Chinese Cities Have Absolutely Dominated The Past Twenty Years

"Chinese cities have been on an absolute economic tear in recent years.

The Brookings Institute 's latest report, the Global MetroMonitor Report, tracks the economic growth of metro areas from 2011-2012 — and Chinese cities were clearly miles ahead of their counterparts in the West.
13 of the top 20 cities in the Overall Economic Index — which is calculated using annualized growth rate of real GDP per capita and annualized growth employment — were from China, including the special administrative region of Macau at number one.
But over the last twenty years the results are even more impressive. Business Insider asked Brookings how GDP and employment has changed from 1993 to 2012, and here's what we found:

Data: Brookings Institute, Rank: Business Insider

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