MEDIA RELEASE: Greener Big Apple Beats Tech Tokyo for Innovation in 12th Annual City Ranking of 500 Cities


Greener Big Apple Beats Tech Tokyo for Innovation in 12th Annual City Ranking of 500 Cities

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2THINKNOW // MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA – New York topped the 12th annual list of the world’s most innovative cities on Tuesday, taking back the lead from Tokyo and London after embracing a more human and sustainable lifestyle, start-up economy and new smart technologies in the Big Apple. This result was despite Tokyo's tech edge in burgeoning fields like robotics.

In a first, eleven of the top twenty urban centres of the Innovation Cities Index were in the United States. The remainder of cities were in Europe and Asia. Singapore (5) just beat a resurgent Paris (6) off strong smart, tech, mobility and infrastructure improvements. Notably Paris’ recent rail refurbishment programs, and start-up sector are a symbol of some resurgent French innovation. Los Angeles strong entertainment and tech sector saw it sweep up to 4th globally.

“What really surprised us this year was a United States bounce-back at the top of the league” said Christopher Hire, Director of 2thinknow, which publishes the annual ranking. “However, there were quite dramatic movements by cities up and down all across the USA, and globally as well -- highlighting strong volatility and shortening the time window for commercialising new ideas.”.

Chicago(7) entered the top ten for the first time ever, with burgeoning start-ups, innovation seeding across many industries, a sustainable food scene and top-ranked universities. The Windy City beat out stalwart and past multiple-year winner, Boston (8th place and home to Harvard University). Boston has the honour of being one of the only cities in the global top ten in every year the ranking was published.

“Our Index is designed to measure innovation conditions, and often predicts rising cities before other rankings. It is up to the city whether they can keep on top of the latest trends, and exploit their innovation potential ongoingly. Cities that place well every year do that, which is not as simple as it sounds for urban areas to adapt and transform.”

Detroit moved up 25 places as the mobility sector became more important to the global economy. Other US rising stars moving up more than 25 places included Louisville (Kentucky), Dayton (Ohio) and San Antonio (Texas).

In broader Asia, despite the trade dispute, Chinese cities Shenzhen (53) and Beijing (up 11 places to 26) both rose for innovation, among other cities as a sign of their global power. Regionally, Jakarta (119) rose a notable 58 places based on start-up sector, growth and new reforms.

It was a mixed race in pre-Brexit United Kingdom, where London dominates the UK and some of the surprise improvers were often-overlooked Birmingham (up 23 places), Nottingham (up 44 places) and Newcastle (up 19 places). While Manchester’s property-focus has seen the city give up some of long-time leadership in innovation. In Europe, German cities were led by Berlin (12), with Munich (27, down 6 places) and Hamburg (46) following, with a poorer performance due to slowed digital transformation in many sectors. Barcelona regained its long-term innovation status rising to 21st globally, ahead of Madrid in 28th place.

“We found that there is a real split between cities and regions with urbanisation driving innovation. Although concerns about equitable growth remain and are growing every day, this is repairable by better policy settings.” said Hire in a statement.

Dubai’s example for smart cities technology made the Emirate the number one city in the Gulf rankings for several years (31, up 2 places). Dubai is launching a festival of innovation called Dubai 2020. Dampened by recent political instability, Tel Aviv (41, up 3 places) was next in the Mid-East region due to start-ups, universities and strong cyber-technology, as well as Israel’s venture capital diaspora.

In Australia, Melbourne (11) became number one in Australia, beating Sydney (15) for the first time in the list, which scores cities on a broad range of 162 indicators including start-up economy, 13 mobility indicators, sustainability, neighbourhoods and technology among others. Brisbane became the third Australian city to enter the global top fifty cities for the first time.

Although African cities continued to be among the lowest ranked, there were signs of a rising tide. The good news was the first ever 2% overall rise in the average ranking of top African cities.

Amidst Brexit chaos, London ranked third after declining against last year’s winner to Tokyo as Europe and the United Kingdom marginally lost ground at the top of the league. Broader Europe scored fewer cities in the top 20 than in previous years, but the same total number of cities in the top 100.

New Yorks Hudson Yards development and High Line park were popular symbols of why the city was managing to forge a new way in innovation, according to the analysts.

BACKGROUND

All indexes are published on www.innovation-cities.com/indexes along with further resources. All data in the Index can be purchased. The publisher and creator of the city ranking is 2thinknow, a private business established in Melbourne in 2006 from research started in Vienna in 2005.

ADDED QUOTES/COMMENTS

“An interesting phenomenon is that in larger GDP countries innovation started centralising in largest and smallest cities, with difficulties being experienced in second-tier national cities,” Hire added.

