World Cities Data Brief

Last updated: 21 June 2021

Most Polluted City

Most Visited City

Most Populous City

Most Congested City

Most Dangerous CityThe Safest City

110.2

22.8

37.4

54.0

84.7

88.5

Ghaziabad, India

Bangkok, Thailand

ug/m3 of PM2.5 in 2019+8.0%

mln. visitors in 2018

Tokyo, Japan+0.6%

mln. persons in 2020

Year-over-year growth rate |-8.5%%, traffic congestion, 2020

| OECD | A | 2000-2019

Population, GDP per capita, unemployment rate etc. for 281 metro areas worldwide.

| WCCD | A | 1988-2019

Unemployment rate, PM2.5 concentration, life expectancy and more for 58 major cities.

Mobility Trends| Apple | D | 2020-2021

Trends in walking, driving and transit across 300+ cities around the world.

| ATKearney | A | 2012-2020

138 global cities ranked by five measures including business activity and human capital.

Labor Market

crime index in 2021

Abu Dhabi, UAE-0.1%

safety index in 2021

| Eurostat | A | 1989-2019

Unemployment rate, labor force, employment by industry, sex and age in 1K EU cities.

Education| Eurostat | A | 1990-2020

Population| Eurostat | A | 1989-2020

Number of students in higher education, education attainment, children in day care.
Male, female, and total population by age.

Fertility & Mortality

Environment| UNDESA | A | 1950-2035

Annual population of urban agglomerations with 300,000 inhabitants or more.

| Eurostat | A | 1990-2019

Population density of 300+ metropolitan regions of the European Union.

Millennial Cities| Nestpick | A | 2017-2018

100 best cities for millennials in business ecosystem, essentials, equality, and recreation.

Generation Z Cities| Eurostat | A | 1989-2020

Number of private households, number of houses, average price of buying a house, etc.

Demography & Society
Population Density| Eurostat | A | 1990-2020

Crude birth and death rates, infant mortality rate in a thousand European cities.

Living Conditions
Urbanization+0.3%

European Cities

Metropolitan Areas

Cities Index

Caracas, Venezuela

Link to a resource | Source name | Data frequency (annual, monthly) | Available time period

World Cities
City Data

Moscow, Russia| Nestpick | A | 2019-2019

110 best cities for generation Z citizens in business ecosystem, essentials, equality, etc.

| Eurostat | A | 1989-2019

Average concentration of NO2, PM10, municipal waste generated in European cities.

Culture and Tourism| Eurostat | A | 1990-2020

Economy and Finance| Eurostat | A | 1991-2019

Intentional Homicide| Eurostat | A | 2008-2018

Number of museum visitors, nights spent in tourist accommodation, cinema attendance.
Number of all companies and local units in all economic activities in the EU cities.
Homicide offences total number and per 100,000 inhabitants in the largest EU cities.

Transport| Eurostat | A | 1989-2021

Number of registered cars. Deaths in the road and people killed in accidents per 10,000.

Millennial Cities Ranking

100 best cities for millennials, which are open and tolerant, and having goodbusiness ecosystem, affordable access to the essentials, recreation facilities.

Crime & Safety
Crime Index

Economy| Numbeo | A | 2012-2020

Ranking of 532 cities worldwide by level of crime and safety.

Property Price Index| Numbeo | A,SA | 2009-2021

Apartment affordability, price to income ratio, share of mortgage in income in 731 cities.

Enterprise Survey| WB | A | 2006-2020

Firm-level survey covering topics such as access to finance, corruption, infrastructure.

Financial Centers Index| ZY | A,SA | 2007-2021

Ranking of the competitiveness of 82 financial centers worldwide.

Housing Affordability Around the World

Housing affordability and its impact on middle-income households worldwide is
emerging as a major concern throughout the developed world.

US Mass Shooting| GVA | D | 2013-2021

Homicide Offences| Eurostat | A | 2008-2018

Number of killed and injured people in mass shootings in 581 US cities.
Homicide rate and count in European cities.

Safety Related Occurrences| ICAO | All | 2008-2021

Safety-related aviation occurrences known to ICAO: accidents, crashes, etc.

Terrorism Database| START | All | 1901-2019

Database covers terrorist events around the world from 1970 through 2018.

Crime in Major Cities Around the World

A comparison of crime index to socio-economic indicators shows that crime levels
are higher in cities with higher youth dependency ratios and population density.

US Cities
Private Companies| Inc. | A | 2007-2020

Environment & Infrastructure

Fuel Retail Prices| EIA | A,M,W | 1990-2021

Power Plants

Private companies of the USA in New York state and other states based on revenue.
Gasoline retail prices in major US cities.

Small Business Friendliness| Thumbtack | A | 2012-2019

US cities ranking by small business friendliness according to ease of hiring, tax code, etc.

Top 5,000 Cities| USCB | A | 2008-2010

Population of five thousand largest American cities.

Congestion Index| TT | A | 2012-2020

Congestion levels in morning and evening peaks, weekdays and weekend in 395 cities.

Air Pollution| WHO | A | 2008-2019

Air pollution levels (PM10 and PM2.5 annual mean) in 3000 cities worldwide.

Exposure to PM2.5| OECD | A | 1990-2017

Water Monitoring| EEI | All | 2010-2018

Mean population exposure to PM2.5 in 1,197 OECD metropolitan areas.

Tourism
Inner-city Mobility in EU| GoEuro | A | 2019

Destination Cities Index| MC | A | 2011-2018

Cost of transportation in European cities and countries.

Arrivals and spending of international visitors in 101 cities worldwide.

Mineral Water Price| GEO | A | 2018

10K power plants in 1,334 cities by type: coal, gas, hydro-electric, oil, solar, waste, wind.

Water quality indicators including pH level and temperature in 4K cities globally.

Clean Air, Healthy Lungs

Air pollution occurs when chemical or biological substances alter characteristicsof the atmosphere, potentially leading to diseases that can be lethal.

| Numbeo | A | 2010-2019

Price of mineral water in 530 cities around the world.

World’s Most Visited Cities

Overnight international visitors number and spending, purpose of visit,
expenditure breakdown.

Sources referenced and acronyms used:
Apple, Inc., ATKearney - A. T. Kearney, CD - City-Data, EEI - EarthEcho Water Challenge, EIA - U.S. Energy Information Administration, Eurostat, GEO - Global Energy Observatory, GoEuro, GVA- Gun Violence Archive, ICAO - International Civil Aviation Organization, Inc, Nestpick, Numbeo, OECD - Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development, RAND - RAND Corporation,START - National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism, Thumbtack, TT – TomTom, UNDESA - United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, UNODC- United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, USCB – United States Census Bureau, WB – World Bank, WCCD - World Council on City Data, WHO – World Health Organization, ZY - Z/Yen Group