Real GDP per person during each mayor's tenure, worldwide

309 cities in 32 countries, ranked against one another by how real GDP per person changed from each office-holder's first day in office, each on its own country's figures, next to its own state or country over the same months. Politare shows what happened during a tenure; it does not claim the office-holder caused it.

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#	Office-holder	Place	In office	Total	vs state or country	Per year
1	O Artūras Zuokas	Vilnius Mayor · Lithuania	1 Jan 2000 – 22 Apr 2015 from 2000	+152% 2000 → 2014	+15.1 pts Lithuania +137%	+6.8%/yr
2	PDL Adriean Videanu	Bucharest Mayor · Romania	3 Apr 2005 – 18 Jun 2008	+93.4% 2004 → 2007	+13.3 pts Romania +80.1%	+24.6%/yr
3	PO Rafał Dutkiewicz	Wrocław Mayor · Poland	10 Nov 2002 – 1 Jan 2018	+85.6% 2002 → 2017	+22.7 pts Poland +62.9%	+4.2%/yr
4	MDB Nelson Trad Filho	Campo Grande Mayor · Brazil	1 Jan 2005 – 1 Jan 2013	+71.3% 2004 → 2012	+15.3 pts Mato Grosso do Sul +56.0%	+7.0%/yr
5	O José Cícero Soares de Almeida	Maceió Mayor · Brazil	1 Jan 2005 – 1 Jan 2013	+70.2% 2004 → 2012	+16.7 pts Alagoas +53.5%	+6.9%/yr
6	PT Luizianne Lins	Fortaleza Mayor · Brazil	1 Jan 2005 – 1 Jan 2013	+64.3% 2004 → 2012	+3.7 pts Ceará +60.7%	+6.4%/yr
7	PT Raul Filho	Palmas Mayor · Brazil	1 Jan 2005 – 1 Jan 2013	+62.2% 2004 → 2012	−5.7 pts Tocantins +67.9%	+6.2%/yr
8	D Sam Liccardo	San Jose Mayor · United States	1 Jan 2015 – 1 Jan 2023	+60.5% 2014 → 2022	+33.7 pts California +26.8%	+6.1%/yr
9	D Michael Hancock	Denver Mayor · United States	18 Jul 2011 – 17 Jul 2023	+55.7% 2011 → 2023	+21.5 pts Colorado +34.2%	+3.8%/yr
10	MDB João Henrique Carneiro	Salvador Mayor · Brazil	1 Jan 2005 – 1 Jan 2013	+54.5% 2004 → 2012	+5.0 pts Bahia +49.6%	+5.6%/yr

Showing 10 of 530 tenures.

Sorted by total, highest first. Rows measure output per resident after inflation; gross value added per person for the UK's nations and cities; each place is read from its own statistics office's series (the row's chart names it), so a change is set against the place's own first day, never against another country's level. Every row is indexed to the last month, quarter or count complete before the first day in office ("from" marks a start that had to move because that period had no data, or because the period cut it); each place's own state or country is measured over the same months. Changes are per cent; "per year" compounds them. Tenures with under 12 months, or under three observations, are left out. Data as of Sep 2026.