Innovation Cities™ Index 2022-2023 : Europe – Most Developed and Innovative cities

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Who are EUROPE's most developed and innovative cities?

Based on the 16th annual Innovation Cities™ Index city rankings process by 2THINKNOW. Original quantitative method, based on 162 indicators (including consideration of 1000+ data point inputs) per city. Est. 2007.

Why This Ranking?

Breadth of indicators covers areas of innovation that 500 cities are focused on. Such as: digital, liveability, smart, economic development, mobility (transport), tourism and trade, place branding, start-ups, sustainability. The city ranking has over a decade of results, making analysis possible. Detailed data is also available to order.
FAQ

These city rankings measure pre-conditions for innovation. Results are available globally (500 cities or top 100), or by region/nation.

The 162 Indicators cover key areas for city innovation such as: digital transformation, technology, startups, economic development, sustainability, liveability, mobility and other areas. Above average scores across many indicators result in a higher rank. Thus, making cities that rank high, more well-balanced. You can order city data at any level.

Indicators map to key government departments or industries.

The Innovation Cities™ Index was established in 2007. We seek to definitively answer the question - 'which are the world's most innovative cities '?

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Indicators

Based on 162 standard Indicators with underlying Data Points from 2THINKNOW's awesome City Benchmarking Data set. Making it easy to compare cities.

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My City

You can request benchmark reports &amp, analysis on any area of your city. This can include data-sets, plans, recommendations. Anything to add detail.
Data on Cities

All the data is available to compare any set of cities you need. The full data set is at your disposal, just order the specific areas you need. Available as raw Data Points or Indicators.

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Europe World City Rankings Results for 2022-2023

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Data Detail: The data is available for purchase at Indicator level. Used by govt, cities, finance, insurance, consultants and businesses. We also will work with you on analysis, training workshops and reports based on insights from 500 cities of data.

