The World’s Top Financial Centers in 2025

Key takeaways

• The 37th edition of the Global Financial Centres Index (GFCI 37) ranks the competitiveness of 119 financial hubs
• Little is changed at the top of the index, with New York, London, and Hong Kong continuing to lead

Methodology

The GFCI is compiled using 140 quantitative measures from sources like the World Bank, OECD, and UN. These measures are combined with assessments collected by respondents to the GFCI online questionnaire.

GFCI 37 uses 31,314 assessments from 4,946 respondents.