Seoul ranks sixth in competitiveness on the list of major 48 cities worldwide of the Global Power City Index released by the Institute for Urban Strategies under Japan's Mori Memorial Foundation. (Korea.net DB)
By Kim Seon Ah
The list released on Dec. 17 placed the capital sixth among 48 cities in the Global Power City Index of the Institute for Urban Strategies under Japan's Mori Memorial Foundation.
The capital in 2017 placed sixth in the survey, fell to eighth in 2020 and went back up last year to sixth, where it stayed this year.
The institute gauges a city's competitiveness in six categories: economy, research and development (R&D), cultural interaction, livability, environment, and accessibility. Seoul this year ranked 16th in economy; fifth in R&D; 12th in cultural interaction; 25th in livability; 11th in environment; and 11th in accessibility.
London topped the rankings, followed by Tokyo, New York, Paris and Singapore in the top five. Amsterdam was seventh, Shanghai eighth, Dubai (United Arab Emirates) ninth and Berlin 10th.
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