Most economically influential cities in the world, 2020

Alexandra DimitropoulouStats GateFebruary 13, 2020September 4, 2020

Sorry, New York: London is the most economically influential city in the world for 2020, with an overall score of 85.49. New York is a reasonably close second, with 83.49 points, Tokyo, which has the world’s largest metro economy, is third with 82.59 points.

Paris is fourth with 81.65 points, narrowly besting Singapore, which has 80.66. Berlin, Shanghai, Brussels, New Delhi, and Toronto round out the top ten. The remainder of the top 20 include Washington DC (11th); Sydney (12th); Sao Paulo (18th); four European cities, Moscow (13th), Zurich (17th), Amsterdam (19th), and Istanbul (20th); and three Asian cities Dubai (14th), Riyadh (15th), and Tel Aviv (16th).

In order to provide an objective analysis of the competitiveness of major urban centers, CEOWORLD magazine has produced its “Cities Of Economic Influence Index,” competitive in everything from finance, fashion, music, and movies, to now even start-ups and high tech. The newest ranking of most economically powerful cities the world put together by the CEOWORLD magazine experts finds London to be the clear winner. Cities Of Economic Influence Index is based on five core indices:
1. Economic Power (overall economic activity)
2. Financial Clout (strength of a city’s finance and banking industries)
3. People and Political (political and demographic influence)
4. Quality of Life (productivity, infrastructure, quality of life, equity and social inclusion and environmental sustainability)
5. Competitiveness (business activity, human capital, cultural experience, and political engagement)

We calculate a city’s total score across these five indices, the table below shows the world’s 1000 most economically influential cities on our combined Cities Of Economic Influence Index. Interestingly, the top 100 cities generate roughly half of the globe’s total economic output and the top twenty-five accounts for more than 30 percent of global economic production. So which city came out on top?

