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HomeThe Honest 100

Ranking · Occupied Height

The Honest
100

We rank the world's tallest buildings by where humans can actually stand, not by how much decorative steel the architect glued on top.

Confirmed ranks

95

Pending occupied data

0

Ranked by

Honest Height (m)

Methodology

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The standard ranking of the world's tallest buildings is decided by architectural top - the highest structural element, including spires and decorative steel that no occupant reaches. The Honest 100 uses the highest occupied floor instead. The same 100 buildings. A different order. The delta between the two ranks is the Vanity Ratio.

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The Honest 100, drawn to scale - tallest left to shortest right

Each silhouette drawn to scale. Silver = the height humans actually reach. Amber = the decorative steel above it.

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Top 10 · Confirmed occupied height

Ranks 11-95 · Confirmed occupied height

13

Tianjin CTF Finance Centre

Tianjin · CN

439.4m

17.1% vanity

14

Taipei 101

Taipei · TW

438m

13.8% vanity

20

Guangzhou International Finance Centre

Guangzhou · CN

415.1m

5.4% vanity

15

Central Park Tower

New York City · US

431.9m

8.6% vanity

16

Changsha IFS Tower T1

Changsha · CN

431m

4.7% vanity

18

KK100

Shenzhen · CN

427m

3.4% vanity

21

Willis Tower

Chicago · US

412.4m

6.7% vanity

23

The Exchange 106

Kuala Lumpur · MY

405.4m

10.7% vanity

25

Suzhou IFS

Suzhou · CN

399.1m

11.3% vanity

27

432 Park Avenue

New York City · US

392.1m

7.8% vanity

28

International Finance Centre 2

Hong Kong · HK

387.6m

5.9% vanity

29

One World Trade Center

New York City · US

386.5m

28.6% vanity

32

Landmark 81

Ho Chi Minh City · VN

382.7m

17.1% vanity

45

Marina 101

Dubai · AE

371m

12.7% vanity

36

Petronas Tower 1

Kuala Lumpur · MY

375m

17.0% vanity

37

Petronas Tower 2

Kuala Lumpur · MY

375m

17.0% vanity

38

Jin Mao Tower

Shanghai · CN

375m

10.8% vanity

43

Empire State Building

New York City · US

373.1m

2.1% vanity

51

Lakhta Center

Saint Petersburg · RU

357m

22.8% vanity

53

Princess Tower

Dubai · AE

356.9m

13.6% vanity

62

111 West 57th Street

New York City · US

346m

20.5% vanity

72

30 Hudson Yards

New York City · US

340m

12.2% vanity

77

Hanking Center

Shenzhen · CN

320m

10.8% vanity

78

Autograph Tower

Jakarta · ID

319.9m

16.5% vanity

79

Zifeng Tower

Nanjing · CN

316.5m

29.7% vanity

80

23 Marina

Dubai · AE

313.5m

20.2% vanity

81

One Vanderbilt

New York City · US

310.9m

27.2% vanity

83

Marina Torch

Dubai · AE

300.1m

14.7% vanity

85

JW Marriott Marquis Dubai Tower 1

Dubai · AE

298.1m

16.1% vanity

86

JW Marriott Marquis Dubai Tower 2

Dubai · AE

298.1m

16.1% vanity

88

CITIC Plaza

Guangzhou · CN

296.9m

23.9% vanity

87

Shun Hing Square

Shenzhen · CN

298m

22.4% vanity

84

Central Plaza

Hong Kong · HK

299m

20.0% vanity

89

Bank of China Tower

Hong Kong · HK

288.3m

21.5% vanity

90

Almas Tower

Dubai · AE

279.3m

22.4% vanity

