Innovation Cities™ Index 2014: Top 100 Cities


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top100Top 100 world cities for an innovation economy in 2014.
The world’s largest city classification and ranking with 445 benchmark cities classified, and top global cities ranked in 2014, of which the top 100 are listed below.

Based on 2thinknow analyst interpretation of 162 city indicators from 2thinknow City Benchmarking Data set.

Index Resources: 2014 Overview | FAQ | Media Release


Innovation Cities Index 2014 : Top 100 Cities

2014 Indexes: Global | Top 100
By Region: AmericasEuropeAsiaEmerging | Subregions

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Global Rank Classification City State Country Index Score
1 1 NEXUS San Francisco - San Jose California United States 57
2 1 NEXUS New York New York United States 56
3 1 NEXUS London United Kingdom 56
4 1 NEXUS Boston Massachusetts United States 56
5 1 NEXUS Paris France 56
6 1 NEXUS Vienna Austria 56
7 1 NEXUS Munich Germany 56
8 1 NEXUS Amsterdam Netherlands 55
9 1 NEXUS Copenhagen Denmark 55
10 1 NEXUS Seattle Washington United States 54
11 1 NEXUS Toronto Canada 54
12 1 NEXUS Seoul South Korea 54
13 1 NEXUS Berlin Germany 54
14 1 NEXUS Los Angeles California United States 54
15 1 NEXUS Tokyo Tokyo Japan 53
16 1 NEXUS Stockholm Sweden 53
17 1 NEXUS Sydney NSW Australia 53
18 1 NEXUS Hamburg Germany 53
19 1 NEXUS Lyon France 53
20 1 NEXUS Hong Kong Hong Kong Hong Kong 53
21 1 NEXUS Chicago Illinois United States 52
22 1 NEXUS Stuttgart Germany 52
23 1 NEXUS Melbourne VIC Australia 52
24 1 NEXUS Tel Aviv Israel 52
25 1 NEXUS Helsinki Finland 52
26 1 NEXUS Washington DC District of Columbia United States 52
27 1 NEXUS Singapore Singapore 52
28 1 NEXUS Dubai United Arab Emirates 52
29 1 NEXUS Manchester United Kingdom 52
30 1 NEXUS Frankfurt Germany 52
31 1 NEXUS Philadelphia Pennsylvania United States 52
32 1 NEXUS Oslo Norway 51
33 1 NEXUS Leipzig Germany 51
34 1 NEXUS Kyoto Kyoto Japan 50
35 1 NEXUS Shanghai Shanghai China 50
36 1 NEXUS Montréal Canada 50
37 1 NEXUS Osaka Osaka Japan 50
38 1 NEXUS Brussels Belgium 50
39 1 NEXUS Vancouver Canada 50
40 1 NEXUS Raleigh-Durham North Carolina United States 50
41 2 HUB Marseille France 49
42 2 HUB Houston Texas United States 49
43 2 HUB Düsseldorf Germany 49
44 2 HUB Austin Texas United States 49
45 2 HUB Strasbourg France 49
46 2 HUB Dallas-Fort Worth Texas United States 49
47 2 HUB Orlando Florida United States 49
48 2 HUB Miami Florida United States 48
49 2 HUB Atlanta Georgia United States 48
50 2 HUB Beijing Beijing China 48
51 2 HUB The Hague Netherlands 48
52 2 HUB San Diego California United States 48
53 2 HUB Cologne Germany 48
54 2 HUB Bordeaux France 48
55 2 HUB Portland Oregon United States 48
56 2 HUB Barcelona Spain 48
57 2 HUB Minneapolis-St Paul Minnesota United States 48
58 2 HUB Milan Italy 48
59 2 HUB Zürich Switzerland 48
60 2 HUB Brisbane QLD Australia 48
61 2 HUB Kobe Hyogo Japan 48
62 2 HUB Prague Czech Republic 48
63 2 HUB Moscow Russia 48
64 2 HUB Budapest Hungary 48
65 2 HUB Abu Dhabi United Arab Emirates 47
66 2 HUB Edinburgh United Kingdom 47
67 2 HUB Newark New Jersey United States 47
68 2 HUB Toulouse France 47
69 2 HUB Québec Canada 47
70 2 HUB Denver Colorado United States 47
71 2 HUB Rotterdam Netherlands 47
72 2 HUB Dresden Germany 47
73 2 HUB Geneva Switzerland 47
74 2 HUB Shenzhen Guangdong China 47
75 2 HUB Karlsruhe Germany 47
76 2 HUB Rome Italy 47
77 2 HUB Bilbao Spain 47
78 2 HUB Kansas City KO/MO United States 47
79 2 HUB Hannover Germany 47
80 2 HUB Nantes France 47
81 2 HUB St Petersburg Russia 47
82 2 HUB Pittsburgh Pennsylvania United States 47
83 2 HUB Tampa Florida United States 47
84 2 HUB Richmond Virginia United States 47
85 2 HUB Baltimore Maryland United States 47
86 2 HUB Santa Ana-Anaheim California United States 47
87 2 HUB Taipei Taiwan 46
88 2 HUB Fukuoka Fukoaka Japan 46
89 2 HUB Montpellier France 46
90 2 HUB Busan South Korea 46
91 2 HUB Mumbai Maharashtra India 46
92 2 HUB Calgary Alberta Canada 46
93 2 HUB Madrid Spain 46
94 2 HUB Torino Italy 46
95 2 HUB Ann Arbor Michigan United States 46
96 2 HUB Glasgow United Kingdom 46
97 2 HUB Providence Rhode Island United States 46
98 2 HUB Kuala Lumpur Malaysia 46
99 2 HUB Istanbul Turkey 46
100 2 HUB Tallahassee Florida United States 46

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