Celebrating the world’s leading Smart City Governments
Smart City innovations offer mayors across the world a promising new way of engaging citizens and increasing quality of life. To offer city leaders guidance on assessing the readiness of their governments to develop, facilitate, or track their smart city initiatives, Eden Strategy Institute developed an independent ranking of the Top 50 Smart City Governments.
2020/21 Top 50 Smart City Government Rankings
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| Ranking | City | Total Score | Vision | Leadership | Budget | Financial Incentives | Support Programmes | Talent-Readiness | People Centricity | Innovation Ecosystem | Smart Policies | Track Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Singapore | 35.8 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 3 |
| 2 | Seoul | 34 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 |
| 3 | London | 33.1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3.1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 |
| 4 | Barcelona | 32.1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3.1 | 4 | 3 | 4 |
| 5 | Helsinki | 32 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| 6 | New York City | 31.9 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2.9 | 3 |
| 7 | Montreal | 31.8 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2.9 | 3 | 4 | 3.9 |
| 8 | Shanghai | 31.3 | 3 | 3 | 2.1 | 3.1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2.1 | 4 |
| 9 | Vienna | 31.2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3.1 | 3.1 | 3 | 4 | 3 |
| 10 | Amsterdam | 31.1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3.9 | 3.1 | 3 | 3.1 |
| 11 | Columbus | 31 | 4 | 3 | 3.9 | 3.1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| 12 | Tallinn | 30.2 | 3.1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3.1 | 4 | 3 | 4 |
| 13 | San Francisco | 30 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2.1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2.9 |
| 14 | Moscow | 29.6 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2.9 | 3 | 2.9 | 2.9 | 2.9 | 4 |
| 15 | Beijing | 29.3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3.1 | 1.1 | 3.1 | 4 | 2.9 | 2.1 | 4 |
| 16 | Chengdu | 29.1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3.1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 |
| 17 | Tel Aviv | 29 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 3 |
| 18 | Sydney | 28.9 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2.9 | 4 | 4 | 3 |
| 19 | Taipei | 28.8 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2.9 | 3 | 3 | 2.9 | 3 |
| 20 | Melbourne | 28.3 | 2 | 3 | 2.1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3.1 | 3.1 | 3 |
| 21 | Hamilton | 28.1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3.1 | 3 | 2.1 | 3 | 2.9 |
| 22 | Tokyo | 28 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 |
| 23 | Berlin | 27.9 | 3 | 3.9 | 2 | 2 | 2.9 | 2 | 3.1 | 3.1 | 3 | 2.9 |
| 24 | Milan | 27.8 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2.9 | 3 | 4 | 2.9 |
| 25 | Shenzhen | 27.3 | 3 | 3 | 1.1 | 3.1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1.1 | 4 |
| 26 | Dublin | 27.1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3.1 | 2 | 2.1 | 2.9 |
| 27 | Oslo | 27 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| 28 | Bandung | 26.9 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2.1 | 1.9 | 2.9 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| 29 | Hangzhou | 26.8 | 3.9 | 1 | 3 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3.1 | 4 |
| 30 | Busan | 26.7 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1.9 | 2.9 | 3.1 | 2.9 | 2.9 |
| 31 | Adelaide | 26.5 | 3 | 3 | 2.9 | 2 | 2.9 | 1 | 2.9 | 3 | 3 | 2.8 |
| 32 | Boston | 26.4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2.1 | 2.1 | 3 | 2.1 | 2 | 3.1 | 3 |
| 33 | Wellington | 26.3 | 3.1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2.1 | 2 | 3 | 3.1 |
| 34 | Dubai | 26.2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2.9 | 3 | 2 | 2.1 | 2.1 | 2.1 | 3 |
| 35 | Copenhagen | 26.1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3.1 |
| 36 | Guangzhou | 26.1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2.1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| 37 | Seattle | 26 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| 38 | Frankfurt | 25.9 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2.9 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 |
| 39 | Philadelphia | 25.8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2.9 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2.9 |
| 40 | Los Angeles | 25.7 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2.9 | 3 | 2.9 | 2 | 2.9 |
| 41 | Hong Kong | 25.6 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3.9 | 2 | 2.9 | 3 | 1 | 1.9 | 2.9 |
| 42 | Chicago | 25.3 | 3 | 3 | 2.1 | 2 | 2.1 | 3 | 2.9 | 2 | 2.1 | 3.1 |
| 43 | Christchurch | 25.2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2.1 | 3 | 2.1 | 3 |
| 44 | Vancouver | 25.1 | 2.1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 3 |
| 45 | Zurich | 25 | 3 | 2.1 | 2 | 2 | 1.9 | 3 | 3.1 | 1.9 | 2.9 | 3.1 |
| 46 | The Hague | 24.9 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2.9 | 2 | 3 | 3 |
| 47 | Rotterdam | 24.8 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2.1 | 3 | 3 | 2.9 | 1.9 | 2.9 | 3 |
| 48 | Lisbon | 24.7 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1.9 | 2 | 1.9 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2.9 |
| 49 | Chongqing | 24.3 | 3 | 3 | 2.1 | 2.1 | 2 | 3 | 3.1 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 50 | Stockholm | 24.2 | 3.1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3.1 | 2 | 2 | 3 |