Emerging Cities Ranking 2018 by 2thinknow Innovation Cities™ Index

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Emerging cities ranking 2018 & city classification from 11th annual Innovation Cities™ Index by 2thinknow city ranking for Mid-East, Eurasia and Africa.

2thinknow city ranking for innovation since 2007.

Part of the world’s largest global city ranking, the Innovation Cities™ Index, with 500 benchmark cities classified and ranked globally, featuring 53 cities in Emerging region (16 Mid-East, 18 Eurasia, 19 Africa) this year.

FAQ

This city rankings includes tech, smart, startups and other aspects of a good city to live, work and play based on economic opportunity for innovators. The Innovation Cities™ Indexes measure each cities potential as an innovation economy at the current time, since 2007.

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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. If you want more background information, order the Innovation Cities™ Analysis Report (info, order)

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Data Comparing Cities

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Index Resources

Rank	Global Rank	City Name	Country	State	Region	Subregion	Classification	Index Score	CityID
1	33	Dubai	United Arab Emirates		EMERGING	MID-EAST	1 NEXUS	47	353
2	69	Abu Dhabi	United Arab Emirates		EMERGING	MID-EAST	2 HUB	43	8
3	265	Cape Town	South Africa	Western Cape	EMERGING	AFRICA	3 NODE	37	223
4	268	Kuwait City	Kuwait		EMERGING	MID-EAST	3 NODE	37	698
5	294	Doha	Qatar		EMERGING	MID-EAST	3 NODE	36	344
6	324	Cairo	Egypt	Cairo	EMERGING	MID-EAST	3 NODE	35	208
7	336	Jeddah	Saudi Arabia		EMERGING	MID-EAST	3 NODE	35	584
8	352	Sharjah	United Arab Emirates		EMERGING	MID-EAST	3 NODE	34	1228
9	368	Beirut	Lebanon		EMERGING	MID-EAST	3 NODE	34	126
10	371	Riyadh	Saudi Arabia		EMERGING	MID-EAST	3 NODE	34	1112
11	379	Karachi	Pakistan		EMERGING	EURASIA	3 NODE	33	616
12	380	Johannesburg	South Africa	Gauteng	EMERGING	AFRICA	3 NODE	33	591
13	399	Kiev	Ukraine		EMERGING	EURASIA	3 NODE	33	645
14	400	Almaty	Kazakhstan		EMERGING	EURASIA	3 NODE	32	35
15	404	Amman	Jordan		EMERGING	MID-EAST	3 NODE	32	41
16	405	Durban	South Africa	KwaZulu-Natal	EMERGING	AFRICA	3 NODE	32	361
17	408	Alexandria	Egypt	Alexandria Governorate	EMERGING	MID-EAST	3 NODE	32	29
18	410	Baku	Azerbaijan		EMERGING	EURASIA	3 NODE	32	1616
19	413	Tehran	Iran		EMERGING	MID-EAST	3 NODE	32	1335
20	418	Tbilisi	Georgia	Tbilisi	EMERGING	EURASIA	3 NODE	32	1617
21	419	Muscat	Oman		EMERGING	MID-EAST	3 NODE	31	868
22	420	Casablanca	Morocco		EMERGING	AFRICA	3 NODE	31	235
23	422	Manama	Bahrain		EMERGING	MID-EAST	3 NODE	31	779
24	432	Lahore	Pakistan		EMERGING	EURASIA	4 UPSTART	30	707
25	444	Al-Ain	United Arab Emirates		EMERGING	MID-EAST	4 UPSTART	29	24
26	445	Pretoria	South Africa		EMERGING	AFRICA	4 UPSTART	29	1065
27	453	Nairobi	Kenya		EMERGING	AFRICA	4 UPSTART	29	880
28	457	Minsk	Belarus		EMERGING	EURASIA	4 UPSTART	29	1527
29	458	Odessa	Ukraine	Odessa Oblast	EMERGING	EURASIA	4 UPSTART	29	949
30	459	Kharkov	Ukraine	Kharkiv Oblast	EMERGING	EURASIA	4 UPSTART	29	639
31	460	Astana	Kazakhstan		EMERGING	EURASIA	4 UPSTART	28	74
32	461	Ajman	United Arab Emirates		EMERGING	MID-EAST	4 UPSTART	28	19
33	465	Algiers	Algeria		EMERGING	AFRICA	4 UPSTART	28	31
34	468	Lviv	Ukraine	Lviv Oblast	EMERGING	EURASIA	4 UPSTART	28	756
35	471	Rabat	Morocco		EMERGING	AFRICA	4 UPSTART	27	1082
36	475	Bishkek	Kyrgyzstan		EMERGING	EURASIA	4 UPSTART	27	153
37	476	Lagos	Nigeria		EMERGING	AFRICA	4 UPSTART	26	706
38	479	Dnepropetrovsk	Ukraine	Dnipropetrovsk Oblast	EMERGING	EURASIA	4 UPSTART	26	343
39	483	Tunis	Tunisia		EMERGING	AFRICA		24	1395
40	485	Port Louis	Mauritius		EMERGING	AFRICA		24	1547
41	486	Donetsk	Ukraine	Donetsk Oblast	EMERGING	EURASIA		24	346
42	489	Sevastopol	Ukraine	Sevastopol	EMERGING	EURASIA		23	1222
43	490	Zaporozhye	Ukraine	Zaporizhia Oblast	EMERGING	EURASIA		23	1518
44	491	Simferopol	Ukraine	Crimea	EMERGING	EURASIA		23	1237
45	492	Luanda	Angola		EMERGING	AFRICA		21	744
46	493	Dar es Salaam	Tanzania		EMERGING	AFRICA		21	329
47	494	Addis Ababa	Ethiopia	Addis Ababa	EMERGING	AFRICA		21	12
48	495	Dakar	Senegal		EMERGING	AFRICA		20	323
49	496	Port Harcourt	Nigeria		EMERGING	AFRICA		20	1050
50	497	Douala	Cameroon		EMERGING	AFRICA		20	350
51	498	Dushanbe	Tajikistan		EMERGING	EURASIA		20	362
52	499	Khartoum	Sudan		EMERGING	AFRICA		18	640
53	500	Kinshasa	Democratic Republic of the Congo	Kinshasa	EMERGING	AFRICA		16	650

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