Indicators of City Competitiveness

Indicators of City Competitiveness Study - Sydney

Committee for Sydney commissioned SGS to prepare a benchmarking study, to compare Sydney against ten other global cities based on indicators of competitiveness. SGS's analysis employed a total of 35 indicators grouped under six dimensions of competiveness including governance, connectivity, enterprise, innovation and creativity, culture and diversity, and liveability.

The Study provided Sydney with a measure for how well the city is performing and where improvements are required. As conclusions cannot be drawn from the indicators alone, a qualitative examination of the factors affecting the performance in each of the dimensions was undertaken to supplement the findings of the indicators. Together these two streams of research then provide a basis for distilling the challenges Sydney faces a global city.