Innovation Cities™ Index: Small 200 Cities


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Who are World's most innovative small cities 1 Million urban population and less?

Population band rankings added based on city feedback, to recognise the hard work of economic development, trade, tourism, Mayors and other groups in smaller cities delivering innovation conditions, despite less resources than medium or large Metropolises (like NYC).

This special city ranking shows which cities are outperforming relative to population.

Based on data from the 16th annual Innovation Cities™ Index city rankings process by 2THINKNOW. Original quantitative method, with 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 focussed 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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Small City Rankings Results for 2022-2023

SMALL INDEX RANKCITYLOCATION 1LOCATION 2SCORE (60)2018 YEAR RANKCHANGECityID
1AmsterdamNetherlands511-43
2Tel AvivIsrael482-1337
3BaselSwitzerland4621181538
4FrankfurtGermany463-1409
5DüsseldorfGermany455-363
6QuébecQuebecCanada454-21079
7RotterdamNetherlands451251123
8GothenburgSweden452921453
9GenevaSwitzerland45156437
10TallinnEstonia4487771323
11EdinburghUnited Kingdom447-4368
12HamiltonOntarioCanada445947484
13AlbanyNew YorkUnited States4434211627
14MalmöSweden44239777
15NurembergGermany444328943
16The HagueNetherlands4411-51537
17VenturaCaliforniaUnited States4433161633
18SalzburgSalzburgAustria4341231153
19FlorenceItaly436445396
20EssenGermany43277386
21HalifaxNova ScotiaCanada435635480
22LeipzigGermany436-16718
23BristolUnited Kingdom4317-6187
24TorinoItaly4335111369
25AlbuquerqueNew MexicoUnited States438-1727
26CharlestonSouth CarolinaUnited States434418246
27Ann ArborMichiganUnited States4313-1451
28DresdenGermany4319-9352
29LucerneSwitzerland4342131540
30AllentownPennsylvaniaUnited States43451534
31BelfastUnited Kingdom43376129
32BernSwitzerland433971539
33NiceProvence-Alpes-Côte d'AzurFrance4320-13907
34CanberraACTAustralia4230-4219
35WellingtonWellingtonNew Zealand429-261473
36DortmundGermany4224-12349
37DuisburgGermany4231-6357
38ReykjavikIceland4285471099
39BoulderColoradoUnited States4210-29168
40NottinghamUnited Kingdom425515933
41SheffieldUnited Kingdom4269281229
42AnchorageAlaskaUnited States421116947
43KnoxvilleTennesseeUnited States428340662
44Colorado SpringsColoradoUnited States42517293
45VeniceItaly42115701433
46BonnGermany426014164
47BremenGermany42503181
48Mannheim-HeidelbergGermany4222-261558
49KarlsruheGermany4216-33619
50WinnipegManitobaCanada4275251483
51AachenNorth Rhine-WestphaliaGermany4218-331
52EindhovenNetherlands4225-27370
53CardiffUnited Kingdom42585226
54Newcastle-upon-TyneUnited Kingdom4240-14903
55LeedsUnited Kingdom4228-27715
56GreensboroNorth CarolinaUnited States42571461
57BordeauxAquitaineFrance42658165
58LuxembourgLuxembourg4274161548
59NantesPays de la LoireFrance4247-12884
60SyracuseNew YorkUnited States4277171302
61Corpus ChristiTexasUnited States42687307
62El PasoTexasUnited States4236-26373
63DaytonOhioUnited States4211047330
64SavannahGeorgiaUnited States4252-121211
65BoiseIdahoUnited States4246-19161
66ChristchurchSouth islandNew Zealand4154-12273
67Gold CoastQLDAustralia4153-141533
68GrazStyriaAustria41702459
69LinzUpper AustriaAustria4110132728
70KatowicePoland4113565626
71LexingtonKentuckyUnited States4110938722
72ChattanoogaTennesseeUnited States4110634249
73KagoshimaJapan4114067600
74WuppertalGermany4197231489
75PortlandMaineUnited States4189142104
76Wroc?awLower SilesianPoland41138621908
77MadisonWisconsinUnited States4138-39765
78ToledoOhioUnited States4148-301362
79AkronOhioUnited States4176-323
80MontpellierLanguedoc-RoussillonFrance41888852
81Winston-SalemNorth CarolinaUnited States4199181484
82GreenvilleSouth CarolinaUnited States41139571628
83StrasbourgAlsaceFrance4166-171284
84Green BayWisconsinUnited States41862460
85OdenseDenmark4162-23948
86ManchesterNew HampshireUnited States41959781
87Baton RougeLouisianaUnited States4161-26119
88MálagaSpain4112335776
89Des MoinesIowaUnited States4126-63336
90BolognaItaly4181-9162
91SpringfieldMassachusettsUnited States4184-71266
92LancasterPennsylvaniaUnited States41117251629
