The Brookings Institution and JPMorgan Chase ranked 300 major cities worldwide for economic performance last year. Chinese and Turkish cities dominated the top of the rankings, and the Chinese territory Macau finished No. 1.

Rank Economic Performance 2013-2014 Country Metro Real GDP per Capita Growth 2013-2014 Employment Growth 2013-2014 Rank Economic Performance 2009-2014

1 Macau Macau 8.00% 4.20% 10

2 Turkey Izmir 2.00% 6.60% 8

3 Turkey Istanbul 2.00% 6.50% 17

4 Turkey Bursa 1.80% 6.40% 20

5 UAE Dubai 4.50% 4.70% 172

6 China Kunming 8.10% 2.90% 9

7 China Hangzhou 7.00% 3.30% 6

8 China Xiamen 8.60% 2.60% 1

9 Turkey Ankara 1.10% 5.70% 27

10 China Fuzhou 8.00% 2.70% 13

11 China Wulumuqi 7.40% 2.70% 15

12 Hungary Budapest 2.40% 4.70% 160

13 China Wuhan 9.30% 1.90% 29

14 China Ningbo 6.80% 2.80% 21

15 China Changsha 8.60% 1.80% 25

16 China Chengdu 8.10% 1.90% 18

17 China Wenzhou 6.60% 2.50% 26

18 India Delhi 4.40% 3.30% 36

19 Malaysia Kuala Lumpur 4.10% 3.40% 4

20 China Hefei 9.50% 1.00% 14

21 China Nanning 7.20% 1.90% 2

22 China Nantong 6.90% 1.90% 12

23 Vietnam Ho Chi Minh City 3.90% 3.10% 46

24 China Xuzhou 6.90% 1.80% 5

25 Saudi Arabia Riyadh 1.90% 3.90% 79

26 United Kingdom London 2.50% 3.60% 85

27 China Jinan 7.10% 1.70% 53

28 China Suzhou 6.70% 1.70% 7

29 China Qingdao 7.10% 1.60% 24

30 Bulgaria Sofia 2.50% 3.40% 261

31 China Huhehaote 7.80% 1.20% 33

32 India Kolkata 4.70% 2.50% 68

33 China Changzhou 6.80% 1.60% 16

34 Indonesia Jakarta 4.30% 2.60% 42

35 Saudi Arabia Jeddah-Mecca 2.40% 3.40% 153

36 China Tangshan 6.90% 1.50% 37

37 China Dongying 6.50% 1.70% 11

38 USA Austin 1.90% 3.60% 65

39 USA Houston 1.60% 3.70% 74

40 China Chongqing 7.30% 1.20% 28

41 USA Raleigh 0.80% 4.00% 112

42 China Baotou 7.50% 1.10% 23

43 China Yantai 6.80% 1.40% 30

44 China Nanjing 6.50% 1.50% 22

45 China Zhongshan 5.80% 1.80% 19

46 Colombia Medellin 4.20% 2.40% 57

47 Malaysia George Town 3.80% 2.60% 52

48 Peru Lima 2.90% 2.90% 54

49 USA Fresno -0.90% 4.50% 196

50 China Zibo 6.60% 1.30% 35

51 China Wuxi 6.40% 1.30% 3

52 India Mumbai 4.60% 2.10% 67

53 Canada Calgary 3.10% 2.70% 115

54 China Zhengzhou 7.80% 0.70% 38

55 China Nanchang 6.60% 1.20% 40

56 China Shijiazhuang 6.50% 1.20% 45

57 India Chennai 5.20% 1.70% 66

58 China Foshan 5.60% 1.50% 61

59 South Korea Daejon 3.00% 2.60% 90

60 United Kingdom Manchester 2.60% 2.80% 236

61 Singapore Singapore 1.80% 3.10% 48

62 Canada Edmonton -0.60% 4.00% 71

63 USA Dallas 0.80% 3.40% 94

64 China Shenzhen 5.10% 1.60% 31

65 USA Baton Rouge 1.50% 3.00% 138

66 USA Oklahoma City 1.80% 2.90% 103

67 China Beijing 4.70% 1.60% 58

68 USA Las Vegas 1.30% 3.00% 210

69 USA Grand Rapids 0.60% 3.30% 73

70 China Dongguan 5.20% 1.40% 80

71 United Kingdom Edinburgh 1.50% 2.90% 187

72 USA San Jose 0.20% 3.40% 72

73 USA Orlando 0.10% 3.50% 147

