Tokyo ranks first on this list. The first trio was completed by Luanda (Angola) and Nagoya (Japan).
Oslo (Norway) ranked 6th and Caracas – 16th. Moscow moved ahead to rank 14th. Istanbul ranked 38th and Ankara – 49th. Baku moved 20 steps ahead and ranked 20th.
Global ranking 2010 | Cities | Global ranking 2009 |
1 | Tokyo | 3 |
2 | Luanda | 1 |
3 | Nagoya | 8 |
4 | Yokohama | 6 |
5 | Kobe | 9 |
6 | Oslo | 4 |
7 | Zurich | 11 |
8 | Geneva | 10 |
9 | Stavanger | 7 |
10 | Bern | 13 |
11 | Basel | 14 |
12 | Copenhagen | 5 |
13 | Kinshasa | 37 |
14 | Moscow | 25 |
15 | Helsinki | 15 |
16 | Karakas | 2 |
17 | Libreville | 12 |
18 | Tel-Aviv | 20 |
19 | Rio de Janeiro | 51 |
20 | Abuja | 55 |
21 | Jerusalem | 22 |
22 | Seoul | 56 |
23 | Canberra | 64 |
24 | Paris | 16 |
25 | Sidney | 65 |
26 | Sao Paulo | 71 |
27 | Stockholm | 23 |
28 | Manhattan | 38 |
29 | Baku | 49 |
30 | Brasilia | 70 |
31 | Abidjan | 17 |
32 | Hong Kong | 52 |
33 | Melbourne | 72 |
34 | Honolulu | 50 |
35 | Perth | 78 |
36 | Brisbane | 73 |
37 | Vienna | 18 |
38 | Istanbul | 62 |
39 | New York | 60 |
40 | Berlin | 19 |
41 | Shanghai | 53 |
42 | Singapore | 79 |
43 | Beijing | 61 |
44 | Adelaide | 82 |
45 | Gothenburg | 42 |
46 | Brussels | 21 |
47 | Saint Petersburg | 83 |
48 | Lagos | 74 |
49 | Ankara | 69 |
50 | Central London | 54 |