Mareclo Duhalde Infographic Designer The latest global survey by the United Nations and China’s foremost think tank, the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, ranks the competitiveness of 1,007 cities with a population of more than 500,000.

Shenzhen is the highest ranked Chinese city. Hong Kong was sixth in 2013/14 and slips to 12th in the latest survey. The combined economic output of all the cities involved topped US$47 trillion in 2015, or 63.5 per cent of the world’s economy

The report looked at 1,007 cities. Here you can see how the different global regions compare.

POPULATION DENSITY People per sq km HOUSING COST Monthly cost of a three-bedroom flat in the city centre (US$) TECH INDEX Adoption of smart technology, high levels of smartphone use, start-ups, connectivity, etc UNIVERSITY INDEX Presence of the best institutions according to global rankings INCOME PER CAPITA US$ per year

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