91

Gevora Hotel

Dubai · AE

276.3m

22.4% vanity

94

Emirates Office Tower

Dubai · AE

240.4m

32.3% vanity

95

Bank of America Tower

New York City · US

234m

36.0% vanity

11

Wuhan Greenland Center

Wuhan · CN

470m

1.3% vanity

12

International Land-Sea Center

Chongqing · CN

444m

3.1% vanity

17

Wuhan Center

Wuhan · CN

428m

3.4% vanity

19

Shandong International Financial Center

Jinan · CN

415.2m

3.0% vanity

71

Trump International Hotel and Tower

Chicago · US

340.1m

19.6% vanity

22

270 Park Avenue

New York City · US

407m

3.8% vanity

24

Nanjing Financial City Phase II C T1

Nanjing · CN

404m

3.0% vanity

46

Al Hamra Tower

Kuwait City · KW

368m

11.1% vanity

31

Haeundae LCT Landmark Tower

Busan · KR

384m

6.7% vanity

26

Ningbo Central Plaza

Ningbo · CN

393m

3.9% vanity

40

Guangxi China Resources Tower

Nanning · CN

374.3m

7.1% vanity

30

Guiyang International Financial Center T1

Guiyang · CN

385m

4.0% vanity

33

Iconic Tower

New Administrative Capital · EG

380m

3.5% vanity

35

China Merchants Bank Global HQ

Shenzhen · CN

375.5m

4.5% vanity

64

China Resources Tower

Shenzhen · CN

345m

12.1% vanity

39

Public Investment Fund Tower

Riyadh · SA

375m

2.6% vanity

60

Eton Place Dalian Tower 1

Dalian · CN

349.5m

8.8% vanity

44

Citymark Centre

Shenzhen · CN

373m

3.9% vanity

34

Shum Yip Upperhills Tower 1

Shenzhen · CN

379.1m

2.3% vanity

48

Logan Century Center 1

Nanning · CN

365m

4.3% vanity

47

Burj Mohammed bin Rashid

Abu Dhabi · AE

367m

3.7% vanity

41

Elite Residence

Dubai · AE

374m

1.7% vanity

75

Riverview Plaza

Wuhan · CN

330.3m

12.2% vanity

49

Guangdong Business Center

Guangzhou · CN

360.5m

4.0% vanity

82

Dabaihui Plaza

Shenzhen · CN

306.9m

18.3% vanity

42

Federation Tower East (Vostok)

Moscow · RU

373.7m

0.0% vanity

50

Hengfeng Guiyang Center T1

Guiyang · CN

359m

3.9% vanity

55

Shanghai International Trade Center T1

Shanghai · CN

355.2m

4.0% vanity

54

Dalian International Trade Center

Dalian · CN

355.4m

4.0% vanity

92

Kempinski The Boulevard Dubai

Dubai · AE

275m

25.7% vanity

68

Haitian Center T2

Qingdao · CN

342.9m

7.0% vanity

57

Golden Eagle Tiandi Tower A

Nanjing · CN

353.3m

4.0% vanity

52

St. Regis Chicago

Chicago · US

357m

2.2% vanity

63

Ping An Finance Center Tower 1 (Jinan)

Jinan · CN

345.6m

4.0% vanity

65

Huiyun Center

Shenzhen · CN

344.8m

4.0% vanity

67

Greenland Group Suzhou Center

Suzhou · CN

343.7m

4.0% vanity

66

City Tower 1

Dubai · AE

344m

3.9% vanity

69

Galaxy World Tower 1

Shenzhen · CN

341.8m

4.0% vanity

70

Galaxy World Tower 2

Shenzhen · CN

341.8m

4.0% vanity

61

Il Primo Tower

Dubai · AE

348m

2.1% vanity

58

Raffles City Chongqing T3N

Chongqing · CN

350m

1.3% vanity

59

Raffles City Chongqing T4N

Chongqing · CN

350m

1.3% vanity

56

OKO South Tower

Moscow · RU

354m

0.1% vanity

76

CBRT Tower

Istanbul · TR

330m

6.2% vanity

73

Forum 66 Tower 1

Shenyang · CN

337m

3.9% vanity

93

The Pinnacle

Guangzhou · CN

264.7m

24.4% vanity

74

Xi'an Glory International Financial Center

Xi'an · CN

336m

4.0% vanity