Cities that that can move towards being globally competitive (Node) in future.
Preceded by Nexus (Top), Hub, Node and followed by unranked.
| Global Rank | City Name | State Province | Country | Class. | Score | Sub Region |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 439 | Manama | Bahrain | 4 UPSTART | 31 | MID-EAST | |
| 440 | Dhaka | Dhaka Division | Bangladesh | 4 UPSTART | 31 | ASIA PAC |
| 441 | Muscat | Oman | 4 UPSTART | 31 | MID-EAST | |
| 442 | Pretoria | South Africa | 4 UPSTART | 31 | AFRICA | |
| 443 | Chisinau | Moldova | 4 UPSTART | 31 | EURO CONT | |
| 444 | Tomsk | Tomsk Oblast | Russia | 4 UPSTART | 31 | RUSSIA |
| 445 | Shantou | Guangdong | China | 4 UPSTART | 31 | CHINA |
| 446 | Barnaul | Altai Krai | Russia | 4 UPSTART | 31 | RUSSIA |
| 447 | Lahore | Pakistan | 4 UPSTART | 31 | EURASIA | |
| 448 | Orenburg | Orenburg Oblast | Russia | 4 UPSTART | 31 | RUSSIA |
| 449 | Sarajevo | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 4 UPSTART | 30 | EURO CONT | |
| 450 | Guimaraes | Norte | Portugal | 4 UPSTART | 30 | EURO CONT |
| 451 | Guatemala City | Guatemala | Guatemala | 4 UPSTART | 30 | LATIN AMERICA |
| 452 | Santa Cruz de Tenerife | Spain | 4 UPSTART | 30 | EURO CONT | |
| 453 | Lviv | Lviv Oblast | Ukraine | 4 UPSTART | 30 | EURASIA |
| 454 | Izhevsk | Udmurt Republic | Russia | 4 UPSTART | 30 | RUSSIA |
| 455 | Tolyatti | Samara Oblast | Russia | 4 UPSTART | 30 | RUSSIA |
| 456 | Kanpur | Uttar Pradesh | India | 4 UPSTART | 30 | INDIA |
| 457 | Bandung | West Java | Indonesia | 4 UPSTART | 30 | ASIA PAC |
| 458 | Kharkov | Kharkiv Oblast | Ukraine | 4 UPSTART | 30 | EURASIA |
| 459 | Caracas | Venezuela | 4 UPSTART | 30 | LATIN AMERICA | |
| 460 | Yangon | Yangon Region | Burma | 4 UPSTART | 30 | ASIA PAC |
| 461 | Al-Ain | United Arab Emirates | 4 UPSTART | 29 | MID-EAST | |
| 462 | Bishkek | Kyrgyzstan | 4 UPSTART | 29 | EURASIA | |
| 463 | Cali | Valle del Cauca | Colombia | 4 UPSTART | 29 | LATIN AMERICA |
| 464 | Chittagong | Chittagong | Bangladesh | 4 UPSTART | 29 | ASIA PAC |
| 465 | Minsk | Belarus | 4 UPSTART | 29 | EURASIA | |
| 466 | San Juan | Argentina | 4 UPSTART | 29 | LATIN AMERICA | |
| 467 | Odessa | Odessa Oblast | Ukraine | 4 UPSTART | 29 | EURASIA |
| 468 | Rabat | Morocco | 4 UPSTART | 29 | AFRICA | |
| 469 | Madurai | Tamil Nadu | India | 4 UPSTART | 29 | INDIA |
| 470 | Ajman | United Arab Emirates | 4 UPSTART | 28 | MID-EAST | |
| 471 | Guayaquil | Guayas | Ecuador | 4 UPSTART | 28 | LATIN AMERICA |
| 472 | Astana | Kazakhstan | 4 UPSTART | 28 | EURASIA | |
| 473 | Nassau | Bahamas | 4 UPSTART | 28 | LATIN AMERICA | |
| 474 | Dnepropetrovsk | Dnipropetrovsk Oblast | Ukraine | 4 UPSTART | 28 | EURASIA |
| 475 | Algiers | Algeria | 4 UPSTART | 28 | AFRICA | |
| 476 | Kingston | Jamaica | 4 UPSTART | 27 | LATIN AMERICA | |
| 477 | Tunis | Tunisia | 4 UPSTART | 27 | AFRICA | |
| 478 | Cartagena | Colombia | 4 UPSTART | 27 | LATIN AMERICA | |
| 479 | Lagos | Nigeria | 4 UPSTART | 27 | AFRICA | |
| 480 | Port Louis | Mauritius | 4 UPSTART | 26 | AFRICA | |
| 481 | Phnom Penh, Cam | Phnom Penh | Cambodia | 4 UPSTART | 26 | ASIA PAC |
| 482 | Ulaanbaatar | Mongolia | 4 UPSTART | 26 | ASIA PAC | |
| 483 | La Paz | La Paz Department | Bolivia | 4 UPSTART | 26 | LATIN AMERICA |
| 484 | Donetsk | Donetsk Oblast | Ukraine | 4 UPSTART | 26 | EURASIA |
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