“What’s interesting is the US is divided into unequal cities with more winners, and Europe is more focussed on equally-ranked cities across the European continent,” Hire added. “The UK is becoming more unequal like the United States, and this explains voter discontent.”

 

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CORRECTIONS/CLARIFICATIONS:

The following typos in early versions, have been clarified above. An earlier draft said Chicago entered the top 5 (this was in the Americas region). The city is in the top 10 globally, at position 7, but within top 5 in Americas regional city ranking. Similarly, Singapore was stated as number one in Asia, but this referred to the Asia (Pacific) Sub-region excluding Japan. Tokyo is number on in overall Asia regional city ranking. We are sorry for any confusion.

Any other correction/clarifications will be noted here.

Background & About 2thinknow

Over 75% of cities, with a population of over one million residents monitor the Innovation Cities Index results, and many major entities such as Samsung, PWC, Brookings Institution, UN-Habitat and Jones Lang LaSalle use the Index results to assess broad-based city innovation.

2thinknow supplies raw data to Fortune 500 corporations and leading management consultants to assist them with making key business decisions.

Melbourne based company 2thinknow was started in 2006 as a commercial data provider and training organization, who have modeled the innovation process based on city data. 2thinknow is the world’s first innovation agency established in Melbourne in 2006. The Innovation Cities Program by 2thinknow commenced in 2007 from 2005 research. 2thinknow develops innovative data collection and analysis techniques based on sector innovation by city location. 2thinknow.com

2thinknow delivers City Benchmarking Data, analyst reports, the Innovation Course and other innovation services to city, business and government clients. See 2thinknow.com

INDEXES TEXT LINKS

GLOBAL: http://innovation-cities.com/?p=18842

AMERICAS: http://innovation-cities.com/?p=18843

ASIA: http://innovation-cities.com/?p=18840

EUROPE: http://innovation-cities.com/?p=18839

EMERGING: http://innovation-cities.com/?p=18838

CITY RESOURCES:

Supporting Analysis Report: http://report.innovation-cities.com (Compiled and released after data)

Raw Data: https://citybenchmarkingdata.com

Added Notes for Editors

Updated Index

2thinknow’s City Benchmarking Data set contains over 2000 cities, of which 500 are currently selected for full benchmarking. In 2011, the number of cities appearing in the yearly published scores and rankings was 331, up from 289 cities in 2010. The new inclusions reflected previously omitted destinations in the Emerging, Asian and Americas regions. There is a base level of development, population and services required to appear in the Index.

The Innovation Cities™ Index purpose is to measure the development of innovation economies globally.

The index measures the 3 Factor preconditions for innovation -- Cultural Assets, Human Infrastructure and Networked Markets.

To make it easy to read the indexes 2thinknow publish a global top 100, global full, and 4 regional indexes: Americas, Asia, Europe and Emerging.

Quick facts about the Index.

  • The worldwide rankings are produced annually by analysts at innovation consulting analysts, 2thinknow.
  • The index is not a survey, but based on data science & data analysis independently researched by 2thinknow analysts.
  • The index was first produced in 2007 with 22 cities from 95 profiled.
  • City Benchmarking Data, contains all 500 global cities benchmarked on 162 city indicators.
  • Data is updated between August and early next year (until finished), with more than 50% of indicators being refreshed in this period.
  • Explanation of the 162 city indicators, and how cities can become innovation economies are contained in the Innovation Cities Analysis Report, from 2thinknow. http://report.innovation-cities.com
  • All cities scores are weighted against 30 current change trends (detailed and available in the report).

Reproducing the Index

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City Benchmarking Data.

City benchmarking data can be used to create your own indexes or rankings. This can ordered by contacting 2thinknow for City Data Audits, or comparisons between any cities on 1 segment or all segments of the economy. There are 31 industry and community segments. Further information is available from 2thinknow ICP Team, by contacting us here or calling Melbourne +61 3 86780319. Or, you can visit the City Benchmarking Data site here for full details.

1 Boston
2 New York
3 San Francisco
4 Toronto
5 Washington DC
6 Philadelphia
7 Montréal
8 Seattle
9 Austin
10 Minneapolis-St Paul
11 Chicago
12 Ann Arbor
13 Los Angeles
14 Calgary
15 Raleigh-Durham
16 Québec
17 Vancouver
18 Springfield
19 Pittsburgh
20 Portland
21 Dallas-Fort Worth
22 Denver
23 Baltimore
24 São Paulo
25 Edmonton
26 Buenos Aires
27 Atlanta

City Ranking Tables / Lists for Reproduction

Links to the cities indexes & national statistics

Attribute to: “INNOVATION CITIES INDEX  BY 2thinknow” URL: www.innovation-cities.com/indexes

All 2019 Indexes: Top 100GlobalAmericas | EuropeAsiaEmerging > Download Excel + Newsletter

Want to reproduce this list? You Can. First, see 'Reproducing this list' below.

