Photo of the Day: The City Ranked Number 1 in Economic Performance

See a photo of the city that finished first in JPMorgan Chase and the Brookings Institution list of the 300 top performing economies.

Maura Falk, Associate Editor

Jan 22, 2015

JPMorgan Chase and the Brookings Institution have created a list, ranking the economic performances of 300 major cities worldwide in the past year. It seems that even with recent news of an economic downturn in China many of their cities remain economically sound, as they take up quite a few of the top ranking spots. In fact, the Chinese territory Macau was ranked number one. The picture above is a picture of the thriving city.

Check out the list in its entirety below to see where your city falls.

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	Nürnberg-Fürth	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	Genève-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-Detmold	1.20%	0.60%	134
208	Germany	Köln- Düsseldorf	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-Malmö	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-Liège	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

Photo and rankings source: The Associated Press