74 Canada Vancouver 3.70% 1.90% 132

75 Australia Perth 3.40% 2.10% 64

76 India Hyderabad (IN) 4.20% 1.70% 82

77 China Guangzhou 4.90% 1.40% 34

78 Egypt Alexandria 0.90% 3.00% 170

79 United Kingdom Bristol 2.10% 2.50% 269

80 Canada Quebec City 2.10% 2.40% 145

81 United Kingdom Liverpool 2.40% 2.30% 217

82 Egypt Cairo 0.70% 3.00% 41

83 USA Jacksonville 0.60% 3.00% 194

84 United Kingdom Nottingham-Derby 2.60% 2.20% 226

85 China Taiyuan 5.60% 0.90% 55

86 USA Nashville 0.70% 2.90% 76

87 India Bangalore 4.30% 1.40% 98

88 Colombia Bogota 3.20% 1.80% 60

89 South Korea Gwangju 2.80% 2.00% 89

90 China Zhuhai 4.40% 1.30% 50

91 United Kingdom Portsmouth-Southampton 2.10% 2.20% 227

92 China Shanghai 5.20% 0.90% 129

93 South Korea Daegu 3.10% 1.80% 84

94 Taiwan Taoyuan 3.70% 1.50% 59

95 USA Denver 0.80% 2.70% 116

96 United Kingdom Birmingham (UK) 2.20% 2.10% 206

97 Kuwait Kuwait 0.60% 2.70% 77

98 China Xi'an 7.20% 0.00% 49

99 USA Knoxville 1.30% 2.40% 183

100 USA Atlanta 1.50% 2.30% 169

101 United Kingdom Glasgow 2.60% 1.80% 290

102 China Changchun 7.20% -0.10% 44

103 USA Riverside 0.20% 2.80% 182

104 USA Portland 0.60% 2.60% 91

105 South Korea Seoul-Incheon 2.70% 1.70% 88

106 United Kingdom Leeds-Bradford 2.00% 2.00% 271

107 Morocco Casablanca 1.90% 2.10% 146

108 Poland Cracow 3.70% 1.30% 257

109 China Shenyang 6.70% 0.00% 39

110 USA Charlotte 1.10% 2.30% 110

111 USA Greenville 0.70% 2.40% 121

112 United Kingdom Sheffield 2.10% 1.80% 273

113 United Kingdom Newcastle 1.90% 1.90% 240

114 Australia Brisbane -0.40% 2.80% 180

115 USA Seattle 0.10% 2.50% 137

116 USA Miami -0.50% 2.80% 161

117 Taiwan Hsinchu 3.50% 1.10% 70

118 USA Salt Lake City -0.20% 2.70% 97

119 Poland Katowice-Ostrava 3.50% 1.10% 163

120 China Dalian 6.50% -0.20% 32

121 South Korea Busan-Ulsan 2.80% 1.30% 106

122 USA Sacramento 1.10% 2.00% 216

123 Portugal Lisbon 1.30% 2.00% 292

124 United Kingdom Cardiff-Newport 1.70% 1.70% 272

125 USA San Francisco -0.50% 2.60% 118

126 China Anshan 6.30% -0.30% 47

127 Taiwan Tainan 3.60% 0.90% 93

128 Taiwan Taichung 3.10% 1.00% 87

129 Portugal Porto 1.00% 1.90% 294

130 Taiwan Kaohsiung 3.50% 0.90% 101

131 USA San Antonio -0.20% 2.40% 107

132 Poland Warsaw 1.90% 1.50% 127

133 USA Phoenix 0.70% 2.00% 159

134 Ireland Dublin 1.70% 1.50% 288

135 Taiwan Taipei 2.90% 1.00% 86

136 USA Milwaukee 1.30% 1.60% 211

137 UAE Abu Dhabi 0.30% 2.10% 78

138 USA Durham 1.20% 1.70% 231

139 Philippines Manila 4.10% 0.50% 69

140 USA Indianapolis 0.60% 1.90% 144

141 USA Tampa 0.70% 1.80% 171

142 USA San Diego -0.40% 2.30% 162

143 China Shantou 4.00% 0.40% 56

144 USA Madison 0.30% 2.00% 168

145 New Zealand Auckland 2.40% 1.10% 105

146 USA Des Moines 0.00% 2.00% 139

147 Mexico Mexico City 1.60% 1.40% 96

148 USA Los Angeles 0.10% 2.00% 164

149 USA Tucson 1.20% 1.40% 228

150 Mexico Guadalajara 0.80% 1.50% 114