While the Innovation Cities™ Index is free, detailed data is always available for purchase.

Innovation Cities™ Index 2019: Top 100 (from 500 Cities)

GLOBAL RANKCHANGECITYGEOGRAPHYSTATE/PROVINCEGROUPINGSCORECLASSCITY IDREGION
13New YorkUnited StatesNew YorkUSA59NEXUS901AMERICAS
2-1TokyoJapanTokyoJAPAN58NEXUS1361ASIA
3-1LondonUnited KingdomUK57NEXUS737EUROPE
41Los AngelesUnited StatesCaliforniaUSA56NEXUS740AMERICAS
51SingaporeSingaporeSingaporeASIA55NEXUS1240ASIA
63ParisFranceÎle-de-FranceEUROPE55NEXUS1002EUROPE
74ChicagoUnited StatesIllinoisUSA55NEXUS264AMERICAS
8-1BostonUnited StatesMassachusettsUSA55NEXUS167AMERICAS
9-6San Francisco - San JoseUnited StatesCaliforniaUSA55NEXUS1557AMERICAS
10-2TorontoCanadaOntarioCANADA54NEXUS1370AMERICAS
115MelbourneAustraliaVICANZ54NEXUS811ASIA
122BerlinGermanyEUROPE53NEXUS142EUROPE
130Dallas-Fort WorthUnited StatesTexasUSA53NEXUS325AMERICAS
14-2SeoulSouth KoreaSeoulASIA53NEXUS1218ASIA
15-5SydneyAustraliaNSWANZ53NEXUS1300ASIA
16-1SeattleUnited StatesWashingtonUSA53NEXUS1215AMERICAS
170HoustonUnited StatesTexasUSA52NEXUS525AMERICAS
182AtlantaUnited StatesGeorgiaUSA52NEXUS79AMERICAS
195Washington DCUnited StatesDistrict of ColumbiaUSA52NEXUS1471AMERICAS
206MiamiUnited StatesFloridaUSA51NEXUS822AMERICAS
219BarcelonaSpainEUROPE50NEXUS105EUROPE
220MontréalCanadaQuebecCANADA50NEXUS853AMERICAS
230San DiegoUnited StatesCaliforniaUSA50NEXUS1160AMERICAS
248PhiladelphiaUnited StatesPennsylvaniaUSA50NEXUS1027AMERICAS
25-6ViennaAustriaViennaEUROPE50NEXUS1439EUROPE
2611BeijingChinaBeijingCHINA50NEXUS125ASIA
27-6MunichGermanyEUROPE49NEXUS863EUROPE
2810MadridSpainEUROPE49NEXUS766EUROPE
2911MilanItalyEUROPE49NEXUS825EUROPE
30-12AmsterdamNetherlandsEUROPE49NEXUS43EUROPE
312DubaiUnited Arab EmiratesMID-EAST49NEXUS353EMERGING
32-4StockholmSwedenEUROPE49NEXUS1279EUROPE
332ShanghaiChinaShanghaiCHINA49NEXUS1227ASIA
34-5AustinUnited StatesTexasUSA49NEXUS87AMERICAS
35-4DenverUnited StatesColoradoUSA49NEXUS334AMERICAS
36-11VancouverCanadaBritish ColumbiaCANADA48NEXUS1426AMERICAS
378OsakaJapanOsakaJAPAN48NEXUS2112ASIA
3810MoscowRussiaMoscowRUSSIA48NEXUS858EUROPE
392PortlandUnited StatesOregonUSA48NEXUS1053AMERICAS
4011Las VegasUnited StatesNevadaUSA48NEXUS713AMERICAS
413Tel AvivIsraelMID-EAST47NEXUS1337EMERGING
42-6OsloNorwayEUROPE47NEXUS978EUROPE
4310IstanbulTurkeyMID-EAST47NEXUS564EUROPE
4416TaipeiTaiwanTaiwanCHINA47NEXUS1313ASIA
452RomeItalyEUROPE47NEXUS1117EUROPE
46-4HamburgGermanyEUROPE46NEXUS483EUROPE
47-8CopenhagenDenmarkEUROPE46NEXUS302EUROPE
486BrisbaneAustraliaQLDANZ46NEXUS186ASIA
49-6OaklandUnited StatesCaliforniaUSA46NEXUS944AMERICAS
