Top 100 world cities for an innovation economy in 2015.
The world’s largest city classification and ranking with 500 benchmark cities classified, and top global cities ranked in 2015, of which the top 100 are listed below.
Based on 2thinknow analyst interpretation of 162 city indicators from 2thinknow City Benchmarking Data set.
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Innovation Cities™ Index 2015 : Top 100 Cities
2015 Indexes: Global | Top 100 | Americas | Europe | Asia | Emerging | Newcomers
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| Rank | Name | State | Country | Class | Score | Region | Sub Region |
| 1 | London | United Kingdom | 1 NEXUS | 57 | EUROPE | EUROPE | |
| 2 | San Francisco – San Jose | California | United States | 1 NEXUS | 56 | AMERICAS | USA |
| 3 | Vienna | Austria | 1 NEXUS | 56 | EUROPE | EUROPE | |
| 4 | Boston | Massachusetts | United States | 1 NEXUS | 56 | AMERICAS | USA |
| 5 | Seoul | South Korea | 1 NEXUS | 55 | ASIA | ASIA | |
| 6 | New York | New York | United States | 1 NEXUS | 55 | AMERICAS | USA |
| 7 | Amsterdam | Netherlands | 1 NEXUS | 55 | EUROPE | EUROPE | |
| 8 | Singapore | Singapore | 1 NEXUS | 54 | ASIA | ASIA | |
| 9 | Paris | France | 1 NEXUS | 54 | EUROPE | EUROPE | |
| 10 | Tokyo | Tokyo | Japan | 1 NEXUS | 54 | ASIA | JAPAN |
| 11 | Toronto | Canada | 1 NEXUS | 54 | AMERICAS | CANADA | |
| 12 | Munich | Germany | 1 NEXUS | 54 | EUROPE | EUROPE | |
| 13 | Seattle | Washington | United States | 1 NEXUS | 54 | AMERICAS | USA |
| 14 | Berlin | Germany | 1 NEXUS | 54 | EUROPE | EUROPE | |
| 15 | Copenhagen | Denmark | 1 NEXUS | 54 | EUROPE | EUROPE | |
| 16 | Chicago | Illinois | United States | 1 NEXUS | 54 | AMERICAS | USA |
| 17 | Stockholm | Sweden | 1 NEXUS | 53 | EUROPE | EUROPE | |
| 18 | Sydney | NSW | Australia | 1 NEXUS | 53 | ASIA | ANZ |
| 19 | Tel Aviv | Israel | 1 NEXUS | 53 | EUROPE | EUROPE | |
| 20 | Shanghai | Shanghai | China | 1 NEXUS | 53 | ASIA | CHINA |
| 21 | Los Angeles | California | United States | 1 NEXUS | 53 | AMERICAS | USA |
| 22 | Hong Kong | Hong Kong | Hong Kong | 1 NEXUS | 53 | ASIA | CHINA |
| 23 | Dubai | United Arab Emirates | 1 NEXUS | 52 | EMERGING | MID-EAST | |
| 24 | Stuttgart | Germany | 1 NEXUS | 52 | EUROPE | EUROPE | |
| 25 | Helsinki | Finland | 1 NEXUS | 52 | EUROPE | EUROPE | |
| 26 | Manchester | United Kingdom | 1 NEXUS | 52 | EUROPE | EUROPE | |
| 27 | Barcelona | Spain | 1 NEXUS | 52 | EUROPE | EUROPE | |
| 28 | Oslo | Norway | 1 NEXUS | 52 | EUROPE | EUROPE | |
| 29 | Washington DC | District of Columbia | United States | 1 NEXUS | 52 | AMERICAS | USA |
| 30 | Lyon | France | 1 NEXUS | 52 | EUROPE | EUROPE | |
| 31 | Hamburg | Germany | 1 NEXUS | 52 | EUROPE | EUROPE | |
| 32 | Osaka | Osaka | Japan | 1 NEXUS | 51 | ASIA | JAPAN |
| 33 | Melbourne | VIC | Australia | 1 NEXUS | 51 | ASIA | ANZ |
| 34 | Leipzig | Germany | 1 NEXUS | 51 | EUROPE | EUROPE | |
| 35 | Vancouver | Canada | 1 NEXUS | 51 | AMERICAS | CANADA | |
| 36 | Kyoto | Kyoto | Japan | 1 NEXUS | 51 | ASIA | JAPAN |
| 37 | Frankfurt | Germany | 1 NEXUS | 51 | EUROPE | EUROPE | |
| 38 | Philadelphia | Pennsylvania | United States | 1 NEXUS | 51 | AMERICAS | USA |
| 39 | Austin | Texas | United States | 1 NEXUS | 50 | AMERICAS | USA |
| 40 | Beijing | Beijing | China | 1 NEXUS | 50 | ASIA | CHINA |
| 41 | Montréal | Canada | 1 NEXUS | 50 | AMERICAS | CANADA | |
| 42 | Abu Dhabi | United Arab Emirates | 1 NEXUS | 50 | EMERGING | MID-EAST | |
| 43 | Raleigh-Durham | North Carolina | United States | 1 NEXUS | 50 | AMERICAS | USA |
| 44 | Dallas-Fort Worth | Texas | United States | 1 NEXUS | 50 | AMERICAS | USA |
