Innovation Cities™ Index 2021 : Asia


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Which are the most developed cities in Asia for innovation? Which modern cities across Asia have the current best conditions for innovation, in this Covid-19 city ranking? What are Asia's most innovative cities for 2021?

This Covid-19 updated Asia city rankings, follows the world's most innovative cities top 100 and Innovation Cities Index: Global 500 cities lists recently released. In a significant change, Asian cities rose an average of 34 places this year in this global 500. This is the Asia specific city ranking below - showing strong rises among the most developed cities.

Based on the 14th annual Innovation Cities™ Index city rankings process. Original quantitative method, based on 162 indicators (including consideration of 1000+ data point inputs) per city.

Included in 'Asia' are cities of Asia-Pacific, Oceania - Australia & New Zealand, Japan, China, India and the whole Asia region (not MENA) . The list also includes all the latest DRAMATIC changes since late 2019. FAQ to all rankings.

2THINKNOW have developed this city ranking for innovation, since the 2007 launch.

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FAQ

This city rankings measure conditions for innovation. This includes the most popular areas for 2021 innovation: digital transformation, technology application, startups, economic development, sustainability, liveability, mobility and other key areas of the best city to live, work and play - bser on 162 standard indicators for innovators.

The Innovation Cities™ Indexes annually measure each city of the 500 as an innovation economy, since 2007. We seek to definitively answer the question -  'which are the world's most innovative cities '?

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162 City Indicators

Based on 162 standard indicators with underlying Data Points from 2thinknow's awesome City Benchmarking Data set - all available to order for single cities or sets of cities.