500OrlandoUnited StatesFloridaUSA46NEXUS972AMERICAS
511BaltimoreUnited StatesMarylandUSA46NEXUS97AMERICAS
52-3DublinIrelandEUROPE46NEXUS354EUROPE
532ShenzhenChinaGuangdongCHINA46NEXUS1230ASIA
544QuébecCanadaQuebecCANADA46NEXUS1079AMERICAS
5525DetroitUnited StatesMichiganUSA46NEXUS337AMERICAS
56-29Hong KongChinaHong KongCHINA46NEXUS522ASIA
57-23ManchesterUnited KingdomUK46NEXUS782EUROPE
58-12HelsinkiFinlandEUROPE46NEXUS497EUROPE
592Minneapolis-St PaulUnited StatesMinnesotaUSA46NEXUS1544AMERICAS
6021PhoenixUnited StatesArizonaUSA46NEXUS1030AMERICAS
612PragueCzech RepublicCentral Bohemian RegionEUROPE45HUB1061EUROPE
6223ZürichSwitzerlandEUROPE45HUB1526EUROPE
63-7FrankfurtGermanyEUROPE45HUB409EUROPE
64-5SacramentoUnited StatesCaliforniaUSA45HUB1133AMERICAS
6511BrusselsBelgiumBrusselsEUROPE45HUB190EUROPE
6618NashvilleUnited StatesTennesseeUSA45HUB890AMERICAS
6712São PauloBrazilSão PauloLATIN AMERICA45HUB1204AMERICAS
6819NewarkUnited StatesNew JerseyUSA45HUB902AMERICAS
6913Buenos AiresArgentinaBuenos AiresLATIN AMERICA45HUB196AMERICAS
7038San AntonioUnited StatesTexasUSA45HUB1155AMERICAS
7135BangkokThailandBangkokASIA45HUB101ASIA
72-5Santa Ana-AnaheimUnited StatesCaliforniaUSA45HUB1173AMERICAS
73-2TampaUnited StatesFloridaUSA45HUB1327AMERICAS
7439GuangzhouChinaGuangdongCHINA45HUB468ASIA
75-6Abu DhabiUnited Arab EmiratesMID-EAST44HUB8EMERGING
76-10LyonFranceRhône-AlpesEUROPE44HUB757EUROPE
77-12DüsseldorfGermanyEUROPE44HUB363EUROPE
78-16AthensGreeceEUROPE44HUB78EUROPE
79-5BudapestHungaryEUROPE44HUB194EUROPE
80-16KyotoJapanKyotoJAPAN44HUB700ASIA
8118Kuala LumpurMalaysiaKuala LumpurASIA44HUB689ASIA
82-25StuttgartGermanyEUROPE44HUB1285EUROPE
8328RotterdamNetherlandsEUROPE44HUB1123EUROPE
8419Fort LauderdaleUnited StatesFloridaUSA44HUB403AMERICAS
857MumbaiIndiaMaharashtraINDIA44HUB862ASIA
8623CharlotteUnited StatesNorth CarolinaUSA44HUB247AMERICAS
87-14Mexico CityMexicoMexico CityLATIN AMERICA44HUB821AMERICAS
880RiversideUnited StatesCaliforniaUSA44HUB1111AMERICAS
89-3CalgaryCanadaAlbertaCANADA44HUB210AMERICAS
90-15PittsburghUnited StatesPennsylvaniaUSA44HUB1035AMERICAS
91-23BusanSouth KoreaASIA43HUB1553ASIA
92-20CologneGermanyEUROPE43HUB290EUROPE
93-16Raleigh-DurhamUnited StatesNorth CarolinaUSA43HUB1085AMERICAS
94-16Kansas CityUnited StatesKS/MOUSA43HUB614AMERICAS
95-5LisbonPortugalEUROPE43HUB730EUROPE
96-5ProvidenceUnited StatesRhode IslandUSA43HUB1067AMERICAS
9713The HagueNetherlandsEUROPE43HUB1537EUROPE
98-9EdinburghUnited KingdomUK43HUB368EUROPE
9938St LouisUnited StatesMissouriUSA43HUB1272AMERICAS
10012HonoluluUnited StatesHawaiiUSA43HUB523AMERICAS

