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Mid-East, Africa and Eurasia city innovation classifications and rankings, 2016-2017.
World’s largest city classification and global ranking with 53 Emerging cities from 500 benchmark cities classified, and all cities ranked in 2016-2017. Based on 2thinknow analysis of cities on 162 city indicators, in what our analysts term the ‘global innovation economy’. Annual city scores and ranking since 2007. City indicators data from 2thinknow City Benchmarking Data program.
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Innovation Cities™ Index 2016-2017 : Emerging
2016-2017 Indexes: Top 100 | Global | Americas | Europe | Asia | Emerging
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| Rank | City Name | State Province | Designated | Class. | Score | Sub Region |
| 1 | Dubai | United Arab Emirates | 1 NEXUS | 49 | MID-EAST | |
| 2 | Abu Dhabi | United Arab Emirates | 2 HUB | 44 | MID-EAST | |
| 3 | Cape Town | Western Cape | South Africa | 2 HUB | 42 | AFRICA |
| 4 | Doha | Qatar | 3 NODE | 38 | MID-EAST | |
| 5 | Cairo | Cairo | Egypt | 3 NODE | 38 | MID-EAST |
| 6 | Kuwait City | Kuwait | 3 NODE | 36 | MID-EAST | |
| 7 | Johannesburg | Gauteng | South Africa | 3 NODE | 36 | AFRICA |
| 8 | Sharjah | United Arab Emirates | 3 NODE | 35 | MID-EAST | |
| 9 | Jeddah | Saudi Arabia | 3 NODE | 35 | MID-EAST | |
| 10 | Alexandria | Alexandria Governorate | Egypt | 3 NODE | 34 | MID-EAST |
| 11 | Casablanca | Morocco | 3 NODE | 34 | AFRICA | |
| 12 | Riyadh | Saudi Arabia | 3 NODE | 34 | MID-EAST | |
| 13 | Karachi | Pakistan | 3 NODE | 34 | EURASIA | |
| 14 | Beirut | Lebanon | 3 NODE | 33 | MID-EAST | |
| 15 | Almaty | Kazakhstan | 3 NODE | 33 | EURASIA | |
| 16 | Nairobi | Kenya | 3 NODE | 33 | AFRICA | |
| 17 | Amman | Jordan | 3 NODE | 33 | MID-EAST | |
| 18 | Kiev | Ukraine | 3 NODE | 33 | EURASIA | |
| 19 | Tehran | Iran | 3 NODE | 33 | MID-EAST | |
| 20 | Baku | Azerbaijan | 3 NODE | 32 | EURASIA | |
| 21 | Tbilisi | Tbilisi | Georgia | 3 NODE | 32 | EURASIA |
| 22 | Durban | KwaZulu-Natal | South Africa | 3 NODE | 32 | AFRICA |
| 23 | Manama | Bahrain | 4 UPSTART | 31 | MID-EAST | |
| 24 | Muscat | Oman | 4 UPSTART | 31 | MID-EAST | |
| 25 | Pretoria | South Africa | 4 UPSTART | 31 | AFRICA | |
| 26 | Lahore | Pakistan | 4 UPSTART | 31 | EURASIA | |
| 27 | Lviv | Lviv Oblast | Ukraine | 4 UPSTART | 30 | EURASIA |
| 28 | Kharkov | Kharkiv Oblast | Ukraine | 4 UPSTART | 30 | EURASIA |
| 29 | Al-Ain | United Arab Emirates | 4 UPSTART | 29 | MID-EAST | |
| 30 | Bishkek | Kyrgyzstan | 4 UPSTART | 29 | EURASIA | |
| 31 | Minsk | Belarus | 4 UPSTART | 29 | EURASIA | |
| 32 | Odessa | Odessa Oblast | Ukraine | 4 UPSTART | 29 | EURASIA |
| 33 | Rabat | Morocco | 4 UPSTART | 29 | AFRICA | |
| 34 | Ajman | United Arab Emirates | 4 UPSTART | 28 | MID-EAST | |
| 35 | Astana | Kazakhstan | 4 UPSTART | 28 | EURASIA | |
| 36 | Dnepropetrovsk | Dnipropetrovsk Oblast | Ukraine | 4 UPSTART | 28 | EURASIA |
| 37 | Algiers | Algeria | 4 UPSTART | 28 | AFRICA | |
| 38 | Tunis | Tunisia | 4 UPSTART | 27 | AFRICA | |
| 39 | Lagos | Nigeria | 4 UPSTART | 27 | AFRICA | |
| 40 | Port Louis | Mauritius | 4 UPSTART | 26 | AFRICA | |
| 41 | Donetsk | Donetsk Oblast | Ukraine | 4 UPSTART | 26 | EURASIA |
| 42 | Sevastopol | Sevastopol | Ukraine | 24 | EURASIA | |
| 43 | Dakar | Senegal | 24 | AFRICA | ||
| 44 | Dar es Salaam | Tanzania | 24 | AFRICA | ||
| 45 | Zaporozhye | Zaporizhia Oblast | Ukraine | 23 | EURASIA | |
| 46 | Simferopol | Crimea | Ukraine | 23 | EURASIA | |
| 47 | Dushanbe | Tajikistan | 22 | EURASIA | ||
| 48 | Addis Ababa | Addis Ababa | Ethiopia | 22 | AFRICA | |
| 49 | Port Harcourt | Nigeria | 21 | AFRICA | ||
| 50 | Douala | Cameroon | 21 | AFRICA | ||
| 51 | Luanda | Angola | 21 | AFRICA | ||
| 52 | Khartoum | Sudan | 18 | AFRICA | ||
| 53 | Kinshasa | Kinshasa | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 17 | AFRICA |
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