New-York ranked first, London – second, Paris – third.
Top ten includes Tokyo, Brussels, Los-Angeles, Singapore, Beijing, Toronto and Berlin.
Among Post-Soviet countries, only Russia’s capital ranked 21st. Istanbul ranked 27th.
Rating of world’s most authoritative cities
   | City | Economic activity | Political influence | Quality Of Life & Knowledge | Authority | Comparison with 2010 |
1. | New-York | 1 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 0 |
2. | London | 2 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 |
3. | Paris | 4 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
4. | Tokyo | 3 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 0 |
5. | Brussels | 15 | 3 | 11 | 12 | +1 |
6. | Los-Angeles | 10 | 16 | 10 | 7 | -1 |
7. | Singapore | 6 | 13 | 18 | 8 | 0 |
8. | Beijing | 9 | 4 | 22 | 16 | +1 |
9. | Toronto | 17 | 20 | 3 | 11 | +1 |
10. | Berlin | 23 | 12 | 2 | 15 | -2 |
11. | Chicago | 12 | 19 | 15 | 6 | 0 |
12. | Washington | 31 | 1 | 12 | 10 | 0 |
13. | Seoul | 8 | 18 | 16 | 14 | 0 |
14. | Frankfurt | 11 | 25 | 4 | 20 | +1 |
15. | Sydney | 14 | 33 | 13 | 9 | +1 |
16. | San-Francisco | 20 | 23 | 14 | 13 | +1 |
17. | Hong-Kong | 7 | 32 | 27 | 5 | -3 |
18. | Shanghai | 5 | 17 | 29 | 22 | +1 |
19. | Mexico | 29 | 10 | 23 | 25 | +2 |
20. | Bangkok | 18 | 14 | 30 | 24 | -2 |
21. | Moscow | 16 | 31 | 19 | 21 | +1 |
22. | Zurich | 26 | 39 | 6 | 17 | -2 |
23. | Munich | 25 | 27 | 8 | 30 | +3 |
24. | Taipei | 13 | 15 | 33 | 31 | -1 |
25. | San-Paulo | 19 | 21 | 24 | 29 | -1 |
26. | Buenos-Ayres | 34 | 11 | 26 | 23 | -1 |
27. | Istanbul | 28 | 9 | 36 | 27 | -2 |
28. | Milan | 24 | 29 | 20 | 32 | +2 |
29. | Boston | 27 | 38 | 21 | 19 | +3 |
30. | Miami | 30 | 22 | 28 | 26 | -1 |
31. | Cairo | 35 | 8 | 35 | 28 | -3 |
32. | Dubai | 22 | 37 | 37 | 18 | -1 |
33. | Kuala-Lumpur | 21 | 30 | 32 | 34 | +1 |
34. | Tel-Aviv | 40 | 26 | 17 | 37 | -1 |
35. | Bogotá | 38 | 24 | 31 | 39 | 0 |
36. | Rio de Janeiro | 36 | 35 | 25 | 38 | +1 |
37. | New-Delhi | 39 | 28 | 38 | 33 | -1 |
38. | Mumbai | 32 | 40 | 34 | 35 | +1 |
39. | Jakarta | 33 | 34 | 40 | 36 | -1 |
40. | Johannesburg | 37 | 36 | 39 | 40 | 0 |