Incheon is the closest match, 8.2 percentile points from Busan across 10 shared metrics. The two sit within eight percentile points of each other on salary against local costs, safety and green space. The band widens slowly from there: the last city listed sits 16.2 away, so these 10 are a cluster rather than a ranking with a clear winner. 3 of the 10 are also in South Korea; the other 7 are abroad. Distance says how alike two cities measure, never which one is better to live in: a city can be close to Busan 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 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| IncheonSouth Korea | 8.2 | 10 | salary against local costs, safety, green space |
| SuwonSouth Korea | 10.6 | 10 | salary against local costs, safety, green space |
| DaeguSouth Korea | 11.4 | 10 | cost of living, local salary, salary against local costs |
| ShenzhenChina | 13.8 | 10 | city-centre rent, salary against local costs, green space |
| GuangzhouChina | 14.6 | 10 | universities, green space, places to eat |
| Hsinchu CityTaiwan | 15.3 | 10 | local salary, salary against local costs, places to eat |
| ShanghaiChina | 15.3 | 10 | cost of living, universities |
| BeijingChina | 15.6 | 10 | cost of living, green space |
| Taoyuan CityTaiwan | 15.6 | 10 | women aged 20–39, city-centre rent, clean air |
| YokohamaJapan | 16.2 | 10 | cost of living, salary against local costs, 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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