151 USA Baltimore 1.00% 1.50% 157

152 China Tianjin 3.30% 0.50% 43

153 USA Boston 0.50% 1.60% 149

154 Sweden Stockholm 0.90% 1.50% 130

155 Norway Oslo 1.40% 1.20% 166

156 Kazakhstan Almaty 2.60% 0.70% 51

157 South Africa East Rand 0.10% 1.80% 131

158 USA Tulsa 0.80% 1.40% 202

159 USA Springfield 1.70% 1.00% 175

160 Chile Santiago 1.20% 1.20% 62

161 Czech Republic Prague 1.90% 0.90% 265

162 Brazil Rio de Janeiro -0.20% 1.80% 133

163 South Africa Pretoria -0.90% 2.00% 150

164 Israel Tel Aviv 1.40% 1.00% 75

165 Sweden Gothenburg 1.00% 1.10% 141

166 USA Minneapolis -0.10% 1.60% 148

167 Germany Munich 0.90% 1.10% 124

168 USA Honolulu 1.40% 1.00% 185

169 Germany Nurnberg-Furth 1.60% 0.90% 135

170 Switzerland Zurich 0.40% 1.30% 174

171 Germany Berlin 1.10% 1.00% 143

172 China Haerbin 6.10% -1.10% 95

173 South Africa Johannesburg -1.30% 2.00% 152

174 Brazil Fortaleza -0.20% 1.60% 158

175 USA El Paso, TX 0.60% 1.20% 109

176 USA New York 0.10% 1.40% 176

177 Luxembourg Luxembourg-Trier 1.40% 0.90% 181

178 USA Bakersfield -2.40% 2.40% 108

179 Germany Hannover 1.40% 0.80% 188

180 Austria Linz 0.80% 1.10% 167

181 Brazil Curitiba -0.50% 1.60% 119

182 Spain Madrid 1.40% 0.80% 295

183 Austria Vienna-Bratislava 0.60% 1.20% 213

184 USA Worcester 0.90% 1.00% 155

185 Switzerland Geneve-Annemasse 0.30% 1.30% 128

186 USA Louisville 0.20% 1.30% 142

187 Brazil Belo Horizonte -0.30% 1.50% 102

188 South Africa Cape Town -1.20% 1.90% 179

189 Germany Leipzig-Halle 1.50% 0.70% 156

190 USA Richmond -0.30% 1.50% 186

191 Germany Hamburg 0.80% 1.00% 199

192 Germany Karlsruhe 1.20% 0.80% 165

193 Brazil Grande Vitoria -0.10% 1.30% 122

194 Germany Braunschweig-Wolfsburg 1.40% 0.70% 92

195 Puerto Rico San Juan 0.40% 1.10% 289

196 USA Harrisburg 0.20% 1.20% 246

197 Canada Toronto 1.40% 0.70% 117

198 USA Akron -0.50% 1.40% 200

199 South Africa Durban -1.20% 1.70% 235

200 Brazil Recife 0.20% 1.10% 63

201 Japan Tokyo 0.70% 0.90% 204

202 Germany Bremen 1.20% 0.70% 190

203 USA Chicago 0.70% 0.80% 198

204 Spain Bilbao 1.70% 0.40% 297

205 Germany Frankfurt am Main 0.70% 0.80% 203

206 Australia Sydney 1.40% 0.50% 151

207 Germany Bielefeld-Detmould 1.20% 0.60% 134

208 Germany K÷ln- Dusseldorf 1.00% 0.70% 215

209 Brazil Brasilia -0.70% 1.40% 99

210 Germany Stuttgart 1.10% 0.60% 140

211 USA Oxnard -1.00% 1.50% 222

212 USA Greensboro 0.70% 0.70% 250

213 USA Cincinnati -1.20% 1.50% 178

214 USA Little Rock 0.50% 0.80% 224

215 Spain Barcelona 1.20% 0.40% 296

216 USA Omaha -0.10% 1.00% 191

217 USA Birmingham (US) 0.40% 0.80% 220

218 Russia Moscow 0.00% 0.90% 120

219 Mexico Monterrey 0.50% 0.70% 113

220 Germany Saarbrucken 1.40% 0.30% 225

221 Israel Haifa 1.50% 0.30% 81

222 Japan Hamamatsu 1.70% 0.20% 244

223 Japan Shizuoka 1.70% 0.10% 245

224 Japan Nagoya 1.00% 0.40% 252

225 USA New Haven 0.50% 0.60% 223