Innovation Cities™ Index 2019: Americas

AMERICAS RANKCITYGEOGRAPHYSTATE/PROVINCEGROUPINGSCORECLASSGLOBAL RANKCITY ID
1New YorkUnited StatesNew YorkUSA59NEXUS1901
2Los AngelesUnited StatesCaliforniaUSA56NEXUS4740
3ChicagoUnited StatesIllinoisUSA55NEXUS7264
4BostonUnited StatesMassachusettsUSA55NEXUS8167
5San Francisco - San JoseUnited StatesCaliforniaUSA55NEXUS91557
6TorontoCanadaOntarioCANADA54NEXUS101370
7Dallas-Fort WorthUnited StatesTexasUSA53NEXUS13325
8SeattleUnited StatesWashingtonUSA53NEXUS161215
9HoustonUnited StatesTexasUSA52NEXUS17525
10AtlantaUnited StatesGeorgiaUSA52NEXUS1879
11Washington DCUnited StatesDistrict of ColumbiaUSA52NEXUS191471
12MiamiUnited StatesFloridaUSA51NEXUS20822
13MontréalCanadaQuebecCANADA50NEXUS22853
14San DiegoUnited StatesCaliforniaUSA50NEXUS231160
15PhiladelphiaUnited StatesPennsylvaniaUSA50NEXUS241027
16AustinUnited StatesTexasUSA49NEXUS3487
17DenverUnited StatesColoradoUSA49NEXUS35334
18VancouverCanadaBritish ColumbiaCANADA48NEXUS361426
19PortlandUnited StatesOregonUSA48NEXUS391053
20Las VegasUnited StatesNevadaUSA48NEXUS40713
21OaklandUnited StatesCaliforniaUSA46NEXUS49944
22OrlandoUnited StatesFloridaUSA46NEXUS50972
23BaltimoreUnited StatesMarylandUSA46NEXUS5197
24QuébecCanadaQuebecCANADA46NEXUS541079
25DetroitUnited StatesMichiganUSA46NEXUS55337
26Minneapolis-St PaulUnited StatesMinnesotaUSA46NEXUS591544
27PhoenixUnited StatesArizonaUSA46NEXUS601030
28SacramentoUnited StatesCaliforniaUSA45HUB641133
29NashvilleUnited StatesTennesseeUSA45HUB66890
30São PauloBrazilSão PauloLATIN AMERICA45HUB671204
31NewarkUnited StatesNew JerseyUSA45HUB68902
32Buenos AiresArgentinaBuenos AiresLATIN AMERICA45HUB69196
33San AntonioUnited StatesTexasUSA45HUB701155
34Santa Ana-AnaheimUnited StatesCaliforniaUSA45HUB721173
35TampaUnited StatesFloridaUSA45HUB731327
36Fort LauderdaleUnited StatesFloridaUSA44HUB84403
37CharlotteUnited StatesNorth CarolinaUSA44HUB86247
38Mexico CityMexicoMexico CityLATIN AMERICA44HUB87821
39RiversideUnited StatesCaliforniaUSA44HUB881111
40CalgaryCanadaAlbertaCANADA44HUB89210
41PittsburghUnited StatesPennsylvaniaUSA44HUB901035
42Raleigh-DurhamUnited StatesNorth CarolinaUSA43HUB931085
43Kansas CityUnited StatesKS/MOUSA43HUB94614
44ProvidenceUnited StatesRhode IslandUSA43HUB961067
45St LouisUnited StatesMissouriUSA43HUB991272
46HonoluluUnited StatesHawaiiUSA43HUB100523
47IndianapolisUnited StatesIndianaUSA43HUB102548
48Salt Lake CityUnited StatesUtahUSA43HUB1031149
49EdmontonCanadaAlbertaCANADA43HUB104369
50MemphisUnited StatesTennesseeUSA42HUB107813
51New OrleansUnited StatesLouisianaUSA42HUB111900
52ColumbusUnited StatesOhioUSA42HUB112296
53BoulderUnited StatesColoradoUSA42HUB113168
54Rio De JaneiroBrazilRio De JaneiroLATIN AMERICA42HUB1151109
55MilwaukeeUnited StatesWisconsinUSA42HUB116827
56CincinnatiUnited StatesOhioUSA42HUB118275
57OttawaCanadaOntarioCANADA42HUB121983