93WichitaKansasUnited States41114211479
94Little RockArkansasUnited States4163-31731
95ColumbiaSouth CarolinaUnited States4149-46294
96RenoNevadaUnited States4196-1097
97StocktonCaliforniaUnited States4194-31281
98KitchenerOntarioCanada4112123659
99GdanskPoland4090-9434
100PadovaItaly4014343991
101VeronaItaly40144431435
102NagasakiNagasakiJapan4079-23876
103BochumGermany4032-71159
104NewcastleNSWAustralia40137331531
105GeelongVICAustralia40147421530
106RIGALatvia40130241106
107MontgomeryAlabamaUnited States40105-2851
108KrakówPoland4013426682
109CoventryUnited Kingdom4071-38310
110TallahasseeFloridaUnited States4014-961322
111SevilleSpain4011871224
112JacksonMississippiUnited States40108-4579
113CharlottesvilleVirginiaUnited States4080-331543
114RoanokeNorth CarolinaUnited States40112-21632
115GentEast FlandersBelgium40107-8439
116SpokaneWashingtonUnited States4092-241264
117LincolnNebraskaUnited States401192727
118BakersfieldCaliforniaUnited States4093-2594
119ModestoCaliforniaUnited States4078-41840
120AugustaGeorgiaUnited States40103-1783
121KielGermany4082-39643
122LondonOntarioCanada40116-6736
123BridgeportConnecticutUnited States4067-56184
124ZagrebCroatia40148241515
125HaifaIsrael4014217479
126HobartTASAustralia39104-22518
127ModenaItaly3915124839
128Bath & NE SomersetUnited Kingdom3914618118
129TriesteItaly39152231383
130LiègeLiègeBelgium3998-32723
131MonctonNew BrunswickCanada3915524846
132Fredericton - St JohnNew BrunswickCanada3914191556
133SouthamptonUnited Kingdom3973-601260
134Cedar RapidsIowaUnited States39124-10241
135Kingston-upon-HullUnited Kingdom39120-15649
136GranadaSpain3916933455
137LeuvenFlemish BrabantBelgium39127-101620
138GrenobleRhône-AlpesFrance39100-38463
139RochesterMinnesotaUnited States39113-261114
140SpringfieldMissouriUnited States39132-81267
141WilmingtonDelawareUnited States38122-192105
142PamplonaSpain3815614997
143GijónSpain3816118443
144JerusalemIsrael3872-72588
145QueenstownOtagoNew Zealand38164191541
146Sioux FallsSouth DakotaUnited States38166201241
147VilniusLithuania38125-221445
148BozemanMontanaUnited States381491171
149SpringfieldIllinoisUnited States38128-211265
150RennesBrittanyFrance3891-591096
151Saint-ÉtienneRhône-AlpesFrance38145-61137
152ReimsChampagne-ArdenneFrance38133-191094
153FujiJapan3717118416
154ParmaItaly37126-281003
155BratislavaSlovakia371583176
156WollongongNSWAustralia37102-541555
157BurlingtonVermontUnited States37153-42100
158LjubljanaSlovenia37131-27734
159DijonBourgogne France37129-301581
160Le HavreHaute-NormandieFrance37154-6714
161TimisoaraRomania36175141352
162BendigoVICAustralia36160-21529
163BallaratVICAustralia36159-41528
164FargoNorth DakotaUnited States36150-142103
165CheyenneWyomingUnited States3617272102
166BillingsMontanaUnited States361682150
167LimogesLimousinFrance36157-101584
168MetzLorraineFrance36163-51585
169ManamaBahrain361734779
170KosiceSlovakia35170-678
171DubrovnikCroatia35167-4355
172CannesProvence-Alpes-Côte d'AzurFrance35162-101535
173MacauMacauChina35136-37760
174AjmanUnited Arab Emirates35183919
175Al-AinUnited Arab Emirates34178324
176ChisinauMoldova3318151621
177Petaling JayaSelangorMalaysia33165-121615
178GuimaraesNortePortugal3218022081
179SarajevoBosnia and Herzegovina3218671206
180KaliningradKaliningrad OblastRussia32174-6603
181San JuanArgentina3218542108
182SkopjeMacedonia31176-61243
183VladivostokPrimorsky KraiRussia31177-61457
184TiranaAlbania30179-51353
185NassauBahamas3019272106
186SaratovSaratov OblastRussia29182-41208
187TomskTomsk OblastRussia29184-31366
188OrenburgOrenburg OblastRussia291902971
189LvovLviv OblastUkraine29189-756
190TolyattiSamara OblastRussia2819111365
191Port LouisMauritius2819431547
192BarnaulAltai KraiRussia28188-4109
193DonetskDonetsk OblastUkraine281952346
194IzhevskUdmurt RepublicRussia27187-7573
195La PazLa Paz DepartmentBolivia27193-2702
196SevastopolSevastopolUkraine2619711222
197Port of SpainTrinidad and Tobago26196-12107
198DushanbeTajikistan252002362
199SimferopolCrimeaUkraine25199-1237
200ZaporozhyeZaporizhia OblastUkraine24198-21518
Region Definition

Definition of Data Set: Top 200 small cities from 500 selected globally by population band (Under 1 million approx.)

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