Manama, the Capital city of Bahrain topped the AIRINC Global 150 Cities Index for Financial Attractiveness ranking for the 3rd consecutive time. Indian Cities of New Delhi & Mumbai were the only two to be listed in the Index.
i.Indicators used for calculating Financial Attractiveness – Salary levels, Cost of Living, and Taxes in a particular market
ii.Seven cities from the MENA (Middle East North Africa) region were among the Top 16.
iii.Notably, Bahrain also topped in different indicators among the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries as per the InterNations Expat Insider 2021 survey
| Financial Rank | Lifestyle Rank | Overall Attractiveness | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | City | Rank | City | Rank | City |
| 1 | Manama, Bahrain | 1 | Prague, Czech Republic | 1 | Zurich, Switzerland |
| 113 | New Delhi, India | 122 | Mumbai, India | 122 | New Delhi, India |
| 125 | Mumbai, India | 123 | New Delhi, India | 128 | Mumbai, India |
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About Bahrain:
1st Country in the MENA region to develop an economic diversification strategy away from hydrocarbons. Currently, over 80% of the country’s GDP depends on the Non-Oil sector.
Prime Minister – Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa
Capital – Manama
About AIRINC:
It is a Multinational Company working on International mobility data since 1954
Headquarters – Massachusetts, USA
President & CEO – Steve Brink