226 USA Providence -0.70% 1.10% 207

227 Australia Melbourne 1.10% 0.30% 154

228 USA Columbia -0.10% 0.80% 205

229 Canada Ottawa 0.10% 0.70% 238

230 Mexico Puebla 0.00% 0.80% 83

231 Japan Kumamoto 1.30% 0.20% 232

232 Japan Kitakyushu-Fukuoka 0.90% 0.30% 219

233 France Toulouse -0.10% 0.70% 197

234 USA New Orleans -2.00% 1.50% 229

235 USA Memphis -0.20% 0.70% 270

236 USA Albany 0.10% 0.60% 234

237 USA Detroit 0.80% 0.30% 104

238 USA Buffalo -0.10% 0.60% 230

239 USA Hartford 0.30% 0.40% 258

240 Spain Seville 0.90% 0.10% 299

241 Japan Sendai 0.80% 0.20% 268

242 Hong Kong Hong Kong 1.20% 0.00% 100

243 Japan Kagoshima 1.30% 0.00% 208

244 France Nantes -0.20% 0.60% 201

245 Japan Okayama 1.10% 0.10% 266

246 Denmark Copenhagen-Malm÷ 0.70% 0.20% 256

247 Japan Osaka-Kobe 0.60% 0.20% 267

248 Switzerland Basel-Mulhouse 0.40% 0.30% 214

249 USA St. Louis -2.10% 1.30% 253

250 USA Philadelphia -0.50% 0.70% 248

251 France Bordeaux -0.20% 0.50% 212

252 Spain Valencia 0.90% 0.10% 298

253 USA Pittsburgh 0.00% 0.40% 192

254 Japan Sapporo 0.90% 0.00% 274

255 Japan Niigata 1.20% -0.10% 242

256 USA Rochester -0.10% 0.40% 237

257 USA Bridgeport -0.20% 0.40% 241

258 USA Cleveland -0.90% 0.70% 189

259 France Marseille 0.10% 0.30% 263

260 France Paris 0.30% 0.20% 247

261 Russia Saint Petersburg -0.20% 0.40% 125

262 Belgium Brussels 0.40% 0.00% 262

263 Belgium Aachen-Liege 0.70% -0.10% 243

264 USA Kansas City -1.30% 0.70% 233

265 France Lille 0.40% 0.00% 264

266 Brazil Salvador -0.90% 0.50% 218

267 Japan Hiroshima 0.50% -0.10% 275

268 France Lyon -0.20% 0.20% 239

269 France Nice 0.00% 0.10% 277

270 France Strasbourg 0.00% 0.10% 260

271 Romania Bucharest 1.70% -0.70% 173

272 USA Allentown -0.30% 0.10% 193

273 USA Columbus -1.30% 0.40% 126

274 Italy Rome -0.80% 0.10% 284

275 USA Washington DC -1.50% 0.30% 251

276 Italy Bologna -0.40% -0.10% 255

277 Italy Milano -0.50% -0.20% 283

278 Italy Venice-Padova -0.60% -0.20% 280

279 Canada Winnipeg -0.20% -0.40% 221

280 Greece Athens 0.30% -0.60% 300

281 USA Virginia Beach -1.00% -0.10% 279

282 Finland Helsinki -0.50% -0.30% 278

283 Italy Turin -0.70% -0.30% 282

284 Brazil Sao Paulo -1.50% 0.00% 136

285 Canada Montreal 0.70% -0.90% 184

286 Argentina Buenos Aires -2.80% 0.50% 123

287 USA Dayton -1.70% 0.00% 254

288 Netherlands Eindhoven-Den Bosch 0.70% -1.10% 281

289 Italy Florence -0.60% -0.60% 291

290 Brazil Porto Alegre -1.70% -0.20% 177

291 Brazil Campinas -2.20% 0.00% 195

292 Netherlands Rotterdam-Amsterdam 0.30% -1.20% 287

293 China Daqing 4.00% -2.80% 111

294 USA Syracuse (US) -1.20% -0.70% 276

295 Netherlands Arnhem-Nijmegen 0.00% -1.20% 286

296 Venezuela Caracas -3.50% 0.10% 209

297 Italy Naples -0.70% -1.00% 293

298 USA Albuquerque -2.20% -0.60% 285

299 Australia Adelaide -1.20% -1.10% 249

300 Thailand Bangkok -0.50% -1.70% 259