International rankings of Shanghai

The following are international rankings of Shanghai by categories.

Overall

Overall Rankings

Name Year Data Place Out of Reference Remarks
United Nations - Human Development Index[1] 2014 0.852 32 188 [1]
Economist Intelligence Unit - Hot Spots 2025 Benchmarking the future competitiveness of cities[2] 2025 38 120 [22] Beijing 49, Shenzhen 69, Tianjin 81, Qingdao 82, Dalian, Suzhou 83
Financial Times - Asia-Pacific Cities of the Future 2015/16[3] 2016 8 163 [18] Beijing 7
IESE - Cities in Motion Index[4] 2016 93 181 [8] Beijing 92, Guangzhou 104, Shenzhen 130, Chongqing 147, Wuhan 153, Shenyang 155, Suzhou 165, Tianjin 166, Harbin 169
Jones Lang LaSalle (JLL) - City Momentum Index[5] 2016 6 120 [9] Beijing 9, Shenzhen 12, Tokyo 14, Nanjing 15, Singapore >20
EIU - Best Cities Ranking[6] 2012 33 70 [10] Archived 2022-10-09 at Ghost Archive Beijing 30, Shenzhen 34
EIU - Global City Competitiveness[7] 2012 43 120 [20] Beijing 39, Shenzhen 52, Guangzhou 64, Tianjin 75
UN Habitat - CPI

Education

Educational Rankings

Name Year Place Out of Reference
OECD Programme for International Student Assessment - Maths[8][9] 2012 1 65 [12]
2009 1 65 [11]
OECD Programme for International Student Assessment - Reading[8][9] 2012 1 65 [12]
2009 1 65 [11]
OECD Programme for International Student Assessment - Science[8][9] 2012 1 65 [12]
2009 1 65 [11]
OECD Programme for International Student Assessment - Problem Solving[8] 2012 6 44 [12]

Environment

Environmental Rankings

Name Year Place Out of Reference Remarks
EIU - Green City Index-Asian Green City Index[10] 2010 15 22 [26] Beijing 9, Guangzhou 11, Nanjing 14, Wuhan 16
Arcadis - Sustainable Cities Index[11] 2016 74 100 [7] Archived 2016-10-10 at the Wayback Machine Shenzhen 64, Beijing 73, Guangzhou 78, Tianjin 85, Chendu 93, Wuhan 94

Globalisation

Global City Rankings

Name Year Place Out of Reference Remarks
A.T. Kearney - Global Cities 2016[12] 2016 20 125 [19] Beijing 9, Guangzhou 71, Shenzhen 83, Nanjing 86, Tianjin 94
GaWC - Classification of cities 2012[13] 2012 Alpha+

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526 [21] Archived 2014-03-20 at the Wayback Machine Beijing Alpha+(8), Guangzhou Beta+(50), Shenzhen Beta-(120)

Economy and finance

Economic and financial rankings

Name Year Place Out of Reference Remarks
Financial Times - Aerospace Cities of the future 2016/17[14] 2016 3 72 [17] Beijing 6, Tianjin 10
Z/Yen Group - The Global Financial Centres Index 20[15] 2016 16 87 [16] Shenzhen 22, Beijing 26, Qingdao 46, Dalian 48
The Atlantic - Global City Economic Power Index[16] 2015 18 [23] Beijing 18
Knight Frank LLP & the Citi Private Bank - The Wealth Report 2015[17] 2015 5 40 [25] Beijing 9
Institute for Urban Strategies at The Mori Memorial Foundation - Global Power City Index 2015[18] 2015 17 40 [24] Beijing 18

Living

Living rankings

Name Year Place Out of Reference Remarks
EIU – Global Liveability Ranking[19] 2016 82 140 [2] Suzhou 72, Beijing 73, Tianjin 77, Shenzhen 84, Dalian 88, Guangzhou 93, Qindao 98, M.China 49
Mercer – Quality of Living Survey[20] 2016 101 230 [3] Singapore 26, Tokyo 44, Seoul 73, Beijing 97, Shanghai 101
NUMBEO - Cost of Living Index 2016 Mid Year[21] 2016 204 372 [14] Shenzhen 207, Beijing 212
Expatistan - Cost of Living Index[22] 2016 107 259 [15] Shenzhen 162, Beijing 170, Guangzhou 184
The Economist - Safe Cities Index[23] 2015 30 50 [13] Singapore 2, Seoul 24, Tokyo 1, Hong Kong 11

References

  1. ↑ "China Human Development Report 2016". UNDP in China. Retrieved 2016-10-11.
  2. ↑ "Hot Spots 2025 Benchmarking the future competitiveness of cities" (PDF). EIU.
  3. ↑ Intelligence, fDi (7 December 2015). "fDi's Asia-Pacific Cities of the Future 2015/16: the winners". www.fdiintelligence.com. Retrieved 2016-10-11.
  4. ↑ "Cities in Motion Index 2016" (PDF). IESE.
  5. ↑ "City Momentum Index 2016" (PDF). JLL.
  6. ↑ "Best cities ranking and report" (PDF). EIU. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2022-10-09.
  7. ↑ "Global City Competitiveness" (PDF). EIU.
  8. 1 2 3 4 "PISA 2012 Results in Focus" (PDF). OECD.
  9. 1 2 3 "PISA 2009 Results: Executive Summary" (PDF). OECD.
  10. ↑ "Green City Index - Asian Green City Index" (PDF). EIU.
  11. ↑ "SUSTAINABLE CITIES INDEX 2016" (PDF). Arcadis. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-10-10.
  12. ↑ "Global Cities 2016". A.T. Kearney. Archived from the original on 2016-09-21.
  13. ↑ "GaWC - The World According to GaWC 2012". www.lboro.ac.uk. Archived from the original on 2014-03-20. Retrieved 2016-10-11.
  14. ↑ Intelligence, fDi (16 June 2016). "Aerospace Cities of the Future 2016/17: the winners". www.fdiintelligence.com. Retrieved 2016-10-11.
  15. ↑ "The Global Financial Centres Index 20" (PDF). Z/Yen Group. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-09-28.
  16. ↑ "Sorry, London: New York Is the World's Most Economically Powerful City". CityLab. Retrieved 2016-10-11.
  17. ↑ "The cities that matter to the world's wealthy for business and lifestyle, Global Cities Survey 2015" (PDF).
  18. ↑ "Global Power City Index 2015" (PDF). Institute for Urban Strategies at The Mori Memorial Foundation.
  19. ↑ "Australian, Japanese cities grab top spots in liveability ranking". m.ttgasia.com. Retrieved 2016-10-11.
  20. ↑ "Mercer | Quality of Living Ranking 2016". www.mercer.com. Archived from the original on 2016-11-11. Retrieved 2016-10-11.
  21. ↑ "Cost of Living Index 2016 Mid Year". www.numbeo.com. Retrieved 2016-10-11.
  22. ↑ "Cost of Living Index. Updated Oct 2016". Expatistan, cost of living comparisons. Retrieved 2016-10-11.
  23. ↑ "Assessing urban security in the digital age". NEC: Safe Cities. 2015-01-07. Retrieved 2016-10-11.