Countries with the Most Skyscrapers

I was shocked when I flew into Panama City last year. Skyscrapers everywhere.

That's what canal money will do for your country. Notice other Central American countries don't have a skyline like this.

Because all of these countries are either heavily populated or super rich, with the lone exception...Panama

Count me in as a contributor to those stats. 20/21, missed Panama, probably wouldn't have guessed it if you gave me 100 guesses.

Brazil actually has 32 buildings above the height of 150m.

It should've been on this list

I think it's good that there aren't many on the European continent. They are ugly and detrimental to a good community feel at street level. Skyscrapers seem to be a very nouveau riche kind of accessory.

I think that both have advantages and both can look amazing, but it is worth pointing out that many (though not all) cities with lots of skyscrapers tend to have low-density urban sprawl around them, while many cities without so many are very densely-populated around the edge as well.

You have to keep in mind they didn't have the technology back then to build tall skyscrapers when most of Europe started to urbanize. Many of the countries in the list have only urbanized over the past century or have growing populations. Most European countries have a slow growing or shrinking population, so they don't need as much space for housing, work, and entertainment. Also, buildings in most European cities are intentionally kept low so they don't block the view of landmarks (e.g.-Eiffel Tower in Paris, Colosseum in Rome).

let me guess, you're american

There are actually three main reasons for that. The first is property development rights. That means they do not own the land for a long period of time with the main partner in Dubai so they build high to get the most out of their investment in the short time they have part ownership of the property. The second is resource distribution efficiency. that means since almost all of their goods are imported like food and water. Instead of having a spread out country of cities and towns they compact them to make it easier on the countries funds for infrastructure. They spend less on infrastructure and get more with short routes to give out imports. Third is the pressure to divest away from oil. Their oil reserve are not nearly as large as surrounding countries. Most of these other cities built over centuries but UAE has had to do this in a short amount of time, by building large buildings they are hoping once oil runs out they have something in the future to build on with the skyscrapers.

Unless it changed since yesterday, Malaysia is on the list. And Hong Kong isn't a country so its figures will be included with those of China

Did you try St Kitts and Nevis?