New Delhi: Delhi stands the best among Indian cities in the Oxford Economics’ 1,000 global cities ranking released on Tuesday. However, the national capital of India stands at 350th position in the global list. Other cities in the country have been got much lower positions in the list.
Delhi fared better than Mumbai in several parameters, including Economics, Human Capital, and Quality of Life as per the ranking of global cities. Delhi has been rated worse in terms of environment ranking, while all the Indian cities ranked 380 in Governance.
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Delhi was ranked 973 in the environment category, the worst among all the Indian cities except Uttar Pradesh’s Sultanpur, which was ranked 989 in this same category.
The city of Sultanpur, located in Uttar Pradesh, ranked the lowest—at the 1,000th spot. The Global Cities Index covers 1,000 major cities in the world, located in 163 different countries.
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In the Oxford Economics Global Cities Index 2024, cities are scored across five different categories to “achieve a well-rounded comparison of locations”. The five categories are economics, human capital, quality of life, environment and governance.
Bengaluru has been listed at 411th position in the global city ranking, followed by Mumbai, which has been placed at 427th position. Likewise, Chennai (472), Kochi (521), Kolkata (528), Pune (534), Thrissur (550), Hyderabad (564) and Sultanpur of Uttar Pradesh (1000) have been rated on various criteria.
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Thrissur in Kerala has been ranked better among the Indian cities in terms of environment and quality of life and thereby positioned at 581 and 757 ranks respectively among 1000 global cities.