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Data on 1 City

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Data Comparing Cities

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2021 REGION RankingCityGEOGRAPHYSTATE/PROVINCECity IDCurrent City Classification*Current Score2019 REGION RankingRegional POST COVID-19 CHANGE2021 GLOBAL Ranking
1TokyoJapanTokyo1361NEXUS56101
2SydneyAustraliaNSW1300NEXUS53534
3SingaporeSingaporeSingapore1240NEXUS532-15
4SeoulSouth KoreaSeoul1218NEXUS52407
5ShanghaiChinaShanghai1227NEXUS517215
6BeijingChinaBeijing125NEXUS506019
7TaipeiTaiwanTaiwan1313NEXUS499223
8ShenzhenChinaGuangdong1230NEXUS4911326
9OsakaJapanOsaka2112NEXUS488-130
10MelbourneAustraliaVIC811NEXUS483-733
11BrisbaneAustraliaQLD186HUB4710-142
12Hong KongChinaHong Kong522HUB4712049
13GuangzhouChinaGuangdong468HUB4714151
14KyotoJapanKyoto700HUB4515164
15PerthAustraliaWA1020HUB4519474
16NagoyaJapanAichi877HUB4521576
17CanberraAustraliaACT219HUB45291285
18BusanSouth Korea1553HUB4418096
19WellingtonNew ZealandWellington1473HUB4423498
20AdelaideAustraliaSA13NODE44288100
21FukuokaJapanFukuoka Prefecture423NODE44265106
22YokohamaJapanKanagawa1508NODE44275117
23ChristchurchNew ZealandSouth island273NODE433310122
24SapporoJapanHokkaido1546NODE43306131
25UlsanSouth Korea1551NODE435126133
26NingboChinaZhejiang1683NODE433913151
27AucklandNew ZealandGreater Auckland81NODE4220-7159
28Gold CoastAustraliaQLD1533NODE42346160
29DaeguSouth KoreaNorth Gyeongsang1552NODE42323162
30IncheonSouth Korea1550NODE42311168
31BangkokThailandBangkok101NODE4213-18172
32DaejeonSouth KoreaChungnam1613NODE42364174
33ChongqingChinaChongqing272NODE42374176
34TianjinChinaTianjin1349NODE42406177
35SuzhouChinaJiangsu1297NODE42427178
36HiroshimaJapanHiroshima Prefecture,514NODE42448179
37NanjingChinaJiangsu883NODE42469182
38ChengduChinaSichuan254NODE425214183
39KaohsiungTaiwanTaiwan1610NODE425011186
40HangzhouChinaZhejiang488NODE42477188
41TainanTaiwanTaiwan1312NODE426221190
42XiamenChinaFujian1493NODE425311193
43WuxiChinaJiangsu1490NODE426118195
44NagasakiJapanNagasaki876NODE41451196
45KawasakiJapan632NODE4143-2202
46KagoshimaJapan600NODE415711210
47FujiJapan416NODE418235211
48NewcastleAustraliaNSW1531NODE41491212
49Xi'anChinaShaanxi1494NODE417425214
50WenzhouChinaZhejiang1676NODE416313217
51FuzhouChinaFujian1693NODE416615219
52Kuala LumpurMalaysiaKuala Lumpur689NODE4016-36223
53DongguanChinaGuangdong347NODE407017229
54WollongongAustraliaNSW1555NODE40540233
55SuwonSouth KoreaGyeonggi-do1614NODE40583235
56TaichungTaiwanTaiwan2086NODE406711237
57Ho Chi Minh CityVietnamSouth Vietnam517NODE40603239
58NanningChinaGuangxi1690NODE407820242
59NantongChinaJiangsu1689NODE407516244
60TaiyuanChinaShanxi1680NODE408121245
61QuanzhouChinaFujian1675NODE407211247
62DalianChinaLiaoning324NODE40642248
63QingdaoChinaShandong1078NODE40652250
64ShenyangChinaLiaoning1554NODE40695252
65HobartAustraliaTAS518NODE3948-17254
66QueenstownNew ZealandOtago1541NODE398923260
67MumbaiIndiaMaharashtra862NODE3917-50261
68JakartaIndonesiaJakarta582NODE3922-46265
69HanoiVietnamHanoi490NODE399223276
70YangzhouChinaJiangsu1750NODE398313279
71NanchangChinaJiangxi1678NODE39809281
72KunmingChinaYunnan1682NODE39775283
73HarbinChinaHeilongjiang492NODE39796285
74MacauChinaMacau760NODE398511287
75ZhongshanChinaGuangdong2073NODE399318288
76FoshanChinaGuangdong406NODE39760290
77BangaloreIndiaKarnataka100NODE3825-52294
78ManilaPhilippinesManila783NODE3838-40319
79GeelongAustraliaVIC1530NODE3855-24322
80ZhuhaiChinaGuangdong1524NODE38877324
81Changchun, JilinChinaJilin1608NODE389110326
82HefeiChinaAnhui1685NODE389412327
83JinanChinaShandong1677NODE38841328
84Yantai-WeihaiChinaShandong1609NODE389713330
85ZhengzhouChinaHenan1611NODE38861331
86DelhiIndiaDelhi332NODE3724-62344
87ColomboSri Lanka292NODE3756-31349
88ShantouChinaGuangdong1674NODE379810357
89WuhanChinaHubei1488NODE3741-48358
90UlaanbaatarMongolia1407NODE3610616378
91ChennaiIndiaTamil Nadu255NODE3535-56390
92BallaratAustraliaVIC1528NODE3590-2393
93HyderabadIndiaAndhra Pradesh531NODE3559-34395
94BendigoAustraliaVIC1529NODE3588-6398
95YangonBurmaYangon Region1501UPSTART35994407
96Phnom Penh, CamCambodiaPhnom Penh1028UPSTART351059408
97KolkataIndiaWest Bengal670UPSTART3371-26431
98AhmedabadIndiaGujarat17UPSTART3373-25434
99PuneIndiaMaharashtra1076UPSTART3368-31436
100DhakaBangladeshDhaka Division338UPSTART321022449
101ChittagongBangladeshChittagong1607UPSTART321043456
102Petaling JayaMalaysiaSelangor1615UPSTART3196-6467
103JaipurIndiaRajasthan581UPSTART3095-8473
104SuratIndiaGujarat1294UPSTART30101-3475
105BandungIndonesiaWest Java1612UPSTART30103-2478
106LucknowIndiaUttar Pradesh74928100-6487
107KanpurIndiaUttar Pradesh613271070495
108MaduraiIndiaTamil Nadu1545271080498

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