20 slowest-growing cities in the world
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Some cities still haven't recovered from the 2008 economic meltdown. And others have been suffering for decades, according to Business Insider.
New data in Brookings' 2012 Global MetroMonitor shows 300 major metro areas by change in GDP per capita and employment from 1993 to 2012.
Let's have a look at 20 slowest-growing cities in the past 20 years.
Source: Business Insider
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Image: People walk on Zurich's main shopping street Bahnhofstrasse.
Photographs: Arnd Wiegmann/Reuters
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Sendai
Country: Japan
Real GDP per capita annualised change from 1993 to 2012: 0.0 per cent
Employment annualised change from 1993 to 2012: -0.6 per cent
Global rank: 1
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Image: Girls and boys skate in Sendai, Japan.
Photographs: Kim Kyung Hoon/Reuters
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Sapporo
Country: Japan
Real GDP per capita annualised change from 1993 to 2012: 0.1 per cent
Employment annualised change from 1993 to 2012: -0.3 per cent
Global rank: 2
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Image: Soldiers clear snow on a sculpture at a festival in Sapporo.
Photographs: Kim Kyung Hoon/Reuters
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Detroit
Country: The United States
Real GDP per capita annualised change from 1993 to 2012: 0.5 per cent
Employment annualised change from 1993 to 2012: -0.3 per cent
Global rank: 3
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Image: A view of Downtown Detroit.
Photographs: Rebecca Cook/Reuters
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Osaka-Kobe
Country: Japan
Real GDP per capita annualised change from 1993 to 2012: 0.5 per cent
Employment annualised change from 1993 to 2012: -0.3 per cent
Global rank: 4
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Image: Dotonbori shopping and amusement district in Osaka.
Photographs: Issei Kato/Reuters
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Naples
Country: Italy
Real GDP per capita annualised change from 1993 to 2012: 0.2 per cent
Employment annualised change from 1993 to 2012: -0.1 per cent
Global rank: 5
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Image: Italian Carabinieri patrol Plebiscito Square in Naples.
Photographs: Tony Gentile/Reuters
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Niigata
Country: Japan
Real GDP per capita annualised change from 1993 to 2012: 0.7 per cent
Employment annualised change from 1993 to 2012: -0.6 per cent
Global rank: 6
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Image: People walk past vehicles stranded in heavy snow near Niigata.
Photographs: Kyodo/Reuters
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Porto
Country: Portugal
Real GDP per capita annualised change from 1993 to 2012: 0.5 per cent
Employment annualised change from 1993 to 2012: -0.2 per cent
Global rank: 7
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Image: People enjoy the view along the Douro river in Porto.
Photographs: Jose Manuel Ribeiro/Reuters
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Honolulu
Country: The United States
Real GDP per capita annualised change from 1993 to 2012: 0.2 per cent
Employment annualised change from 1993 to 2012: 0.2 per cent
Global rank: 8
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Image: A view of Honolulu, Hawaii.
Photographs: Chris Wattie/Reuters
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Dayton
Country: The United States
Real GDP per capita annualised change from 1993 to 2012: 0.93 per cent
Employment annualised change from 1993 to 2012: -0.4 per cent
Global rank: 9
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Image: Eight-year-old Phoebe Moreo plays in the confetti spray in Dayton, Ohio.
Photographs: Brian Snyder/Reuters
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Hiroshima
Country: Japan
Real GDP per capita annualised change from 1993 to 2012: 0.94 per cent
Employment annualised change from 1993 to 2012: -0.4 per cent
Global rank: 10
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Image: Paper lanterns symbolising vicitims of the 1945 atomic bombs float on a river in Hiroshima.
Photographs: Toshiyuki Aizawa/Reuters
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Tokyo
Country: Japan
Real GDP per capita annualised change from 1993 to 2012: 0.5 per cent
Employment annualised change from 1993 to 2012: 0.3 per cent
Global rank: 11
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Image: Ginza shopping district in Tokyo.
Photographs: Kim Kyung Hoon/Reuters
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Florence
Country: Italy
Real GDP per capita annualised change from 1993 to 2012: 0.4 per cent
Employment annualised change from 1993 to 2012: 0.4 per cent
Global rank: 12
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Image: Santa Croce Church in Florence.
Photographs: Alessandro Bianchi/Reuters
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Genoa
Country: Italy
Real GDP per capita annualised change from 1993 to 2012: 0.8 per cent
Employment annualised change from 1993 to 2012: 0.4 per cent
Global rank: 13
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Image: A view of Genoa.
Photographs: Max Rossi/Reuters
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Berlin
Country: Germany
Real GDP per capita annualised change from 1993 to 2012: 0.6 per cent
Employment annualised change from 1993 to 2012: 0.5 per cent
Global rank: 14
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Image: People are reflected in a shop window as they walk in Potsdamer Street in Berlin.
Photographs: Thomas Peter/Reuters
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Lisbon
Country: Portugal
Real GDP per capita annualised change from 1993 to 2012: 1.0 per cent
Employment annualised change from 1993 to 2012: 0.2 per cent
Global rank: 15
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Image: A Lisbon's subway station.
Photographs: Jose Manuel Ribeiro/Reuters
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Bologna
Country: Italy
Real GDP per capita annualised change from 1993 to 2012: 0.3 per cent
Employment annualised change from 1993 to 2012: 0.5 per cent
Global rank: 16
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Image: An old gelato box at the Carpigiani Gelato Museum in Anzola dell'Emilia near Bologna.
Photographs: Stefano Rellandini/Reuters
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Turin
Country: Italy
Real GDP per capita annualised change from 1993 to 2012: 0.2 per cent
Employment annualised change from 1993 to 2012: 0.6 per cent
Global rank: 17
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Image: Palace of Venaria Reale in Turin.
Photographs: Alessandro Garofalo/Reuters
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New Orleans
Country: The United States
Real GDP per capita annualised change from 1993 to 2012: 1.1 per cent
Employment annualised change from 1993 to 2012: -0.3 per cent
Global rank: 18
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Image: A Street Car travels down St Charles Avenue in New Orleans.
Photographs: Sean Gardner/Reuters
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Basel-Mulhouse
Country: Switzerland
Real GDP per capita annualised change from 1993 to 2012: 0.7 per cent
Employment annualised change from 1993 to 2012: 0.4 per cent
Global rank: 19
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Image: A view of Rhine River in Basel.
Photographs: Arnd Wiegmann/Reuters
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Bielefeld-Detmold
Country: Germany
Real GDP per capita annualised change from 1993 to 2012: 0.6 per cent
Employment annualised change from 1993 to 2012: 0.5 per cent
Global rank: 20
Image: A market in Detmold.
Photographs: Wolfgang Rattay/Reuters
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