Seoul ranks 15th in the Global City Index

Seoul ranks 15th among one thousand cities across the globe this year according to a British economic advisory firm.

Oxford Economics says its 2025 Global Cities Index shows Seoul soaring past 26 spots from last year to rank 15th worldwide and 2nd in Asia just after Tokyo.

The evaluation covers five categories including economy human capital quality of life environment and governance.

While Seoul ranked 5th worldwide in human capital it lost much ground in environment owing to the seasonal yellow dust affecting air quality.

Meanwhile New York London and Paris in that order were ranked the top three.