Düsseldorf’s consistent economic growth in the past decade, coupled with high levels of foreign investment in North Rhine Westphalia in the past two years, helped to secure its award for economic potential. From 1991 to 2002, the city’s GDP has grown by a yearly average of 2.9%. It also has one of the highest levels of GDP per capita. Athens and Daugavpils in Latvia were runners up for their strong economic potential – Athens on the strength of its rapid economic growth in the past few years and Daugavpils for its 74% economic growth in the past decade.