Innovation Cities™ Index: Small 200 Cities

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.

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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 INDEX RANK	CITY	LOCATION 1	LOCATION 2	SCORE (60)	2018 YEAR RANK	CHANGE	CityID
1	Amsterdam		Netherlands	51	1	-	43
2	Tel Aviv		Israel	48	2	-	1337
3	Basel		Switzerland	46	21	18	1538
4	Frankfurt		Germany	46	3	-1	409
5	Düsseldorf		Germany	45	5	-	363
6	Québec	Quebec	Canada	45	4	-2	1079
7	Rotterdam		Netherlands	45	12	5	1123
8	Gothenburg		Sweden	45	29	21	453
9	Geneva		Switzerland	45	15	6	437
10	Tallinn		Estonia	44	87	77	1323
11	Edinburgh		United Kingdom	44	7	-4	368
12	Hamilton	Ontario	Canada	44	59	47	484
13	Albany	New York	United States	44	34	21	1627
14	Malmö		Sweden	44	23	9	777
15	Nuremberg		Germany	44	43	28	943
16	The Hague		Netherlands	44	11	-5	1537
17	Ventura	California	United States	44	33	16	1633
18	Salzburg	Salzburg	Austria	43	41	23	1153
19	Florence		Italy	43	64	45	396
20	Essen		Germany	43	27	7	386
21	Halifax	Nova Scotia	Canada	43	56	35	480
22	Leipzig		Germany	43	6	-16	718
23	Bristol		United Kingdom	43	17	-6	187
24	Torino		Italy	43	35	11	1369
25	Albuquerque	New Mexico	United States	43	8	-17	27
26	Charleston	South Carolina	United States	43	44	18	246
27	Ann Arbor	Michigan	United States	43	13	-14	51
28	Dresden		Germany	43	19	-9	352
29	Lucerne		Switzerland	43	42	13	1540
30	Allentown	Pennsylvania	United States	43	45	15	34
31	Belfast		United Kingdom	43	37	6	129
32	Bern		Switzerland	43	39	7	1539
33	Nice	Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur	France	43	20	-13	907
34	Canberra	ACT	Australia	42	30	-4	219
35	Wellington	Wellington	New Zealand	42	9	-26	1473
36	Dortmund		Germany	42	24	-12	349
37	Duisburg		Germany	42	31	-6	357
38	Reykjavik		Iceland	42	85	47	1099
39	Boulder	Colorado	United States	42	10	-29	168
40	Nottingham		United Kingdom	42	55	15	933
41	Sheffield		United Kingdom	42	69	28	1229
42	Anchorage	Alaska	United States	42	111	69	47
43	Knoxville	Tennessee	United States	42	83	40	662
44	Colorado Springs	Colorado	United States	42	51	7	293
45	Venice		Italy	42	115	70	1433
46	Bonn		Germany	42	60	14	164
47	Bremen		Germany	42	50	3	181
48	Mannheim-Heidelberg		Germany	42	22	-26	1558
49	Karlsruhe		Germany	42	16	-33	619
50	Winnipeg	Manitoba	Canada	42	75	25	1483
51	Aachen	North Rhine-Westphalia	Germany	42	18	-33	1
52	Eindhoven		Netherlands	42	25	-27	370
53	Cardiff		United Kingdom	42	58	5	226
54	Newcastle-upon-Tyne		United Kingdom	42	40	-14	903
55	Leeds		United Kingdom	42	28	-27	715
56	Greensboro	North Carolina	United States	42	57	1	461
57	Bordeaux	Aquitaine	France	42	65	8	165
58	Luxembourg		Luxembourg	42	74	16	1548
59	Nantes	Pays de la Loire	France	42	47	-12	884
60	Syracuse	New York	United States	42	77	17	1302
61	Corpus Christi	Texas	United States	42	68	7	307
62	El Paso	Texas	United States	42	36	-26	373
63	Dayton	Ohio	United States	42	110	47	330
64	Savannah	Georgia	United States	42	52	-12	1211
65	Boise	Idaho	United States	42	46	-19	161
66	Christchurch	South island	New Zealand	41	54	-12	273
