Global city rankings are numerous, with one study suggesting as many as 300. Most ranked cities are in North America and Europe.
Highlights from the 2019 Global Cities report
New York, London, and Paris maintain their decade-long dominance as the top three cities in the Global Cities Index.
To some, London, New York City, Paris, and Tokyo have been traditionally considered the 'big four' world cities – not coincidentally, they also serve as symbols of global capitalism.
Global Cities Index results. The four leading cities on the GCI remain the same for the fifth year in a row. New York, London, Paris, and Tokyo once again demonstrate their resilience even in the face of global upheaval (see figure 3).
The UK is the world's most global financial centre - with unmatched human, market and digital connections. The City of London Corporation runs The Global City to showcase the UK's offer for financial and professional services on one platform.
For the fourth year in a row, New York City topped the Global Cities Index, followed by London, Paris, and Tokyo (see figure 3).
Early research on global cities concentrated on key urban centres such as London, New York City, and Tokyo. With time, however, research has been completed on emerging global cities outside of this triad, such as Amsterdam, Frankfurt, Houston, Los Angeles, Mexico City, Paris, São Paulo, Sydney, and Zürich.
New York City is considered to be a global city because it has powerful organizations that are linked to the other parts and many of the major corporations and multinational companies are headquartered in this city.
Chicago is among dozens of cities worldwide that see themselves a “global cities,” or hubs with the economic, educational, cultural and civic clout to attract international business and accompanying talent.
As the Philippines picked up some steam over the years with an increase in FDI and consistent GDP, Metro Manila has become an emerging global city like Seoul, Shanghai, and Jakarta. It has also been in the same list as Tokyo, New York, London, Paris, Chicago, Hong Kong, and Singapore for globally competitive cities.
Mexico City, or the City of Mexico (Spanish: Ciudad de México; abbreviated as “CDMX”), is the capital and most populous city of Mexico. As an “alpha” global city, Mexico City is one of the most important financial centers in the Americas.
Kearny, a renowned global consultant company in industrial and public sector line, places Jakarta in the first rank of 34 cities in the world as the most global city. The result is delivered directly to Jakarta Governor Joko Widodo (Jokowi).
In 2020, Sydney was in the top twenty list of leading centres globally and was ranked 8th overall in the Asia-Pacific region. The Global Power City Index ranked Sydney 10th in 2019 among 48 of the world's major cities, behind familiar leaders London, New York, Tokyo and Paris.
Boston is a welcoming, global city where residents, visitors, talent, and businesses thrive.
A global city is a city of demographic and economic change. It contains international organizations, different firms such as law firms, headquarters for the multinational countries as well as stock exchanges that influences the world's economy.
The Tokyo metropolitan area is the largest world city-region globally, and is the location where many of Japan's advanced functions are centralized.
In imagination and in fact, Paris is a quintessential global city. It has been one of the world's most visited places for centuries, and its economy prospers today thanks to a well-educated workforce, modern infrastructure, and global niches in creative industries, business services, and tourism.
Beijing is without any doubt already a global city. A symbol of China's emergence as a global power, Beijing ranks among the world's most influential cities. Beijing has developed into an important global city in a relatively short period of time.
Sitting at no. 25 in the Global Cities Index, we rate Seattle as a top global city for a number of reasons.
As the commercial capital of the Netherlands and one of the top financial centres in Europe, Amsterdam is considered an alpha world city by the Globalization and World Cities (GaWC) study group. The city is also the cultural capital of the Netherlands.
Dubai is a global city located in the emirate of the same name, one of the seven constituent monarchies of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), whose capital is Abu Dhabi.
In some respects, Los Angeles is the most global city in the world. It does not have the highest foreign-born population share (although it is close), but it has the most varied. Hollywood, and everything that it means, probably has the most dominant global cultural penetration.
Washington, DC is a global city not only because it is the capital of the United States, one of the most powerful countries in the world, but also because it shares many qualities with other 'global cities.
Abstract. Singapore's success as a 'global city' focused on the free trade of goods, services and human capital into, and out of, the island nation is barely questioned by international policy and business practitioners today.