New York, London, Tokyo and Paris are the world’s top global cities according to the 2010 Global Cities Index from global management consulting firm A.T. Kearney, The Chicago Council on Global Affairs, and Foreign Policy magazine.
The Global Cities Index ranks 65 cities from around the globe, based on metrics grouped in five categories: business activity, human capital, information exchange, cultural experience, and political engagement. The Global Cities Index is unique in that it goes beyond measures of business and finance, and includes measurements of the key dimensions that define today’s global cities.
Rank | Cities |
1 | New York |
2 | London |
3 | Tokyo |
4 | Paris |
5 | Hong Kong |
6 | Chicago |
7 | Los Angeles |
8 | Singapore |
9 | Sydney |
10 | Seoul |
11 | Brussels |
12 | San Francisco |
13 | Washington |
14 | Toronto |
15 | Beijing |
16 | Berlin |
17 | Madrid |
18 | Vienna |
19 | Boston |
20 | Frankfurt |
20 | Shanghai |
22 | Buenos Aires |
23 | Stockholm |
24 | Zurich |
25 | Moscow |
26 | Barcleona |
27 | Dubai |
28 | Rome |
29 | Amsterdam |
30 | Mexico City |
31 | Montreal |
32 | Geneva |
33 | Miami |
33 | Munich |
35 | Sao Paulo |
36 | Bangkok |
37 | Copenhagen |
38 | Houston |
39 | Taipei |
40 | Atlanta |
41 | Istanbul |
42 | Milan |
43 | Cairo |
44 | Dublin |
45 | New Delhi |
46 | Mumbai |
47 | Osaka |
48 | Kuala Lumpur |
49 | Rio de Janeiro |
50 | Tel Aviv |
51 | Manila |
52 | Johannesburg |
53 | Jakarta |
54 | Bogota |
55 | Caracas |
56 | Nairobi |
57 | Guangzhou |
58 | Bangalore |
59 | Lagos |
60 | Karachi |
61 | Ho Chi Minh City |
62 | Shenzhen |
63 | Kolkata |
64 | Dhaka |
65 | Chongqing |