Taipei ranked world's 25th richest city by business magazine

Taipei, Nov. 17 (CNA) Taipei has been ranked the world's 25th richest city in 2025, with a gross domestic product (GDP) of US$867.83 billion, according to CEOWORLD, an online business magazine.

Taipei was the only Taiwanese city to make it into the top 100 in the survey, which ranked 300 metropolises worldwide.

"They are not just cities; they are economic ecosystems shaping how money moves, technology evolves, and policy decisions ripple through the markets," the New York-based CEOWORLD said.

While Taipei was ranked 25th, other Taiwanese cities were also listed among the 300 richest in the world.

Taichung in central Taiwan was ranked 116th with a GDP of US$436 billion, Kaohsiung 117th (US$433 billion), Taoyuan 152nd (US$334.7 billion), and Tainan 174th (US$288.7 billion).

Tokyo topped the list as the world's richest city in 2025, with a "staggering" GDP of US$2.55 trillion, surpassing the New York metropolitan area, which ranked second, according to CEOWORLD.

The Japanese capital remains a benchmark for operational excellence, technological sophistication, and disciplined economic governance, the magazine said.

"Japan's capital integrates innovation with infrastructure like few others -- its transportation systems, financial networks, and industrial supply chains operate with unmatched precision," CEOWORLD said.

Rounding out the top 10 were Los Angeles (Long Beach, Anaheim); London; Seoul; the Paris metropolitan area; Chicago (Naperville, Elgin); Osaka-Kobe; San Francisco (Oakland, Berkeley); and Shanghai, in that order, accounting for nearly one-third of the global GDP, according to the magazine.

Meanwhile, other high-ranking Asian cities include Beijing (11th), Singapore (16th), Shenzhen (21st), Chongqing (26th), Guangzhou (27th), Hong Kong (29th), Nagoya (30th), and Bangkok (46th).

"Asia's dominance in the 2025 rankings reflects a broader shift in global economic gravity eastward," the magazine said.