The Global Financial Centres Index (GFCI) ranks the competitiveness of financial centres based on over 29,000 assessments from an online questionnaire and over 100 indices from organisations such as the World Bank, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), and the Economist Intelligence Unit. It was first published in March 2007. It has been jointly published twice per year by the London-based think tank Z/Yen and the China Development Institute since 2015. It is widely quoted as a top source for ranking financial centres.
GFCI 40 (September 2026)
+ Top 20 centres in GFCI 40 Centre Rating Change in rank New York City 761 London 757 Hong Kong 756 Singapore 755 Shanghai 754 1 Tokyo 753 4 Seoul 752 1 Shenzhen 751 1 Dubai 750 2 Zurich 749 1 San Francisco 748 6 Geneva 747 6 Abu Dhabi 746 8 Los Angeles 745 2 Chicago 744 1 Beijing 743 6 Luxembourg 742 1 Boston 741 5 Washington, D.C. 740 2 Osaka 739 6
Financial centre profiles (GFCI 40, September 2026) The report ranks international financial centres into the following matrix:
+ Financial Centre Profiles (GFCI 36, September 2024) Level Broad and deepGlobal leaders Relatively broadGlobal diversified Relatively deepGlobal specialists EmergingGlobal contendersGlobal London Dubai New York Singapore Seoul Paris Los Angeles Tokyo Abu Dhabi Zurich Frankfurt Amsterdam Kuala Lumpur Brussels Shanghai Riyadh Casablanca Beijing Hong Kong Luxembourg Astana Kigali Level Broad and deepEstablished international Relatively broadInternational diversified Relatively deepInternational specialists EmergingInternational contendersInternational Boston Chicago Busan Edinburgh Rome Geneva Montreal Toronto Stockholm Munich San Francisco Sydney Osaka Washington D.C. Melbourne Miami Vancouver Bangkok Vienna Madrid Milan Berlin Athens Copenhagen Mumbai GIFT City Bermuda Qingdao Shenzhen Tel Aviv Jersey Moscow Mexico City Panama Bahamas Nairobi Bahrain Jakarta Doha Lagos New Delhi Johannesburg Cape Town Guangzhou São Paulo Kigali British Virgin Islands Cayman Islands Taipei Liechtenstein Level Broad and deepEstablished players Relatively broadLocal diversified Relatively deepLocal specialists EmergingEvolving centresLocal Oslo San Diego Glasgow Calgary Minneapolis/St Paul Wellington Santiago Lisbon Warsaw Prague Atlanta Helsinki Rio de Janeiro Tallinn Malta Ho Chi Minh City Chengdu Lugano Xi'an Hangzhou Wuhan Tianjin Reykjavík Monaco Nanjing Gibraltar Dalian Baku Manila Buenos Aires Sofia Riga Cyprus Saint Petersburg Budapest Tehran Bogotá Guernsey Bratislava Vilnius Almaty Trinidad and Tobago Barbados Isle of Man Kuwait City
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