1,007 cities. Here you can see how the different global regions compare.

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