REGION RANKCITYLOCATIONCLASSSCORE (60)PRIOR REGION RANKREGION CHANGEGLOBAL RANKCityIDSub RegionREGIONPrior Global Rank
1LondonUnited KingdomNEXUS572+12737UKEUROPE11
2ParisFranceNEXUS551- 141002EUROPEEUROPE10
3BerlinGermanyNEXUS527+411142EUROPEEUROPE31
4StockholmSwedenNEXUS523- 1131279EUROPEEUROPE16
5MunichGermanyNEXUS5110+516863EUROPEEUROPE39
6ViennaAustriaNEXUS514- 2171439EUROPEEUROPE22
7MadridSpainNEXUS5111+419766EUROPEEUROPE40
8AmsterdamNetherlandsNEXUS515- 32043EUROPEEUROPE24
9BarcelonaSpainNEXUS5013+426105EUROPEEUROPE52
10MilanItalyNEXUS5015+527825EUROPEEUROPE63
11CopenhagenDenmarkNEXUS5014+330302EUROPEEUROPE54
12OsloNorwayNEXUS496- 634978EUROPEEUROPE25
13DublinIrelandNEXUS4919+636354EUROPEEUROPE92
14HelsinkiFinlandNEXUS4812- 239497EUROPEEUROPE41
15Tel AvivIsraelNEXUS4818+3401337MID-EASTEUROPE91
16HamburgGermanyNEXUS4817+141483EUROPEEUROPE90
17RomeItalyHUB4720+3481117EUROPEEUROPE93
18BrusselsBelgiumHUB4729+1149190EUROPEEUROPE126
19IstanbulTurkeyHUB478- 1153564MID-EASTEUROPE32
20ZürichSwitzerlandHUB4716- 4541526EUROPEEUROPE70
21PragueCzech RepublicHUB4628+7591061EUROPEEUROPE125
22LisbonPortugalHUB4635+1360730EUROPEEUROPE158
23BaselSwitzerlandHUB4636+13651538EUROPEEUROPE164
24AthensGreeceHUB4650+266678EUROPEEUROPE224
25FrankfurtGermanyHUB4627+268409EUROPEEUROPE124
26MoscowRussiaHUB459- 1776858RUSSIAEUROPE34
27BudapestHungaryHUB4522- 578194EUROPEEUROPE97
28OportoPortugalHUB4549+2179966EUROPEEUROPE221
29DüsseldorfGermanyHUB4533+482363EUROPEEUROPE156
30StuttgartGermanyHUB4531+1851285EUROPEEUROPE130
31ManchesterUnited KingdomHUB4542+1186782UKEUROPE200
32RotterdamNetherlandsHUB4521- 11871123EUROPEEUROPE94
33LyonFranceHUB4553+2088757EUROPEEUROPE227
34WarsawPolandHUB4526- 8891470EUROPEEUROPE123
35GothenburgSwedenHUB4523- 1293453EUROPEEUROPE108
36CologneGermanyHUB4559+2397290EUROPEEUROPE236
37GenevaSwitzerlandHUB4541+498437EUROPEEUROPE199
38TallinnEstoniaNODE4424- 141021323EUROPEEUROPE113
39EdinburghUnited KingdomNODE4452+13103368UKEUROPE226
40GlasgowUnited KingdomNODE4465+25110446UKEUROPE257
41BirminghamUnited KingdomNODE4456+15112152UKEUROPE231
42LiverpoolUnited KingdomNODE4470+28115732UKEUROPE264
43MalmöSwedenNODE4430- 13119777EUROPEEUROPE128
44Napoli (Naples)ItalyNODE4464+20121886EUROPEEUROPE256
45NurembergGermanyNODE4482+37123943EUROPEEUROPE296
46The HagueNetherlandsNODE4432- 141261537EUROPEEUROPE132
47SalzburgAustriaNODE4344- 31301153EUROPEEUROPE203
48FlorenceItalyNODE4362+14131396EUROPEEUROPE253
49HannoverGermanyNODE4354+5132489EUROPEEUROPE228
50EssenGermanyNODE4358+8133386EUROPEEUROPE234
51LeipzigGermanyNODE4345- 6135718EUROPEEUROPE205
52BristolUnited KingdomNODE4374+22136187UKEUROPE269
53TorinoItalyNODE43108+551371369EUROPEEUROPE341
54BucharestRomaniaNODE4343- 11138193EUROPEEUROPE201
55AntwerpBelgiumNODE4369+1414054EUROPEEUROPE263
56DresdenGermanyNODE4380+24147352EUROPEEUROPE292
57LucerneSwitzerlandNODE43100+431501540EUROPEEUROPE321
58UtrechtNetherlandsNODE4347- 111521416EUROPEEUROPE213
59BelfastUnited KingdomNODE4366+7154129UKEUROPE258
