2026 Global City Index: Nurempar ranks in the top three, Taipei ranks in the top 50

[Financial Channel/Comprehensive Report] Oxford Economics released the latest "Global Cities Index 2026", which ranks the world's 1,000 large cities. New York, London and Paris still rank among the top three, while Tokyo ranks 9th, Taipei ranks 48th in the world, and Hong Kong ranks 87th. The report also points out that global economic activities are gradually shifting to large Asian cities, and the rapid development of cities such as Shenzhen, Taipei, Kuala Lumpur and Ho Chi Minh City has become a trend worthy of attention.

The Global City Index is positioned as one of the world's major city evaluation tools. It uses multiple indicators, including global forecast data and standardized qualitative data sets, to evaluate the strengths, weaknesses and future development potential of 1,000 large cities around the world from aspects such as economy, talent, capital and urban development, and compares city performance in five major categories.

The rankings of the top three cities in the world this year are the same as last year. The top three are New York, London and Paris respectively. These traditional global cities still have obvious advantages. They have deep capital markets, huge talent resources and mature institutional foundations, so they still maintain their leading position in global city competition.

Ranked 4th to 10th are Seattle, San Francisco, Dublin, Boston, San Jose, Tokyo and Zurich, Switzerland.

In Asia, Taipei ranks 48th in the world and enters the top 50 in the world. Singapore ranks 29th; Seoul ranks 38th; Kuala Lumpur ranks 65th; Osaka and Kyoto rank 83rd; Hong Kong ranks 87th; and Shenzhen ranks 93rd.

Taipei performed particularly well in terms of quality of life, scoring 85.2 points, ranking 26th globally, also in the top 5%; human capital scored 68.4 points, ranking 56th, and economic items scored 61.5 points, ranking 106th, both ranking in the top 20% of the world. In addition, governance performance scored 88.6 points, ranking 72nd, and also entering the top 20% of the world.

In comparison, Taipei's environmental project scored 65.7 points, ranking 472nd globally, significantly lagging behind the rankings of quality of life, governance and other projects.

The report also emphasizes that the global economic landscape is changing. With the rapid growth of Asia's large cities, Asia's importance in global city rankings continues to increase, with Shenzhen, Taipei, Kuala Lumpur and Ho Chi Minh City all listed as cities with obvious development momentum.

The report believes that this change not only represents the expansion of the economic scale of Asian cities, but also reflects that global economic activities and urban influence are gradually moving eastward. Compared with the global urban pattern dominated by large European and American cities in the past, emerging cities in Asia are playing an increasingly important role.