Innovation Cities™ Index 2022-2023: Mid-East – Future Smart Cities


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Who are Mid-East's most future smart cities for innovation?

Based on the 16th annual Innovation Cities™ Index city rankings process by 2THINKNOW. Original quantitative method, based on 162 indicators (including consideration of 1000+ data point inputs) per city. Est. 2007.

Why This Ranking?

Breadth of indicators covers areas of innovation that 500 cities are focused on. Such as: digital, liveability, smart, economic development, mobility (transport), tourism and trade, place branding, start-ups, sustainability. The city ranking has over a decade of results, making analysis possible. Detailed data is also available to order.
FAQ

These city rankings measure pre-conditions for innovation. Results are available globally (500 cities or top 100), or by region/nation.

The 162 Indicators cover key areas for city innovation such as: digital transformation, technology, startups, economic development, sustainability, liveability, mobility and other areas. Above average scores across many indicators result in a higher rank. Thus, making cities that rank high, more well-balanced. You can order city data at any level.

Indicators map to key government departments or industries.

The Innovation Cities™ Index was established in 2007. We seek to definitively answer the question - 'which are the world's most innovative cities '?

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Indicators

Based on 162 standard Indicators with underlying Data Points from 2THINKNOW's awesome City Benchmarking Data set. Making it easy to compare cities.

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My City

You can request benchmark reports &amp, analysis on any area of your city. This can include data-sets, plans, recommendations. Anything to add detail.
Data on Cities

All the data is available to compare any set of cities you need. The full data set is at your disposal, just order the specific areas you need. Available as raw Data Points or Indicators.

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More Resources

Ranking Resources: Overview | Media Resources | More Methodology | FAQ

Mid-East World City Rankings Results for 2022-2023

Instructions for Use: Yes, the top-level Innovation Cities™ Index results are always free to track and monitor. You can publish this list, please attribute it correctly - see 'Reproducing this list' below the table. Just, register for email updates here.

Data Detail: The data is available for purchase at Indicator level. Used by govt, cities, finance, insurance, consultants and businesses. We also will work with you on analysis, training workshops and reports based on insights from 500 cities of data.

REGION RANKCITYLOCATIONCLASSSCORE (60)PRIOR REGION RANKREGION CHANGEGLOBAL RANKCityID
1DubaiUnited Arab EmiratesNEXUS521-14353
2Tel AvivIsraelNEXUS483+1401337
3IstanbulTurkeyHUB472- 153564
4Abu DhabiUnited Arab EmiratesHUB464-758
5DohaQatarNODE4319+14162344
6SharjahUnited Arab EmiratesNODE428+22091228
7AnkaraTurkeyNODE405- 227050
8CairoEgyptNODE407- 1273208
9HaifaIsraelNODE4015+6278479
10IzmirTurkeyNODE396- 4291574
11AntalyaTurkeyNODE3912+12951993
12JeddahSaudi ArabiaNODE3918+6307584
13JerusalemIsraelNODE3817+4312588
14Kuwait CityKuwaitNODE3813- 1331698
15RiyadhSaudi ArabiaNODE3714- 13501112
16AlexandriaEgyptNODE369- 735329
17Bursa, TurkeyTurkeyNODE3610- 73621618
18ManamaBahrainNODE3623+5367779
19AdanaTurkeyNODE3511- 83761619
20AmmanJordanNODE3522+238641
21AjmanUnited Arab EmiratesNODE3521-39619
22MuscatOmanNODE3520- 2397868
23Al-AinUnited Arab EmiratesUPSTART3416- 741024
24BeirutLebanonUPSTART3325+1417126
25TehranIranUPSTART3224- 14341335

Reproducing this list.

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Region Definition

Definition of list: All cities ranked from Mid-East. Countries: Bahrain, Egypt, Iran, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait,  Lebanon, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, United Arab Emirates

Reproducing this list.

The indexes and supporting materials are copyright, and used under license by 2THINKNOW.

You may reproduce the index results in any reasonable form, graphics, or data mash-up as long as you attribute it to 2thinknow and do not modify the numbers or otherwise mislead.

Please attribute as follows Source: 2THINKNOW Innovation Cities™ Index (Please specify the list you are using) www.innovation-cities.com/city-rankings/ [or just link to the page you are referencing]

2THINKNOW do reserve all rights, including the right to ask content to be removed.