Medan is the closest match, 9.3 percentile points from Jakarta across 10 shared metrics. The two sit within eight percentile points of each other on women aged 20–39, green space and universities. The band widens slowly from there: the last city listed sits 16.9 away, so these 10 are a cluster rather than a ranking with a clear winner. 4 of the 10 are also in Indonesia; the other 6 are abroad. Distance says how alike two cities measure, never which one is better to live in: a city can be close to Jakarta because both score badly on the same things.
921 cities ranked by male-to-female ratio, 848 of them measured below national level, 104 country deep-dives.
| Closest on | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| MedanIndonesia | 9.3 | 10 | women aged 20–39, green space, universities |
| NairobiKenya | 12.2 | 10 | local salary, cost of living, city-centre rent |
| HanoiVietnam | 13.5 | 10 | universities, salary against local costs, clean air |
| SurabayaIndonesia | 14.2 | 10 | universities, cost of living, city-centre rent |
| YogyakartaIndonesia | 14.9 | 10 | places to eat, universities, women aged 20–39 |
| KampalaUganda | 16.6 | 10 | cost of living, safety, green space |
| Metro ManilaPhilippines | 16.6 | 10 | local salary, green space, universities |
| SkopjeNorth Macedonia | 16.7 | 10 | green space, city-centre rent |
| SemarangIndonesia | 16.8 | 10 | green space, cost of living, clean air |
| YangonMyanmar | 16.9 | 10 | cost of living, city-centre rent, local salary |
Distance is the root-mean-square gap in percentile points across the metrics both cities carry, so 0 would be an exact match and 100 the opposite end of every scale. A pair scored on fewer than 8 shared metrics is not listed.
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