58JacksonvilleUnited StatesFloridaUSA42HUB122580
59LouisvilleUnited StatesKentuckyUSA42HUB125742
60BuffaloUnited StatesNew YorkUSA42HUB128197
61AlbuquerqueUnited StatesNew MexicoUSA41HUB13027
62RichmondUnited StatesVirginiaUSA41HUB1321105
63Des MoinesUnited StatesIowaUSA41HUB135336
64SantiagoChileLATIN AMERICA41HUB1361186
65MedellinColombiaAntioquiaLATIN AMERICA41HUB138809
66AlbanyUnited StatesNew YorkUSA41HUB1481627
67El PasoUnited StatesTexasUSA41HUB150373
68MadisonUnited StatesWisconsinUSA41HUB152765
69AllentownUnited StatesPennsylvaniaUSA41HUB15534
70TucsonUnited StatesArizonaUSA41HUB1561391
71Colorado SpringsUnited StatesColoradoUSA41HUB161293
72ClevelandUnited StatesOhioUSA41HUB162284
73CharlestonUnited StatesSouth CarolinaUSA41HUB163246
74HamiltonCanadaOntarioCANADA41HUB164484
75Norfolk-Virginia BeachUnited StatesVirginiaUSA41HUB165924
76Ventura-OxnardUnited StatesCaliforniaUSA41HUB1671633
77BogotáColombiaCundinamarca DepartmentLATIN AMERICA40NODE168160
78TallahasseeUnited StatesFloridaUSA40NODE1691322
79WinnipegCanadaManitobaCANADA40NODE1791483
80TulsaUnited StatesOklahomaUSA40NODE1841394
81OmahaUnited StatesNebraskaUSA40NODE185961
82Oklahoma CityUnited StatesOklahomaUSA40NODE186955
83Grand RapidsUnited StatesMichiganUSA40NODE188457
84HartfordUnited StatesConnecticutUSA40NODE189493
85Ann ArborUnited StatesMichiganUSA40NODE19051
86RochesterUnited StatesNew YorkUSA40NODE1921115
87ColumbiaUnited StatesSouth CarolinaUSA40NODE193294
88KnoxvilleUnited StatesTennesseeUSA40NODE194662
89ToledoUnited StatesOhioUSA40NODE1961362
90SavannahUnited StatesGeorgiaUSA40NODE1971211
91SyracuseUnited StatesNew YorkUSA40NODE1981302
92AkronUnited StatesOhioUSA40NODE20023
93BoiseUnited StatesIdahoUSA40NODE201161
94SpringfieldUnited StatesMassachusettsUSA40NODE2021266
95ManchesterUnited StatesNew HampshireUSA40NODE203781
96HalifaxCanadaNova ScotiaCANADA39NODE205480
97BirminghamUnited StatesAlabamaUSA39NODE210151
98Baton RougeUnited StatesLouisianaUSA39NODE215119
99Little RockUnited StatesArkansasUSA39NODE216731
100KitchenerCanadaOntarioCANADA39NODE218659
101GreensboroUnited StatesNorth CarolinaUSA39NODE219461
102LexingtonUnited StatesKentuckyUSA39NODE220722
103LondonCanadaOntarioCANADA39NODE221736
104DaytonUnited StatesOhioUSA39NODE222330
105PortlandUnited StatesMaineUSA39NODE2232104
106Corpus ChristiUnited StatesTexasUSA39NODE225307
107Winston-SalemUnited StatesNorth CarolinaUSA39NODE2261484
108SpokaneUnited StatesWashingtonUSA39NODE2281264
109ChattanoogaUnited StatesTennesseeUSA39NODE230249
110FresnoUnited StatesCaliforniaUSA39NODE231413
111RenoUnited StatesNevadaUSA39NODE2321097
112JacksonUnited StatesMississippiUSA39NODE233579
113Green BayUnited StatesWisconsinUSA39NODE234460
114BridgeportUnited StatesConnecticutUSA39NODE235184
115BakersfieldUnited StatesCaliforniaUSA39NODE23894
116LincolnUnited StatesNebraskaUSA39NODE241727
