The city profiles analyze each of the 48 target cities of the GPCI and illustrate the city’s strengths and weaknesses in reference to the score and ranking of the 70 indicators.

Major metropolitan areas contributing at least 2.5% of world GDP. PDF: JPY 16,500 (tax included) The Global Power City Index YEARBOOK 2022 is a full report of the GPCI-2022, providing a detailed account of its methodology and results. Click on the headers to reorganize columns. The methodology of calculating GDP may differ between the studies and are widely based on projections and sometimes approximate estimations, notably for cities that are not within the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.

Cities may be defined as the cities proper, the extent of their urban area, or their metropolitan regions. The United Nations uses three definitions for what constitutes a city, as not all cities may be classified using the same criteria.

This is a list of cities in the world by gross domestic product ( GDP). GDP of the ten largest metropolitan economies in the OECD, 2001–2018

Global city gdp ranking