60BernSwitzerlandNODE4348- 121551539EUROPEEUROPE215
61MarseilleFranceNODE4395+34158794EUROPEEUROPE313
62NiceFranceNODE4390+28161907EUROPEEUROPE308
63St PetersburgRussiaNODE4225- 381641271RUSSIAEUROPE121
64DortmundGermanyNODE4267+3167349EUROPEEUROPE259
65DuisburgGermanyNODE4260- 5168357EUROPEEUROPE238
66ReykjavikIcelandNODE4234- 321691099EUROPEEUROPE157
67BilbaoSpainNODE4263- 4171149EUROPEEUROPE255
68NottinghamUnited KingdomNODE4272+4172933UKEUROPE267
69SheffieldUnited KingdomNODE4275+61731229UKEUROPE270
70VeniceItalyNODE42107+371781433EUROPEEUROPE340
71BonnGermanyNODE4277+6180164EUROPEEUROPE275
72BremenGermanyNODE4257- 15182181EUROPEEUROPE232
73Mannheim-HeidelbergGermanyNODE4285+121831558EUROPEEUROPE300
74KarlsruheGermanyNODE4261- 13184619EUROPEEUROPE240
75AachenGermanyNODE4291+161861EUROPEEUROPE309
76EindhovenNetherlandsNODE4246- 30187370EUROPEEUROPE209
77SofiaBulgariaNODE4292+151881247EUROPEEUROPE310
78CardiffUnited KingdomNODE4296+18189226UKEUROPE314
79Newcastle-upon-TyneUnited KingdomNODE4278- 1190903UKEUROPE277
80ToulouseFranceNODE42104+241921376EUROPEEUROPE337
81LeedsUnited KingdomNODE4294+13193715UKEUROPE312
82ValenciaSpainNODE4240- 421941421EUROPEEUROPE198
83BordeauxFranceNODE42109+26197165EUROPEEUROPE342
84LuxembourgLuxembourgNODE4237- 471991548EUROPEEUROPE167
85NantesFranceNODE4293+8200884EUROPEEUROPE311
86GrazAustriaNODE4168- 18213459EUROPEEUROPE262
87LinzAustriaNODE4197+10214728EUROPEEUROPE315
88KatowicePolandNODE4179- 9215626EUROPEEUROPE278
89WuppertalGermanyNODE4198+92191489EUROPEEUROPE317
90Wroc?awPolandNODE4155- 352211908EUROPEEUROPE230
91MontpellierFranceNODE41132+41226852EUROPEEUROPE384
92StrasbourgFranceNODE41119+272291284EUROPEEUROPE362
93OdenseDenmarkNODE4199+6231948EUROPEEUROPE318
94MálagaSpainNODE4186- 8234776EUROPEEUROPE301
95LilleFranceNODE41114+19235724EUROPEEUROPE354
96BolognaItalyNODE41136+40237162EUROPEEUROPE388
97GdanskPolandNODE4076- 21248434EUROPEEUROPE274
98PadovaItalyNODE40112+14249991EUROPEEUROPE346
99VeronaItalyNODE40122+232501435EUROPEEUROPE365
100BochumGermanyNODE4089- 11253159EUROPEEUROPE306
101RigaLatviaNODE4051- 502561106EUROPEEUROPE225
102KrakówPolandNODE4071- 31258682EUROPEEUROPE266
103CoventryUnited KingdomNODE40115+12259310UKEUROPE355
104SevilleSpainNODE4081- 232611224EUROPEEUROPE295
105GentBelgiumNODE40111+6265439EUROPEEUROPE345
106AnkaraTurkeyNODE4038- 6827050MID-EASTEUROPE181
107ThessalonikiGreeceNODE40131+242721549EUROPEEUROPE383
108KielGermanyNODE4073- 35274643EUROPEEUROPE268
109ZagrebCroatiaNODE40130+212771515EUROPEEUROPE382
110HaifaIsraelNODE40126+16278479MID-EASTEUROPE371
111ModenaItalyNODE39118+7281839EUROPEEUROPE361
112BrnoCzech RepublicNODE39128+16287188EUROPEEUROPE375
113Bath & NE SomersetUnited KingdomNODE39124+11288118UKEUROPE367
114TriesteItalyNODE39125+112891383EUROPEEUROPE370
115LiègeBelgiumNODE39120+5290723EUROPEEUROPE363
116IzmirTurkeyNODE3939- 77291574MID-EASTEUROPE189
117AntalyaTurkeyNODE39110- 72951993MID-EASTEUROPE343
118SouthamptonUnited KingdomNODE39113- 52981260UKEUROPE352
