TheGlobal Financial Centres Index (GFCI) ranks the competitiveness offinancial centres based on over 29,000 assessments from an online questionnaire and over 100 indices from organisations such as theWorld Bank, theOrganisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), and theEconomist Intelligence Unit.[1] It was first published in March 2007. It has been jointly published twice per year by theLondon-based think tankZ/Yen and theChina Development Institute since 2015.[2] It is widely quoted as a top source for ranking financial centres.[3][4][5]
| Rank | Centre | Rating | Change in rank | Change in rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  New York City | 766 |  |  3 |
| 2 |  London | 765 | |  3 |
| 3 |  Hong Kong | 764 | | 4 |
| 4 |  Singapore | 763 | | 13 |
| 5 | San Francisco | 754 | | 5 |
| 6 | Chicago | 753 | | 7 |
| 7 | Los Angeles | 752 | | 7 |
| 8 |  Shanghai | 751 | | 7 |
| 9 | Shenzhen | 750 | | 7 |
| 10 |  Seoul | 749 | | 7 |
| 11 |  Dubai | 748 | 1 | 8 |
| 12 |  Frankfurt | 747 | 1 | 6 |
| 13 | Washington, D.C. | 746 | | 7 |
| 14 |  Geneva | 745 | 1 | 8 |
| 15 |  Tokyo | 744 | 7 | 14 |
| 16 | Zurich | 743 | 5 | 12 |
| 17 | Boston | 742 | 2 | 9 |
| 18 |  Paris | 741 | 1 | 6 |
| 19 |  Luxembourg | 740 | 3 | 4 |
| 20 |  Dublin | 739 | 6 | 1 |
The report ranks international financial centres into the following matrix:
Rankings are based on surveys and 150 factors, with quantitative measures from the World Bank, The Economist Intelligence Unit, the OECD and United Nations.
