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City innovation economy classifications and rankings, 2014 for Asia.
Below are the rankings for Asian cities in this year’s Index.
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| Sub Region Rank | Global Rank | Classification | City | State | Country | Index Score |
| 1 | 12 | 1 NEXUS | Seoul | South Korea | 54 | |
| 2 | 27 | 1 NEXUS | Singapore | Singapore | 52 | |
| 3 | 90 | 2 HUB | Busan | South Korea | 46 | |
| 4 | 98 | 2 HUB | Kuala Lumpur | Malaysia | 46 | |
| 5 | 105 | 2 HUB | Incheon | South Korea | 45 | |
| 6 | 129 | 2 HUB | Bangkok | Thailand | 45 | |
| 7 | 186 | 3 NODE | Daegu | South Korea | 43 | |
| 8 | 225 | 3 NODE | Ulsan | South Korea | 42 | |
| 9 | 263 | 3 NODE | Daejeon | Chungnam | South Korea | 41 |
| 10 | 304 | 4 INFLUENCER | Suwon | Gyeonggi-do | South Korea | 39 |
| 11 | 307 | 4 INFLUENCER | Ho Chi Minh City | Vietnam | 39 | |
| 12 | 328 | 4 INFLUENCER | Petaling Jaya | Selangor | Malaysia | 39 |
| 13 | 337 | 4 INFLUENCER | Hanoi | Hanoi | Vietnam | 38 |
| 14 | 344 | 4 INFLUENCER | Colombo | Western Province | Sri Lanka | 38 |
| 15 | 348 | 4 INFLUENCER | Jakarta | Indonesia | 38 | |
| 16 | 353 | 4 INFLUENCER | Manila | Philippines | 38 | |
| 17 | 412 | 5 UPSTART | Dhaka | Bangladesh | 34 | |
| 18 | 423 | 5 UPSTART | Phnom Penh, Cam | Phnom Penh | Cambodia | 31 |
| 19 | 425 | 5 UPSTART | Bandung | West Java | Indonesia | 31 |
| 20 | 426 | 5 UPSTART | Chittagong | Chittagong | Bangladesh | 31 |
| 21 | 437 | Yangon | Yangon Region | Burma | 28 |
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