119Kingston-Upon-HullUnited KingdomNODE39127+8300649UKEUROPE374
120GranadaSpainNODE39116- 4301455EUROPEEUROPE356
121LeuvenBelgiumNODE39142+213021620EUROPEEUROPE400
122GrenobleFranceNODE39117- 5303463EUROPEEUROPE360
123PamplonaSpainNODE3887- 36310997EUROPEEUROPE302
124GijónSpainNODE3883- 41311443EUROPEEUROPE298
125JerusalemIsraelNODE38135+10312588MID-EASTEUROPE387
126VilniusLithuaniaNODE38102- 243191445EUROPEEUROPE335
127RennesFranceNODE38121- 63231096EUROPEEUROPE364
128Saint-ÉtienneFranceNODE38141+133241137EUROPEEUROPE399
129ReimsFranceNODE38139+103251094EUROPEEUROPE394
130RouenFranceNODE38140+103271596EUROPEEUROPE396
131ParmaItalyNODE37138+73361003EUROPEEUROPE392
132BratislavaSlovakiaNODE37105- 27337176EUROPEEUROPE338
133LjubljanaSloveniaNODE3784- 49343734EUROPEEUROPE299
134DijonFranceNODE37137+33441581EUROPEEUROPE389
135Le HavreFranceNODE37129- 6345714EUROPEEUROPE376
136TimisoaraRomaniaNODE36103- 333511352EUROPEEUROPE336
137BelgradeSerbiaNODE36101- 36352132EUROPEEUROPE332
138LimogesFranceNODE36148+103611584EUROPEEUROPE417
139Bursa, TurkeyTurkeyNODE3688- 513621618MID-EASTEUROPE304
140MetzFranceNODE36155+153661585EUROPEEUROPE429
141KosiceSlovakiaNODE35134- 7372678EUROPEEUROPE386
142DubrovnikCroatiaNODE35147+5375355EUROPEEUROPE411
143AdanaTurkeyNODE35106- 373761619MID-EASTEUROPE339
144CannesFranceNODE35160+163831535EUROPEEUROPE441
145YekaterinburgRussiaUPSTART34133- 123991506RUSSIAEUROPE385
146Santa Cruz de TenerifeSpainUPSTART34157+114001178EUROPEEUROPE435
147KazanRussiaUPSTART33123- 24411633RUSSIAEUROPE366
148NovosibirskRussiaUPSTART33145- 3412940RUSSIAEUROPE406
149ChisinauMoldovaUPSTART33146- 34131621EUROPEEUROPE410
150Rostov-na-DonuRussiaUPSTART33153+34141121RUSSIAEUROPE425
151GuimaraesPortugalUPSTART32156+54262081EUROPEEUROPE432
152SarajevoBosnia and HerzegovinaUPSTART32151- 14271206EUROPEEUROPE422
153KaliningradRussiaUPSTART32144- 9429603RUSSIAEUROPE404
154Nizhny NovgorodRussiaUPSTART32152- 2430920RUSSIAEUROPE423
155KrasnoyarskRussiaUPSTART32158+3431685RUSSIAEUROPE437
156SamaraRussiaUPSTART32150- 64321154RUSSIAEUROPE421
157PermRussiaUPSTART32162+54331019RUSSIAEUROPE450
158OmskRussiaUPSTART31159+1445963RUSSIAEUROPE439
159SkopjeMacedoniaUPSTART31149- 104461243EUROPEEUROPE419
160VladivostokRussiaUPSTART31154- 64471457RUSSIAEUROPE428
161VolgogradRussiaUPSTART31143- 184481459RUSSIAEUROPE401
162TiranaAlbaniaUPSTART30166+44561353EUROPEEUROPE464
163SaratovRussiaUPSTART29161- 24631208RUSSIAEUROPE448
164TomskRussiaUPSTART29163- 14651366RUSSIAEUROPE452
165OrenburgRussiaUPSTART29164- 1466971RUSSIAEUROPE454
166TolyattiRussiaUPSTART28167+14761365RUSSIAEUROPE465
167BarnaulRussiaUPSTART28168+1478109RUSSIAEUROPE469
168IzhevskRussia027165- 3486573RUSSIAEUROPE455
Region Definition

Definition of list: All cities ranked from Europe Region. Albania, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Moldova, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom,

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