Amsterdam

(Netherlands)

GHSL urban centre

Data completeness: High

womiin Score · to live

82

Position 13 of 171 · 90% interval 12–16 · tie group 6

The order with the next city is not resolved.

Order not resolved with Zagreb, Oslo, Bucharest, Singapore

Within the city (P10–P90) · dashed: median of the capitals (65)

69 – 92

Per resident 82 · by area 76

womiin Score · to visit

70

Position 16 of 171 · 90% interval 13–20 · tie group 4

The order with the next city is not resolved.

Order not resolved with Malé

Within the city (P10–P90) · dashed: median of the capitals (46)

45 – 88

Per resident 70 · by area 59

The two shapes

To live

Education83

Transport79

Health84

Services84

Environment67

Food & drink92

Culture96

Safety69

To visit

Culture & attractions75

Food74

Mobility54

Convenience72

Nature & beach77

Entertainment54

Safety78

Family83

Among the capitals

6546

→ to live · ↑ to visit · lines: medians

Amsterdammedian of the capitals, dimension by dimension (not the shape of any city)

To live

Education
83
Transport
79
Health
84
Services
84
Environment
67
Food & drink
92
Culture
96
Safety
69

The vertical mark is the median of the capitals in each dimension.

To visit

Culture & attractions
75
Food
74
Mobility
54
Convenience
72
Nature & beach
77
Entertainment
54
Safety
78
Family
83

The vertical mark is the median of the capitals in each dimension.

About the data

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womiin (2026). womiin City Index, edition 2026 — Amsterdam. womiin.com/city-index/2026/amsterdam. CC BY 4.0.

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The 14 sources of this edition

  • ACAG/WashU SatPM2.5 V6.GL.03 — annual PM2.5, 0.1°, 2024 · V6.GL.03, 2024CC BY 4.0 · legal review pending
  • CAMS global reanalysis EAC4 (cams-global-reanalysis-eac4), 2024, 3-hourly · EAC4, 2024CC BY 4.0
  • CAMS European air quality reanalysis (interim), ensemble, 2024, hourly, 0.1° · interim ensemble reanalysis, 2024CC BY 4.0
  • Global Solar Atlas 2.0 — GHI (World Bank, Solargis) · Global Solar Atlas 2.0CC BY 4.0 · legal review pending
  • WRI Aqueduct Floods — riverine (WATCH 1980, RP25) and coastal (historical, RP25)CC BY 4.0 · legal review pending
  • ERA5-Land hourly (C3S), 2015–2024 · reanalysis-era5-land, reference period 2015-01-01 to 2024-12-31CC BY 4.0
  • ERA5 single levels — FDIR, 0.25° (C3S) · reanalysis-era5-single-levels, total_sky_direct_solar_radiation_at_surface, 2015-01 to 2024-12CC BY 4.0
  • M-Lab NDT (ndt7_union), 2025-Q4 · ndt7_union, 2025-Q4CC0 1.0
  • OpenStreetMap (private Overpass mirror; water polygons; base versions recorded in the manifest as osm_base_version_*) · planet date per edition (manifest osm_base_version_*)ODbL 1.0 · legal review pending
  • GHSL Urban Centre Database R2024A (GHS-UCDB) · R2024A V1-2CC BY 4.0
  • GHS-POP and GHS-BUILT-S E2025 R2023A, 3 arc-seconds · E2025 R2023A, 3 arc-secondsCC BY 4.0
  • Natural Earth (10m lakes; 10m populated places; 50m land / admin-0 where the climate grid and the F1 list use them) · 10m lakes 5.0.0; 10m populated places 5.1.2Public domain
  • Wikidata (UN members; airport patronage P3872)CC0 1.0
  • OurAirports (airports.csv)Public domain · legal review pending

Attributions

  • PM2.5 outside Europe: Atmospheric Composition Analysis Group, Washington University in St. Louis (SatPM2.5 V6.GL.03).
  • Contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information 2024 (CAMS global reanalysis EAC4). Neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use that may be made of the Copernicus information or data it contains.
  • Contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information 2024 (CAMS European air quality reanalyses). Neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use that may be made of the Copernicus information or data it contains.
  • © 2021 The World Bank, source: Global Solar Atlas 2.0, Solargis
  • Flood hazard: World Resources Institute, Aqueduct Floods.
  • Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information [2015–2024]. Neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use that may be made of the Copernicus information or data it contains.
  • Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use that may be made of the Copernicus information or data it contains.
  • The M-Lab NDT Data Set, 2025-10-01–2025-12-31. https://measurementlab.net/tests/ndt
  • Contains information from OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors), which is made available here under the Open Database License (ODbL).
  • © European Union, 1995–2025. Source: European Commission, Joint Research Centre, Global Human Settlement Layer (GHS-UCDB R2024A).
  • © European Union, 1995–2025. Source: European Commission, Joint Research Centre, Global Human Settlement Layer (GHS-POP R2023A, GHS-BUILT-S R2023A).