Photographs: Arnd Wiegmann/Reuters
Some cities still haven't recovered from the 2008 economic meltdown. And others have been suffering for decades, according to Business Insider.
New data in Brookings' 2012 Global MetroMonitor shows 300 major metro areas by change in GDP per capita and employment from 1993 to 2012.
Let's have a look at 20 slowest-growing cities in the past 20 years.
Source: Business Insider
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20 slowest-growing cities in the world
Photographs: Kim Kyung Hoon/Reuters
Sendai
Country: Japan
Real GDP per capita annualised change from 1993 to 2012: 0.0 per cent
Employment annualised change from 1993 to 2012: -0.6 per cent
Global rank: 1
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20 slowest-growing cities in the world
Photographs: Kim Kyung Hoon/Reuters
Sapporo
Country: Japan
Real GDP per capita annualised change from 1993 to 2012: 0.1 per cent
Employment annualised change from 1993 to 2012: -0.3 per cent
Global rank: 2
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20 slowest-growing cities in the world
Photographs: Rebecca Cook/Reuters
Detroit
Country: The United States
Real GDP per capita annualised change from 1993 to 2012: 0.5 per cent
Employment annualised change from 1993 to 2012: -0.3 per cent
Global rank: 3
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20 slowest-growing cities in the world
Photographs: Issei Kato/Reuters
Osaka-Kobe
Country: Japan
Real GDP per capita annualised change from 1993 to 2012: 0.5 per cent
Employment annualised change from 1993 to 2012: -0.3 per cent
Global rank: 4
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20 slowest-growing cities in the world
Photographs: Tony Gentile/Reuters
Naples
Country: Italy
Real GDP per capita annualised change from 1993 to 2012: 0.2 per cent
Employment annualised change from 1993 to 2012: -0.1 per cent
Global rank: 5
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20 slowest-growing cities in the world
Photographs: Kyodo/Reuters
Niigata
Country: Japan
Real GDP per capita annualised change from 1993 to 2012: 0.7 per cent
Employment annualised change from 1993 to 2012: -0.6 per cent
Global rank: 6
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20 slowest-growing cities in the world
Photographs: Jose Manuel Ribeiro/Reuters
Porto
Country: Portugal
Real GDP per capita annualised change from 1993 to 2012: 0.5 per cent
Employment annualised change from 1993 to 2012: -0.2 per cent
Global rank: 7
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20 slowest-growing cities in the world
Photographs: Chris Wattie/Reuters
Honolulu
Country: The United States
Real GDP per capita annualised change from 1993 to 2012: 0.2 per cent
Employment annualised change from 1993 to 2012: 0.2 per cent
Global rank: 8
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20 slowest-growing cities in the world
Photographs: Brian Snyder/Reuters
Dayton
Country: The United States
Real GDP per capita annualised change from 1993 to 2012: 0.93 per cent
Employment annualised change from 1993 to 2012: -0.4 per cent
Global rank: 9
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20 slowest-growing cities in the world
Photographs: Toshiyuki Aizawa/Reuters
Hiroshima
Country: Japan
Real GDP per capita annualised change from 1993 to 2012: 0.94 per cent
Employment annualised change from 1993 to 2012: -0.4 per cent
Global rank: 10
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20 slowest-growing cities in the world
Photographs: Kim Kyung Hoon/Reuters
Tokyo
Country: Japan
Real GDP per capita annualised change from 1993 to 2012: 0.5 per cent
Employment annualised change from 1993 to 2012: 0.3 per cent
Global rank: 11
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20 slowest-growing cities in the world
Photographs: Alessandro Bianchi/Reuters
Florence
Country: Italy
Real GDP per capita annualised change from 1993 to 2012: 0.4 per cent
Employment annualised change from 1993 to 2012: 0.4 per cent
Global rank: 12
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20 slowest-growing cities in the world
Photographs: Max Rossi/Reuters
Genoa
Country: Italy
Real GDP per capita annualised change from 1993 to 2012: 0.8 per cent
Employment annualised change from 1993 to 2012: 0.4 per cent
Global rank: 13
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20 slowest-growing cities in the world
Photographs: Thomas Peter/Reuters
Berlin
Country: Germany
Real GDP per capita annualised change from 1993 to 2012: 0.6 per cent
Employment annualised change from 1993 to 2012: 0.5 per cent
Global rank: 14
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20 slowest-growing cities in the world
Photographs: Jose Manuel Ribeiro/Reuters
Lisbon
Country: Portugal
Real GDP per capita annualised change from 1993 to 2012: 1.0 per cent
Employment annualised change from 1993 to 2012: 0.2 per cent
Global rank: 15
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20 slowest-growing cities in the world
Photographs: Stefano Rellandini/Reuters
Bologna
Country: Italy
Real GDP per capita annualised change from 1993 to 2012: 0.3 per cent
Employment annualised change from 1993 to 2012: 0.5 per cent
Global rank: 16
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20 slowest-growing cities in the world
Photographs: Alessandro Garofalo/Reuters
Turin
Country: Italy
Real GDP per capita annualised change from 1993 to 2012: 0.2 per cent
Employment annualised change from 1993 to 2012: 0.6 per cent
Global rank: 17
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20 slowest-growing cities in the world
Photographs: Sean Gardner/Reuters
New Orleans
Country: The United States
Real GDP per capita annualised change from 1993 to 2012: 1.1 per cent
Employment annualised change from 1993 to 2012: -0.3 per cent
Global rank: 18
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20 slowest-growing cities in the world
Photographs: Arnd Wiegmann/Reuters
Basel-Mulhouse
Country: Switzerland
Real GDP per capita annualised change from 1993 to 2012: 0.7 per cent
Employment annualised change from 1993 to 2012: 0.4 per cent
Global rank: 19
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20 slowest-growing cities in the world
Photographs: Wolfgang Rattay/Reuters
Bielefeld-Detmold
Country: Germany
Real GDP per capita annualised change from 1993 to 2012: 0.6 per cent
Employment annualised change from 1993 to 2012: 0.5 per cent
Global rank: 20
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