Dubai topped the world in the number of skyscrapers with a height of 300 meters and above in 2022, according to a statistic of the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat.
The number of skyscrapers with a height of 300 meters and higher in Dubai until the date of issuing the statistic from the Council reached 28, and thus Dubai is the only city in the world that contains more than 20 skyscrapers of this category.
With a relatively large difference from Dubai, Shenzhen and New York shared the second place, with 15 skyscrapers each, and Guangzhou was alone in fourth place, with 10 skyscrapers, while Chicago ranked fifth with 7 skyscrapers, according to the Emirati newspaper Al Bayan.
Dubai ranked second in the world in the number of skyscrapers exceeding 200 meters in height, according to another statistic issued earlier by the council as well. 200 meters.
The council indicated that Shenzhen and Dubai are the only two cities in the world that exceeded the number of skyscrapers above 200 meters, each with 100 skyscrapers.
It is well known that Dubai is home to the tallest skyscraper in the world, the Burj Khalifa, which is 829.8 meters (2,722 feet) tall.
The Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat is headquartered in Chicago, United States, and the Council is an international non-profit organization specialized in the field of tall buildings and sustainable urban design.
The council is affiliated to the Illinois Institute of Technology in Chicago, and the council has broad authority in determining the official height of tall buildings, and is also empowered to award the title of tallest building in the world.
