How Asian cities rank on the Smart City Index 2024

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Singapore has emerged first among Southeast Asian nations ranked, followed by Kuala Lumpur and Bangkok.

The evolution of smart cities worldwide continues its progress, though at a slower rate than in recent years.

IMD's Smart City Index 2024 has ranked the performance of smart cities globally. Interestingly, changes were most notable among middle-ranking cities than among the top performers. That being said, Asia-Europe continues to dominate the rankings.

Similar to that of the previous years, the top 10 smart cities globally this year are as follows:

• Zurich, Switzerland
• Oslo, Norway
• Canberra, Australia
• Geneva, Switzerland
• Singapore 
• Copenhagen, Denmark
• Lausanne, Switzerland
• London, England
• Helsinki, Finland
• Abu Dhabi, UAE

More locally, Singapore has emerged at the top across Asia, followed by Beijing, China and Taipei, Taiwan. The full ranking of Asian cities is as follows:

Methodology

The IMD Smart City Index 2024 assesses the perceptions of residents on issues related to structures and technology applications available to them in their city. This edition of the Index ranks 142 cities worldwide by capturing the perceptions of 120 residents in each city. The final score for each city is computed by using the perceptions of the last three years of the survey, with the weight of 3:2:1 for 2024:2023:2021.

There are two pillars for which perceptions from residents are solicited: the 'Structures' pillar, referring to the existing infrastructure of the cities, and the 'Technology' pillar, describing the technological provisions and services available to the inhabitants.

Each pillar is evaluated over five key areas: health and safety, mobility, activities, opportunities, and governance.

Full methodology here.

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