67	Gold Coast	QLD	Australia	41	53	-14	1533
68	Graz	Styria	Austria	41	70	2	459
69	Linz	Upper Austria	Austria	41	101	32	728
70	Katowice		Poland	41	135	65	626
71	Lexington	Kentucky	United States	41	109	38	722
72	Chattanooga	Tennessee	United States	41	106	34	249
73	Kagoshima		Japan	41	140	67	600
74	Wuppertal		Germany	41	97	23	1489
75	Portland	Maine	United States	41	89	14	2104
76	Wroc?aw	Lower Silesian	Poland	41	138	62	1908
77	Madison	Wisconsin	United States	41	38	-39	765
78	Toledo	Ohio	United States	41	48	-30	1362
79	Akron	Ohio	United States	41	76	-3	23
80	Montpellier	Languedoc-Roussillon	France	41	88	8	852
81	Winston-Salem	North Carolina	United States	41	99	18	1484
82	Greenville	South Carolina	United States	41	139	57	1628
83	Strasbourg	Alsace	France	41	66	-17	1284
84	Green Bay	Wisconsin	United States	41	86	2	460
85	Odense		Denmark	41	62	-23	948
86	Manchester	New Hampshire	United States	41	95	9	781
87	Baton Rouge	Louisiana	United States	41	61	-26	119
88	Málaga		Spain	41	123	35	776
89	Des Moines	Iowa	United States	41	26	-63	336
90	Bologna		Italy	41	81	-9	162
91	Springfield	Massachusetts	United States	41	84	-7	1266
92	Lancaster	Pennsylvania	United States	41	117	25	1629
93	Wichita	Kansas	United States	41	114	21	1479
94	Little Rock	Arkansas	United States	41	63	-31	731
95	Columbia	South Carolina	United States	41	49	-46	294
96	Reno	Nevada	United States	41	96	-	1097
97	Stockton	California	United States	41	94	-3	1281
98	Kitchener	Ontario	Canada	41	121	23	659
99	Gdansk		Poland	40	90	-9	434
100	Padova		Italy	40	143	43	991
101	Verona		Italy	40	144	43	1435
102	Nagasaki	Nagasaki	Japan	40	79	-23	876
103	Bochum		Germany	40	32	-71	159
104	Newcastle	NSW	Australia	40	137	33	1531
105	Geelong	VIC	Australia	40	147	42	1530
106	RIGA		Latvia	40	130	24	1106
107	Montgomery	Alabama	United States	40	105	-2	851
108	Kraków		Poland	40	134	26	682
109	Coventry		United Kingdom	40	71	-38	310
110	Tallahassee	Florida	United States	40	14	-96	1322
111	Seville		Spain	40	118	7	1224
112	Jackson	Mississippi	United States	40	108	-4	579
113	Charlottesville	Virginia	United States	40	80	-33	1543
114	Roanoke	North Carolina	United States	40	112	-2	1632
115	Gent	East Flanders	Belgium	40	107	-8	439
116	Spokane	Washington	United States	40	92	-24	1264
117	Lincoln	Nebraska	United States	40	119	2	727
118	Bakersfield	California	United States	40	93	-25	94
119	Modesto	California	United States	40	78	-41	840
120	Augusta	Georgia	United States	40	103	-17	83
121	Kiel		Germany	40	82	-39	643
122	London	Ontario	Canada	40	116	-6	736
123	Bridgeport	Connecticut	United States	40	67	-56	184
124	Zagreb		Croatia	40	148	24	1515
125	Haifa		Israel	40	142	17	479
126	Hobart	TAS	Australia	39	104	-22	518
127	Modena		Italy	39	151	24	839
128	Bath & NE Somerset		United Kingdom	39	146	18	118
129	Trieste		Italy	39	152	23	1383
130	Liège	Liège	Belgium	39	98	-32	723
131	Moncton	New Brunswick	Canada	39	155	24	846
132	Fredericton - St John	New Brunswick	Canada	39	141	9	1556
133	Southampton		United Kingdom	39	73	-60	1260
134	Cedar Rapids	Iowa	United States	39	124	-10	241
