Sarajevo is the closest match, 11.7 percentile points from Johor Bahru across 10 shared metrics. The two sit within eight percentile points of each other on local salary, clean air and green space. The band widens slowly from there: the last city listed sits 17.6 away, so these 10 are a cluster rather than a ranking with a clear winner. 2 of the 10 are also in Malaysia; the other 8 are abroad. Distance says how alike two cities measure, never which one is better to live in: a city can be close to Johor Bahru 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 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| SarajevoBosnia and Herzegovina | 11.7 | 10 | local salary, clean air, green space |
| Kuala LumpurMalaysia | 15.8 | 10 | green space, women aged 20–39, cost of living |
| TuzlaBosnia and Herzegovina | 16.2 | 10 | cost of living, local salary, women aged 20–39 |
| MostarBosnia and Herzegovina | 16.3 | 9 | cost of living, local salary, women aged 20–39 |
| BengaluruIndia | 17.0 | 10 | clean air, women aged 20–39 |
| Banja LukaBosnia and Herzegovina | 17.1 | 10 | clean air, city-centre rent, local salary |
| IpohMalaysia | 17.2 | 8 | women aged 20–39, green space, places to eat |
| PuneIndia | 17.4 | 10 | local salary, places to eat, women aged 20–39 |
| PretoriaSouth Africa | 17.5 | 10 | city-centre rent, clean air |
| SkopjeNorth Macedonia | 17.6 | 10 | clean air, places to eat, green space |
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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