Smart City Index 2023

IMD Smart City Index 2023: Results In 2023 City Ranking Order with HDI Context and 2019 2023 Ranking Comparison (2023 Methodology Applied)

Rankings

Rankings

Country HDI

Country HDI

City HDI

City HDI

Country

Country

City

City

2019 2020 2021 2023

2019 2020 2021 2023

New Zealand

0.937 0.951 0.768 0.959 0.905 0.916 0.916 0.875 0.951 0.942 0.921 0.937 0.947 0.905 0.942 0.936 0.941 0.936 0.941 0.876 0.89

Wellington

0.958

23

Switzerland

0.962 0.961 0.951 0.948 0.962 0.929 0.939 0.962 0.947 0.942 0.768 0.911 0.889 0.941 0.925 0.911 0.951 0.949 0.942 0.921 0.937 0.94

Zurich

0.989 1

1 1 1 2 2 2

Australia

Brisbane

0.944 42 27 40 24

Norway

Oslo

0.98 2

China

Shanghai

0.88 37 42 32 25

Australia

Canberra

0.98

3

Iceland

Reykjavik

0.959

26

Denmark

Copenhagen

0.967 4

3 5 4

Spain

Bilbao

0.932 18 25 23 27 0.942 12 18 20 28 0.916 24 23 25 29

Switzerland

Lausanne

0.966

4 5

Austria

Vienna

United Kingdom

London

0.973 3

10 3 6

Taiwan

Taipei City

Singapore

Singapore

0.939 10

7 7 7 5 9 8 8 6 9 9 11 10 6 8 11

Saudi Arabia

Riyadh

0.9 55 44 39 30

Finland

Helsinki

0.96 6

Australia

Melbourne

0.948 35 33 36 31

Switzerland

Geneva

0.966 7 0.972 9

Estonia

Tallinn

0.932

39 24 32

Sweden

Stockholm

Germany

Berlin

0.959 19 21 21 33 0.949 15 24 22 34 0.953 51 16 45 35 0.944 33 43 46 36

Germany

Hamburg

0.972

USA

Boston

China

Beijing

0.907 30 22 17 12 0.911 16 14 12 13

Belgium

Brussels

United Arab Emirates

Abu Dhabi

Sweden

Gothenburg

Czech Rep.

Prague

0.96 8

4 10 14

Spain

Madrid

0.94 25 30 37 37

Netherlands Korea South

Amsterdam

0.962 11 11 13 15 0.952 23 20 18 16 0.911 13 19 14 17 0.952 22 32 29 18 0.946 38 34 33 19

Germany

Dusseldorf

0.939 17 37 27 38

Seoul

USA

0.921 Washington D.C. 0.94 26 13 26 39

United Arab Emirates

Dubai

Canada

Ottawa

0.943

40

Australia

Sydney

Netherlands

Rotterdam Vancouver The Hague

0.941 40 35 43 41 0.944 20 40 28 42 0.941 36 38 35 43 0.926 14 48 41 44

Hong Kong

Hong Kong

Canada

Germany

Munich

0.95

17 15 20

Netherlands

USA

New York Auckland

0.938 34 12 19 21

Poland

Warsaw

New Zealand

0.951 5

15 16 22

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