The Global Financial Centres Index
Instrumental Factors
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- Capgemini: Number of High Net Worth Individuals
- Ethnologue: Linguistic Diversity
- Euromonitor: Top Tourism Destinations
- Hays: Global Skills Index
- Henley Partners: Visa Restrictions Index
- IMD: World Talent Rankings
- Institute for Economics & Peace: Global Terrorism Index
- Mercer: Quality of Living City Rankings
- Mercer: Cost of Living City Rankings
- Numbeo: Health Care Index
- Numbeo: Quality of Life Index
- Numbeo: Crime Index
- OECD: Household net adjusted disposable income
- OECD: Household net financial wealth
- OECD: Education attainment
- OECD: Life Expectancy
- OECD: Employees working very long hours
- Cato Institute: Human Freedom Index
- UBS: Citizens Domestic Purchasing Power
- UN Development Program: Human Development Index
- UN Office of Drugs & Crime: Homicide Rates
- World Bank: Graduates in social Science, Business and Law (as % of total graduates)
- World Bank: Gross Tertiary Graduation Ratio
- World Bank: Average Precipitation in Depth
- AT Kearney: Global Services Location
- CIA: Government Debt as % of GDP
- CIA: Common Law Countries
- EIU: Business Environment Rankings
- EIU: Operational Risk Rating
- Enerdata Statistical Yearbook: Crude oil input to refineries
- Enerdata Statistical Yearbook: Share of wind and solar in electricity production
- Enerdata Statistical Yearbook: Energy Intensity of GDP
- Enerdata Statistical Yearbook: Share of renewables in electricity production
- Forbes: Best Countries for Business
- Fraser Institute: Economic Freedom of the World
- International Budget Partnership: Open Budget Survey
- Institute for Economics & Peace: Global Peace Index
- ITU: Global Cybersecurity Index
- KPMG: Individual Income Tax Rates
- Lloyd's: Lloyd's City Risk Index 2015-2025
- OECD: Personal Tax Rates
- OECD: Bilateral Tax Information Exchange Agreements
- OECD: OECD Country Risk Classification
- PwC: Corporate Tax Rates
- Reporters Without Borders (RSF): Press Freedom Index
- Swiss Association for Standardisation (SNV): Currencies
- Tax Justice Network: Financial Secrecy Index
- The Commonwealth: Commonwealth Countries
- Transparency International: Corruption Percentage Index
- UBS: Wage Comparison Index
- UNFCCC: City Commitment to Carbon Reduction(Individual Action)
- UNFCCC: City Commitment to Carbon Reduction(Cooperative Action)
- World Bank: Ease of Doing Business Index
- World Bank: Real Interest Rate
- World Bank: Tax as Percentage of GDP
- World Bank: Government Effectiveness
- World Bank: Inflation, GDP Deflator
- World Bank: Rule of Law
- World Bank: Political Stability and Absence of Violence/Terrorism
- World Bank: Regulatory Quality
- World Bank: Control of Corruption
- World Justice Project: World Government
- World Justice Project: Regulatory Enforcement
- Bank for International Settlements: Net External Positions of Banks
- Bank for International Settlements: External Positions of Central Banks as a Share of GDP
- Cushman & Wakefield: Business Process Outsourcing Location Index
- Corporate Knights: Financial Institutions clean revenue to fossil-related
- Corporate Knights: Financial Institutions Conventional to new Energy Data
- Corporate Knights: Financial Centre Sustainability Disclosure
- Corporate Knights: Financial Centre carbon intensity
- Corporate Knights: Financial system green alignment
- Corporate Knights: Climate -aligned Bonds Outstanding by Country of Issuer
- Corporate Knights: Green Bond Issued by Country of Issuer
- CBI: Total issuance of labelled green bonds to July 2018, USDm
- CBI: Total number of labelled green bonds issued to July 2018
- CBI: Certified Climate Bond issued to July 2018, % of centre total
- CBI: Externally reviewed (excl CCB) labelled green bonds issued to July 2018, % of centre total
- CBI: Not-externally-reviewed labelled green bonds issued to July 2018, % of centre total
- CBI: Green Bond Segments on Stock Exchanges(Y/N)
- DHL: Global Connectedness Index
- Investment Company Institute: Total Net Assets of Regulated Open-End Funds
- Islamic Banks & Financial Institutions: Islamic Finance Country Index
- UN Sustainable Stock Exchange Initiative: Sustainable Stock Exchanges(Y/N)
- World Bank: Domestic Credit Provided by Banking Sector (% of GDP)
- World Bank: Percentage of Firms Using Banks to Finance Investment
- World Bank: Liner Shipping Connectivity Index
- World Federation of Stock Exchanges: Capitalisation of Stock Exchanges
- World Federation of Stock Exchanges: Value of Share Trading
- World Federation of Stock Exchanges: Volume of Share Trading
- World Federation of Stock Exchanges: Broad Stock Index Levels
- World Federation of Stock Exchanges: Value of Bond Trading
- Arcadis: Sustainable Cities Mobility Index
- CBRE Research: Office Occupancy Cost
- CIA: Roadways per Land Area
- CIA: Railways per Land Area
- Corporate Knights: GRESB Green Real Estate and Infrastructure Investment Score
- Ericsson: Networked Society City Index
- IEA: Buildings Energy Efficiency Policies Database(Y/N)
- INRIX: INRIX Traffic Scorecard
- Jones Lang LaSalle: JLL Real Estate Transparency Index
- Knight Frank: Prime International Residential Index
- Metro Bits: Metro Network Length
- OECD: Water Quality
- Solability: Global Sustainable Competitiveness Index
- TomTom: TomTom Traffic Index
- United Nations: ICT Development Index
- United Nations: Telecommunications Infrastructure Index
- World Bank: Logistics Performance Index
- World Bank: Protected Land Area % of land area
- World Bank: Forestry Area
- World Bank: CO2 Emissions Per Capita
- World Economic Forum: Quality of Domestic Transfer Network
- World Economic Forum: Quality of Roads
- World Economic Forum: Networked Readiness Index
- World Energy Council: Energy Sustainability Index
- World Wide Web Foundation: Open Data Barometer
- WHO: Air Quality Data
- Yale University: Environmental Performance
- 2ThinkNow Innovation Cities: Innovation Cities Index
- Arcadis: Sustainable Cities Index
- AT Kearney: FDI Confidence Index
- AT Kearney: Global Cities Index
- Boston Consulting Group: Sustainable Economic Development
- Economist: RPI (% change on year ago)
- Economist: Big Mac Index
- Good Country Party: Good Country Index
- Henley Partners: Quality of Nationality Index
- IESE: IESE Cities in Motion Index
- IMD: World Competitiveness Scoreboard
- INSEAD: Global Innovation Index
- Legatum Institute: Legatum Prosperity Index
- Taylor Wessing: Global Intellectual Property Index
- UBS: Price Levels
- UNCTAD: Foreign Direct Investment Inflows
- UNCTAD: FDI Inflows to GDP
- World Bank: GDP per Person Employed
- World Economic Forum: Global Competitiveness Index
- World Economic Forum: Number of International Association Meetings
- World Economic Forum: Global Enabling Trade Report