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Top 10 cities by economic power in 2024

By Anthony Bernard-Sasges | Senior Economist, Cities and Regions | Oxford Economics Originally published by Oxford Economics We recently released our new Global Cities Index, which covers the world’s 1,000 largest cities and assesses their performance across five categories: economy, human capital, quality of life, environment, and governance. In Part 1 of our blog series, we covered the overall results of the Global Cities Index. Now, in Part 2, we’ll take a closer look at the best performing cities in the economic category. The important role of economics categories A city’s economy plays a critical role in its prosperity and attractiveness to residents, businesses, and investors. As a fundamental aspect of urban development, economic vitality is key to a city’s wealth creation, job creation, access to goods and services, and more. But while GDP growth is often the single metric most often looked at, the pace of a city’s economic expansion is not the only metric (and in many cases,…