Alpha++ city New York
Every few years, cities are rated ranked by the Globalization and World Rankings Research Institute. It is considered the leading institute ranking world cities.
Cities are ranked into Alpha, Beta and Gamma cities by taking into account many factors; economic factors are deemed more important than cultural or political factors though in this ranking. Alpha cities are the primary nodes in the global economic network.
Here’s a list with the latest data from 2018 (GAWC hasn’t done a study in 2019 yet). Spotted by Locals’ cities (most of “our” 73 cities are in one of the categories) are linked.
Alpha++
London, New York
Alpha+
No changes here for years: Hong Kong, Beijing, Singapore, Shanghai, Sydney, Paris, Dubai, Tokyo
Alpha
Milan, Chicago, Moscow, Toronto, Sao Paolo, Frankfurt, Los Angeles, Madrid, Mexico City, Kuala Lumpur, Seol, Jakarta, Mumbai, Miami, Brussels, Taipei, Guangzhou, Buenos Aires, Zurich, Warsaw, Istanbul, Bangkok, Melbourne
Alpha –
Amsterdam, Stockholm, San Francisco, New Delhi, Santiago, Johannesburg, Dublin, Vienna/Wien, Montreal, Lisbon, Barcelona, Luxembourg, Bogota, Manila, Washington(DC), Prague, Munich, Rome, Riyadh, Budapest, Houston.
Beta+
Ho Chi Minh City, Boston, Copenhagen, Düsseldorf, Athens, Munich, Atlanta, Bucharest, Budapest, Kiev, Hamburg, Bangalore, Rome, Oslo, Dallas, Cairo, Lima, Auckland, Banglore, Hanoi, Perth, Chengdu, Hangzhou
Beta
Doha, Karachi, Nicosia, Montevideo, Berlin, Montreal, Abu Dhabi, Casablanca, Philadelphia, Vancouver, Shenzhen, Sofia, Perth, Hanoi, Beirut, Brisbane, Manama, Oslo, Berlin, Chennai, Brisbane, Casablanca, Kiev, Rio De Janeiro, Lagos, Minneapolis, Kuwait city, Wuhan, Calgary, Cape town
Beta−
Stuttgart, Tunis, Geneva, Almaty, Chongquing,Helsinki, Panama City, Nicosia, Belgrade, Seattle, Suzhao, Port Louis, Monterrey, Bratislava, Manchester, San Jose(CR), Dalian, Dhaka/Jahangir Nagar, Jeddah, Xiamen, Changsha, San Salvador, Quito, San Juan, Shenyang, Qingdao, Kampala, Birmingham, Edinburg, George Town, Jinan, Lyon, Antwerp, Valencia
Gamma+
Guatemala city, Detroit, Lahore, Harare, Colombo, Accra, Riga, Hyderabad (India), Adelaide, Cleveland, Glasgow, Muscat/Ruwi, Osaka, Guayaquil, Xi’an, Rotterdam, Dar, Es Salaam, Zhengzhou, Pune
Gamma
Phoenix, Tegucigalpa, Austin, Calcutta, Porto, Guadalajara, Dalian, Tbilisi, Chongqing, Ankara, Lusaka, Austin, Cincinnati, Asunción, Kunming, Gothenburg, Xiamen, Mosul, Kansas City, Accra, Minsk, Tampa, Turin, Luanda, Abidjan, Tirana, Lausanne, Leeds, St. Louis, St Petersburg, Baku, Hefei, Ahmedabad, Tegucigalpa, Luanda, Ljubljana, Tallinn
Gamma−
Maputo, Cologne, Poznan, Phnom Penh, Fuzhou, Medellin, Wroclaw, Durban, Ottawa, Curitiba, Penang, Nantes, Belo Horizonte, Sacramento, San Antonio, Nashville, Minsk, Johor Bahru, Yangon, Tirana, Milwaukee, Orlando
Do you all agree with this list?
I migh question Lagos being in the same tier as Minneapolis.
But it seems like Jo-Burg is without question the economic front runner on the African continent.