117AnchorageUnited StatesAlaskaUSA38NODE25847
118MontgomeryUnited StatesAlabamaUSA38NODE259851
119GreenvilleUnited StatesSouth CarolinaUSA38NODE2621628
120AugustaUnited StatesGeorgiaUSA38NODE26483
121WichitaUnited StatesKansasUSA38NODE2661479
122WilmingtonUnited StatesDelawareUSA38NODE2672105
123ModestoUnited StatesCaliforniaUSA38NODE270840
124Cedar RapidsUnited StatesIowaUSA38NODE274241
125LancasterUnited StatesPennsylvaniaUSA38NODE2761629
126StocktonUnited StatesCaliforniaUSA38NODE2771281
127MonterreyMexicoNuevo LeónLATIN AMERICA38NODE278848
128SpringfieldUnited StatesMissouriUSA38NODE2801267
129CharlottesvilleUnited StatesVirginiaUSA37NODE2881543
130Fredericton - St JohnCanadaNew BrunswickCANADA37NODE2991556
131LimaPeruLATIN AMERICA37NODE302725
132RochesterUnited StatesMinnesotaUSA37NODE3061114
133CuritibaBrazilParanáLATIN AMERICA36NODE322318
134SpringfieldUnited StatesIllinoisUSA36NODE3251265
135Belo HorizonteBrazilMinas GeraisLATIN AMERICA36NODE327135
136MonctonCanadaNew BrunswickCANADA36NODE328846
137BrasiliaBrazilBrasiliaLATIN AMERICA36NODE329174
138FargoUnited StatesNorth DakotaUSA36NODE3312103
139Sioux FallsUnited StatesSouth DakotaUSA36NODE3351241
140BurlingtonUnited StatesVermontUSA36NODE3372100
141BozemanUnited StatesMontanaUSA36NODE340171
142RoanokeUnited StatesNorth CarolinaUSA35NODE3531632
143GuadalajaraMexicoJaliscoLATIN AMERICA35NODE356466
144Porto AlegreBrazilRio Grande do SulLATIN AMERICA35NODE3581054
145SalvadorBrazilLATIN AMERICA34UPSTART3731152
146CordobaArgentinaCórdoba ProvinceLATIN AMERICA34UPSTART374304
147BillingsUnited StatesMontanaUSA34UPSTART376150
148PueblaMexicoPueblaLATIN AMERICA34UPSTART3781071
149FortalezaBrazilCearáLATIN AMERICA34UPSTART379405
150RecifeBrazilPernambucoLATIN AMERICA33UPSTART3961091
151CheyenneUnited StatesWyomingUSA33UPSTART4002102
152Panama CityPanamaPanama CanalLATIN AMERICA33UPSTART402998
153MontevideoUruguayLATIN AMERICA32UPSTART406850
154San Jose, Costa RicaCosta RicaSan JoseLATIN AMERICA32UPSTART4081162
155Guatemala CityGuatemalaGuatemalaLATIN AMERICA31UPSTART426472
156CaliColombiaValle del CaucaLATIN AMERICA31UPSTART429211
157QuitoEcuadorPichinchaLATIN AMERICA30UPSTART4311081
158ValparaísoChileValparaísoLATIN AMERICA30UPSTART4351425
159Santo Domingo, DRDominican RepublicLATIN AMERICA30UPSTART4461191
160CaracasVenezuelaLATIN AMERICA30UPSTART450224
161San SalvadorEl SalvadorSan Salvador departmentLATIN AMERICA29UPSTART4561168
162KingstonJamaicaLATIN AMERICA28UPSTART458648
163CartagenaColombiaLATIN AMERICA28UPSTART462231
164GuayaquilEcuadorGuayasLATIN AMERICA28UPSTART465473
165San JuanArgentinaLATIN AMERICA274712108
166La PazBoliviaLa Paz DepartmentLATIN AMERICA27472702
167NassauBahamasLATIN AMERICA264782106
168AsuncionParaguayLATIN AMERICA2648076
169Port of SpainTrinidad and TobagoLATIN AMERICA264812107
170HavanaCubaHavanaLATIN AMERICA25486494
171TegucigalpaHondurasLATIN AMERICA254871334

