Moscow (Eurasia & Middle East)
Population: 17,463,013
GDP: 50,332 USD
Functional Urban Area: 8,459 km2
Moscow
Moscow (Eurasia & Middle East)
Population: 17,463,013
GDP: 50,332 USD
Functional Urban Area: 8,459 km2
Context
Moscow, Russia's capital and a megacity, functions as a federal city with administrative status equivalent to a region. The Moscow City Duma serves as the legislative body, while the Mayor of Moscow leads the executive branch. The metropolitan area extends into Moscow Oblast, with collaboration between city and regional authorities addressing shared urban planning and infrastructure challenges.
Key findings
Moscow shows progress across several indicators, performing well in comparison to other cities in the Eurasia and Middle East region. These include greenness (0.5), the percentage of people living near rapid transit services (37%), and public space accessibility (98%).
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Indicators at a glance
Explore Moscow’s strengths in:
- Resilience,
- Inclusion,
- Governance and
- Innovation.
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Resilience
- Air quality - NO2: 40.2 µg/m3
- Air quality - PM2.5: 16.5 µg/m3
- CO2 emissions per capita: 3.97 t/person
- Exposure to floods: 0.79 %
- Renewable energy consumption: 3.5 %
- Food security index: 8
- Greenness: 0.47
- Land Use Efficiency: 0.6
- Urban Heat Island: 4 °C
- Waste collection: No data available
- Waste generation: 5,500,000 t
Inclusion
- Rapid transit: 37.59 %
- Public transport accessibility: 85.9 %
- Bike lanes: 10.84 %
- Basic sanitation services: 95.38 %
- Basic water services: 98.89 %
- Women in local politics: 40.9 %
- Access to education: 87.2 %
- Access to healthcare: 89.21 %
- Public space accessibility: 97.96 %
- Public space availability: 30.74 %
- Gini coefficient: No data available
Governance
- Territorial fragmentation: 0.1
- Selection of local councillors: 100 %
- Mayoral selection: 4
- City budget: 18.03 USD
- Own source revenues: 85.28 %
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