Top 100 world cities for an innovation economy in 2016-2017.
The world’s largest city classification and ranking with 500 benchmark cities classified, and all cities ranked in 2016-2017, of which the top 100 are listed below. First published 2007.
Based on 2thinknow analyst interpretation of 162 city indicators from 2thinknow City Benchmarking Data set.
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Innovation Cities™ Index 2016-2017 : Top 100 Cities
2016-2017 Indexes: Top 100 | Global | Americas | Europe | Asia | Emerging
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| Rank | City Name | State Province | Country | Class. | Score | Sub Region |
| 1 | London | United Kingdom | 1 NEXUS | 60 | EURO CONT | |
| 2 | New York | New York | United States | 1 NEXUS | 59 | USA |
| 3 | Tokyo | Tokyo | Japan | 1 NEXUS | 56 | JAPAN |
| 4 | San Francisco – San Jose | California | United States | 1 NEXUS | 56 | USA |
| 5 | Boston | Massachusetts | United States | 1 NEXUS | 56 | USA |
| 6 | Los Angeles | California | United States | 1 NEXUS | 55 | USA |
| 7 | Singapore | Singapore | Singapore | 1 NEXUS | 54 | ASIA PAC |
| 8 | Toronto | Ontario | Canada | 1 NEXUS | 54 | CANADA |
| 9 | Paris | Île-de-France | France | 1 NEXUS | 54 | EURO CONT |
| 10 | Vienna | Vienna | Austria | 1 NEXUS | 53 | EURO CONT |
| 11 | Seoul | Seoul | South Korea | 1 NEXUS | 53 | ASIA PAC |
| 12 | Amsterdam | Netherlands | 1 NEXUS | 53 | EURO CONT | |
| 13 | Barcelona | Spain | 1 NEXUS | 53 | EURO CONT | |
| 14 | Sydney | NSW | Australia | 1 NEXUS | 53 | ANZ |
| 15 | Munich | Germany | 1 NEXUS | 53 | EURO CONT | |
| 16 | Dallas-Fort Worth | Texas | United States | 1 NEXUS | 52 | USA |
| 17 | Berlin | Germany | 1 NEXUS | 52 | EURO CONT | |
| 18 | Atlanta | Georgia | United States | 1 NEXUS | 51 | USA |
| 19 | Montréal | Quebec | Canada | 1 NEXUS | 51 | CANADA |
| 20 | Chicago | Illinois | United States | 1 NEXUS | 51 | USA |
| 21 | Seattle | Washington | United States | 1 NEXUS | 51 | USA |
| 22 | Houston | Texas | United States | 1 NEXUS | 50 | USA |
| 23 | Madrid | Spain | 1 NEXUS | 50 | EURO CONT | |
| 24 | Vancouver | British Columbia | Canada | 1 NEXUS | 50 | CANADA |
| 25 | Melbourne | VIC | Australia | 1 NEXUS | 50 | ANZ |
| 26 | Miami | Florida | United States | 1 NEXUS | 50 | USA |
| 27 | Washington DC | District of Columbia | United States | 1 NEXUS | 50 | USA |
| 28 | Dubai | United Arab Emirates | 1 NEXUS | 49 | MID-EAST | |
| 29 | Milan | Italy | 1 NEXUS | 49 | EURO CONT | |
| 30 | Beijing | Beijing | China | 1 NEXUS | 49 | CHINA |
| 31 | Stockholm | Sweden | 1 NEXUS | 49 | EURO CONT | |
| 32 | Shanghai | Shanghai | China | 1 NEXUS | 49 | CHINA |
| 33 | Copenhagen | Denmark | 1 NEXUS | 49 | EURO CONT | |
| 34 | Philadelphia | Pennsylvania | United States | 1 NEXUS | 49 | USA |
| 35 | Hong Kong | Hong Kong | China | 1 NEXUS | 48 | CHINA |
| 36 | San Diego | California | United States | 1 NEXUS | 48 | USA |
| 37 | Tel Aviv | Israel | 1 NEXUS | 47 | MID-EAST | |
| 38 | Stuttgart | Germany | 1 NEXUS | 47 | EURO CONT | |
| 39 | Oslo | Norway | 1 NEXUS | 47 | EURO CONT | |
| 40 | Hamburg | Germany | 1 NEXUS | 47 | EURO CONT | |
| 41 | Frankfurt | Germany | 1 NEXUS | 47 | EURO CONT | |
| 42 | Denver | Colorado | United States | 1 NEXUS | 47 | USA |
| 43 | Moscow | Moscow | Russia | 1 NEXUS | 47 | RUSSIA |
| 44 | Lyon | Rhône-Alpes | France | 1 NEXUS | 46 | EURO CONT |
| 45 | Manchester | United Kingdom | 1 NEXUS | 46 | EURO CONT | |