Innovation Cities™ Index 2019: Asia

ASIA RANKCITYGEOGRAPHYSTATE/PROVINCEGROUPINGSCORECLASSGLOBAL RANKCITY ID
1TokyoJapanTokyoJAPAN58NEXUS21361
2SingaporeSingaporeSingaporeASIA55NEXUS51240
3MelbourneAustraliaVICANZ54NEXUS11811
4SeoulSouth KoreaSeoulASIA53NEXUS141218
5SydneyAustraliaNSWANZ53NEXUS151300
6BeijingChinaBeijingCHINA50NEXUS26125
7ShanghaiChinaShanghaiCHINA49NEXUS331227
8OsakaJapanOsakaJAPAN48NEXUS372112
9TaipeiTaiwanTaiwanCHINA47NEXUS441313
10BrisbaneAustraliaQLDANZ46NEXUS48186
11ShenzhenChinaGuangdongCHINA46NEXUS531230
12Hong KongChinaHong KongCHINA46NEXUS56522
13BangkokThailandBangkokASIA45HUB71101
14GuangzhouChinaGuangdongCHINA45HUB74468
15KyotoJapanKyotoJAPAN44HUB80700
16Kuala LumpurMalaysiaKuala LumpurASIA44HUB81689
17MumbaiIndiaMaharashtraINDIA44HUB85862
18BusanSouth KoreaASIA43HUB911553
19PerthAustraliaWAANZ43HUB1011020
20AucklandNew ZealandGreater AucklandANZ42HUB11081
21NagoyaJapanAichiJAPAN42HUB117877
22JakartaIndonesiaJakartaASIA42HUB119582
23WellingtonNew ZealandWellingtonANZ42HUB1201473
24DelhiIndiaDelhiINDIA42HUB127332
25BangaloreIndiaKarnatakaINDIA41HUB139100
26FukuokaJapanFukuoka PrefectureJAPAN41HUB142423
27YokohamaJapanKanagawaJAPAN41HUB1471508
28AdelaideAustraliaSAANZ41HUB15413
29CanberraAustraliaACTANZ41HUB160219
30SapporoJapanHokkaidoJAPAN40NODE1871546
31IncheonSouth KoreaASIA40NODE1911550
32DaeguSouth KoreaNorth GyeongsangASIA40NODE1991552
33ChristchurchNew ZealandSouth islandANZ39NODE209273
34Gold CoastAustraliaQLDANZ39NODE2141533
35ChennaiIndiaTamil NaduINDIA39NODE224255
36DaejeonSouth KoreaChungnamASIA39NODE2291613
37ChongqingChinaChongqingCHINA39NODE237272
38ManilaPhilippinesManilaASIA39NODE239783
39NingboChinaZhejiangCHINA39NODE2401683
40TianjinChinaTianjinCHINA39NODE2421349
41WuhanChinaHubeiCHINA39NODE2431488
42SuzhouChinaJiangsuCHINA39NODE2441297
43KawasakiJapanJAPAN38NODE254632
44HiroshimaJapanHiroshima Prefecture,JAPAN38NODE256514
45NagasakiJapanNagasakiJAPAN38NODE265876
46NanjingChinaJiangsuCHINA38NODE269883
47HangzhouChinaZhejiangCHINA38NODE279488
48HobartAustraliaTASANZ37NODE290518
49NewcastleAustraliaNSWANZ37NODE2931531
50KaohsiungTaiwanTaiwanCHINA37NODE2941610
51UlsanSouth KoreaASIA37NODE2981551
52ChengduChinaSichuanCHINA37NODE307254
53XiamenChinaFujianCHINA37NODE3081493
54WollongongAustraliaNSWANZ36NODE3101555
55GeelongAustraliaVICANZ36NODE3131530
56ColomboSri LankaASIA36NODE314292
57KagoshimaJapanJAPAN36NODE316600
58SuwonSouth KoreaGyeonggi-doASIA36NODE3181614
59HyderabadIndiaAndhra PradeshINDIA36NODE321531
60Ho Chi Minh CityVietnamSouth VietnamASIA36NODE324517
61WuxiChinaJiangsuCHINA36NODE3301490
62TainanTaiwanTaiwanCHINA36NODE3321312
63WenzhouChinaZhejiangCHINA36NODE3331676
64DalianChinaLiaoningCHINA36NODE336324
65QingdaoChinaShandongCHINA36NODE3381078
66FuzhouChinaFujianCHINA36NODE3391693
67TaichungTaiwanTaiwanCHINA36NODE3412086
68PuneIndiaMaharashtraINDIA36NODE3421076
69ShenyangChinaLiaoningCHINA36NODE3431554
70DongguanChinaGuangdongCHINA36NODE344347
71KolkataIndiaWest BengalINDIA35NODE348670
72QuanzhouChinaFujianCHINA35NODE3551675
73AhmedabadIndiaGujaratINDIA35NODE35717
74Xi'anChinaShaanxiCHINA35NODE3591494
75NantongChinaJiangsuCHINA35NODE3601689
76FoshanChinaGuangdongCHINA35NODE361406
77KunmingChinaYunnanCHINA35NODE3621682
78NanningChinaGuangxiCHINA35NODE3631690
79HarbinChinaHeilongjiangCHINA35NODE364492
80NanchangChinaJiangxiCHINA35NODE3651678
81TaiyuanChinaShanxiCHINA35NODE3661680
82FujiJapanJAPAN34UPSTART370416
83YangzhouChinaJiangsuCHINA34UPSTART3751750
84JinanChinaShandongCHINA34UPSTART3801677
85MacauChinaMacauCHINA34UPSTART381760
86ZhengzhouChinaHenanCHINA34UPSTART3821611
87ZhuhaiChinaGuangdongCHINA34UPSTART3831524
88BendigoAustraliaVICANZ34UPSTART3841529
89QueenstownNew ZealandOtagoANZ33UPSTART3861541
90BallaratAustraliaVICANZ33UPSTART3881528
91Changchun, JilinChinaJilinCHINA33UPSTART3921608
92HanoiVietnamHanoiASIA34UPSTART397490
93ZhongshanChinaGuangdongCHINA33UPSTART3992073
94HefeiChinaAnhuiCHINA33UPSTART4011685
95JaipurIndiaRajasthanINDIA32UPSTART404581
96Petaling JayaMalaysiaSelangorASIA32UPSTART4091615
97Yantai-WeihaiChinaShandongCHINA32UPSTART4101609
98ShantouChinaGuangdongCHINA32UPSTART4111674
99YangonBurmaYangon RegionASIA32UPSTART4121501
100LucknowIndiaUttar PradeshINDIA30UPSTART436749
101SuratIndiaGujaratINDIA30UPSTART4391294
102DhakaBangladeshDhaka DivisionASIA30UPSTART445338
103BandungIndonesiaWest JavaASIA30UPSTART4481612
104ChittagongBangladeshChittagongASIA29UPSTART4531607
105Phnom Penh, CamCambodiaPhnom PenhASIA29UPSTART4571028
106UlaanbaatarMongoliaASIA28UPSTART4611407
107KanpurIndiaUttar PradeshINDIA28UPSTART464613
108MaduraiIndiaTamil NaduINDIA28UPSTART4661545

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