Most economically influential cities in the world, 2020

Rank	City	Country	Economic Power	Financial Clout	People and Politics	Quality of Life	Competitiveness	Total
1	London	UK	85.97	98.53	99.06	71.78	72.15	85.498
2	New York	US	85.7	98.39	98.13	68.04	67.22	83.496
3	Tokyo	Japan	85.65	98.28	96.75	67.16	65.15	82.598
4	Paris	France	85.33	95.71	96.53	66.39	64.32	81.656
5	Singapore	Singapore	85.31	95.26	96.15	66.06	60.53	80.662
6	Berlin	Germany	85.24	94.87	94.4	65.27	59.76	79.908
7	Shanghai	China	84.4	93.85	93.69	64.14	59.76	79.168
8	Brussels	Belgium	84.28	91.58	92.08	63.2	57.77	77.782
9	New Delhi	India	84.13	90.95	91.26	61.3	57.65	77.058
10	Toronto	Canada	84.09	90.86	91.23	60.97	57.38	76.906
11	Washington DC	US	84.01	89.96	90.68	60.66	56.31	76.324
12	Moscow	Russia	83.46	89.43	90.3	60.25	56.29	75.946
13	Sydney	Australia	82.8	88.38	89.67	59.85	56.2	75.38
14	Dubai	United Arab Emirates	82.77	87.35	89.11	59.65	55.98	74.972
15	Riyadh	Saudi Arabia	82.23	87.08	88.73	58.8	55.89	74.546
16	Tel Aviv	Israel	81.84	87	88.52	58.59	55.73	74.336
17	Zurich	Switzerland	81.6	86.49	88.23	58.37	55.46	74.03
18	Sao Paulo	Brazil	81.24	85.32	87.76	58.1	55.37	73.558
19	Amsterdam	Netherlands	81.14	84.27	87.64	57.96	55.31	73.264
20	Istanbul	Turkey	81	83.8	87.62	57.3	55.19	72.982
21	Jakarta	Indonesia	80.01	83.69	86.85	57.12	54.95	72.524
22	St Petersburg	Russia	79.05	83.66	86.6	56.55	54.92	72.156
23	Buenos Aires	Argentina	78.18	82.71	86.38	56.49	54.69	71.69
24	Cairo	Egypt	77.94	81.52	86.02	55.97	54.63	71.216
25	Cape Town	South Africa	77.78	81.27	85.08	55.55	53.99	70.734
26	Oslo	Norway	77.72	81.01	84.96	55.05	53.74	70.496
27	Copenhagen	Denmark	77.56	79.16	84.75	55.04	53.59	70.02
28	Rome	Italy	77.1	78.99	84.64	55	53.55	69.856
29	Los Angeles	US	76.43	78.83	84.43	54.87	53.41	69.594
30	Luxembourg	Luxembourg	76.33	78.79	83.79	54.6	53.28	69.358
31	Mexico City	Mexico	76.32	78.74	83.39	54.53	53.25	69.246
32	Hong Kong	Hong Kong	75.34	78.66	83.39	53.53	53.13	68.81
33	San Jose	US	75.19	78.27	83.26	53.26	53	68.596
34	Houston	US	74.98	78.16	83.04	53.01	52.83	68.404
35	Milan	Italy	74.89	77.74	82.95	52.65	52.52	68.15
36	Chicago	US	74.83	77.53	82.87	52.41	52.5	68.028
37	Munich	Germany	74.76	76.74	82.8	52.03	52.4	67.746
38	Seoul	South Korea	74.61	76.6	82.69	51.77	52.35	67.604
39	Beijing	China	74.6	76.41	82.48	51.41	52.24	67.428
40	Madrid	Spain	74.33	76.38	82.38	51.03	51.85	67.194
41	Prague	Czech Republic	74.19	75.32	82.34	50.95	51.8	66.92
42	Melbourne	Australia	74.17	75.02	82.24	50.63	51.7	66.752
43	Boston	US	74.14	74.21	82.06	50.43	51.61	66.49
44	Mumbai	India	73.98	73.07	81.93	50.36	51.41	66.15
45	Bengaluru	India	73.91	72.44	81.82	49.85	51.34	65.872
46	Taipei	Taiwan	73.58	72.2	81.46	49.67	50.88	65.558
47	Stockholm	Sweden	73.51	71.98	81.08	49.67	50.73	65.394
48	Manchester	UK	73.49	71.75	80.96	49.63	50.59	65.284
49	Vienna	Austria	73.47	71.62	80.83	49.04	50.39	65.07
50	Hyderabad	India	73.35	71.15	80.78	48.53	50.28	64.818
51	Dublin	Ireland	73.33	70.94	80.68	48.4	50.13	64.696
52	Frankfurt	Germany	73.3	70.82	80.11	47.96	50.04	64.446
53	Hamburg	Germany	73.11	70.8	79.69	47.73	49.97	64.26
54	Warsaw	Poland	73.09	70.28	79.54	47.03	49.9	63.968
55	Tianjin	China	73.06	69.88	79.46	46.58	49.87	63.77
56	San Diego	US	72.84	69.69	79.39	46.22	49.64	63.556
57	Atlanta	US	72.53	69.59	79.08	46.04	49.6	63.368
58	Barcelona	Spain	72.45	69.25	78.86	45.98	49.25	63.158
59	Lisbon	Portugal	72.4	68.67	78.86	45.54	49.17	62.928
60	Budapest	Hungary	72.39	68.6	78.77	45.41	49.15	62.864
61	Geneva	Switzerland	72.16	68.51	78.72	45.38	48.96	62.746
62	Helsinki	Finland	72.11	68.26	78.49	45.31	48.94	62.622
63	Rio de Janeiro	Brazil	72.1	68.01	77.95	45.27	48.93	62.452
64	San Francisco	US	72.09	67.91	77.94	44.91	48.92	62.354
65	Vancouver	Canada	71.59	67.74	77.75	44.35	48.86	62.058
66	Abu Dhabi	United Arab Emirates	71.39	67.14	77.55	43.87	48.84	61.758
67	Osaka-Kobe	Japan	71.34	67.09	77.42	43.84	48.71	61.68
68	Athens	Greece	71.19	67.07	77.35	43.83	48.66	61.62
69	Ankara	Turkey	71.09	66.9	77.28	43.33	48.62	61.444
70	Chennai	India	70.45	66.21	77.22	42.77	48.58	61.046
71	Dallas–Fort Worth	US	70.09	65.91	77.16	42.39	48.54	60.818
72	Montreal	Canada	69.4	65.9	76.77	42.03	48.15	60.45
73	Miami	US	68.82	65.47	76.77	41.68	48.14	60.176
74	Kuala Lumpur	Malaysia	68.7	65.25	76.76	41.05	48.1	59.972
75	Johannesburg	South Africa	68.65	65.23	76.56	41.01	48.05	59.9
76	Doha	Qatar	68.23	65.01	76.46	40.87	47.27	59.568
77	Birmingham	UK	68.06	64.85	76.46	40.87	47.14	59.476
78	Philadelphia	US	67.83	64.83	76.32	40.46	47.02	59.292
79	Busan	South Korea	67.6	64.81	75.66	40	46.74	58.962
80	Bangkok	Thailand	66.82	64.42	75.52	39.58	46.67	58.602
81	Auckland	New Zealand	66.43	64.34	75.49	39.24	46.57	58.414
82	Kyiv	Ukraine	65.69	63.62	75.45	37.58	46.54	57.776
83	Hanoi	Vietnam	65.47	63.5	75.11	36.59	46.21	57.376
84	Amman	Jordan	65.44	63.34	74.89	36.48	46.15	57.26
85	Beirut	Lebanon	65.22	63.28	74.8	36.46	46.03	57.158
86	Manila	Philippines	64.8	63.06	74.79	35.96	45.96	56.914
87	Tehran	Iran	64.11	62.95	74.13	35.86	45.86	56.582
88	Bucharest	Romania	64.06	62.72	74.11	35.42	45.84	56.43
89	Muscat	Oman	63.82	62.65	73.66	35.29	45.42	56.168
90	Sofia	Bulgaria	63.81	62.62	73.59	34.72	45.39	56.026
91	Dhaka	Bangladesh	63.64	62.43	73.21	34.68	45.29	55.85
92	Almaty	Kazakhstan	63.45	62	73.16	32.56	45.28	55.29
93	Belgrade	Serbia	63.39	61.88	73.08	32.43	45.23	55.202
94	Islamabad	Pakistan (Islamic Republic of)	63.38	61.73	73.05	32.25	44.85	55.052
95	Baku	Azerbaijan	63.27	61.48	72.95	32.21	44.75	54.932
96	Nairobi	Kenya	63.11	61.39	72.74	31.38	44.62	54.648
97	Rabat	Morocco	63.06	61.38	72.57	31.37	44.25	54.526
98	Colombo	Sri Lanka	63.05	61.1	72.33	30.34	44.1	54.184
99	Accra	Ghana	62.94	60.94	72.03	29.92	44.06	53.978
100	Lima	Peru	62.18	60.82	72.01	28.87	43.42	53.46

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Alexandra Dimitropoulou is a VP and News Editor at CEOWORLD magazine, working to build and strengthen the brand’s popular, consumer-friendly content. In addition to running the company’s website, CEOWORLD magazine, which aims to help CEOs, CFOs, CIOs, and other C-level executives get smarter about how they earn, save and spend their money, she also sits on the Board of Directors of the Global Business Policy Institute. She can be reached on email alexandra-dimitropoulou@ceoworld.biz. You can follow her on Twitter at @ceoworld.

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