| 46 | Helsinki | Finland | 1 NEXUS | 46 | EURO CONT | |
| 47 | Austin | Texas | United States | 1 NEXUS | 46 | USA |
| 48 | Portland | Oregon | United States | 1 NEXUS | 46 | USA |
| 49 | Dublin | Ireland | 1 NEXUS | 46 | EURO CONT | |
| 50 | Osaka | Osaka (excludes Kobe) | Japan | 1 NEXUS | 46 | JAPAN |
| 51 | Rome | Italy | 1 NEXUS | 46 | EURO CONT | |
| 52 | Zürich | Switzerland | 1 NEXUS | 46 | EURO CONT | |
| 53 | Prague | Central Bohemian Region | Czech Republic | 1 NEXUS | 46 | EURO CONT |
| 54 | Leipzig | Germany | 2 HUB | 45 | EURO CONT | |
| 55 | Oakland | California | United States | 2 HUB | 45 | USA |
| 56 | Cologne | Germany | 2 HUB | 45 | EURO CONT | |
| 57 | Québec | Quebec | Canada | 2 HUB | 45 | CANADA |
| 58 | Raleigh-Durham | North Carolina | United States | 2 HUB | 45 | USA |
| 59 | Brisbane | QLD | Australia | 2 HUB | 45 | ANZ |
| 60 | Buenos Aires | Buenos Aires | Argentina | 2 HUB | 45 | LATIN AMERICA |
| 61 | Orlando | Florida | United States | 2 HUB | 45 | USA |
| 62 | Düsseldorf | Germany | 2 HUB | 45 | EURO CONT | |
| 63 | Phoenix | Arizona | United States | 2 HUB | 45 | USA |
| 64 | Brussels | Brussels | Belgium | 2 HUB | 45 | EURO CONT |
| 65 | Baltimore | Maryland | United States | 2 HUB | 45 | USA |
| 66 | Las Vegas | Nevada | United States | 2 HUB | 45 | USA |
| 67 | Minneapolis-St Paul | Minnesota | United States | 2 HUB | 44 | USA |
| 68 | Abu Dhabi | United Arab Emirates | 2 HUB | 44 | MID-EAST | |
| 69 | Shenzhen | Guangdong | China | 2 HUB | 44 | CHINA |
| 70 | Kyoto | Kyoto | Japan | 2 HUB | 44 | JAPAN |
| 71 | Budapest | Hungary | 2 HUB | 44 | EURO CONT | |
| 72 | Taipei | Taiwan | Taiwan | 2 HUB | 44 | CHINA |
| 73 | Lisbon | Portugal | 2 HUB | 44 | EURO CONT | |
| 74 | Athens | Greece | 2 HUB | 44 | EURO CONT | |
| 75 | St Petersburg | St Petersburg | Russia | 2 HUB | 44 | RUSSIA |
| 76 | São Paulo | São Paulo | Brazil | 2 HUB | 44 | LATIN AMERICA |
| 77 | Detroit | Michigan | United States | 2 HUB | 44 | USA |
| 78 | Busan | South Korea | 2 HUB | 44 | ASIA PAC | |
| 79 | The Hague | Netherlands | 2 HUB | 44 | EURO CONT | |
| 80 | Sacramento | California | United States | 2 HUB | 44 | USA |
| 81 | Istanbul | Turkey | 2 HUB | 44 | MID-EAST | |
| 82 | Perth | WA | Australia | 2 HUB | 44 | ANZ |
| 83 | Calgary | Alberta | Canada | 2 HUB | 43 | CANADA |
| 84 | Mexico City | Mexico City | Mexico | 2 HUB | 43 | LATIN AMERICA |
| 85 | Salt Lake City | Utah | United States | 2 HUB | 43 | USA |
| 86 | Kansas City | KS/MO | United States | 2 HUB | 43 | USA |
| 87 | Edinburgh | United Kingdom | 2 HUB | 43 | EURO CONT | |
| 88 | Warsaw | Poland | 2 HUB | 43 | EURO CONT | |
| 89 | Auckland | Greater Auckland | New Zealand | 2 HUB | 43 | ANZ |
| 90 | Mumbai | Maharashtra | India | 2 HUB | 43 | INDIA |
| 91 | Albuquerque | New Mexico | United States | 2 HUB | 43 | USA |
| 92 | Kuala Lumpur | Kuala Lumpur | Malaysia | 2 HUB | 43 | ASIA PAC |
| 93 | Glasgow | United Kingdom | 2 HUB | 43 | EURO CONT | |
| 94 | Boulder | Colorado | United States | 2 HUB | 43 | USA |
| 95 | San Antonio | Texas | United States | 2 HUB | 43 | USA |
| 96 | Providence | Rhode Island | United States | 2 HUB | 43 | USA |
| 97 | Guangzhou | Guangdong | China | 2 HUB | 43 | CHINA |
| 98 | Riverside | California | United States | 2 HUB | 43 | USA |
| 99 | Tampa | Florida | United States | 2 HUB | 43 | USA |
| 100 | Pittsburgh | Pennsylvania | United States | 2 HUB | 43 | USA |
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