Melitopol is included to the TOP-10 Small European Cities of the Future 2018/19 in the international rating of the magazine fDi Intelligence, part of the Financial Times, in the category of "FDI Strategy" subcategory "Cost Effectiveness".

In 2016 Melitopol was also included into the Small European Cities of the Future 2016/17 rating of fDi Intelligence magazine.

To create a shortlist for the fDi European Cities and Regions of the Future 2018/19, the fDi Intelligence division of the Financial Times collected data for 489 locations (301 cities, 150 regions and 38 LEPs), under five categories: Economic Potential, Labour Environment, Cost Effectiveness, Infrastructure and Business Friendliness. Locations scored up to a maximum of 10 points for each data point.

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