| 45 | Moscow | Russia | 1 NEXUS | 50 | EUROPE | RUSSIA | |
| 46 | Brussels | Belgium | 1 NEXUS | 50 | EUROPE | EUROPE | |
| 47 | Miami | Florida | United States | 1 NEXUS | 50 | AMERICAS | USA |
| 48 | St Petersburg | Russia | 2 HUB | 49 | EUROPE | RUSSIA | |
| 49 | Milan | Italy | 2 HUB | 49 | EUROPE | EUROPE | |
| 50 | San Diego | California | United States | 2 HUB | 49 | AMERICAS | USA |
| 51 | Houston | Texas | United States | 2 HUB | 49 | AMERICAS | USA |
| 52 | Taipei | Taiwan | 2 HUB | 49 | ASIA | CHINA | |
| 53 | Orlando | Florida | United States | 2 HUB | 49 | AMERICAS | USA |
| 54 | Marseille | France | 2 HUB | 49 | EUROPE | EUROPE | |
| 55 | Düsseldorf | Germany | 2 HUB | 49 | EUROPE | EUROPE | |
| 56 | Madrid | Spain | 2 HUB | 48 | EUROPE | EUROPE | |
| 57 | Brisbane | QLD | Australia | 2 HUB | 48 | ASIA | ANZ |
| 58 | Rome | Italy | 2 HUB | 48 | EUROPE | EUROPE | |
| 59 | Cologne | Germany | 2 HUB | 48 | EUROPE | EUROPE | |
| 60 | Portland | Oregon | United States | 2 HUB | 48 | AMERICAS | USA |
| 61 | Dublin | Ireland | 2 HUB | 48 | EUROPE | EUROPE | |
| 62 | Québec | Canada | 2 HUB | 48 | AMERICAS | CANADA | |
| 63 | Prague | Czech Republic | 2 HUB | 48 | EUROPE | EUROPE | |
| 64 | Bilbao | Spain | 2 HUB | 48 | EUROPE | EUROPE | |
| 65 | Atlanta | Georgia | United States | 2 HUB | 48 | AMERICAS | USA |
| 66 | Kobe | Hyogo | Japan | 2 HUB | 48 | ASIA | JAPAN |
| 67 | Denver | Colorado | United States | 2 HUB | 48 | AMERICAS | USA |
| 68 | Edinburgh | United Kingdom | 2 HUB | 48 | EUROPE | EUROPE | |
| 69 | Minneapolis-St Paul | Minnesota | United States | 2 HUB | 48 | AMERICAS | USA |
| 70 | Bordeaux | France | 2 HUB | 48 | EUROPE | EUROPE | |
| 71 | Strasbourg | France | 2 HUB | 48 | EUROPE | EUROPE | |
| 72 | Zürich | Switzerland | 2 HUB | 48 | EUROPE | EUROPE | |
| 73 | Budapest | Hungary | 2 HUB | 48 | EUROPE | EUROPE | |
| 74 | Mumbai | Maharashtra | India | 2 HUB | 47 | ASIA | INDIA |
| 75 | Shenzhen | Guangdong | China | 2 HUB | 47 | ASIA | CHINA |
| 76 | Rotterdam | Netherlands | 2 HUB | 47 | EUROPE | EUROPE | |
| 77 | Kansas City | KO/MO | United States | 2 HUB | 47 | AMERICAS | USA |
| 78 | Nice | France | 2 HUB | 47 | EUROPE | EUROPE | |
| 79 | Pittsburgh | Pennsylvania | United States | 2 HUB | 47 | AMERICAS | USA |
| 80 | Karlsruhe | Germany | 2 HUB | 47 | EUROPE | EUROPE | |
| 81 | Newark | New Jersey | United States | 2 HUB | 47 | AMERICAS | USA |
| 82 | Geneva | Switzerland | 2 HUB | 47 | EUROPE | EUROPE | |
| 83 | Richmond | Virginia | United States | 2 HUB | 47 | AMERICAS | USA |
| 84 | The Hague | Netherlands | 2 HUB | 47 | EUROPE | EUROPE | |
| 85 | Toulouse | France | 2 HUB | 47 | EUROPE | EUROPE | |
| 86 | Warsaw | Poland | 2 HUB | 47 | EUROPE | EUROPE | |
| 87 | Calgary | Alberta | Canada | 2 HUB | 47 | AMERICAS | CANADA |
| 88 | Kuala Lumpur | Malaysia | 2 HUB | 47 | ASIA | ASIA | |
| 89 | Dresden | Germany | 2 HUB | 47 | EUROPE | EUROPE | |
| 90 | Busan | South Korea | 2 HUB | 47 | ASIA | ASIA | |
| 91 | Nantes | France | 2 HUB | 47 | EUROPE | EUROPE | |
| 92 | Hannover | Germany | 2 HUB | 47 | EUROPE | EUROPE | |
| 93 | Santa Ana-Anaheim | California | United States | 2 HUB | 47 | AMERICAS | USA |
| 94 | Tampa | Florida | United States | 2 HUB | 47 | AMERICAS | USA |
| 95 | Istanbul | Turkey | 2 HUB | 47 | EMERGING | MID-EAST | |
| 96 | Incheon | South Korea | 2 HUB | 47 | ASIA | ASIA | |
| 97 | Baltimore | Maryland | United States | 2 HUB | 47 | AMERICAS | USA |
| 98 | Auckland | New Zealand | 2 HUB | 46 | ASIA | ANZ | |
| 99 | Oporto | Portugal | 2 HUB | 46 | EUROPE | EUROPE | |
| 100 | Glasgow | United Kingdom | 2 HUB | 46 | EUROPE | EUROPE |
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