Global Financial Centres Index

The Global Financial Centres Index (GFCI) ranks the competitiveness of financial centres based on over 29,000 assessments from an online questionnaire and over 100 indices from organisations such as the World Bank, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), and the Economist Intelligence Unit.

[6] New York City, London and Hong Kong ranked top 3 globally.

The latest report ranked 120 international financial centres into the following matrix: London New York Washington, D.C. Paris Los Angeles Tokyo Zurich Amsterdam Dublin* Frankfurt Singapore* Seoul Kuala Lumpur Brussels Dubai Abu Dhabi Casablanca* Mauritius Hong Kong Luxembourg Beijing* Istanbul* Shanghai* Boston Chicago* Busan Edinburgh Berlin Rome Milan Geneva Montreal Toronto Munich Sydney Osaka Hamburg Melbourne Miami Vancouver Stuttgart Bangkok Vienna* Madrid* Stockholm San Francisco* Athens Copenhagen* Mumbai* GIFT City* Riyadh* Bermuda* Qingdao Shenzhen Tel Aviv Astana Jersey Moscow Mexico City Panama* Bahamas Nairobi Bahrain Jakarta Doha Lagos New Delhi Johannesburg Cape Town Guangzhou* São Paulo Kigali* British Virgin Islands Cayman Islands Taipei* Liechtenstein* Oslo* San Diego Glasgow Calgary* Minneapolis/St Paul Wellington Santiago Lisbon Warsaw Prague Atlanta* Helsinki* Rio de Janeiro* Tallinn* Malta Ho Chi Minh City* Chengdu Lugano Xi'an* Hangzhou* Wuhan* Tianjin* Reykjavík Monaco Nanjing Gibraltar Dalian Baku Manila* Buenos Aires Sofia Riga Cyprus Saint Petersburg Budapest Tehran Bogotá* Guernsey* Bratislava Vilnius Almaty Trinidad and Tobago Barbados Isle of Man* Kuwait City An asterisk (*) denotes centres that have moved between categories between GFCI 35 and GFCI 36.

The infrastructure factors account for the price and availability of office space at the location, as well as public transport.

Reputational and general considers more subjective aspects such as innovation, brand appeal, cultural diversity and competitive positioning.