135	Kingston-upon-Hull		United Kingdom	39	120	-15	649
136	Granada		Spain	39	169	33	455
137	Leuven	Flemish Brabant	Belgium	39	127	-10	1620
138	Grenoble	Rhône-Alpes	France	39	100	-38	463
139	Rochester	Minnesota	United States	39	113	-26	1114
140	Springfield	Missouri	United States	39	132	-8	1267
141	Wilmington	Delaware	United States	38	122	-19	2105
142	Pamplona		Spain	38	156	14	997
143	Gijón		Spain	38	161	18	443
144	Jerusalem		Israel	38	72	-72	588
145	Queenstown	Otago	New Zealand	38	164	19	1541
146	Sioux Falls	South Dakota	United States	38	166	20	1241
147	Vilnius		Lithuania	38	125	-22	1445
148	Bozeman	Montana	United States	38	149	1	171
149	Springfield	Illinois	United States	38	128	-21	1265
150	Rennes	Brittany	France	38	91	-59	1096
151	Saint-Étienne	Rhône-Alpes	France	38	145	-6	1137
152	Reims	Champagne-Ardenne	France	38	133	-19	1094
153	Fuji		Japan	37	171	18	416
154	Parma		Italy	37	126	-28	1003
155	Bratislava		Slovakia	37	158	3	176
156	Wollongong	NSW	Australia	37	102	-54	1555
157	Burlington	Vermont	United States	37	153	-4	2100
158	Ljubljana		Slovenia	37	131	-27	734
159	Dijon	Bourgogne	France	37	129	-30	1581
160	Le Havre	Haute-Normandie	France	37	154	-6	714
161	Timisoara		Romania	36	175	14	1352
162	Bendigo	VIC	Australia	36	160	-2	1529
163	Ballarat	VIC	Australia	36	159	-4	1528
164	Fargo	North Dakota	United States	36	150	-14	2103
165	Cheyenne	Wyoming	United States	36	172	7	2102
166	Billings	Montana	United States	36	168	2	150
167	Limoges	Limousin	France	36	157	-10	1584
168	Metz	Lorraine	France	36	163	-5	1585
169	Manama		Bahrain	36	173	4	779
170	Kosice		Slovakia	35	170	-	678
171	Dubrovnik		Croatia	35	167	-4	355
172	Cannes	Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur	France	35	162	-10	1535
173	Macau	Macau	China	35	136	-37	760
174	Ajman		United Arab Emirates	35	183	9	19
175	Al-Ain		United Arab Emirates	34	178	3	24
176	Chisinau		Moldova	33	181	5	1621
177	Petaling Jaya	Selangor	Malaysia	33	165	-12	1615
178	Guimaraes	Norte	Portugal	32	180	2	2081
179	Sarajevo		Bosnia and Herzegovina	32	186	7	1206
180	Kaliningrad	Kaliningrad Oblast	Russia	32	174	-6	603
181	San Juan		Argentina	32	185	4	2108
182	Skopje		Macedonia	31	176	-6	1243
183	Vladivostok	Primorsky Krai	Russia	31	177	-6	1457
184	Tirana		Albania	30	179	-5	1353
185	Nassau		Bahamas	30	192	7	2106
186	Saratov	Saratov Oblast	Russia	29	182	-4	1208
187	Tomsk	Tomsk Oblast	Russia	29	184	-3	1366
188	Orenburg	Orenburg Oblast	Russia	29	190	2	971
189	Lvov	Lviv Oblast	Ukraine	29	189	-	756
190	Tolyatti	Samara Oblast	Russia	28	191	1	1365
191	Port Louis		Mauritius	28	194	3	1547
192	Barnaul	Altai Krai	Russia	28	188	-4	109
193	Donetsk	Donetsk Oblast	Ukraine	28	195	2	346
194	Izhevsk	Udmurt Republic	Russia	27	187	-7	573
195	La Paz	La Paz Department	Bolivia	27	193	-2	702
196	Sevastopol	Sevastopol	Ukraine	26	197	1	1222
197	Port of Spain		Trinidad and Tobago	26	196	-1	2107
198	Dushanbe		Tajikistan	25	200	2	362
199	Simferopol	Crimea	Ukraine	25	199	-	1237
200	Zaporozhye	Zaporizhia Oblast	Ukraine	24	198	-2	1518

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