Combined with increases in GDP per capita, FDI inflows, and foreign investments, this took Abu Dhabi to seventh place overall, and Dubai from 32 to 18. Abu Dhabi and Dubai topped the economics metric in infrastructure, thanks to their openness to the private sector and robust engagement in public–private partnerships. Economics and innovation lead the wayĬities that saw a rise in their outlook performance mainly improved in the areas of innovation and economics, where long-term investments were beginning to show results.

Still The Kearney Report of Global Cities has its GLOBAL OUTLOOK LIST Have Asian cities RISING. MIDDLE EAST AND CENTRAL ASIA (32 economies) LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN (33 economies) GaWC (5) : Shanghai / Beijing / Mumbai / Kuala Lumpur / JakartaĮMERGING AND DEVELOPING EUROPE (16 economies) GaWC (6) : Paris / Amsterdam / Milan / Frankfurt / Madrid / BrusselsĮMERGING AND DEVELOPING ASIA (30 economies) Kearney (9) : Paris / Brussels / Berlin / Madrid / Vienna / Amsterdam / Munich / Barcelona / Frankfurt GaWC (12) : London / New York City / Hong Kong / Singapore / Tokyo / Sydney / Los Angeles / Toronto / Chicago / Seoul / Zurich / MelbourneĪDVANCED ECONOMIES (EURO AREA) (19 economies) Sydney / San Francisco / Seoul / Melbourne / Toronto / Boston / Montreal / Miami Kearney (16) : New York City / London / Tokyo / Hong Kong / Los Angeles / Chicago / Singapore / Washington, D.C.

Using IMF's classification of countries in the world into 7 broad groups: ĪDVANCED ECONOMIES (NON-EURO AREA) (20 economies) GaWC's classification better reflects the economic realities rather than ranking almost all cities in the top 30 from developed countries

Global city index 2020